While speaking about the Ballon d’Or, Valdes stated that he is very fond of Andres Iniesta and is happy about the individual honour which he has received after the Euro 2012.
Spain qualified for the Euro 2012 and were defending their title as they were the champions back in 2008.
The Spaniards were favourites to reach the final of the prestigious competition but with their first-choice players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 out injured, not many thought that Spain are going to win the competition two times in succession.
However, with a midfield consisting of players like Andres Iniesta, it was almost impossible for Spain to get knocked out of the competition as they were phenomenal after the group stages of the prestigious tournament.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 was at his personal best while Andres Iniesta was later given the award for being the best player of the tournament after he helped Spain win the final.
Andres Iniesta was barely taken off during the matches which Spain played and even though Spain did not really start their Euro 2012 campaign as well as they hoped for, they were able to finish it off in style.
Spain’s first match was against Italy, who they eventually faced in the final as well. Even though Spain were expected to perform brilliantly against a side like Italy during the group stages, the match ended in a 1-1 draw and that was the only goal which
Casillas conceded throughout the tournament.
Later, Spain were able to top their group and qualified for the final after beating the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Spain faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 were able to win the final 4-0.
Iniesta was at his personal best throughout the competition and that is the reason why he was given the award for being the best player during the tournament.
Iniesta is now being considered as a heavy favourite to win the Ballon d’Or.
While speaking about the individual award which Iniesta has received, Valdes showed his delight and said:
[Andres] Iniesta I am very fond of and I am very happy for the recognition and awards that he has received."
Iniesta will now resume training for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, where he will be under the watchful eyes of his new coach, Tito Vilanova.
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