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Spain could have entered this match with the Events from almost 16 years ago standing above their heads before welcoming Norway to Mestalla. Last time on Norwegians visited the stadium, they recorded a shock defeat against the Spaniards in the first stage of their Euro 2004 knockout clash.
A Spain rejuvenated was confident enter this match, in order to clear the remains of last year diabolical performances at World Cup of memory. Interesting, five members of this team were present in Saturday night's formation – David De Gea, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Marco Asensio all took their place on the pitch for the first whistle Spain dominated possession during the first 15 minutes.
15 minutes was all the necessary Spanish Rodrigo opened the scoring with strength in Mestalla with a left foot restart from the center of Jordi Alba.
Jordi Alba himself will have been happy to claim the help in front of Valencia fans after playing in Mestalla for three years before moving to Barcelona.
It would be set the precedent for the rest of the first semester as Spain getting closer and closer to a second. Their clearest chance came again with Rodrigo, who very close claimed his and the second of Spain but for Jarstein's quick reactions.
Norway had its goalkeeper to thank in the first half which almost himself, managed to prevent the Spaniards from fleeing with the match.
We had to give a little credit to Norwegian attackers who managed to create some chances before the break, the closest of which took the form of a Elyounoussi slide. However, he managed to divert the ball from Henriksen's center rather than towards the goal.
Spain has entered the break with all the momentum and it was up to Norway to change their destiny in the second half.
So they did it after extended periods of Spanish possession, the Norwegians found themselves in the box of opposition, creating chances. They seemed threatening and were finally given a chance by Inigo Martinez who shot Johnsen in the box.
Bournemouth fans will be happy as their man, Joshua King, scored a categorical penalty to draw the score.
This did not put the Spanish in phase however, which came go down to the other end with Morata. He was flying on the left flank until Jarstein, who had been without fault until now in the match, absolutely the floor and Spain had a penalty of their own.
Nothing else than Sergio Ramos stepped up to take it, and did it in style. Spain has taken over the advantage with just less than 20 minutes regulation time to play.
A puff of substitutions has slightly interrupted the flow of Spain and its momentum has stalled. This was encapsulated by Marco Asensio last disappointing effort in front of the goal that he blew on the bar. Unfortunately for Norway, they were unable to fully enjoy Spain was the victim of a drop in shape and did not register many threats to De Gea's goal in the second half.
That was until we entered in time added in which Norway managed to win a slight fortress on the procedures. Johnsen, who had been heavily bandaged after a clash of heads with Ramos, struck a cross towards the goal that was inches from the target and had David De Gea in full extension.
Norway has continued brief period of pressure until the end of the game, but they had left too late to orchestrate an equalizer and Spain won the first victory of Group F for the Euro 2020 qualifiers. Another advantage for Spain – Jaime Mata recorded some playing time on his senior international beginning.
Norway at home in Sweden March 26, while Spain travels to Malta where they will hope to continue their victories.
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