2010 World Cup Qualification - Europe, Group 5 Halftime Belgium 1-1 Spain 1-0 : Sonck 6' 1-1 : Iniesta 36'
Dangerous Chance Missed by Villa 44 Click Here for Video First Half Highlights : Belguim 1 - 1 Spain Click Here for Video Wonderful Shot by Iniesta over the Goal 48 Click Here for Video Two Chances for Belguim 51 & 53 But Poyol Wonderfully saves the Goal 51 Click Here for Video
Result... Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1 Armenia 1-0 Spahic 35' 2-0 Dzeko 39' 3-0 Muslimovic 56' 3-1 Minasyan 85' 4-1 Muslimovic 89'
LOL at Iker's celebration. Too much firepower! You need more than a slippery field, three CBs, a tall guy and counter-attacking to hold the champions.
2010 World Cup Qualification - Europe, Group 5 Fulltime Belgium 1-2 Spain 1-0 : Sonck 6' 1-1 : Iniesta 36' 1-2 : Villa 89' BOOKINGS: 31' Simons (foul on Xavi) 66' Iniesta (unsporting conduct) 1st booking of qualifiers. 67' Puyol (foul on Vertonghen) 2nd, suspended against Turkey (H) 82' Vertonghen (foul on Xavi) 85' Cesc (foul on Vertonghen) 1st Spain now unbeaten in their last 27 internationals (24 wins, 3 draws). Their last defeat was in a friendly against Romania 0-3 at Cádiz in November 2006. World Cup qualifying unbeaten record extends to 39 matches. Clean sheet snapped at 715 minutes. GROUP 5 Bosnia/Herz 4-1 Armenia Estonia 0-0 Turkey Spain ............ 12 Turkey .......... 8 Belgium ......... 7 Bosnia/Herz ... 6 Estonia ......... 1 Armenia ........ 0
Qualifying's an easy matter now. Great game, congrats to the Belgians, they have a good team and they made us suffer like nobody in a long time. But their tactics were, IMO, too defensive.
Torres's Injury 17 Click Here for Video Ramos's Injury 37 Click Here for Video Second Half Highlights : Belguim 1 - 2 Spain Click Here for Video
We didn't play with three CB. Try again. And you guys didn't exactly overwhelm me with your quality. Nice of you to display some class in victory though. The only thing worse than a bad loser is a bad winner. And our players complained about the condition of the field. There's not much they can do about it, as I had mentioned before.
Sorry, I thought Van Buyten, Kompany and Vermaelen were CBs. Why, thank you. I'm pretty sure you're talking about my next post were I was actually congratulating you guys.
Vermaelen started at the left-back position. He moved to CB after Van Buyten went out injured and Daems came in. He hardly ever plays CB, even for Ajax!
Vermaelen mostly plays CB for Ajax as that is by far his best position. And yes we did play with 3 CB's yesterday.
http://www.rtve.es/resources/alacarta/flv/3/3/1224114261533.flv <- full match...watchable with VLC Player: www.videolan.org/vlc
I really enjoyed this match. Two attacking teams, quick field (I do not think it was that bad), a wonderful piece of art made by Iniesta (goal a-la-Butragueño) and a last minute winning Regarding Belgium, I think it was a good young team that made an interesting game style. Kompany and Vanden Borre were superb in defense, Fellaini was all over the field, and Witsel really have talent. But SPAIN was too much for them.