Huijsen and Cucurella drive Spain toward the top of Group A3

In injury time, substitute Marc Pubill received the ball in the high zone and sent it to the lower corner, sealing Spain's 2‑0 victory over Czechia with ten men in the UEFA Nations League.

Defender Dean Huijsen directed the ball out and full‑back Marc Cucurella was the team's most dangerous creator.

The match was played at the epet ARENA in Prague on NOVEMBER 12 (November), corresponding to MD5 of Group A3 of the UEFA Nations League, where the Czech national team appears under the name CZECH.

Decisive incidents and Spanish dominance

The VAR detected a handball by Lukáš Ambros of the Czech team and, after the review, Álex Baena converted the penalty into the back of the net.

Before the break, Fabián Ruiz hit the post and, two minutes after the start of the second half, Yéremy Pino saw his goal ruled out for offside.

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In the second half, Ladislav Krejčí received a second yellow card and was sent off, leaving Czechia with ten players.

Luis de la Fuente made seven changes to the lineup, but his team maintained possession and did not manage to open the scoring until the thirty‑nine minute.

Dean Huijsen had 116 touches, completed 98 of 103 passes (95 %), made two tackles, two interceptions, five clearances and five recoveries, although he won only one of four aerial duels and missed a header that was caught by goalkeeper Matěj Kovář.

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Marc Cucurella generated three chances, two of them of great danger, accumulated 1.18 expected assists, completed 59 of 64 passes (92 %) and had five contacts inside the Czech area, but his two crosses did not find a teammate and he made no tackles.

With the victory, Spain completed its five wins in the UEFA Nations League 2026/27 and is preparing to face England on Sunday in Madrid, a match that will decide who will lead Group A3.