Thursday, June 10, 2010

Group H: Spain look sensational, and potentially unbeatable

Spain: skilled, fast, unified, deadly.

That is how I’m going to describe the team coming into this year’s tournament.

They scored six goals against Poland in their final warm-up match, and I don’t expect them to slow down any time soon.

With Fernando Torres working his way back to match fitness, David Villa and his spectacular current form, as well as Cesc Fabregas and his uncanny ability to control everything in the middle of the park, there really isn’t a weakness in the Spanish side.

And in a group of relatively weaker sides, Spain should have no trouble winning this group. There definitely isn't a team in this group that appears capable of dethroning Spain, possibly not even in the whole tournament.

The only negative to that, is that they will cross over with group G in the round of 16 – meaning they will have to play the likes of Brazil, Portugal or Ivory Coast, a daunting task to anyone. However, Spain should have no trouble.


After proving during Euro 2008 that they are no longer the choke artists they had been in the past, Spain looks to be on course to recapture that unbelievable form that handed them the title two years ago.

Switzerland, after in 2006 became the first team to be eliminated from a World Cup without conceding a goal, must net some of their own in order to proceed to the second round.

They will be up against Chile, a squad who was impressive during South American qualifying. They are a young but very talented team, and I feel that they should have enough fire up front to advance behind Spain to the round of 16.

3 comments:

  1. let the games begin I think there will be a few surprises from the group stage.

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  2. Not even going to mention Honduras, eh? Harsh.

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  3. I don't really think anyone has a chance against Spain, but I was picking Chile as the second team in the group. I don't really think Honduras has much of a shot.

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