AL THUMAMA STADIUM (DOHA): If this was the Group of Death they said it was, then Spain was simply killing it. Either you'd die of boredom, or like Costa Rica, of sheer fatigue in trying to stay in the game without a feel of the ball because the other team, those ball-hogs just wouldn't let you have it. It all depended on which side of the idea you stood.
Spain took the field knowing that they had to start off things well. Anything less than that, especially in the light of Japan's tumbling Germany over in the opening Group E game, a terrific 2-1 win for every underdog, would be making things difficult in what was considered as the World Cup's toughest group at the draw.
