THE SPANISH MAY FEEL HARD DONE BY - THEY DID CREATE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WERE BRILLIANT IN THEIR OPENER AGAINST ARGENTINA AS WELL - AND LOST NARROWLY
THE RED STICKS DO NOT HAVE CAPTAIN MIGUEL DELAS WHO HAS FLOWN BACK TO SPAIN FOLLOWING AN INJURY - THEY ARE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE FRENCH IN TERMS OF GOALS SCORED THOUGH (POINTS ARE EQUAL, MATCHES WON EQUAL, GOAL DIFFERENCE IS EQUAL - AS FAR AS THE CRITERIA FOR MAKING IT THROUGH TO THE KNOCKOUTS IS CONCERNED)
WE HAVE WITNESSED YET ANOTHER MAGNIFICIENT CONTEST - SPAIN WERE BRILLAINT UP FRONT BUT FAILED TO BEAT THIEFFRY WHO WAS OUTSTANDING IN GOAL (JUST HOW MANY DID HE SAVE - INCLUDING DRAG-FLICKS WITH HIS STICK IN THE AIR) - FRANCE HAD A PENALTY STROKE - QUICO CORTES PULLED OFF A GREAT SAVE
FRANCE LEAD SPAIN AT THE KALINGA STADIUM - THE SPANISH HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD TO RESTORE PARITY - ONE MAN, ARTUR THIEFFRY CONTINUES TO DENY FRED SOYEZ'S BOYS - THE FRENCH HAVE SNEAKED IN THREATENING A SECOND EVERY NOW AND THEN - THE SECOND HALF ACTION PROMISES MUCH
THE LOWEST-RANKED TEAM AT BHUBANESWAR LEAD THE SPANISH - WHO SO VERY NEARLY GAVE ARGENTINA A SCARE IN THEIR OPENER- SPAIN ARE FINDING THEIR WAY BACK THOUGH - WE ARE IN FOR A GREAT CONTEST