The objective has been achieved. SPAIN has defeated CHILE 1 -2 & finishes in 1ºst position of Group H, along with Chile, to go onto meet Portugal in the from now onwards "knock-out" stages. It wasn´t easy at all with Spain suffering from nerves from the start that were partially settled with the 1ºst goal by DAVID VILLA in the 24th min with a fantastic 30mt "lob shot" that puts him in the World Cup leading goal scorer catagory & brands him as one of the finest strikers in current World Football.
The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM lifted its game with an impressive BUSQUETS controlling the midfield & the Chilean attacking moves, when a counter-attack finished with ANDRES INIESTA scoring the 2ºnd Spanish goal in the 37th min with a "sweet" outside the box in one swift move. During that Spanish play making goal occasion Chilean Estrada tackled hard a Spanish player which won him his second yellow card & was sent off leaving Chile with 10 men.
However, even with Chile down to 10 men & Spain up 2 goals, it wasn´t over & Chile managed to "rock" Spain early in the second half with a 47th min goal by MILLAR that brought back nerves into the Spanish team. Spanish Coach Del Bosque decided to make some changes to secure the midfield while Chile experienced a drop in physical form that stopped them going further onto the next level. From here Chile defended & Spain "wasted time" with touch Football awaiting the final whistle as both knew they were through to the next stage of the tournament.
Spain now goes onto meet Portugal on Tuesday & they are feeling great as players commented post match that the team had regained confidence & have recovered from the moral blow from their 1ºst game loss to Switzerland. This victory makes it all a clean slate & Spain can now put its mind towards taking things step by step & in getting better & better. Lets hope so. Tweet
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