Spain vs Serbia, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League

Spain

5': Aymeric Laporte
65': Álvaro Morata
77': Álex Baena

FT
3 - 0

Serbia

76': Strahinja Pavlovic

Spain cruise past Serbia to reach Nations League quarters

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European champions Spain claimed a place in the Nations League quarter-finals with a 3-0 home win over Serbia on Tuesday thanks to goals by Aymeric Laporte, Alvaro Morata and Alex Baena.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
1': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Sasa Zdjelar.
4': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Veljko Birmancevic.
5': Goal! Spain 1, Serbia 0. Aymeric Laporte (Spain) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross following a corner.
6': Offside, Spain. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
6': Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).
6': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
7': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Pedro Porro.
8': Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Álvaro Morata.
10': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
10': Pedro Porro (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Attempt saved. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martín Zubimendi.
15': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Predrag Rajkovic.
16': Mikel Merino (Spain) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Álex Baena with a cross following a corner.
17': Offside, Spain. Fabián Ruiz is caught offside.
20': Attempt blocked. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
20': Delay in match (Spain).
20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
23': Foul by Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia).
23': Álex Baena (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Foul by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia).
26': Pedro Porro (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Attempt missed. Dani Vivian (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Baena with a cross following a set piece situation.
28': Attempt missed. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
30': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
30': Foul by Dani Vivian (Spain).
32': Attempt saved. Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
33': Offside, Spain. Mikel Merino is caught offside.
34': Attempt saved. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
34': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Predrag Rajkovic.
36': Foul by Mikel Merino (Spain).
36': Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Spain).
38': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Spain).
38': Foul by Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia).
38': Álex Baena (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Offside, Serbia. Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
42': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Cucurella with a cross.
43': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Dani Vivian (Spain).
45': Foul by Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain).
45': Sasa Zdjelar (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).
45'+1': Strahinja Erakovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Spain 1, Serbia 0.
45': Second Half begins Spain 1, Serbia 0.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Luka Jovic replaces Dejan Joveljic.
45': Substitution, Serbia. Marko Grujic replaces Lazar Samardzic.
46': Aymeric Laporte (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
46': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia).
47': Delay in match because of an injury Álvaro Morata (Spain).
48': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
48': Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
49': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Baena.
50': Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).
50': Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
51': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Spain).
51': Predrag Rajkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Delay in match (Spain).
51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
52': Attempt blocked. Pedro Porro (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Baena.
52': Penalty conceded by Veljko Birmancevic (Serbia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
53': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
54': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
54': Penalty missed. Álvaro Morata (Spain) right footed shot is too high.
56': Hand ball by Kosta Nedeljkovic (Serbia).
57': Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Morata with a headed pass.
57': Offside, Serbia. Veljko Birmancevic is caught offside.
58': Foul by Sasa Zdjelar (Serbia).
58': Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Marko Grujic (Serbia).
59': Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Merino with a headed pass.
61': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
62': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
63': Attempt saved. Aymeric Laporte (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross.
63': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kosta Nedeljkovic.
64': Substitution, Serbia. Nikola Cumic replaces Kosta Nedeljkovic.
64': Substitution, Serbia. Andrija Maksimovic replaces Sasa Zdjelar.
65': Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Mikel Merino.
65': Goal! Spain 2, Serbia 0. Álvaro Morata (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
68': Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martín Zubimendi.
69': Corner, Spain. Conceded by Nemanja Maksimovic.
70': Attempt saved. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
71': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Spain).
71': Nikola Milenkovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
74': Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia).
76': Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) is shown the red card.
77': Goal! Spain 3, Serbia 0. Álex Baena (Spain) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
78': Substitution, Spain. Bryan Zaragoza replaces Álex Baena.
78': Substitution, Spain. Joselu replaces Álvaro Morata.
79': Substitution, Serbia. Jan-Carlo Simic replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
80': Pedri (Spain) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
80': Attempt blocked. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
80': Attempt missed. Pedri (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
81': Dani Vivian (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Luka Jovic (Serbia).
82': Substitution, Spain. Aleix García replaces Fabián Ruiz.
82': Substitution, Spain. Pau Cubarsí replaces Dani Vivian.
85': Attempt missed. Pedro Porro (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
85': Attempt missed. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
87': Attempt blocked. Bryan Zaragoza (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
87': Attempt missed. Pedro Porro (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
89': Attempt missed. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pedri.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Foul by Luka Jovic (Serbia).
90'+1': Pedro Porro (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Luka Jovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Jan-Carlo Simic (Serbia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Veljko Birmancevic.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Bryan Zaragoza (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Marc Cucurella.
90'+3': Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
90'+3': Luka Jovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Spain 3, Serbia 0.
0': Match ends, Spain 3, Serbia 0.

Statistics

SRB		ESP
12	Fouls	12
4	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	6
7	Saves	1
33.3	Possession	66.7
3	SHOTS	30
1	ON GOAL	10
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
243	Accurate Passes	565
316	Passes	634
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	10
6	Crosses	22
0.0	Cross %	0.5
58	Long Balls	51
21	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	8
4	Effective Tackles	7
9	Tackles	11
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
1	Interceptions	2
20	Effective Clearances	6
20	Clearances	6

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Nuevo Arcángel
Location: Córdoba, Spain
Attendance: 20,345

UEFA Nations League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Spain	6	+9	16
2	Denmark	6	+2	8
3	Serbia	6	-3	6
4	Switzerland	6	-8	2

Full Table

Line-Ups

Spain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	David Raya (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
5	Dani Vivian
17	Marc Cucurella
2	Pedro Porro
6	Mikel Merino
8	Fabián Ruiz
18	Martín Zubimendi
7	Álvaro Morata
16	Álex Baena
21	Mikel Oyarzabal

Spain Substitutes:

Sergio Gómez, Bryan Zaragoza, Pau Cubarsí, Joselu, Álex Remiro, Pedri, Rodrigo Riquelme, Pau Torres, Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo, Robert Sánchez, Óscar Mingueza.

Serbia (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Predrag Rajkovic (GK)
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Strahinja Pavlovic
16	Strahinja Erakovic
7	Veljko Birmancevic
2	Kosta Nedeljkovic
6	Nemanja Maksimovic
5	Sasa Zdjelar
11	Lazar Samardzic
19	Dejan Joveljic
9	Aleksandar Mitrovic

Serbia Substitutes:

Jan-Carlo Simic, Nikola Cumic, Marko Grujic, Veljko Ilic, Aleksandar Cirkovic, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Mihailo Ivanovic, Dejan Zukic, Luka Jovic, Andrija Maksimovic.

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