Spurs international watch: Mixed night for defender | OneFootball

On Thursday evening, there were international games played all over the world, in many different competitions. There were games played on Wednesday too, but only a small handful. Thursday was when the first international break of the calendar year really kicked into action.

With it, there were a number of games for Tottenham Hotspur players. Yves Bissouma and his Mali side picked up an important win in World Cup qualifying, with the midfielder picking up two assists. Heung-Min Son and Yang Min-hyeok's South Korea side were held to a draw at home to Oman in their qualification campaign. Meawhile, Guglielmo Vicario and Destiny Udogie’s Italy lost at home to Germany in the first leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter final action.

Also in Nations League action was Pedro Porro, whose Spain side were in action away to the Netherlands in their quarter final first leg. As has been common practise since first choice Dani Carvajal got injured, Porro started the game at right-back for the European Champions.

How things went for Pedro Porro and Spain on Thursday evening

After just nine minutes, Spain took the lead – as Spurs linked Nico Williams found the back of the net. However, after 28 minutes, the hosts equalised through left winger Cody Gakpo – with a lot of fans saying that Porro did not get close enough to him, allowing him to find the bottom corner.

The sides went into the break at 1-1, but just a minute after the break, the Dutch took the lead for the first time in the game. It looked like Spain were heading into the second leg at home with a defeat, but three minutes into stoppage time they managed to rescue a draw, and the sides will head to Spain with the tie firmly in the balance at 2-2.

As for Porro himself, it was another full game completed for him, as his minutes continue to rise in a very intense season for him – albeit he did not play in the defeat to Fulham last weekend. It was definitely not his best performance, as he failed to replicate his impressive displays in the group stage.

The aforementioned second leg will take place on Sunday, the 23rd of March, and will kick off at 19:45 GMT. The winners of that will proceed to the Nations League final four to take place in the summer, and will play two games regardless of their semi final result, with a third place play off also scheduled to take place.