On this day, March 31, in the year 1993, Cristóbal, a defender for Real Oviedo, played his sixth match with the Spanish national football team in Denmark.
The match, in which the Danish and Spanish national teams faced each other, was played at the Parken Stadium in the city of Copenhagen and was part of the qualification for the final phase of the 1994 World Cup, which would take place in the United States of America.
The Spanish coach, Javier Clemente, initially lined up the following eleven players: Zubizarreta, Cristóbal, Alkorta, Giner, Toni Muñoz, Ferrer, Aldana, Amor, Guardiola, Julio Salinas, Beguiristáin. Nadal replaced Guardiola in the 45th minute, and Goikoetxea substituted Toni Muñoz in the 55th minute. The final score was 1-0 in favor of the home team.