WORLD CUP: SPAIN 1 - SAUDI ARABIA 0. SO RELAXED ITS WORRYING

OK, Spain had its "substitute side".Alright, Spain won the
match 1-0 to Saudi Arabia. But how can you explain Spain´s
worrying & unexplained 2º half? Perhaps the "relaxation"
of qualifying & a lower opponent lead to this performance?

The lack of tension shown in the 2º half, has filled my mind,
with more doubts, than calming karma. Can Spain afford
to play like the 2º half against France? Brazil?














The starting lineup was as expected , give a run to the other players,
no Ramos, Pernia, X.Alonso, Torres, Puyol, Pablo,Garcia...
This made no difference in the 1º half. Spain played great football &
CESC FABREGAS , REYES & JOAQUIN were in full flight. But
ZAID the Saudi goalkeeper stopped them all, shots from everywhere
that somehow didnt find the back of the net.



















The goal finally come in the 39´min from an excellent header
from JUANITO, thanks to a superb Reyes "curver".

































It looked like the 2º half would be a whitewash & there was
changes: Villa for Raul, Xavi for Cesc & Torres for Reyes.

But it all seemed to go "wrong", the Saudi´s took control
& Spain never recovered, including some dangerous Saudi
goal shooting. The Saudi´s lost respect & grew, showing some
worrying aspects to the Spanish game.

Independiently, Spain won & qualified.Great !. However, the
World Cup starts NOW, & the "real teams" are there NOW.
Spain needs to regain its concentration, its hunger, its play
& respect, if they are to continue in their merry way. I´m sure
this is only a scare, that it will be ok, but that doesn´t take away
the worry, the questions that have been raised today.

Thanks to "elmundo" for the pictures. Tweet

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