Spain
As in every international football tournament involving the Spanish national team, the Spaniards were considered one of the main contenders for the title before the tournament even started. It is difficult to say whether this is just a bad start to the tournament or whether the team is really suffering from serious problems, but the fact is that the Spanish team is looking poor and is not living up to expectations at all.
The decision of Luis Enrique, the Spanish national team's strategist, not to call up Real Madrid players to the Spanish squad may be questioned, but it is not the only reason why Real Madrid are struggling in the tournament so far. It is a fact that Real Madrid has some of the best footballers in Europe and the players from this team would have helped the team, but even without these players there is no shortage of talent in the Spanish team, so the results cannot be blamed on this decision alone.
Spain's main problem is the execution of their chances - both in the Poland game and the Sweden game they had a number of good chances that were wasted and now we have a situation where if Spain loses or draws with Slovakia, this potentially one of the best teams in the tournament could go home. It is likely that the players will do their best to avoid this fiasco, but judging by the first two games, it may not be so easy.
Slovakia
The Slovaks, like the Spaniards, have been surprising in this tournament. The only difference is that the Slovak team has been surprising on the positive side, with a 2-1 victory over a strong Polish team in the opening match and a 1-0 defeat to Sweden after a hard-fought battle. In terms of line-up strength, the Slovaks are far from being the best team in the group, but they are united, play their own football and are able to create chances.
It is very likely that the Spanish will play as number one, as they do in practically every game, while the Slovaks will try to find counter-attacking opportunities. The Slovaks played as number 2 against Poland and managed to score 2 goals in 2 shots on target, while in the game against Sweden they controlled the ball for 57% of the time and didn't take a single shot on target. The Slovaks should feel comfortable in second position and will definitely pay a lot of attention to defence, because even in case of defeat, if they do not concede many goals, the Slovaks will have a good chance to qualify for the next round.
Predicted team line-ups:
Slovakia
Dubravka, Pekarik, Skriniar, Satka, Hubocan, Kucka, Hromada, Haraslin, Hamsik, Mak, Duda;
Spain
Simon, Llorente, Torres, Laporte, Alba, Busquets, Koke, Pedri, Moreno, Morata, Olmo.
Forecast
Spain is the favourite for this match and for them, victory in this match is a question of survival in the tournament. It is hard to imagine what would happen in Spain if they did not qualify for the next round and suffered a fiasco in what is potentially one of the weaker groups of the tournament. However, Spain's chances are not convincing, so it would be difficult to expect many goals from the Spanish side. Whatever happens with the attack, Spain's defence is quite solid, so we can hardly expect Slovakia to be able to score even one goal.
Slovakia +2, 1,77 kof., betsafe
Less than 3 goals in a match, 1,75 kof., betsafe
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