Liechtenstein-Spain Euro 12 Qualifier 3-Sept.(R)

EURO 2012 Qualification



Vaduz - Rheinpark Stadion
Friday kickoff
20:45 Central European
2:45pm U.S. eastern/11:45am pacific


Recent form last six international results
• LIECHTENSTEIN: LDLLLD
1-1 Iceland (A)
0-5 Croatia (A)
0-2 Wales (H)
0-2 Azerbaijan (H)
1-1 Finland (H)
0-3 Russia (A)
• SPAIN: WWWWWD
1-1 Mexico (A)
1-0aet Netherlands (N)
1-0 Germany (N)
1-0 Paraguay (N)
1-0 Portugal (N)
2-1 Chile (N)
2-0 Honduras (N)


Last meeting
6 June 2007
EURO 2008 qualifier in Vaduz
Liechtenstein 0-2 Spain
0-1 Villa 8'
0-2 Villa 14'


History
Matches: 4
Liechtenstein wins: 0
Spain wins: 4
Draws: 0
Goals scored: Liechtenstein 0, Spain 13

Forgot that the international break was here already. Always seems to happen: La Liga finally begins then straight away there's a FIFA break.
I'll post in the Argentina thread after Friday's match.

Wednesday's training session

Players greeting Monreal (first photo) along with other images from Wednesday's session.

Wednesday's training session

Also live on ESPN Deportes beginning @ 2:30pm eastern.

CONFIRMED starting lineup

[LINEUP-4-4-2]Villa, Torres, Iniesta, Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Capdevila, Marchena, Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Casillas[/LINEUP-4-4-2]

Substitutes:
Valdés, Reina, Arbeloa, Munreal, Cazorla, Cesc, Pedro, Jesús Navas, Silva, Llorente

Anybody here?

Torres with a nice little chip over the keeper to get the first goal of the game.

I waaaay overslept. Turned on the game 3 minutes in.

Yes, Beautiful goal by Torres.

GOAL - 26th min - Villa with a rocket from 20 yards out.

Goooool

Villa Maravilla!
Rocket of a shot from just outside the box flew by Jehle who was very late with his dive.

ESPN3 stream is working well on my computer. User had a lightbulb go on.

41st min - Torres little run behind the defender, shot saved by Jehle.

EURO 2012 Qualification



Halftime

Liechtenstein 0-2 Spain
0-1 : Torres 18'
0-2 : Villa 26'


RFEF confirms that Villa now has 43 international goals which puts him just one behind Raúl as his country's all-time leading scorer. (Many outlets believed and reported that Villa had scored number 44.)

Halftime sub
Cesc <-> Xavi

51st minute - WTH! Casillas slid way outside the box to clear that one. Spain asleep at the wheel for a second.

Goooool

Fantastic passing with Torres finishing with authority, hard shot to the near post past the keeper. Wonderful stuff.
3-0

53rd minute - GOAL! Torres near post. Maybe Roy was wrong, maybe exactly what Torres needed was to play.

57' sub
Silva <-> Torres

... against Liechtenstein.
Still, great performance by El Niño which should be a great confidence booster for him.