The Spanish national team faced Panama in an international friendly and even though Vicente Del Bosque played a second-choice side, La Roja were able to win 5-1.
Spain faced Panama in a friendly fixture during the midweek and won the match 5-1 with Pedro Rodriguez scoring a brace in the process.
The World champions were expected to face a tough challenge in the shape of Panama, as the climatic conditions were quite harsh for La Roja.
The humidity level was expected to rise up to 90%, something which the Spanish players would find difficult as they do not play in such conditions on a daily basis.
However, despite the extreme weather conditions, La Roja were able to secure a victory as they won the match 5-1.
While facing Panama, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque did not field a first-choice Spanish team, as the players were coming through a very tough routine.
However, a few first-choice players got the nod to play for Spain and David Villa was one of them.
On the other hand, the Real Madrid shot-stopper, Iker Casillas, was benched as the match started against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Panama-c2978, while Victor Valdes was the man who stood guard between the two sticks.
He was aided by the centre-back partnership of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juanfran-c19849 featured in the right-back position.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629.
The match ended with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 won the match 5-1 and the Spanish captain praised his team.
While speaking about how the Spaniards performed, Casillas said:
“I’m satisfied with our performance and Gomez took his goal really well. It was great and I hope he enjoyed it. The Panamanians are wonderful people.”
Casillas will now be returning back to the Santiago Bernabeu, where his side, Real Madrid, are currently preparing to face Athletic Bilbao over the weekend, a match which can turn out to be a tough one, especially with Bilbao trying to climb up in La Liga’s
points table.
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