Villa Hat-Trick Ace

Remember the name and number: David Villa

Spain entered the tournament with much to prove to the world that they will no longer be an underperforming side. For all the talents in their team and the local stars in La Liga, Spain has not really been able to win the big prizes at the international stage. Somehow for this tournament, there's just a weird feeling that they may just do it. With emerging talents such as Fabregas and Sergio Ramos plus hot on form strikers like Torres and David Villa, the Spanish team is one not to be reckoned with.

It was a sluggish start for the Spanish at the first quarter of the match but eventually, they broke the deadlock when Torres unselfishly passed the ball to David Villa for him to score the first. Not long afterthat, Villa was at the receiving end of a piercing Iniesta pass and he made no mistake in securing his second. At the second half, a magnificent solo ball control movement by Villa enabled him to pop his hat-trick in. The three goals were truly magnificent finishing from the Spanish marksman. The Russians were left dejected after being run ragged by Villa. Anyways, to retain some form of pride, they managed to score a consolation goal to make it 3-1. But Spain was not done. Fabregas was introduced as a sub into the game and he too wanna get into the scoresheet. And he does it superbly with a connecting header late in the game.

The 4-1 scoreline reflects the superiority of the Spanish in the match although they had to take some time get settled into the game. Lol..to think that this was the Russian team which edged out England for Euro 2008. Gosh..Steve McClaren really blew it up.

At the end of the first round of the group matches, there ain't any surprising upsets (apart from Italy, if u want to count it) and the results were more or less predictable. Spain will face Sweden in the their next match.