Spain scorers: Rodri (39'), Fabián Ruiz (51'), Nico Williams (75'), Dani Olmo (83')
Georgia scorers: Robin Le Normand OG (18')
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
Referee: François Letexier (France)
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| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unai Simón | David Raya | ||
| Dani Carvajal | 81' | Álex Remiro | |
| Robin Le Normand | 18' | Nacho | |
| Aymeric Laporte | Daniel Vivian | ||
| Marc Cucurella | 66' | Jesús Navas | 81' |
| Pedri | 52' | Mikel Merino | 81' |
| Rodri | 39' | Dani Olmo | 52' 83' |
| Fabián Ruiz | 51 81'' | Álex Grimaldo | 66' |
| Lamine Yamal | Álex Baena | ||
| Álvaro Morata | 44' 66' | Martín Zubimendi | |
| Nico Williams | 75' | Fermín López | |
| Ayoze Pérez | |||
| Joselu | |||
| Ferran Torres | |||
| Mikel Oyarzabal | 66' |
Manager: Luis De La Fuente (Spain)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgi Mamardashvili | Giorgi Loria | ||
| Otar Kakabadze | Luka Gugeshashvili | ||
| Giorgi Gvelesiani | 79' | Solomon Kvirkvelia | |
| Guram Kashia | Giorgi Gocholeishvili | ||
| Lasha Dvali | Jemal Tabidze | ||
| Luka Lochoshvili | 63' | Giorgi Tsitaishvili | 63' |
| Giorgi Chakvetadze | 63' | Nika Kvekveskiri | 79' |
| Otar Kiteishvili | 41' | Sandro Altunashvili | 41' |
| Giorgi Kochorashvili | Saba Lobzhanidze | ||
| Georges Mikautadze | 79' | Gabriel Sigua | |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Budu Zivzivadze | 79' | |
| Zuriko Davitashvili | 63' 71' | ||
| Giorgi Kvilitaia | |||
| Levan Shengelia |
Manager: Willy Sagnol (France)
1': We're off!
5': Pedri with a sliding shot! Not great contact, Mamardashvili saves it.
11': Nico's shot deflects just wide for a corner!
16': Yamal takes a corner kick, Laporte heads it wide. He wants, and should have gotten, a corner but doesn't get it
18': GOAL GEORGIA!! It's an astonishing counter, the cross comes in, Robin Le Normand tries to block it but it bounces off him into his own net!
22': Fabián Ruiz thumps one at goal! It's a tricky bouncing one but Mamardashvili has it.
31': Another counter by Georgia, ends with Mikautadze going down in the box, ref not impressed
35': SAVE! Cucurella's shot denied by Mamardashvili, helped by a deflection
37': Carvajal loses a chance by slipping and falling over.
38': SAVE! Nico Williams fires from wide, Mamardashvili to the rescue again
39': GOAL SPAIN!! Rodri gets the cutback on the edge of the box, fires from his weaker foot and tucks it into the bottom corner!
41': Georgia substitution: Sandro Altunashvili on for Otar Kiteishvili who is injured
44': Álvaro Morata carded for landing on Lochoshvili's foot
HT Spain 1-1 Georgia We are all level after an early scare for the favorites Spain
46': We're back!
46': Chance just twenty-three seconds into the half, Ruiz gets a chance but sends it wide.
48': Kvaratskhelia fires from the halfway line! And he honestly gets pretty close
51': SAAAAVE! Yamal gets a free kick around the wall but Mamardashvili saves!
51': GOAL SPAIN!! The chance stays alive, Lamine Yamal eventually gets it back and sends it to the far post and Fabián Ruiz heads it in!
52': Spain substitution: Dani Olmo on for Pedri
53': Olmo sends it to Yamal who fires! Wide of the near post.
55': Morata fires wide of the near post.
63': Lamine Yamal is gifted a chance from a bad pass! He should score there but he puts it wide.
63': Georgia double sub: Giorgi Tsitaishvili and Zuriko Davitashvili on for Luca Lochoshvili and Giorgi Chakvetadze
66': Spain double sub: Álex Grimaldo and Mikel Oyarzabal on for Álvaro Morata and Marc Cucurella
68': Another chance on the counter for Georgia, but he Tsitaishvili mishits it wide of the near post.
71': Zuriko Davitashvlii catches Olmo in the ankle
74': Yamal with the cross that Gvelesiani accidentally knocks into his own net! But Owen Goal is denied another tally by the offside flag against Yamal
75': GOAL SPAIN!! Nico Williams gets the ball and runs down acres of space, he's past the last defender, he buries it into the top far corner from wide!
79': Georgia double sub: Budu Zivzivadze and Nika Kvekveskiri on for Giorgi Gvelesiani and Georges Mikautadze
81': Mamardashvili with another big save!
81': Spain double sub: Jesús Navas and Mikel Merino on for Dani Carvajal and Fabián Ruiz
82': Yamal jukes around his defender but fires wide of the near post.
83': GOAL SPAIN!! Dani Olmo gets the pass, cuts inside and passes it into the near side! One more to add to the pile!
90+3': Rodri lands a header on the roof of the net.
FT Spain 4-1 Georgia One of the big nations gifts an inferior team an early shock lead, but doesn't let that stop them from dominating the match