Breel Embolo goalscorer with Switzerland against Spain
The AS Monaco striker scored the winning goal in Nati’s 2-1 victory against La Roja, allowing his team to win for the first time on Spanish soil.
He is the player in form at the start of the season. Already a scorer three times against Rennes (1-1), Nice (0-1) and Belgrade (0-1), as well as a decisive passer in Reims (0-3) with AS Monaco, Breel Embolo remained on his brought with his national team, Switzerland. Opposed to Spain, on behalf of the fifth day of the League of Nations, the Helvetians indeed won 2-1 thanks in particular to a goal from the striker of the Red and Whites.
The winning goal
Taking advantage of a deflection from Manuel Akanji on a corner, he makes a subtle deflection in the six meters to push the ball into the back of the net and thus allow his team to regain the advantage only a few minutes after the equalizer from Jordi Alba , and therefore to offer this success to his team. A prestigious victory for the Nati since it is the first time in their history that they have won on Spanish soil.
🇪🇸 1-2 🇨🇭
BUT OF EMBOLO ⚽️
Breel Embolo gives the advantage to the Nati against Spain!
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His tenth but in selection
In addition to this convincing statistic, this success is all the more important since it allows them to move up to third place (6 points) in their Nations League group ahead of the Czech Republic (4 points), before the last match against this team this Tuesday (8:45 p.m.). A meeting that promises to be Decisional to stay in League A.
In order to win this meeting well, the quarter-finalists of Euro 2020 could therefore rely on Breel Embolo, author, against Spain, of his tenth goal in 57 selections. Well done Breel! 🇨🇭
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