The Atletico Madrid youth academy graduate opened the scoring for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s charges ended with a 4-0 rout.
Spain shrugged off the criticism they have received after their unimpressive 1-1 draw with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giovanni-c14985 Trapattoni’s men were thoroughly outclassed in all departments as their tireless efforts were no match for La Roja excellence.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 was the hero of the night as he opened the scoring in the 4th minute and effectively finished the match with his second goal of the night around the hour mark.
With an impressive performance to boast off, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 forward took the opportunity to confront the media who have criticised his below par performances in the red jersey.
Torres started off by showing his disgust about reports that he was disappointed at not starting against the Azzurri, stating that he is fully aware of the team dynamics and has no problem at sitting out on the bench in the best interest of the team.
Continuing on the topic, he admitted that the draw against Italy was not the most favourable of results but they have to take positives from it and cannot dwell on the past for long.
"It was not a disappointment. I know all my team-mates we have here, we are all playing in the best team in the world - at least we won the World Cup and the Euros.”
"We work in the training sessions to be in the starting XI, but if we can't we have to give some help to our team-mates who start and hope to have the chance to go on from the bench and do something good for the team.”
"Against Italy, it was not a good result for us, but the performance was really good from everyone.”
Responding to questions about his form, Torres commented that he was fortunate to score goals when selected from the start and hopes to continue in the same manner.
However, he refused to get involved in the selection controversy, stating that he will do as the manager bids him to.
"I was lucky enough today to be selected for the first XI - two goals was nice - but if in the next game the manager decides to play without a striker that's fine.”
La Roja take on the challenge of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 in their final Group C fixture on June 18.
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