Spain is the Selection champion of europe, and arrives at Potchefstroom loaded with Real Madrid players and the Barcelona, that dominate the football of the old continent. But the first one shines in South Africa is Fernando Torres, then forward the Liverpool. The Premier is the most admired European league in Africa and the from Madrid becomes the media star of the Selection. At the end of the first training session, the fans claim him. Fernando goes to serve your followers
towers had been very close to miss the World Cup by a knee injury. So much it was operated over the horn to get to South Africa. Del Bosque had expressed his doubts because didn't want to “take players touched”, although the coach always kept his confidence where Torres was going to recover. Finally it was. To the reach Potchefstroom, the ram net offered a FIFA interview, in which he assured that “before we were door-to-door favorites, but for others we were not. Now you hear statements from any coach and they all give us favorites“According to Torres the Selection's secret “is the confidence in our game, but also humility. “In the end, even with physical problems, Torres was able to participate in the success of Spain in South Africa.
Another one that came in trouble was Iniesta, what was doubt for the first match against Switzerland, in which he finally participated although he had to be replaced by Pedro. The doubts about Andrés' physical condition resolved after the first workout. When it seemed that he was not going to exercise, Iniesta took to the pitch when his teammates had been training for 20 minutes. Made continuous run for about 10 minutes and as he ran he couldn't help hitting the ball repeatedly that some balls passed by his side. After the race, Iniesta performed specific ball-hitting exercises. Both in the continuous race and with the ball, Andrés was working under the supervision of Hugo Camarero, a new reinforcement Del Bosque's coaching staff for the World Cup. Hugo was the recuperator of Iniesta, and also that of Towers.
Meanwhile, Spain had already taken possession of its headquarters, in the high-performance center of the North West University. They all sleep in the Sport Village, with rooms without luxuries, but suitable for athletes. As in big dates, players don't share a room.
In the high performance center there is a cricket ground and various rugby, one of them enabled as football field so that train Selection from Vicente del Bosque. Players have to walk about 200 meters from their hotel to the training ground, and share space with special envoys. In harmony and smooth.