En weer omhoog, hij heeft weer gescoord.
Een stuk van valenciacf.es (maar dan in het Engels

, gaat ook over de wedstrijd tegen Spanje)
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David Villa Sánchez was born in Tuilla, Langreo, Asturias, Spain, on December 3rd 1981. He is the proud of Valencia CF. He is the proud of the national team. He has the class of the best strikers ever. October 15th 2008. David Villa Sánchez proved again that he is the best striker in the world. It wasn’t necessary to do that, but his greatness forced him to do it. Like he did against Russia, Sweden, Armenia, Estonia, Bosnia... 23 goals in 40 matches. He is currently the 5th top scorer in the history of the national team, with the same amount of goals as Alfredo di Stefano. In the night of October 15th 2008, Villa proved his skills in the last minute with a lethal header. This goal decided another extraordinary exhibition of the European champions in Belgium. The ‘Guaje’ awarded his team with the prize they deserved along the 90 minutes and he gave another victory to the best football team in the world. But things went wrong at the beginning. Sonck scored the breakthrough in the seventh minute. This was another challenge for Spain - to comeback playing away against a good team. Spain did a great job and was faithful to its football style. With it, the team disarmed its opponent. This superiority can be observed from the beginning of the match, during the match or, like yesterday, at the end of it.
Del Bosque’s team faced a new situation in this golden era. The team had to overcome an early goal and the players had to do it with Fernando Torres injured right after the first goal. The team found it hard to impose its usual passes and combinations and precipitation came due to the unforeseeable situation. There was still enough time though, but the players tried to score too fast, without creating good combinations and this hindered the team to impose its style. Furthermore, the Belgian team waited for the mistakes of their opponent to counterattack dangerously. But the team improved as time went by and this helped the players to control the situation. Cesc Fábregas came in for Torres and this change was essential to regain the possession of the ball and to fill the midfield line with players capable to assist Villa. The striker was perfect in slipping the coverage of the defenders and he proved that he can disarm a four-man defence. This time it was thanks to the help of the two defensive midfielders, who stuck in the centre of the defence. Fábregas began to feel comfortable and he started connecting with Iniesta, Xavi and Cazorla. And Spain scored the equalizer in a combination between Fábregas and Iniesta, who did a masterpiece. It was one of the best goals in the history of Spain’s national team. Arsenal’s midfielder did a great pass-through to Barcelona’s player. Iniesta tricked the goalkeeper with an impossible dribbling and scored the equalizer. This masterpiece gave security to the team and the players started to create goal chances to comeback. And it was Villa who deserved to score the second before the break. He run through the defenders with a great control, but his powerful shot to the near post was deflected by keeper Stijnen right over the goal line.
The half-time left good sensations both to Spain and Belgium, who felt comfortable with the draw and proud for the great performance they were showing to their fans. It’s not easy to play against Spain. If you give them a break, you are lost. Aware of their inferiority, the Belgian team started the second half waiting back and looking for a similar action to the one in which they scored the first goal. And they had it. It was in a crossed shot from the right by Witsel which Casillas couldn’t stop. The ball was going into the net, but Puyol did a great job and deflected the ball. From that moment, 53rd minute, there was only a team on the field of the Roi Baudouin Stadium and this was Spain. What a football exhibition from that moment to the final whistle. With even a greater ball control, Del Bosque’s side played with great and long combinations. They had patience until they found the way to score. This performance was a prize for the great offensive football. The team never lost its faith and the best striker in the world found the reward - David Villa Sánchez, a player to be recognized by the whole football planet.
En hij is genomineerd voor de Gouden Bal.
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