From the first minute of play, the defense of Argentina left many loopholes. The lack of hierarchy between the full-backs, Fabricio Bustos and Nicolás Tagliafico, and the lack of marking from Otamendi and Marcos Rojos, led to Spain's offense having no trouble generating scoring opportunities.
Proof of this are the last two goals scored by Spain against Argentina in the FIFA friendly at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. In less than two minutes, Julen Lopetegui's team sealed the 6-1 victory.
In the 74th minute, a long clearance from David de Gea caught Argentina's defense off guard. This was taken advantage of by Iago Aspas, who received the ball and only had to place it past the rushed exit of Willy Caballero.
And a minute after that action (75), Nicolás Otamendi tried to play the ball out from the back, but was pressed by Aspas. The Argentine defender tried to pass it to his full-back, but Isco intercepted the ball and it rebounded to the Celta de Vigo forward.
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Iago Aspas faced Marcos Rojos, but cut back and passed the ball back to Isco, who took a two-touch shot to the corner of the goal. The Argentine goalkeeper could only watch the ball go by. That way, the Real Madrid player scored his hat-trick in the match.