Records tumble as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 in final Euro 2012 qualifier
It was a momentous night for La Roja fans who saw their team emulate established records. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 shattered dreams of the Scots in Alicante by scoring a goal and adding an assist in the 3-1 win.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miroslav-Klose-c26049 has more international goals than him.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Julio-c19950 Salinas and Luis Suarez with his goal.
His goal could not have come at a better time, establishing his name in the pages of history books on a night where he captained La Furia Roja.
In addition to this feat, the Asturian has achieved it in record time. El Guaje has taken only 80 competitive matches to get to this tally. His predecessors took much longer to set their marks.
Victory on the night for Spanish national team allowed them to equal the record of 14 straight wins.
This was an excellent conclusion to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, as they amassed perfect 8 wins out of 8, and will take to the pitch in eight months time to defend their title.
After beating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 in Prague on Friday, October 7, Spain only bettered their previous record for successive competitive wins, taking their tally to 13 victories.
Now, after beating Scotland, the 'Red' have equalled the record of 14 victories which was set by the French in 2004 and later emulated by the Dutch in 2010. They will get a chance to better their achievements in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
Spain had achieved 12 consecutive wins in competitive matches prior in their history, a streak that was halted by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
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