The midfielder from Almería came off the bench and scored the fifth penalty in the shootout
Álex Baena didn’t miss from 12 yards. The midfielder from Almería, who came off the bench and played the end of extra-time, was decisive in scoring the fifth penalty in the shootout in the second leg of the tie against the Netherlands, which ended 3-3 on aggregate. The Yellows No.16’s effort saw the shootout head to sudden death, where Unai Simón shone and gave Spain the victory.
Neither Ayoze Pérez, who played in the first leg in Rotterdam, nor Yeremy Pino, played in the tie.
Tajon Buchanan came on in the second half of Canada’s 0-2 defeat to Mexico, and then started the win over USA (2-1), which saw his country finish third in the CONCACAF Nations League.
In the African countries’ qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Logan Costa started the match and played 90 minutes as Cape Verde beat Mauritius 1-0, while Pape Gueye was substituted in the 46th minute of Senegal’s 0-0 draw against Sudan. Nicolas Pepe didn’t play in Côte d’Ivoire’s 0-1 win over Burundi.
Argentina beat Uruguay by the smallest of margins in Montevideo. Juan Foyth was not named in the matchday squad for the World Cup qualifier.
Finally, Thierno Barry came off the bench as France U21s beat England 5-3 in a friendly.
The schedule for our internationals is as following:
Yeremy Pino, Ayoze Pérez and Álex Baena (Spain):
- Thursday 20th March: Netherlands 2-2 Spain
- Sunday 23rd March: Spain 3-3 Netherlands
Tajon Buchanan (Canadá):
- Friday 21st March: Canada 0-2 Mexico
- Sunday 23rd March: Canada 2-1 USA
Logan Costa (Cape Verde):
- Thursday 20th March: Cape Verde 1-0 Mauritius
- Tuesday 25th March: Angola vs Cape Verde (5pm).
Pape Gueye (Senegal):
- Saturday 22nd March: Sudan 1-0 Senegal
- Tuesday 25th March: Senegal vs Togo (8pm).
Nicolas Pepe (Côte d’Ivoire):
- Friday 21st March: Burundi 0-1 Côte d’Ivoire
- Monday 24th March: Côte d’Ivoire vs Gambia (8pm).
Juan Foyth (Argentina):
- Saturday 22nd March: Uruguay 0-1 Argentina
- Wednesday 26th March: Argentina vs Brazil (1am).
Thierno Barry (France U21s):
- Friday 21st March: France 5-3 England
- Monday 24th March: Slovakia vs France (6:30pm).
