Anthony said:”I don’t see Turkey being able to score because with Xabi Alonso and Senna both playing in their natural roles today we will have a very solid defensive core and I don’t rate Nihat or Tuncay to crack that.”

Spain had some scoring opportunities so did Turkey. Ref pointed the penalty against Turkey and it was valid however failed to do the same against Spain which was a very similar one. Another penlty should have been given against Spain for a foul commited agains Tuncay while was shooting(defender explicitly used bottom of his foot against Tuncay’s knee) towards the end of the game(approximately 85th minute) If ref were to not fail in penalty calls last minutes game plan would have been very different. All in all game was played and Spain won and Spain is the better playing team however Spain is not unbeatable by Turkey.