EURO 2008 INFO

Spain has finally joined the ranks of the favorites after his demonstration against Russia (4-1), where his playing very fast easily pass the Russian defence, thanks to a tripling of David Villa, in Innsbruck Tuesday in a match of Group D the Euro-2008.

Villa was not alone: with the dizzying gestures of his other offensive players, Fernando Torres, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, Luis Aragones team broke the Russian outsider. Cesc Fabregas (90 +1), which entered into during the game, took part in the celebrations by scoring the last goal, shortly after the reduction of Roman Pavlyuchenko scored (86).

Douchée by the 8th finals of the World-2006, when France had eliminated all the while Spain announced the retirement of Zidane, "Seleccion" was once arrived on tiptoe, without ensuring she had the team to win.

This modest approach has apparently allowed the Spanish players to focus on what makes their strength: speed. The speed of transmission, especially between the two attackers, Torres and Villa, a martyred Russian defenders.

And the vision of the game Xavi, "one of two, three best in the world at his post" according to Aragones, allowed Spain to transpercer the middle five elements of Russians feared that the breeder Spanish.

The beaten Guus Hiddink lost his game of chess against the "Sage of Hortaleza", but the Spanish coach had the best pieces.

"Furia Roja" took Russia to its own trap by opening the scoring on an attack against flash lit by Fernando Torres, who won his duel with Denis Kolodin and served Villa (20).

The red blood covered the estocade just before the break through striker of Valencia, Iniesta brilliantly served by a small ball and effect, as output of a table tennis bat (44). The third goal, Villa is the east led by dancing alone in defending Russian (75).

The Russians have not démérité. Their Thursday leaned sharply to the left under the dual influence of Roman Pavlyuchenko, advanced, s'exilait regularly on this side, and side-Yuri Zhirkov, very offensive.

A minute after the opening score, Konstantin Zyryanov has even failed mark on the commitment after a hole of air in the central Spanish defense, frozen, but he hit the post (21).

The pair of Zenit Saint Petersburg, Andrei Arshavin (suspended) / Pavel Pogrebnyak (flat rate for the euro), too has failed to play Russian. Dmitri Sychev, the former Marseille, used right side, never weighed.

The Russians have always tried to play but not really endanger Iker Casillas.

The only actor little inspired by this vibrant part of football was finally on the regional stage, the Tyrolean Konrad Plautz, who whistled everything, even small contacts, engaged in a match but very correct.