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 | | Spain left with victory from the visit of the Caribbean16.08.2012 |
Spain continues with the winning run after Euro 2012, having won with 2:1 as a guest in control match over Puerto Rico. The match was played at the stadium "Juan Ramon Lubriel" in Puerto Rican city of Bayamon, also known as "Puerto Rican Mecca of football."
Despite the small difference in the result, the European champions expected dominated in the game, the hosts practically realized from their only clear position.
Bad news for Vicente del Bosque was trauma that Huanfran received early in the meeting and in the 19th minute had forced his replace.
Santi Cazorla with a distant shot in the 42 th minute surprise the guard of Puerto Rico in order to find the result. In the final seconds of the regular 45 minutes of the first half, the protection of the hosts does not respond when Cesc Fabregas received a cross from the right, somewhere behind the penalty point, and then scored for 2:0.
Again Cazorla could rise immediately after the break, but hit the crossbar. A little later he found excellent Yorente but the Tarrant also had no luck to score a third goal for Spain.
Instead, Mark Sintron scored in the 66th minute, only two, after he had appeared on the pitch as a substitute. Sintron get out of Sergio Ramos, on a long pass from the goalkeeper of Puerto Rico, and having deal with the defender, sent the ball from the boundary of the penal, in the door.
Five minutes later Yorente had another chance to recover from two-goal lead for the visitors, but his shot was parried.
Outside the goal, Gaudet was the most dangerous player of Puerto Rico, and on two or three times cause the protection of Spain to deal with recent efforts with his attacks.
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