Kepa unsit degea as Spain starting goal keeper
Spain’s 3-0 win over Sweden on Monday in Euro 2020 qualifying was largely unremarkable. While it took until halfway through the second half to break the deadlock, the result was rarely in doubt (outside of some goalkeeping heroics by Sweden’s Robin Olsson). Chelsea loanee and second-half substitute Alvaro Morata doubled the lead with a penalty in the 85th minute and Mikel Oyarzabal made sure of the points with his first international goal a couple minutes later.
Spain’s first goal also came from the penalty spot, record-breaker Sergio Ramos making no mistake. This was Ramos’s 165th cap, two off Iker Casillas’s Spain record. Before the match, Ramos was also recognized for his 122nd international win, a new Spain record. Impressive totals, to be sure.
But the most remarkable thing happened even prior to all that, when the teamsheets were submitted. Starting in goal for the second time in this international break and the third consecutive Euro 2020 qualifier was Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga rather than Manchester United’s David De Gea.
De Gea era el dueño de la portería de España desde 2016, pero Kepa repite en el once por segundo partido consecutivo: ¿quién crees que debe ser el guardameta titular de la @SeFutbol?
Kepa
De Gea
De Gea had held the job for the past three years, since Euro 2016, but his form has dipped precipitously with multiple high-profile errors for both club and country.
And so, it’s now Kepa’s job to lose, which we hope he won’t for a long time. Congrats, kid!
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