Villa scores twice as Spain brush past Armenia 4-0
11/9/2008 18:01
First half goals from defender Joan Capdevila and striker David Villa
opened the way for Spain to complete a comfortable 4-0 win over Armenia in
Albacete last night.
Villa added a second 14 minutes from time and Marcos
Senna rounded off a comfortable win for the Spanish with a long range shot in
what was a night for the fans to enjoy in the Carlos Belmonte Stadium.
The
win means Spainhave won their opening two World Cup qualifying matches and have
had a perfect start to their campaign to qualify for the 2010 World cup finals
in South Africa.
As expected Spain coach Vicente del Bosque made two changes
to his side against the weaker opposition.
Center forward Dani Guiza took his
place in the starting 11 along with winger Santi Cazorla with David Capel and
Cesc Fabrigas dropping out of the team that beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 on
Saturday.
Capdevila opened the scoring after just seven minutes, controlling
a long ball from local boy Andres Iniesta and finding the time to fire a
powerful shot in at the post.
Nine minutes later Villa doubled the lead. The
man who scored the winning goal at the weekend took another pass from Iniesta
before controlling and rifling home the second.
Everything pointed to Armenia
receiving a sever punishment at the hands of a rampant Spain side and Villa
could have added anther pair before the break, as the home side continued to
dominate.
The story remained the same after the break. Spain had all of the
ball, while Armenia struggled to keep them at bay. Del Bosque took advantage of
the situation to give a debut to 18-year-old Bojan Krkic after 65 minutes as the
game ran into danger of petering out.
It was down to Villa to bring it back
to life. The Valencia forward hit the post after 76 minutes and that was a taste
of what was to come as he netted his second of the game and Spain's third three
minutes later. This time it was a combination between Cesc and Xabi Alonso, both
on as substitutes, which set up the striker.
There was still time for another
goal as midfielder Marcos Senna fired home from distance to score the fourth of
the night and complete a straightforward win for the Spanish.
Xinhua
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