The Spanish winger was able to win a penalty against the French national team, and with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 converting from the spot, it was an easy win for the Spanish side.
Spain faced France in the quarter-final stage of the Euro 2012. The French national team managed to draw, win and lose their respective games in the group stages and that is the reason why they couldn’t top their group and faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 in the quarter finals.
Laurent Blanc’s men took a slow star in the Euro 2012 campaign. The French side drew England, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 and Ukraine in their group and had to face the English national team first.
Even though England recently appointed their latest manager, Roy Hodgson, they still played a great game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 and helped France take a point from the difficult
fixture.
France faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 next and were able to win the game 2-0.
Even though the last fixture, against Sweden, was expected to be a walk in the park for the France, they were beaten by their opponents and that is the reason why they couldn’t top their respective group.
England, on the other hand, were the ones who managed to top the group.
Spain were drawn against France in the quarter-final stages. Just like the French national team, Spain also faced a stern test in the shape of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 as their Euro 2012 campaign kicked off. Italians were at their personal best and were able to draw the game
against Spain.
The Spanish national team was able to beat their other two opponents, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987, and qualified for the quarter-final stages as the winners of their groups.
When the two teams collided, it was expected to be a tough game for both the teams. However, at the end of the day, the defending champions comfortably managed to beat France with the final score-line 2-0.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 was able to celebrate his 100th game with Spain in a perfect way, as he scored a brace which helped Spain qualify for the semi-final.
While speaking about the game against France, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez was content with the way his side played and said:
“The team played well, the first goal calmed us down and we managed to keep possession. Being in control against a good team such as France should make us feel very satisfied.”
“It was also important because of the history between the two teams. They have always been a very tough rival, so it was so important to play a great match and finally beat them.”
Spain will now be facing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in the semi-final stage of the competition.
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