The 9th round of the 2022 World Preliminary European Group B kicked off at the Athens Olympic Stadium, and a contest was fiercely started between Spain and Greece. With a penalty kick taken by Saravia, the Bullfighters finally topped the group with a 1-0 victory. The original leader Sweden was 5 wins and 2 losses after being upset by Georgia. The record of 15 points fell to the second place in the group.

In the face of the Spanish team with a better lineup, Greece immediately followed the deployment of coach Van Teschep to put up an extremely thorough defensive formation as soon as the battle began, and the initiative of the game was therefore firmly controlled at the feet of the Bullfighting Corps. However, what is slightly surprising is that due to the fact that the frontline trident composed of De Thomas, Morata and Sarabia has not been able to become a weapon for Enrique to break the dense defense of Greece, because it has not been able to get rid of the problem of "weakness". , And even in the 20th minute by the opposing winger Masuras using a counterattack opportunity to single-handedly scored; if Masuras had not been in an offside position before receiving Andrews's through pass, the Pirates might have rewritten the score ahead of time.

Two minutes after the missed chance of scoring, Greece immediately ushered in the severe test of the Spaniard's menacing presence. Fortunately, De Thomas finally followed in the footsteps of Masuras under the double attack of Theopis and Gutas. Unexpectedly, just 1 minute later, Greece’s reliable defense line gave a spooky gift, and the happy Bullfighter team also ushered in a long-lost goal: Because right back Kiniros assisted in defensive corner kicks, Inigo Martin Nas kicked to the ground, and the referee cut to 12 yards and signaled a penalty. As Saravia, who took the knife, kicked the ball to the lower right after deceiving the goalkeeper, Spain immediately scored a 1- A score of 0 takes the lead. However, after that, the painful Greek national goal Flaho Dimos saved the shots of Gaya and Morata one after another to protect the goal. The Bullfighters who once again fell into the "weak front" dilemma could only take the advantage of one goal. Step into the intermission.

In order to consolidate the three-pointer in hand, Spain coach Enrique made substantial substitution adjustments and changes immediately after the start of the second half. Rodrigo, Olmo, Fornals and Busquets also included Thomas and Saskatchewan. Lavia, Morata, and Garvey’s successive endings have gained playing time; at the same time, Greece, which is behind, had to give up a big push after changing sides. However, they were not good at offensive until the end and only by Chavey. Russ used a free kick to complete a missed shot. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the game ended with Spain's 1-0 victory over Greece.