That July 5 the man of the day was David Villa. The Guaje He commanded with his five goals the table of top scorers of the world. His many and the stops Casillas embodied the work of the entire team and allowed to be at the Selection for the first time in the semifinal of a world. Villa had not lavished himself in interviews, possibly because he had signed for the Barca just before the championship started and he preferred to focus on Spain and not yet answering questions about your new equipment. That day he attended Telecinco.
Villa indicated that the team was going from less to more because “we never lost confidence. Playing to the limit has made us more focused.” El Guaje really wanted to face Germany because an injury prevented him from playing the final against that team two years earlier in the Eurocup 2008. Miroslav Klose, then the world's second all-time leading scorer, had praised Villa the day before saying he was up to the task of Messi. El Guaje please match Ronaldo Nazario in the third and fourth place of that World Cup.
When asked about a forecast, Villa replied: “Winning and playing a good game, being ourselves and that people are happy and proud. Being in the final is our goal, but without the World Cup it is as if we had done nothing. We represent a country that is happy with our successes. If we achieve something great, it will also be the fault of all the people who are supporting us. “
Villa cherished the legend. After equaling Emilio Butragueño As the top Spanish scorer in a World Cup and becoming the first Spaniard to score in four consecutive World Cup matches, Guaje then sought to equalize Gerd Müller. The mythical striker of the German Federal Republic he had been the only one to be top scorer in a World Cup and a European Championship. Villa had been a top scorer in the previous Eurocup with four and was aiming before the semifinals also to become top scorer of the 2010 World Cup with five goals scored
'Torpedo' Müller He was top scorer in the 1970 World Cup with ten goals. And in the 1972 Euro Cup, he was also a scorer with four goals. Villa would be the second player in history to achieve being Golden Boot in a World Cup and a Eurocup. Also, I had a shot at Raúl González Blanco, to two goals, to beat him as the top scorer in the history of the National Team.
There were two days left for the semifinal match and Villa was grabbing covers. That July 5 there was a lot of activity in Potchefstroom, with all the media doing reports because the next day they traveled to Durban to play against Germany. That day, Forest still unconfirmed to towers as owner. There was speculation that if he left El Niño he would enter Cesc Fábregas or Fernando Llorente …