Viewers of this evening’s clash between Spain and England have taken to social media in numbers, to take aim at Barcelona star Pau Cubarsí.
This comes after the youngster was responsible for a moment of poor defending en route to his country falling behind on Sunday.
Stopper Cubarsí was in from the off for the latest occasion in Madrid, taking his place at the heart of Luis de la Fuente’s backline for Spain’s Nations League meeting with England.
Late in the first-half, however, the 19-year-old was at direct fault for the visitors opening the scoring.
After Harry Kane squared Cubarsí up inside the hosts’ penalty area, the veteran goalscorer pushed the ball beyond the young defender. From here, Cubarsí dangled a leg out in clumsy fashion, inviting Kane to go to ground.
England, in turn, were afforded a deserved spot-kick, which was dispatched in typically ruthless fashion by their star goalscorer.
And as alluded to above, viewers have since not been at all kind to Cubarsí for his role in the incident, with many having gone as far as to label the Barcelona prodigy ‘overrated’:
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