Leeds United’s Mateo Joseph scored the winner for Spain U21 against Belgium in their UEFA U21 European championship qualifiers on Tuesday.
It was the striker’s first competitive tie for La Rojita since he decided to represent Spain, after previously playing for England U20.
Sport have a piece on the Leeds player and explain the latest goal has created excitement in his country.
Spain U21 manager Santi Denia replaced Samu Omorodion with the 20-year-old in the 83rd minute. Four minutes later, Joseph used his ‘enormous ability’ inside the box to find Javi Guerra’s cross, which, as per Sport, is generally within the reach of best strikers.
Focusing on his qualities and profile, the report says he ‘thrives on big stages’ and use his brace in the Whites’ 3-2 FA Cup defeat against Chelsea as an example.
Omorodion has been starting regularly under Denia but the Alavés player, who’s on loan from Atlético Madrid, is already warned that he could be losing his place to Joseph.
Sport even suggest the Leeds youngster is added to the long list of candidates to replace Álvaro Morata at the national team, as Joseph has already laid the foundation stone for it on Tuesday.
It appears that Daniel Farke has a real star at his disposal at Elland Road, who’s in contention to first to start for Spain U21 and then potentially represent the senior team.
