La championne du monde en titre, l’Espagne, s’est imposée 3-2 face à l’Angleterre au stade de Wembley lors de la Ligue des Nations, portée par des buts de Lamine Yamal, Álex Baena et Mikel Oyarzabal malgré une entame difficile et un penalty manqué par Harry Kane.
L’Espagne a signé une victoire renversante 3-2 face à l’Angleterre dans une rencontre de la Ligue des Nations disputée à Wembley. Ce succès permet à la Roja de porter sa série d’invincibilité à 39 matches.
World champions Spain face England at Wembley
World champions Spain came from behind to beat England 3-2 in an entertaining Nations League encounter at Wembley on Saturday, denying the hosts a cathartic win after their painful World Cup exit. Victory for Luis de la Fuente’s men extends Spain’s astonishing unbeaten run to 39 matches – a record for a European team.
Un début de match fulgurant et des erreurs défensives
Le match a basculé dès les premières secondes. Dès la deuxième minute, le jeune Lamine Yamal a profité d’une bévue du défenseur Marc Guéhi pour récupérer le ballon et ajuster le gardien James Trafford d’une frappe. The goal is the third quickest goal England have ever conceded at Wembley Stadium, according to Opta.
Thomas Tuchel’s England take the lead through Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane
Malgré cette entame cauchemardesque, Thomas Tuchel’s men got off to a nightmare start when Lamine Yamal pounced on a gaffe by defender Marc Guehi, and they could easily have been three goals down as silky Spain created multiple chances. But England, criticised for their ultra-defensive tactics in their World Cup semifinal defeat to Argentina, showed adventure of their own and got their reward in the 36th minute when Barcelona winger Anthony Gordon finished a fine team move. Jude Bellingham drove forwards and played the ball to Gordon who ran through and finished. Four minutes later, the home side were ahead after Kane headed home Nico O’Reilly’s cross via a Marc Cucurella deflection.
Le tournant du match et la réaction espagnole
Au retour des vestiaires, Kane had a golden chance to give England a two-goal cushion from the penalty spot 10 minutes into the second half after VAR awarded a penalty for Rodri’s challenge on Jude Bellingham, but slipped slightly, crashing his shot against the bar.
Mikel Oyarzabal completes Spain’s comeback win
Ce raté a immédiatement relancé la machine espagnole. Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal came back to haunt England with his 74th-minute winner at Wembley. Oyarzabal also scored the winning goal when Spain beat England in the final of the European Championship in 2024. On this occasion he calmly chipped goalkeeper James Trafford from close range to complete the world champion’s comeback after trailing 2-1 at halftime. Substitute Alejandro Baena levelled in the 60th minute before Oyarzabal completed the comeback with a composed lob 14 minutes later.
La physionomie des statistiques à Wembley
Spain dominated the chances and Ferran Torres twice failed to make the most of opportunities when through on goal, and Ferran Torres thought he had made it 2-0 shortly afterwards but his goal was ruled out for offside. Manager Luis de la Fuente named five Barcelona players in his starting XI, with Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsi, Rodri, Dani Olmo and Yamal all given the nod, though Garcia was ruled out at the last minute and replaced by Marc Pubill due to a knee problem.
Grâce à ce succès acquis à l’extérieur, Spain will host Croatia on September 29, while England will travel to the Czech Republic on the same day in Group A3 of the 2026-2027 Nations League.
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