Spanyol Menang Mudah atas Macedonia, 5-1
Ramos Happy with Spain`s Progress after Dismal World Cup in Brazil
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Valencia (B2B) - Setelah tersingkir di fase grup Piala Dunia 2014, Spanyol menang besar 5-1 atas Macedonia di kualifikasi Euro 2016, Selasa dini hari WIB.
Laga kompetitif pertama sejak angkat kaki lebih cepat di Piala Dunia, Spanyol tanpa diperkuat oleh beberapa pemain yang pensiun seperti Xavi, Xabi Alonso, dan David Villa. Namun, playmaker David Silva menunjukkan kualitasnya dengan mengantar kemenang La Roja ini.
Silva ikut andil dalam empat dari lima gol Spanyol, memenangkan pinalti yang dikonversi gol oleh bek Sergio Ramos menit 16 sebelum ikut ambil bagian ketika penyerang Valencia Paco Alcacer membuat gol di debutya menit 17, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Macedonia mencoba membalas lewat pinalti Agim Ibraimi menit 28.
Gelandang Barcelona, Busquets menyumbang satu gol untuk Spanyol menjelang turun minum, sementara Silva mendapat golnya lima menit setelah jeda.
Gol kelima Spanyol, datang ketika Pedro menyelesaikan umpan dari Silva di akhir pertandingan.
Valencia - Spain overcame a few nervous moments to ease past Macedonia 5-1 with five different goal scorers in its first qualifier for the 2016 European Championship on Monday.
Although the defending European champions began well with early goals by Sergio Ramos and Paco Alcacer, Macedonia countered with a 28th-minute goal by Agim Ibraimi that unsettled Spain.
However, an assured performance by captain Iker Casillas in goal helped Spain recover its self-confident, rapid-passing game.
Sergio Busquets, David Silva and Pedro Rodriguez added goals as Spain turned the game into a rout.
Ramos opened the scoring by converting a penalty in the 16th with a deft lob into the middle of the net after Silva was tumbled down by defender Stefan Ristovski. A minute later, Alcacer found himself alone in front of goal after Juan Francisco "Juanfran" Torres drew Macedonia´s defenders to the right before making a precise pass that the Spain forward converted to get a goal on his debut.
