SPAIN SUFFERS TO WIN 3 - 2 CHILE IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM managed to comeback & defeat a difficult CHILE 3 - 2 tonight in an International Friendly played in Geneva ( Switzerland). There was two SPAINs tonight: a terrible & unrecognisable first half team & an improved more efficient second half side. However the Spanish victory came thanks to a "non-existent" last minute penalty that rebounded back into the path of Cesc Fabregas who had just hit the goalie. Luck was on Spain's side tonight. 

Spanish Football Team members

Spanish National Coach Vicent del Bosque experimented giving some players some non-habitual playing minutes & putting into the defence Javi Martinez ( a midfielder) & Albiol ( not having time at Real Madrid). The "new look" defence was out of touch as Chile score two fabulous & spectacular goals; ISLA in the 10th min & VARGAS in the 20th min that rocked the World Champs. The Spanish midfield,  with only XAVI as the creative brain,  wasn't firing & his team-mate Xabi Alonso wasn´t connecting. In a nutshell, a totally uncoordinated Spanish Team that was unknown to observers.

The second half saw ANDRES INIESTA come on & revolutionize the team, & even scored in the 55th min. His presence was vital in tonight's Spanish victory. Spain brought on some real fire power in the midfield with CESC FABREGAS , PEDRO & CAZORLA to win back the midfield & the all important ball. The second & equalizer came in the 70th min via FABREGAS & the winner in the 90th agin via FABREGAS with a penalty that wasn´t on Arbeloa.


In conclusion, a real scare tonight for the World Champions who should - my opinion - forget the experimentations & concentrate on playing with the "big guns" from the start. It is clear that the defence suffers without Pique ( injured) & Puyol (injured) & that this is an area for deep study for the National Coach Del Bosque in coming days.

Yes, there was a slight brawl at the end between Chilean & Spanish players. Iniesta drove crazy his opponents, but lets stick to the Footy. We already have had quite a few days-weeks of debates about the "other" local brawls :O)


Details:


SPAIN - 3: Casillas (Reina, m.46); Sergio Ramos, Raúl Albiol, Javi Martínez, Arbeloa; Busquets, Xabi Alonso (Iniesta, m. 46), Xavi (Cesc, m. 64); Silva (cazorla, m. 79), Villa (Pedro, m. 46) & Negredo(Fernando Torres, m. 64).


CHILE -2: Claudio Bravo; Arturo Vidal, Pablo Contreras, Jara; Mauricio Isla (Meneses, m. 83), Medel (Estrada, m. 88), Carmona, Beausejour (Felipe Gutiérrez, m. 79), Jorge Valdivia (Orellana, m.86); Alexis Sánchez & Eduardo Vargas (Felipe Seymour, m. 58).


Goals: 0-1, m. 10: Isla. 0-2, m. 20: Vargas. 1-2, m. 55: Iniesta. 2-2, m. 70: Cesc. 3-2, m. 90: Cesc.

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