The day of Friday closes with a great game when at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in Sochi, two candidates to arrive as far as possible in the 2018 World Cup, such as Spain and Portugal, meet in what will be the first cup derby of the world.
Spain:
Everything seemed very dark for Spain after the poor performance of the Red Fury in the last World Cup Brazil 2014 and Euro 2016 France, but happily decided for a change in Spain and thus came to the bench Julen Lopetegui instead of Vicente del Bosque and then everything has been happiness in a Red Fury that got qualification to the Russia 2018 World Cup in an undefeated way, after adding nine victories and one draw in the ten qualifying games, and now after a reorganization where only six players remain from the last stage with Del Bosque, expect to make a good performance in Russia 2018, despite the doubts they have left in their recent friendlies.
Portugal:
Meanwhile, those led by Fernando Santos arrive in Russia 2018 with the name of European Champions, after the title won in the last European Championship France 2016 when they beat the host in extra time thanks to Eder’s goal in the 109th minute.
Like Spain, the Portuguese team has made an impressive journey in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup Russia, so just losing a game of the ten played, defeat that came in his first game visiting Switzerland and after that everything was triumphs
The results obtained in the last friendlies did not leave the Portuguese fans very calm, and more after that defeat at home 0-3 against the Netherlands and a two-goal draw against Tunisia, but the Lusos know that now the good starts and the hand starts of his top star, Cristiano Ronaldo, who comes from being a three-time UEFA Champions League champion with Real Madrid, as well as Bernardo Silva, who has come from a good performance with Manchester City’s English side getting the title in the recent English Premier League , they hope to maintain their excellent level and get the title in Russia 2018.
As for direct confrontations, it is Spain who has the advantage, so the “Red Fury” totals 18 victories for apneas 6 from Portugal, where another 12 ended in a draw.
The last time these teams met was in the semifinals of the Polish-Ukrainian European Championship 2012 and although Spain won the series, the game ended with a goalless draw, making it clear that the latest results have been very tight and shared in this last period, with two wins for each in the last ten games.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 2.10
