No se si Federer estara saltando pero yo si, miren lo que dicen los del WSJ:
Espania tiene el mejor equipo del mundo. Se supone. Todos estos anios de fracasos en las copas mundiales son cosa del pasado. De verdad?
Pero si es verdad como lo hemos escuchado una y otra vez en los preparativos para el mundial - traten de explicar que les paso contra el anonimo Suiza hoy dia.
A pesar de no jugar tan bien los Suizos le ganaron a los Espanioles. Este es de lejos el mas grande upset (sorpresa) del campeonato, upset que sera recordado durante todo el campeonato - asi Espania se recupera y sobrevive y pasa a la segunda vuelta.
Las probabilidades estan en su contra, basado en la historia. Desde que el campeonato mundial paso a su presente formato de 32 equipos en 1998, 36 equipos han perdido su primer partido. Solo 3 o sea el 8.3%.Una de las victimas ya ha sido la misma Espania cuando fue eliminada por Nigeria.
Y asi Espania mejore ya que es favorito frente a Chile y Honduras - su camino se hara tremendamente mas dificil - ahora que los Suizos son los favoritos para ganar el grupo H, Espania es el segundo y tendra que enfrentar al ganador del grupo G en la segunda vuelta y tendra que decirle hola!! a Brasil.
Espania se presento al mundial como el mejor equipo del campeonato habiendo perdido solo un partido de sus 48 jugados. Gano la copa Europea y todo. Pero los espanioles nunca han jugado bien en los partidos de importancia: Espania nunca ha llegado a una semifinal
Dada la historia, los Suizos han sido los peores posibles oponentes. La mente defensiva de ese equipo no permitio un solo gol en el mundial del 2006.
Ademas, Espania tiene lesionados. Fernando Torres no empezo el partido, y Andres Iniesta tuvo que salir por lesion.
Switzerland Shocks Spain, 1-0
By DARREN EVERSON
DURBAN, South Africa—Spain has the best team in the world. Allegedly. All those years of World Cup failure are in the past. Supposedly.
Gelson Fernandes of Switzerland scores the winning goal against Spain in a shocking upset at the World Cup.
.But if all that's true—as we heard time and time again in the run-up to the World Cup—try explaining what happened against anonymous Switzerland Wednesday.
The Swiss shocked Spain, 1-0, in their Group H opener, despite getting outplayed throughout. It's easily the biggest upset so far, one that might reverberate for the rest of the tournament—whether Spain recovers to survive the group stage or not.
The odds are overwhelmingly against it, based on history. Since the World Cup went to its present 32-team format in 1998, 36 teams have lost their initial match. Just three (8.3%) still advanced. One of the victims was Spain itself, in 1998, after its upset loss to Nigeria.
And even if Spain does come back—which it very well might, as it'll be favored in its remaining matches against Honduras and Chile—its path through the knockout round may have just gotten immeasurably tougher. Now that the Swiss are the favorites to win Group H, Spain—as the runner-up—would have to face the Group G winner in the second round. Hello, Brazil.
Spain came into the tournament as the hottest team on earth, with one defeat in its past 48 matches. It blazed its way to the Euro 2008 title in the process. But the Spaniards have never amounted to much on soccer's biggest stage: Spain has never reached a World Cup semifinal.
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.Given that burdensome history, the Swiss were the worst possible opponent. The defensive-minded side didn't allow a single goal in the 2006 World Cup—even though that still only got them to the second round. Still, this was a team that would be comfortable on the defensive.
Plus, Spain had injury issues. Fernando Torres didn't start the match, as he's being eased back from knee surgery, and midfielder Andres Iniesta—who has had a thigh problem—had to leave late.
As expected, Spain made the field look tilted, such was its domination. But Switzerland survived the first half scoreless, and in the 52nd minute, during the second half, Eren Derdiyok charged through the middle of the field against the Spanish goal. Goalkeeper Iker Casillas stopped his advance, but not the ball's. Gelson Fernandes cleaned up to put the Swiss ahead.
Spain continued to challenge thereafter, once putting a shot off the crossbar, but the Swiss held, rocking Group H and the tournament at large.
Write to Darren Everson at
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