The current world champion made his debut this Friday (22) with a complicated victory in the European Nations League, against Sweden 3-2, in a match played in Gothenburg (SWE) in group 4. The tournament gives rise to the Olympic Games in Paris. 2024.

It was Fúria’s first match after his world champion title and the scandal that removed Luis Rubiales from the presidency of the RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation) and Jorge Vilda from the technical command of the national team.

Before the start of the match, both teams posed for a photo with a sign of the “Se Acabó” movement, launched by the Spanish women, calling for changes and sanctions for coaches and managers who commit various abuses against players of football.

Revolutionaries 👏🏻❤️ pic.twitter.com/JvEnbXWgM1

– Sergio Arenillas (@sergeta) September 22, 2023

The match had a good first half, ending 1-1, thanks to goals from Erikssson and Del Castillo. In the 32nd minute of the second half, Navarro struck from distance to make it 2-1 for Spain. Five minutes later, Hartung equalized. However, in stoppage time Caldentey scored from the penalty spot and closed the scoring.

In Group 1, Belgium beat the Netherlands 2-1, the same score as England’s victory against Scotland. In Group 2, France won 2-0 in Portugal, while Austria and Norway drew 1-1. Group 3 began with Iceland winning 1-0 against the Country of Wales and Denmark, and 2-0 against Germany. In the same group as Sweden and Spain, Italy scored 1-0 in Switzerland.

In the early hours of Friday and Saturday, Japan beat Argentina 8-0 in a friendly match.

Canada beats Jamaica in playoff opener

Canada defeated Jamaica 2-0 in the first game of the Concacaf playoffs to see who will join the United States as representatives of North and Central America in Paris in 2024.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Prince took advantage of a cross from the right and opened the scoring for the Canadians. The second goal came only 47 minutes into the second half, when Leon took advantage of a low pass to score and put the Canadians in good position for the second game, which takes place on Tuesday.

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