10.09.2008
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Spain 4-0 Armenia
Spain beat Armenia 4-0 in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa second qualifying match at Carlos Belmonte in Albacete. Early goals from Juan Capdevila and David Villa secured an easy victory for hosts. The only real moment to score Armenia had in first half. Casillas was forced to save with legs after Pachajyan shot in near corner. At the end of match Villa and Marcos Senna scored twice.
Spain occupied first place in group with 6 points. Turkey and Belgium held 1:1 draw, after gaining victories in theirs first matches. Bosnia crashed Estonia 7-0.
Spain: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Raul Albiol, Juan Capdevila, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez (Cesc Fabregas, 73), Marcos Senna, Santi Cazorla (Bojan Krkic, 65), David Villa, Daniel Guiza (Xabi Alonso, 56)
Armenia: Roman Berezovsky, Aleksandr Tateosian, Sargis Hovsepyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Artur Voskanyan, Ararat Arakelyan, Karen Aleksanyan (Romik Khachatryan, 79), Aghvan Mkrtchyan, Levon Pachajyan, Artavazd Karamyan (Arman Karamyan, 51), Samvel Melkonyan (Edgar Manucharyan, 46)
Goals - Juan Capdevila, 8, David Villa, 17, 79, Marcos Senna 82
Cautions – Karen Aleksanyan, 26, Levon Pachajyan, 81
Referee – Toni Asumaa