That June 25th, the day that the Spain Del Bosque beat the Bielsa Chile, David Villa became the top scorer in the history of Spain in the World Cups. Iker Casillas equaled Zubizarreta by wearing the captain's armband at one time number fifty, Fernando Torres he is four games away from reaching Camacho, a symbol of Fury … That day, The Red recovered sensations and suddenly we realized we had a dream Selection that allowed us dream of winning our first World Cup.
Luis Aragones assured in Al Jazeera, in their comments, already very much followed and expected, with certain morbid why not say it said that Spain improved a little and blessed Del Bosque's changes, especially Cesc's. “It was made to have plus the ball and it was achieved, “said the former Spanish selector.
In the press review immediate among sports websites around the world it was found that Spain was again the favorite. After the crisis of the defeat against Switzerland in the debut, the victories against Honduras and Chile they placed Spain in the round of 16 with Portugal as a rival. Thus, the Argentine newspaper Olé invited to celebrate the pass with Argentina, in clear reference to the candidacy for the title and highlighted: “Spain played better, took advantage of the gifts and took the group. ” L'Équipe directly claimed that “Spain joins to the favorite group together with Brazil and Argentina, after the triumph achieved with the best performance since debut. “The BBC website focused on the Spanish rival in eighths and highlights: “After winning Chile, now Portugal is waiting.” La Gazzeta He speaks of the round pass “more than deservedly.”
In that match, both Chileans and Spaniards they played watching the result of Switzerland-Honduras. No one commented anything that same day of the game or in the chronicles published the next day, but days later if there was talk of a possible pact between Chile and Spain the last ten minutes. In the stadium live didn't give that feeling and the protagonists denied it. Knowing Bielsa and Del Bosque surely there was nothing strange. Those of us who were present that night in Pretoria are clear that there was no biscotto.
I expected Cristiano Ronaldo in the round of 16 for which Xabi Alonso was doubt by a sprained ankle for which he was replaced against Chile. He debate on the tiqui-taca I know parked an hour and Spain moved forward with the dream of being world champion for the first time in its history.
Iniesta was starting to tune. He was a starter after overcoming the inconvenience that left him out against Honduras. The one with Fuentealbilla scored the second goal, recovered sensations and was chosen the MVP against Chile. And the Octopus paul warmed up because I had a job having yet to predict a few games until the end.