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Wolverhampton Wanderers fans proud after Jonny Otto makes his first Spain start

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England picked up a famous win against Spain in the UEFA Nations League yesterday evening. The Three Lions scored three first-half goals to eventually take a 3-2 win away from Seville in a memorable international evening.

For Wolves fans, however, they were perhaps more interested in the performance of a Spain player.

Jonny Otto was placed at right-back by Luis Enrique for the game.

Wolves fans have been left over the moon with the performances of the Spaniard since he joined on loan from Atletico Madrid in the summer. He has certainly left many forgetting the presence of Barry Douglas from last season.

6th October 2018, Selhurst Park, London, England; EPL Premier League football, Crystal Palace versus Wolverhampton Wanderers; Jonny Castro Otto of Wolverhampton Wanderers (photo by John Patrick Fletcher/Action Plus via Getty Images)

This, however, was a different task but, in general, he had a decent game.

England’s goals came from catching Spain on the counter-attack and, in fairness, were fairly unstoppable.

Jonny, like the rest of his defence, could be held accountable by joint-enterprise but were simply playing the way designed by coach Luis Enrique.

In the second half, he was much improved. A threat going forward, he often found himself in space down the right-hand side. Considering he was playing out of position and it was his first start for Spain, the Wolves man will feel fairly happy with his display…