Malta 0-2 Spain: Morata rediscovers goalscoring touch in comfortable win
Morata scored twice in the Euro 2020 win in the absence of coach Luis Enrique
Alvaro Morata scored twice as Spain beat Malta to make it two wins out of two in qualifying for Euro 2020.
MAL
0 ________________ 2
ESP
LINE UP
Malta
Kepa; Sergi Roberto, Sergio Ramos, Mario Hermoso, Gayá; Rodri, Saúl (Gayà, 64'), Canales, Adensio, Morata (Rodrigo, 78') y Bernat (Muniain, 55')
España
Bonello; Mbong (R. Muscat,65'), Z. Muscat , Caruana (Micallef, 84'), Borg, Zerafa, Mintoff (Mifsud, 70'), Fenech, Guillaumier, Corbalan, Nkowo
Goles
0-1 Morata (30'); 0-2 Morata (72')
Árbitro
Andrew Dallas (Escocia). TA: Corbalan (71')
Incidencias
Estadio T''Qali, 15.000 espectadores
Atletico Madrid striker Morata found the net either side of half time as La Roja eased to a 2-0 win in the absence of Luis Enrique.
The former Barcelona coach was missing from the touchline due to a major family issue.
Robert Moreno, Luis Enrique's No.2, took charge for the night and there were eight changes to the team -- just Sergio Ramos, Marco Asensio and Morata kept their places.
Meanwhile, there was a start at right-back for Barcelona's Sergi Roberto, while Espanyol's Mario Hermoso came in alongside Ramos at centre-back.
Spain faced a Malta side in a 4-5-1 formation and had to be patient, with Sergi Roberto almost playing as a winger in the end.
Saul Niguez had a couple of chances but it was Morata who opened the scoring in the 30th minute when he latched on to a long ball from Hermoso.
Morata added his second after the break when he headed home a cross from substitute Jesus Navas to seal the three points.
