Spain 2 Belgium 1

A bit of a struggle, but Spain managed to win their latest World Cup qualifier in a rain-soaked Belgium. The home side went ahead after only seven minutes, Sonck heading past Casillas, to end Spain’s run of seven matches without conceding a goal. Inesta levelled things just before half time and it was that man David Villa, inevitably these days, …

Spain still top of Group V

Spain were fairly comfortable 0-3 winners against Estonia and remain top of Group V on maximum points. Juanito opened the scoring after half an hour, heading in a long free kick from Xavi. Five minutes later, David Villa made it 0-2 with a penalty kick after Fernando Torres had been brought down inside the area. Puyol got the third, twenty …