{"id":15074,"date":"2025-03-24T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=579940"},"modified":"2025-03-24T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:11:36","slug":"uefa-nations-league-spain-eliminate-netherlands-on-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/uefa-nations-league-spain-eliminate-netherlands-on-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Nations League: Spain eliminate Netherlands on penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain and Netherlands were one of the best games in the first leg and the second leg didn\u2019t disappoint too. Both the games were filled up with goals as 2-2 in the first leg and 3-3 in the second had the audience on the edge of their seats. The game went onto penalties where Spain clinch a 5-4 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Spain and the Netherlands delivered two of the most exciting matches of the tournament, with both legs packed with drama and goals. After a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first leg, the second leg lived up to expectations, ending in a breathtaking 3-3 draw that kept fans on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n<p>The high-intensity clash saw both teams showcasing their attacking prowess, trading goals in a relentless battle. Neither side was willing to back down, with momentum swinging back and forth throughout the match. With the aggregate score tied, the game headed into a dramatic penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Spain held their nerve from the spot, converting all five of their penalties, while the Netherlands fell just short, missing one to hand La Roja a 5-4 victory. It was a heartbreaking end for the Dutch, but Spain\u2019s composure secured them a place in the next round after an unforgettable contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain and Netherlands were one of the best games in the first leg and the second leg didn\u2019t disappoint too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3796,3761,3738,2811,1967,706],"class_list":["post-15074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-football","tag-italy-football-team","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-oyarzabal","tag-spain-football-team","tag-uefa-nations-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}