Spain vs Switzerland: Surprise Defeat for European Champs Spain

Spain vs Switzerland live from Moses Mabhida Stadium. Surprise for European Champions Spain. Spain lost their first game against Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup Group H. Spain having most time of possession and dominated from the beginning to End but unable to finish.

Spain won the Ten out of 10 Games in the Qualifying Matches and won all the Friendly matches before World Cup. The strenght of Spain's superb squad was shown by the bench: Fernando Torres, Cesc Fabregas, Raul Albiol, Juan Mata and Victor Valdes all started at the bench for this game.

At the 52 minute of play Fernandes opens the goal for their side to make the lead 1-0. Eren Derdiyok is sent clear and the ball falls to Fernandes, whose first shot is stopped by the prostrate Pique but he makes no mistake at stabbing in from close range at the second attempt. Incredible.

In the 35th minute, Senderos' outing came to a premature end after he limped off with an injury, the centre-back replaced by Steve von Bergen.

Total four bookings in the Match and all are against Swiss Players.

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