Winners of Switzerland, European champions Spain finish 2024 undefeated

European champion this summer, Spain, also the title holder in the League of Nations, snatched victory Monday against Switzerland (3-2) on the sixth and final day to end the year undefeated in official competition . Already qualified for the quarter-finals and assured of finishing at the top of their group (the ranking here), La Roja, who played with a largely reshuffled eleven, relied on a penalty from Bryan Zaragoza in added time (3 -2, 90th+3) after Andi Zeqiri's late equalizer (85th, 2-2), also on a penalty conceded by Parisian midfielder Fabian Ruiz.

Spain thus completes the year 2024 undefeated in official competition with 14 wins and 3 draws in 17 matches, while Switzerland is relegated to League B with only two points in six days.

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Well launched in the game by an opportunistic goal from Villarreal striker Yeremy Pino (32nd, 1-0) following a missed penalty by Barcelona's Pedri, Luis De la Fuente's men, who had chosen to rotate, were left surprised in the second period by the incoming Joel Monteiro (63rd, 1-1) before regaining the advantage thanks to Tottenham winger Bryan Gil, loaned this season to Girona (68th, 2-1). The Spanish coach took advantage of this match without any real stakes to give playing time to his replacements (Pino, Grimaldo, Mingueza, Remiro) and offer their first starts to Marc Casado (FC Barcelona) and Aitor Paredes (Athletic Bilbao).

FC Porto striker Samu Aghehowa, Olympic champion in Paris with the Espoirs, also played his first minutes with the A after an exceptional debut in Portugal with twelve goals in his first thirteen matches.

Spain is now waiting to know its future opponent among the runners-up in the other groups for the quarter-finals which will be played in March 2025, with the objective of achieving a historic double.