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Spanish Newspaper Headline & Reaction to Ansu Fati in Spain vs Ukraine 7 September 2020 | AS, Mundo Deportivo, Sport, Marca

Here is a look at the Spanish sports newspaper headlines today (7 September, 2020) following Spain’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in the Nations League, a fixture that saw Ansu Fati become La Roja’s youngest ever goal scorer at the age of 17 years and 311 days. As you’d expect, Ansu was prominent on the front pages of almost all of Spain’s newspapers.

Mundo Deportivo headline 7 September, 2020

MD went with the frontpage “Historico Ansu” (Historic Ansu), referring to his amazing feat.

Mundo Deportivo Headline Ansu Fati Historical

Diario AS headline “Ansu Tira la Puerta Abajo”

Ansu breaks the door down (literally)

AS Newspaper Headline 7 September 2020 Ansu Fati Scorer

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Newspaper Player Ratings Germany 1-1 Spain 2020 | How did Rodrigo, Ansu Fati, Robin Gosens, DDG, Ferran Torres & Thiago Alcantara play?

Here is a look at the player ratings for Germany vs Spain in the Nations League from the Spanish and German newspapers. David de Gea the Man of the Match for Spain, who also gave debuts to the likes of Rodrigo, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati. Atalanta wingback Robin Gosens also earned his first cap for Germany.

Sport player ratings Germany-Spain Nations League 3 September, 2020

Sport were very disappointed with Rodrigo and Jesus Navas, giving them a 4 and 5 respectively. Thiago Alcantara got an 8, as did new Man City recruit Ferran Torres and Barca teenager Ansu Fati, who impressed off the bench. David de Gea the pick of the players for them with a 9. They also thought Germany as a team edged Espana, with the former getting a 6.9/10 rating as compared to the latter’s 6.5

Germany vs Spain Player Ratings Sport Paper 2020

Bild newspaper player ratings Germany v Spain

German paper Bild thought Leroy Sane and Timo Werner were the pick of Die Mannschaft’s starters, giving them both a 2. Gosens got a 3 on debut. On the Spain side, they liked DdG and Thiago, but were unhappy with Sergio Busquets’ performance.

Player Ratings Germany Spain Bild Newspaper

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xG Germany Spain 1.32-1.41 Nations League 2020 | Expected Goals Stats Shots Map

A look at the xG stats for Germany vs Spain in the Nations League on 3 September 2020. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Jose Gaya’s 95th minute goal cancelling out Timo Werner’s opener for Germany.

xG Germany 1.32-1.41 Spain (Actual score Germany 1-1 Spain)

xG of individual goals

1-0 Germany Timo Werner goal 51′ xG 0.05
1-1 Spain Jose Gaya goal 90+5′ xG 0.51

xG of some other notable missed chances

Rodrigo Moreno missed 45′ xG 0.18
Timo Werner miss 61′ xG 0.32
Antonio Rudiger chance 87′ xG 0.45

xG Germany Spain 2020

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