| Czech Republic | 0 - 2 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
 | Juan Mata (6') | |
| Xabi Alonso (23') | |
| 70' Tomas Hubschman |  | |
| Date | : | Fri, Oct 7, 2011 |
| Time | : | 20:45 CET |
| Stadium | : | Letna Stadion |
| Competition | : | European Championship Qualifying |
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Czech Republic 0 - 2 Spain full video
report:
Spain continued their 100% record in Euro 2012 and is held in Scotland in the hope of sealing a play-off place in Group I live with a dominant win over the Czech Republic.
Juan de Mata calm finish in the sixth minute put the visitors in control and doubled his place midway through the first half of Xabi Alonso finished off a good cut of David Silva.
Milan Baros had the best chance of the game hosts five minutes before the break, but could not make contact with Daniel Pudil's cross.
Hubschman Thomas was sent off for a wild challenge Alonso for the final 21 minutes and the Czechs gave thanks to Petr Cech for keeping the score in the final stages.
Spain manager Vicente Del Bosque had begun with the Premier League trio Mata, Silva and Fernando Torres and in just six minutes for the decision to pay dividends as a wonderful pass from Xavi Hernandez Mata met with his only club teammate to beat Cech and did so with a calm left-footed finish.
The world champions were dominant in possession in the early stages and is content to keep the ball for long periods, but had not created another clear scoring opportunity before the second goal came after 23 minutes.
Referee Paolo Tagliavento played a good advantage as Torres was fouled on the right, but Silva picked up the fumble and went into the area before placing the ball at the edge of the area for Alonso to the house of his career scoring 12.
Xavi almost added a third on 35 minutes but his free kick floated over the crossbar before the Czechs took two good chances to get one back before halftime.
Tomas Rosicky shot after being found by Baros "cut on the left, before Baros somehow it failed to make contact with the cross Pudil when completely unmarked only eight yards.
Carles Puyol had been brought in to replace Ramos at halftime and the Barcelona captain was lucky to stay on the field 10 minutes into the second half, appeared to block the striker Baros Galatasaray as he ran for the goal, but greeted Tagliavento hand in the game.
The only drawback to a very positive evening for Del Bosque was the performance of Torres, who again looked far from his best before being replaced by David Villa on the hour.
The hosts were reduced to 10 men and Hubschman saw straight red card for a lunge on Alonso terrible, fortunately for the Real Madrid midfielder does not seem to cause serious injury, but was replaced by Javi Martinez, as a precaution.
Villa almost had his 50th goal, but Cech Vaseline on landed on the roof of the net before Martinez was denied his first goal at senior international level for a wonderful stop on the Chelsea goalkeeper.
Martinez shot hit the bar with 10 minutes left as Spain victory crossed the line 13 in competitive international.
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Czech Republic vs Spain lineup
Czech Republic: Petr Cech, Tomas Sivok, Roman Hubnik, Michal Kadlec, Daniel Pudil, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Tomas Rosicky, Tomas Hubschman, Daniel Kolar, Petr Jirace, Milan Baros
Spain : Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Gerard Piqué, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, Sergio Busquets, Fernando Torres, Juan Mata
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