Josh Acheampong started in the centre of the defence against Moldova and looked like a rock at the back. He made six recoveries, three clearances, and won two of four aerial duels. More baffling is he completed 100% of his passes out from the back, making 66 of 66 passes, the team played high enough that 40 of those were registered in the opposition half.
Four of his passes were long balls, his 75 touches showed a composure as he was spraying the ball around and didn’t lose possession a single time across the 78-minute appearance.
Marc Guiu
A familiar tale for young Marc Guiu as he was called up to the Spain Under-21 squad but didn’t get to come off the bench in a 4-1 win over Norway. He has the unfortunate task of unseating Real Madrid’s Club World Cup breakout name Gonzalo Garcia. He was then left out of the squad for the Finland clash.
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