The Spanish team celebrated its anniversary with a win over Argentina by 2 to 1, in a friendly match, to pay homage to the Spanish football for its centennial.

Spanish newspapers described the encounter between Argentina and Spain, saying ‘the painting by Diego Armando Maradona was filed with the joy of 4 thousand Argentine fans with its greater arsenal, with a block in which they excelled on the blackboard one of the best players, Leo Messi and his teammates in the attack, Gonzalo Higuain and Maxi Rodriguez.”

The onset responded to the expectations. The Spanish team kept the ball, while the South Americans, crouching in wait for the backlash. Thus came the first opportunities for the locals through fast connections between Blaugrana, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Valencia star David Silva, David Villa.

The result of these combinations in the early stages of the game, led to a formal move that ended with a shooting cross inside the area that, despite disrupting Sergio Romero, it ended in the first goal of the night by Xabi Alonso.

After this, the Spanish team continued the siege while drifting in a scenario in which the spectators were celebrating the festival with continuous waves.

With the evident superiority of Del Bosque´s team, South America increased the hardness with a  loading of warnings that were, with players ultimately depleted for the rest of the game.

While Villa and Iniesta enjoyed two clear attempts over the rival, the wards used their status to inflict a bite to Benfica´s Angel D.i Maria, which was the only large danger to meet in the first half.

During the second half, Argentina kept its suffocating pressure in the area with successive errors-many of which were not given the friendly whistles and was blocking the joy in the game.

In this new situation, a steal of Maxi Rodriguez in the area Raul Albiol, Carles Puyol came on after the break, allowed visitors to enjoy the award with a maximum penalty Messi became the disappeared again, that despite this therefore, failed to shine with a shirt that looks different than in Barcelona.

From the ‘tables’, and with the release of the Argentines after their quiet performance, inaccuracies replaced the touch, which forced Spain to change the picture. With the additions of Alvaro Negredo, Juan Mata and Jesus Navas, who first defended the colors of the absolute, the new area of development shifted to the bands, a successful alternative imposed by the Spanish coach.

As a result, the ‘Rojo’ provided new opportunities. The first step after a frugral by Sergio Ramos headed the second after shot in front of Negredo, and third, this time successfully, from a play that ended up touching the hand of the suspended Demichelis, and ended with a penalty scored by the team for the scorer of the night, Xabi Alonso.

Following this, a final storm  dissappointed  and placed again at Del Bosque on top as the best international team at the FIFA World Ranking, a condition achieved after his victory in Austria and Switzerland ‘.

Source: the sports world