European champions Spain will undergo inaugural game in Group H against a Swiss team of black horses and they are determined to prove they are worthy of being a favorite status in the World Cup champions this time.
Spanish football was enjoying its heyday after they won the European Cup 2008 Barcelona ago and also a record-breaking achievements in the year 2009 the club level yesterday, and many people put them as favorites along with Brazil.
La Furia Roja himself became the only team ranked first ever FIFA World Cup without a win, their best achievement was reaching the fourth position in the 1950 edition. Spain had only appeared in two World Cup until the year 1979, but they never again absent since then.
But the kind of player in goalkeeper Iker Casillas, midfielders Xavi and Andres Iniesta's brilliant and deadly striker David Villa and Fernando Torres they have a quality that only comes once in every generation.
Vicente Del Bosque is handled, they escaped with empurna record, won the tenth game in the group phase and midfielder Cesc Fabregas is declared when the time has come for them to reach their first World Cup.
"We are hungry for the title and we can show that we are the best team in this competition," said Fabregas.
"We have a competitive team, but we are also determined to prove that this is our moment and we really wanted to show that Spain could be the best."
While Switzerland's success in reaching the last 16 of the World Cup in 2006 before discontinued Ukraine via shootout, the team managed to overcome the defeat of Luxembourg before memuncaki gurem in the qualifying round group phase.
Switzerland is now coached by former architect of Bayern Munich, Ottmar Hitzfeld, and has a combination of talented young players kinds Eren Derdiyok, Tranquillo Barnetta and goalkeeper Diego Benaglio along with experienced players kind of captain and striker Alexander Frei Blaise N'Kufo.
In the fight warming, they successfully held world champions Italy drew 1-1, but lost 1-0 from Costa Rica. Midfielder Gelson Fernandes no doubt that Spain is a formidable potential opponent and also one of the world's best teams.
"I rarely saw the domination is so strong in the collective game. You can see them all blend together as a unit and it was really fun to watch - really awesome to play against them."
"They are favorites because they are tactically and technically strong. We must suppress them from far away on the front lines."
While Hitzfeld who is one of the successful coach who won the Champions League with two different clubs, affirms that they will not play to grab a 0-0 draw.
"We have to score one or two goals, because playing 0-0 against Spain it is very difficult, only a few successful teams do it," said Hitzfeld.
"We have been practicing in enclosed areas so we can adjust to the Spanish game. We will play with a defensive mindset and take the chance when striking back, because Spain is likely to master the ball 65 to 70 percent." (Ball / ro
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