MATCH PREVIEW | Spain looking for top spot!
With their hard graft done and qualification for the European Championship in the bag, Spain will play in Cyprus in a match in which Luis de la Fuente's team hope to take another step forwards in their quest for the top spot in their group in a battle with Scotland, the only other team that has managed to keep pace with Spain.
Cyprus - Spain, at 18:00 on La 1 TVE
Spain visit Limassol with the aim of continuing to grow, to improve and to get three more points to add to their tally. With the precedent of the 6-0 win in the first leg, the current UEFA Nations League winners, who will wear a patch on their shirt sleeves to commemorate the Nations League success, are looking for another victory to demonstrate their progress and show that the team continues to go from strength to strength, building towards the UEFA European Championships in Germany next summer.
Cyprus is an awkward opponent, with unpleasant memories for the most veteran Spanish; but the past is the past, so Luis de la Fuente's team visits the Mediterranean countryin great form and with a more than clear challenge. "We are working to be better every day and to be up to the task of fighting and competing at the highest level in order to be champions at the European Championship," explained the coach in the run-up to the match.
Far from being satisfied with having achieved the priority objective of securing their ticket to Germany next June, Spain are not satisfied and want more. That's why it's important to keep polishing their playing style, to keep progressing in the game plan, to keep improving and to strive for excellence in a place like Cyprus, the penultimate hurdle in this qualification phase for the 2024 European Championship.
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