Spain - Saudi Arabia

"A stumble is not falling," reads a proverb passed, although what has happened on the first day friendly pre-2010 world, but has not been lost, has been considered a significant drop.

One of the candidates to win the World Cup , the Spanish National Team , was confronted in the Tivoli Neu stadium in the Austrian city of Innsbruck , an inconsequential team in Saudi Arabia, which has no great figures of the leagues popular in the world, or has been a source of excellent players from competition.

But a balanced level of play conservative and not risk looking too, was enough to give advantage to lead in the 16th minute, with a goal of Osama Hawsawi that surprised goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Those of Del Bosque began to become unbalanced, played without much effort and creating spaces managed to turn the scoreboard with a goal from David Villa (single point of the meeting pending the recovery of Fernando Torres ) followed by another of Xabi Alonso.

Things got complicated when in the 76th minute midfielder Al-Sahlawi surprised them all by the tying goal, which led to risk more and defend the honor of La Red.

So in the dying minutes 90, and very little of the end of the meeting, Llorente (entered in the second half) managed to win the goal of Saudi Arabia, leaving as a result an agonizing 3-2 that left a lot to be desired.

Initial Lineups:

• Spain: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, David Silva, Andres Iniesta, David Villa.

• Saudi Arabia: Ali Al Mousa, Al Saeed, Shuhail, Hawsawi, Ateef, Al-Nemri, Al Rishani, Khariri, Al Fraidi, Hazazi, Al Sahlawi, Autef