Yesterday's match was *awful*. However, the pitch was really bad - I could actually see the bumps in the turf that kept turning the ball askew, which is terrible for Spain's passing game. Also, Croatia's defense was much better organized, but Spain created quite a few scoring opportunities (especially corner kicks, not that they tend to help my crazy shorties much) and deserved to draw (at least), even if they got lucky with that goal right at the end.

Torres *shakes head*. Sometimes he comes through, sometimes he doesn't. Fabregas also seemed kind of lackluster, even if he did assist Iniesta for the goal that he gifted to Navas.