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Confederates Cup: Spain 5 New Zealand 0

14 June 2009

Spain made their debut in the Confederates Cup this evening, by taking on New Zealand in South Africa.

Cesc Fabregas was in the starting line-up (as much expected) and was joined by a very strong Spainish side, which proved too much for the same New Zealand side that managed to score three goals against current World Cup holders Italy.

Much of the action took place in the first half, with a Fernando Torres hat-trick within just 17 minutes of the game. Liverpool and Spain’s number nine exhibited his talent by curling in a fantastic shot from the edge of the box, then sidefooting another from six yards and also displayed his variety by powerfully headed in his third.

Spain continued to show thier slick passing movements and ability as Capdevila’s cross set-up Cesc Fabregas to score Spain’s fourth. (YES CESC SCORED :D ). The fifth and final goal came during the second half when David Villa benefitied from a terrible mistake by a New Zealand defender.

Spain experienced a fair amount of possession and had many chances, Cesc had a couple himself. The only notable New Zealand effort was saved comfortably by Casillas.

Overall, a very comfortable win for Spain, meaning that they are 33 games without defeat and an impressive 13th succesive win. Spain seemed very comfortable on the ball, both offensively and defensively. New Zealand however, will most likely want to forget this night and hope to gain points from their other games. Full match report here.

Congratulations to Cesc (for the goal and generally being awesome) and the entire Spainish team for an excellent performance.

I have added 18 new photos of Cesc during Spain’s match against New Zealand in the latest photos section

For those of you who haven’t watched the match, or want to watch the highlights again, then you can view a five minute highlight here.

Related posts:

  1. Confederates Cup – Spain 2 South Africa 0
  2. Confederates Cup 3rd Place play-off – Spain 3 South Africa 2
  3. Confederates Cup Semi Final – Spain 0 USA 2
  4. Cesc eager to start for Spain
  5. World Cup 2010 Qualifier – Spain 5 Belgium 0


No responses to “Confederates Cup: Spain 5 New Zealand 0”

  1. Plu says:
    June 17, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Sorry about that Nat. I have no idea why it wasn’t working. I’ve fixed the link now.

    And yeah. The newspapers will never stop. It’ll probably get worse now that the newspapers don’t have any more transfer speculation over ronaldo.

  2. emma says:
    June 17, 2009 at 2:55 am

    Mila

    u did mention Spore sometime back when Rose n Sam still here.
    how can i forget my neighbour,n we share same interest…Cesc n Arsenal.

    tonight 10.00pm Msia time Spain vs Iraq ch 811..good luck.

  3. sy says:
    June 17, 2009 at 2:27 am

    YAY GO SPAIN! ALL THE WAY!

    hope that cesc can help spain more on their confederations cup journey. :D

  4. nat says:
    June 16, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    so glad to here about cesc commiting himself to arsenal AGAIN (put it here cus the other link wasnt working). He seems to have to say it everyday to try and get the papers to stop saying he’s going back to barca :S

    I’m not an arsenal supporter but so glad that i’ll get to see cescy in the prem next year and hopefully for many more to come :)

    love cesc <3

  5. crazygal_miLa says:
    June 16, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    yes emma; i’m from singapore.. how do u know?? :)

    channel 811?? erm.. i’ll try to see whether can i get it or not.. thanks for the info though.. :)

    rukhsana; thanks for clearing it up for me.. :)

  6. Mirry17 says:
    June 16, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Hi…I am the same person that i used to use the nickname Mimmy!

    I changed my nickname beacuase that is my really true nickname!

    I wanted to say that i am very looking foward for tomorrow’s match.

    I hope that we see Cescy playing from the begining of the Match!

    X x x Cesc & Spain The Best x x X

  7. Fati says:
    June 16, 2009 at 10:16 am

    thanks Plu. I had forgotten that penalty :-)
    & about his hairstyle : I think he is very very very very very very beautiful & lovely & cute in his new hairstyle !
    CESC is the BEST 4EVER

  8. emma says:
    June 16, 2009 at 4:52 am

    mila

    sorry it is channel 811…..i am very xcited so sorry for error…haha.

  9. emma says:
    June 16, 2009 at 4:49 am

    Thanks Rukhsana.

    i managed to see the game yesterday..what an awsome game n the Spaniards looked like they enjoying themselves.

    As for the New Zealanders…i dont think they mind losing to such a good team..most probably they were still dreaming of playing with the like of Tores,Villa,Cesc,Xavi n so on…..world class players n no 1 team.

    Mila….

    if i not mistaken…you are from Spore?yes?

    try to watch Malaysian Astrosupersport channel 118….they are showing every single game including repeats.good luck.

  10. Plu says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Thanks ^^ We try our best to make this site as awesome as possible.

    Btw, I have added a video of the highlights to the above post, for those of you who might want to watch it. It’s about five minutes, and it is in Spanish.I love the way they scream gooooooooooooooool. ^^

  11. On3 wAy says:
    June 15, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    The site is always on a tab in my Mozilla, so on every 5 minutes i visit it to see if there is someting new, I’ve searched many sites about Cesc but your’s is the best. :)

  12. Plu says:
    June 15, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    lol. You commented really fast that comment. ^^

  13. On3 wAy says:
    June 15, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    I was talking about the mach, the hair looks good :P

  14. On3 wAy says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    Yes it is :)

  15. Plu says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Nat-Yes. The next match is on Wednesday at 3 pm uk time.

