Soccerati.net - The World Cup

Spain which is the breeding ground of a lot of very good players and supports a great competitive league doesn’t win in the big leagues.

With a 4-0 demolition of Ukraine, Spain won it’s first opening game since 1950. That is a very long 56 years of waiting and it came on an explosive handling of their opponent.

So far Luis Aragones’ decision of putting Raul in the bench in favor of David Villa, 24 from Valencia and Raul Torres, 22 from Atletico Madrid.

Both have been spectacular thus far where Villa scored in the 17th and 48th while Torres adding a fourth goal in the 81st minute.

With both players still young this is a great opportunity for them to raise their stock and experience as well as increasing the chances of Spain in the World Cup.

How Ripe is Spain? We will know in the coming week or two.

You want to see the complete video of all goals scored in the tournament? It’s here.

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