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Diaranson 18 november 2020

Spain hands Germany worst defeat, 6-0 in Nations League

(AP) — Spain handed Germany its worst by Èric García just before the break with an
defeat in a competitive match on Wednes- apparent muscle injury in his right leg.
day, winning 6-0 to advance to the Final
Four of UEFA's Nations League. Spain constantly threatened up front, forcing
Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to make a
Ferran Torres scored a hat trick to lead Spain few good saves to keep the visitors from going
to the historic victory in the win-or-go-home into a bigger hole. Spain squandered several
match in Group 4. Germany's only five-goal counterattack chances throughout the match
loss in a competitive game had been West in an empty La Cartuja Stadium in Seville.
Germany’s 8-3 defeat to Hungary at the 1954
World Cup group stage. West Germany went Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 17th
on to beat Hungary in the final. In non-com- minute with a header into the top of the net
petitive matches, Germany had also lost 6-0 to off a corner kick taken by Fabián Ruiz, who
Austria in a friendly in 1931. came off the bench after an early injury to Ser-
gio Canales.
The victory ended a three-match winless
streak for Spain, which hasn’t gone four games Torres added to the lead in the 33rd with a
without a win since the late 1980s. shot from close range after Dani Olmo's head-
Last year, Spain failed to advance to the Final er ricocheted off the crossbar, and five min-
Four after conceding late in a match against utes later it was Rodri's header off a corner that
Croatia. gave the hosts a 3-0 halftime lead.

The Germans would have advanced with a Torres added to the rout in the 55th and 71st
draw, but Spain dominated early and took minutes after other fast counterattacks by the
control with three goals in each half. hosts, and Mikel Oyarzabal closed the scoring
in the 89th.
Spain got the convincing win despite playing
most of the match without captain Sergio Ra- Morata had a goal disallowed for offside in the
mos, who missed two penalty kicks in the 1-1 23rd.
draw at Switzerland. Ramos had to be replaced

Italy promises Olympic committee autonomy after IOC warning

(AP) — Italy’s sports min- IOC president Thomas doesn’t seem that the prob- The reforms must be passed
ister has promised “au- Bach dangled the threat Vincenzo Spadafora, the lems have been solved.” by the end of the month to
tonomy” for the country’s of probation for the Tokyo minister, said he wrote in become law.
Olympic committee op- Games due to alleged gov- a letter to the International CONI has traditionally run “We’ll see what happens
erations, two months after ernment interference. Olympic Committee on all sports in Italy, deciding over the next few days,”
Tuesday that a forthcoming how to divide up millions said Malagò, who is an IOC
government reform “guaran- of dollars of state funding member. “The IOC is wait-
tees CONI proper functional to each of the country’s na- ing, too.”
and organizational autonomy, tional sports federations.
as dictated by the Olympic Now, Sport e Salute handles Possible punishments from
Charter.” that responsibility, with 280 the IOC could include pre-
million euros ($325 million) venting Italian athletes com-
Bach had taken issue with the handed out for 2020. peting in Tokyo from wearing
Italian government’s creation While CONI said it has no their national team uniforms
of a new organization, ‘Sport problem with the funding is- and from hearing their na-
e Salute,’ that was created at sue, it has taken exception to tional anthem being played.
the start of last year to run Spadafora's meddling with its Countries whose national
the country’s sports financ- election procedures. Olympic bodies have been
es, which were previously suspended for recent Olym-
controlled by an arm of the Malagò is planning to run pics include Russia at the
Italian Olympic Committee for CONI president again 2018 Pyeongchang Winter
(CONI). next year, but the proposed Games for a massive doping
law could preclude him from scandal; and Kuwait at the
The IOC president had also serving three consecutive 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer
suggested that the alleged terms. Games for political interfer-
interference could — under ence.
extreme circumstances —
result in Italy being stripped
of hosting rights for the 2026
Winter Olympics in Milan
and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

“The framework recognizes
that CONI, with extreme
clarity and as perhaps isn’t
the case in many other coun-
tries, has all the functions it
is due according to Article
27 of the Olympic Charter,”
read a portion of Spadafora’s
letter to Bach. Still, CONI
president Giovanni Malagò
said earlier Tuesday that “it