The Spanish winger got his chance to impress against France and was able to help the Spanish national team by winning a late penalty.
Spain recently faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045.
The Spanish national team has managed to impress with time. Even though La Furia Roja showed that they are vulnerable when the competition started, they kept on improving with time and that is the reason why they are again being considered as favourites
to win the competition.
Spain got off to a slow start in the competition. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, Republic of Ireland and Croatia during the group stages of the competition.
Their first game was against Italy and the Italians were able to draw the match 1-1. Spaniards were the first one to concede a goal as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Di-Natale-c6306 finished a perfect move created by none other than Andrea Pirlo.
However, Spain were on their toes and took almost no time to get back into the game as Cesc Fabregas scored a goal after a sublime pass from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601.
Spain’s next opponents were http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 off by
beating them 1-0, thanks to a goal from Jesus Navas.
Spain’s next game was against France, who they were able to beat 2-0.
Now, with the quarter-finals over, Spain are ready to face Portugal in the semi-final stage of the competition.
While speaking about the game against Portugal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 seemed very optimistic and believes that Spain can win.
The Spanish winger said:
“We are virtually the same players as in the past, we are confident, playing well, and I think in that sense this team is as good as in the last Euro or World Cup,” he said.
“We’re hitting our stride at the right time and we hope to play a great game against Portugal.”
Spain are considered to be favourites against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 on the other side, anything can be expected.
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