Yamal curls in opener as Spain beat Czechia 3-1, 11 goals in eight

📰 Lamine Yamal curled in a goal just six minutes in to lead Spain to a 3-1 win over Czechia. 📌 Key points ⚽ Yamal's curling effort from the right flew into the corner in the 6th minute. 🏟️ Spain beat Czechia 3-1 in Oviedo. 📈 Yamal has scored 11 goals in his last 8 games. 🔁 He played only the first half and was substituted with the next game in mind. 🗓️ Spain travel to Croatia on the 6th. 📝 What happened 🏟️ Spain played Czechia in Nations League Group A3 at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere in Oviedo on 3 October. Just six minutes in, Yamal took one touch to set himself near the right of the box before curling a left-footed shot into the top corner. ⚽ In the 35th minute Rodri, set up by Pedri, finished off a loose ball to make it 2-0. Czechia pulled one back through Jiří Sláma around the 70th minute, but substitute Mikel Merino finished a counter-attack from Víctor Muñoz's pass in the 89th minute. Czechia's Ladislav Krejčí was sent off for a second yellow card. 🔁 According to AFP, Yamal was substituted at half-time with the next game in mind. Goal.com described it as a game Spain made harder for themselves than necessary. 📈 The goal means Yamal has 11 goals in his last 8 games for club and country combined. Iván Fresneda and Roberto Fernández made their senior international debuts on the day. 📊 By the numbers • Spain 3-1 Czechia (Yamal 6', Rodri 35', Merino 89') • Yamal: 11 goals in his last 8 games • Spain unbeaten in 41 games over 90 minutes (31 wins, 10 draws) • Spain: three wins from three in the group, 9 points 🔭 Why it matters England beat Croatia 7-0 on the same day, but Spain stayed top of the group. Spain travel to Croatia on 6 October. For Barcelona, it is welcome news that Yamal, in red-hot scoring form, is having his minutes managed on international duty before he returns.