Most Popular Sports
All Sports
Show All

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Spain v Norway.

Euro Qualifying / Matchday 1
Estadio de Mestalla / 23.03.2019
Completed
2
1
Live
Live Updates
Dan Quarrell

Updated 23/03/2019 at 21:40 GMT


37'
The ball is back with the Spanish defence, and Norway drop deep again.
33'
Live comment icon
Morata forces a brilliant dive from Jarstein, who palms a shot away from the far post. A minute later, he loops another header just over the bar.
31'
Live comment icon
Henriks drills in a cross, past De Gea into the six-yard box, and it thunders against Elyounoussi and away from the goal to engineer an impressive miss.
30'
Elyounoussi takes on Parejo down the right and wins a corner. The cross that comes from it is cleared.
29'
Norway play the ball out from the back now.
28'
Rodrigo skips past two players, and lays the ball off into the path of the run he expected Morata to make, but instead it drifts away.
26'
To answer the tweet below: De Gea doesn't have the reassuring presence of Chris Smalling when he's playing for Spain.
25'
De Gea rushes to clear Parejo's back pass, which invited trouble given it was well off target.
21'
Live comment icon
Morata sends a thumping header straight into the arms of the 'keeper.
20'
Live comment icon
Rodrigo moves to the near post to reach Navas' cross, and he rolls an effort at goal with a flick of his leg, blocked for a corner.
18'
Norway send a long through to the box, but King clambers all over Martinez and concedes a foul.
16'
GOAL! Spain 1-0 Norway. Rodrigo scores - Alba is released won the left, he chips a cross inside the box to the back post, and Rodrigo is unmarked and able to turn in the volley.
Rodrigo
Goal
Rodrigo
Spain
Spain
15'
Plenty of Real Madrid players in action today.
14'
Ceballos is tripped in midfield and is able to take a short free kick, and Norway drop deep.
13'
Alba has to slide in at the corner flag to prevent a corner as Henriksen closes in.
11'
Spain continue to dominate with the ball, but Busquets has to slide in to prevent King getting around the back to chase a long ball.
9'
Ramos is penalised for a shove in the box, and Busquets is punished for a foul, too.
8'
Rodrigo drives in down the inside left and has a cross deflected for a corner on the left wing. Nothing from it.
6'
Ramos boots a pass forward for Navas, but it's far too hard and runs out of play.
4'
Spain still with the ball. Norway are sitting back as Navas attacks down the right. He drills in a cross that is headed out at the near post.
3'
The ball is back with De Gea now, and he takes his sweet time to pick out a short pass.