    Having seen the pictures from the recent matches, I agree. The hair really doesn’t look as bad as I thought it did when I first saw it.

  16. nat says:
    June 15, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    Well done Cesc :) and Spain…

    They are such a good team, i think there is a good chance they could win the world cup in 2010 if they carry on with there current form.

    And i agree, Cesc’s hair isn’t that bad…he still looks gorgeous whatever hair style he has :P

    Good luck to Cesc in Spain’s next match (is it wednesday?)

  17. On3 wAy says:
    June 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Plu I always count the penalties, but sometimes the statistics don’t show them… after all nice mach, i hope that Cesc plays like that every mach until the end of the Confederates Cup :)

  18. alice says:
    June 15, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    He was great!
    I´m sure he will score more goals in this Cup!

  19. Plu says:
    June 15, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    Thanks rukhsana!
    I’m happy to hear that they played so well, and Cesc too. Yay for him getting a goal :) And congrats to torres getting a hattrick. ^^

    I really cannot wait for exams to be over so that I can watch the spain matches again. Thank god for sky+ to catch up. :)

    Fati. That goal was his third national goal. He scored a penalty in the euros as well.Or do they not count penalties as goals?
    Lol. The sentence seems right. I don’t know spanish either.

  20. Fati says:
    June 15, 2009 at 11:12 am

    I think Cesc played really well & also I think he can be better & better ! :-) that goal was his second national goal. he is an incredible hero :-)
    I saw the match. Poor New Zeland :-(

    VIVA ESPANA ! :-)

    (I`m not spanish , is this a true sentence? ;-) )

  21. somi says:
    June 15, 2009 at 10:08 am

    hey guys.. haha yea me too:D

  22. Mimmy17 says:
    June 15, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Oh God!! What a MASSIVE game! Cesc was gr8.
    And about his hairstyle….I liked it!

    In my opinion the 3 cute,sweet spainiards scored! =D I love Torres,Villa & most of all Cescy!

    X x x x Cesc The Best x x x X

  23. Rukhsana says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Hey Emma! Sorry to hear about the heavy rainfall and missing the match. Im sure the match is online somewhere, if not I am sure the highlights are on youtube!

    Hey crazygal_mila! I read that article and didnt post about it as it is just repetition. Basically Cesc just stated that Pep Guardiola is his idol and the thought of playing for him was not unpleasant. He is still committed to Arsenal FULLY and NO ONE has approached him. He wants trophies with Arsenal!

    Hey Somi! IM HAPPY TOO!!!! Yes watching Cesc play was fantastic! He looked really happy as well. Yep, I agree as well. Cesc’s hair is not so bad after getting used to it. I still dont like it but its not terrible. I can think of alot worser ones. lol

  24. somi says:
    June 15, 2009 at 5:49 am

    AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!IM SO HAPPYYYY….:D:D i saw my cescy play after almost 1 month n last night he scored too..:D:D it was an awsome match overall but v culd hv scored more goals…but v won by 5-0:D:D n yeah after looking at cescys hair closely yesterday..i finally decided tht they dnt look tht bad on him..they r not tht prominent…i luv u cescy in whatever hairstyle:D:D:D lol!

  25. crazygal_miLa says:
    June 15, 2009 at 2:41 am

    Congrats to Cesc & Spain for winning their first Confederation Cup match against New Zealand.. :)

    I didnt get to watch the match as they dont telecast it in my country.. :(

    Anyway; feel happy for Cesc cuz he scored another international goal for Spain.. :D

    But; i read news that Cesc might leave Arsenal if Pep Guardiola talks to him & maybe persuade him to join Barca.. hopefully this aint true.. cuz few days ago; Cesc committed himself to Arsenal & now; he’s saying another story.. please tell me that the media are making this up!! :(

  26. emma says:
    June 15, 2009 at 2:13 am

    Wowww…….bravo Cesc n Spain…

    Hope The Cup is theirs….n next year the World Cup will follow…

    How i miss the game…..was stay up till 2.00am but just before the kick off heavy rainfall n thunderstorm render tv channels out of services……..how i cursed my luck.Luckly Spain won n Cesc scored so healed my disappointment n hoping there will be repeats.

  27. Rukhsana says:
    June 14, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks! Yes I mean I think the Bulgarian media said that because Cesc and the other Spainish midfielders had so much room to play with the ball. I was watching the match and Spain virtually had the entire pitch to play with, there were hardly any tackles.

    Cesc played really well. I mean he missed a few chances but thats okay. But overall his passing and being able to pick out people and getting into spaces was top-draw. I love watching Spain play, its quite similar to when Arsenal are able to play free-flowing football.

  28. On3 wAy says:
    June 14, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Nice job :P I hope that they will win the Confederates Cup and i hope that Cesc will score more goals. The media reports in Bulgaria are saying that Cesc was doing whatever he wants in the midfeild :) I missed the mach but I was sure that Cesc played a great mach.

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