Spain's lack of forwards is seriously starting to worry me for the Euros. Villa won't be fit even if he recovers, Torres is a busted flush, Soldado is unproven and looks overrated for me and Pedro can't play up front unless he's in a front three. Llorente has a lot on his shoulders this summer!
Xavi, iniesta, fabregas, silva, busquets and llorente with soldado, pedro, torres and possibly callejon (he is spanish right?) to come on, don't see much weakness there to be honest
Spain won the world cup without Torres contributing much in terms of goals , replacing him can only make them stronger."
Make that ANYTHING. He didn't score in the finals or in any of Spains qualifying games. He's only scored 2 goals for Spain in a REAL competitive International since Euro 2008 and that was a brace against the mighty Liechtenstein in a 2012 Euro qualifier.
Agree with Leroy. With no Villa and Torres so desperately off form, there's a serious risk Spain will have 80% possession but no cutting edge.
Still, if they keep the ball as much as they can they'll still have enough to beat most teams but the like of Germany will definitely fancy their chances as will any team who can stay resilient in defenceand try to nick one from a set piece or similar. They're certainly not the clear favourites they were for the World Cup.
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And Spain won the world cup on the back of Villa.
Spain won the world cup without Torres contributing much in terms of goals , replacing him can only make them stronger."
Make that ANYTHING. He didn't score in the finals or in any of Spains qualifying games. He's only scored 2 goals for Spain in a REAL competitive International since Euro 2008 and that was a brace against the mighty Liechtenstein in a 2012 Euro qualifier.
Still, if they keep the ball as much as they can they'll still have enough to beat most teams but the like of Germany will definitely fancy their chances as will any team who can stay resilient in defenceand try to nick one from a set piece or similar. They're certainly not the clear favourites they were for the World Cup.