Spain 2-1 Czech Republic: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 inspires comeback victory - Euro 2012 Qualifier
A David Villa brace helped Spain beat Czech Republic 2-1 in a Euro 2012 Qualifiers Group I encounter at the Nuevo Los Carmenes on Friday evening. With the latest win, La Roja maintain their perfect record in the qualifying stage and remain atop the group
table with 12 points from four games.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque, fielded a strong team for this game with Xavi and Andres Iniesta anchoring the midfield, and David Villa playing as the lone striker in a 4-5-1 formation. On the other hand, Michal Bilek also deplyed his troops in a 4-5-1
formation with Milan Baros starting alone upfront.
The Spaniards started the game at a high tempo and could have scored in the 2ndminute. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 was made to produce a lovely save on Iniesta’s low drive from the edge of the box. Spain dominated the possession and continued to play their traditional
passing game. On the 25th minute mark, Villa connected brilliantly to a cross from the right but Cech made a nice save to clear the ball to safety.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 managed to open the scoring against the run of play in the 29thminute. Tomas Rosicky played a lovely ball to Jaroslav Plasil, who drilled a low shot from the edge of the box to find the bottom corner of the net to make it 1-0.
Just before the half time whistle, Villa got on the end of a Jesus Navas cross and headed it towards the goal but Cech denied him with another splendid save.
Spain made a change at the break, replacing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 to add more fire power to the attack. The hosts played the game with even more intensity after the break, and Torres and Villa made a couple of nice link-up moves in the early minutes
of the second period.
Just before the hour mark, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 headed inches wide of the post from Iniesta’s cross from the right. Spain dominated the game and a goal looked inevitable. The hosts managed to equalise in the 68th minute. Villa danced in the Czech penalty
area and fired a shot into the bottom corner of the net past Cech to make it 1-1.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Rezek-c17798 hauled down Iniesta inside the box and the referee pointed to the spot without any hesitation. Villa stepped up and calmly slotted his shot into the top left corner to make it 2-1.
The visitors failed to trouble the Spanish defence throughout the second half as they slumped to their second defeat of the qualifying round.
Czech Republic will play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lithuania-c2944 the same day.
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