The magnificent SPANISH U-21 FOOTBALL TEAM that won the 2012 European Championship have grown old, that is, passed the age limit. SPAIN has had to "replace" & renew the U-21 team with the youngsters knocking at the door for International exposure. SPAIN played tonight BELGIUM away in an International Friendly the ended in a 1 - 1 , but the sensations were very good & young Spanish Footballer GRIMALDO made his debut with just 17 years of age. Along with him, young Atletico de Madrid promise Oliver Torres also got a run. An even match with chances to both teams, Spain got ahead first via Barça sensation DELOFEU in the 28th min. Belgium fought back & equalized in the 42 min via VAN DER BRUGGEN.
BELGIUM 1 Casteels, Cisse, Arslanagic, Heyleen, Verboom, Malanda-Adje, Vetokele, Van der Bruggen, Batshuayi, Praet y Mpoku Ebunge. También jugaron: Thorgan Hazard & Jordan Lukaku. SPAIN 1 Kepa (Sotres, m.46), Carvajal, Sergi Gómez, Amat (Oliver Torres, m.57), Aurtenetxe (Saul, m.46), Pardo, Obiang (Grimaldo, m.46), Suso (Ignasi Miquel, m.57), Deulofeu, Sarabia (Luis Alberto, m.66) & Alcácer (Bernat, m.66). GOALS: 0-1, m.28: Delofeu; 1-1, m.42: Van Der Bruggen
Man of the match: David Villa - now only 11 goals behind Spain´s all time Goalscorer, Raul. The record will soon be overtaken at this rate.
Impressive, very impressive. SPAIN gets closer to World Cup 2010 qualification after defeating BELGIUM 5-0 & it could have been more had Villa not missed a penalty in the 23rd min & Spain got the ball in instead of hitting the post.
SFS could write here a long summary on dominant play & touch Football but suffice to say the VILLA was absolutely outstanding with 2 goals & 2 goal assistances, while DAVID SILVA is back where he belongs in brilliant form with two goals.
Below VIDEO of all 5 goals ( Silva 41m, Villa 49m, Pique 51m, Silva 61m & Villa 85m) for you to enjoy.
Next match: Spain vs Estonia - 9.09.09. A win here will virtually seal WC2010 Group qualification (needs 4 points more) Tweet
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