🚨 Elche to host Spain's qualifier against Georgia
The opponent will be Georgia and the match will take place on Saturday, October 11. Spain returns to Elche seven years later.
Spain has played six matches at the Martínez Valero and all of them ended in victory for the Spanish team, with a record of 17 goals scored and only one conceded.
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Before that, Spain will play the first two qualifying matches away: on Thursday the 4th against Bulgaria in Sofia and on Sunday the 7th in Konya against Turkey.
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