Overview
Spain headed straight to the 2024-2025 Nations League final after a dramatic defeat to France in the semi-finals. The victory over Les Bleus also marked La Roja's 19th consecutive unbeaten match in all competitions, including 15 wins and 4 draws.
Coach Luis de la Fuente's attack has been extremely effective, demonstrated through 51 goals in the above period, an average of 2.68 goals/match.
Meanwhile, Portugal are also showing impressive form. "European Selecao" won 4, drew 2 after 6 matches in the Nations League group stage to advance to the quarter-finals.
Coach Roberto Martinez's team continued to crush Denmark with a total score of 5-3 after two quarter-final matches, before defeating Germany in the semi-finals. Throughout the 9-match journey in the Nations League, the "European Selecao" scored 20 goals.
Both are very strong teams in attack, but the styles of Spain and Portugal are different. La Roja is currently flying high on the wings of young stars such as Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Pedri.
On the contrary, Portugal has the old age of experienced stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva and Diogo Jota. Therefore, this promises to be an exciting match with many goals.
La Roja are unbeaten in their previous six meetings with Portugal, most recently in the 2022 Nations League. At that time, Spain won with a minimum score.
Personnel situation
Ruben Neves could be replaced by Vitinha in the Portuguese attacking midfield position. Meanwhile, Nelson Semedo is also pushing for a return to the starting lineup.
On the other side of the front line, coach Luis de la Fuente is expected to continue using the squad that has scored 5 goals against France.
Expected lineup:
Portugal: Costa, Semedo, Dias, Inacio, Mendes, Bernardo, Vitinha, Conceicao, Fernandes, Leao, Ronaldo.
Spain: Simon, Porro, Cubarsi, Le Normand, Cucurella, Merino, Zubimendi, Pedri, Yamal, N. Williams, Oyarzabal.
The match between Spain and Portugal takes place at 2:00 am on June 9 (Vietnam time).
