Torres in the hunt for a poker of ´Aces´
July 10, 2010
Yet another final. And that's now four with Spain for Fernando. In his previous three outings, Torres has finished on the winning side on all three occasions. And come Sunday, with the world watching, Fernando will be aiming to help his country to their first World Cup. And the striker has an excellent track record going into the final against Holland. The Spain and Liverpool number '9' has won European titles with the Under 16s, Under 19s and with the full national side. In all three finals, Torres was voted the Man of the Match, and in all three finals Torres had the 'Ace' up his sleeve, scoring the game's only goal...
In April 2001, the Spain Under 16s tasted European glory in England. The young Red Fury beat Italy and Croatia before facing France in the final. Torres had been breaking goalscoring records for his club's youth teams, Atletico Madrid, and now it was the turn of the French Under 16s side. The game was scoreless until the 76th minute. Spain were awarded a penalty from which Fernando Torres scored. The spot-kick was the third he converted during the tournament, and all three in the same spot. Torres recalled that: "It didn't once cross my mind not to take the penalty as I was the designated penalty taker. I had already taken two during the championships and I had scored them both. I fired the penalty in the same direction as my previous two. Why change a winning formula? I was very confident and knew that I wasn't going to miss. Going into the final, we were confident of winning the title. Our triumph made all the papers, and after our victory I was promoted to Atletico's first team."
In 2002 Torres played with the Under 19s in Norway. The striker now had first team experience with Atletico Madrid, and although taking part in the European Championships was going to leave the young forward with no holidays, he didn't think twice. The opponents in the final were Germany. The game was goalless at half-time, but eight minutes after the restart Torres latched onto an Iniesta cross from out on the left.Torres described his goal: “It wasn't the prettiest of goals but it did the job." Spain went onto lift the title.
The third triumph arrived in 2008 at the European Championships held in Switzerland and Austria. Spain crossed swords with Germany, and once again, just like in 2001 and 2002, the Red Fury won by a solitary goal. His strike ended a 44 year wait for international silverware for Spain. Not since their Euro triumph over the USSR in 1964 had Spain won a major international trophy. Torres had already given the German central pairing of Mertesacker and Metzelder a tough old evening before outwitting Lahm. In the 33rd minute Torres sped past Lahm before clipping the ball past Lehmann. "It was a good pass from Xavi. The defender thought he had it under control, and I took advantage of a moment of relaxation at the back to create enough space and time to lift the ball past the onrushing Lehmann", added Torres
Soccer City in Johannesburg now awaits the Spain marksman who will be looking for his 'run at the card table' to continue with another 'Ace', this time in the World Cup final!
Photo: J.A. Sirvent
In April 2001, the Spain Under 16s tasted European glory in England. The young Red Fury beat Italy and Croatia before facing France in the final. Torres had been breaking goalscoring records for his club's youth teams, Atletico Madrid, and now it was the turn of the French Under 16s side. The game was scoreless until the 76th minute. Spain were awarded a penalty from which Fernando Torres scored. The spot-kick was the third he converted during the tournament, and all three in the same spot. Torres recalled that: "It didn't once cross my mind not to take the penalty as I was the designated penalty taker. I had already taken two during the championships and I had scored them both. I fired the penalty in the same direction as my previous two. Why change a winning formula? I was very confident and knew that I wasn't going to miss. Going into the final, we were confident of winning the title. Our triumph made all the papers, and after our victory I was promoted to Atletico's first team."
In 2002 Torres played with the Under 19s in Norway. The striker now had first team experience with Atletico Madrid, and although taking part in the European Championships was going to leave the young forward with no holidays, he didn't think twice. The opponents in the final were Germany. The game was goalless at half-time, but eight minutes after the restart Torres latched onto an Iniesta cross from out on the left.Torres described his goal: “It wasn't the prettiest of goals but it did the job." Spain went onto lift the title.
The third triumph arrived in 2008 at the European Championships held in Switzerland and Austria. Spain crossed swords with Germany, and once again, just like in 2001 and 2002, the Red Fury won by a solitary goal. His strike ended a 44 year wait for international silverware for Spain. Not since their Euro triumph over the USSR in 1964 had Spain won a major international trophy. Torres had already given the German central pairing of Mertesacker and Metzelder a tough old evening before outwitting Lahm. In the 33rd minute Torres sped past Lahm before clipping the ball past Lehmann. "It was a good pass from Xavi. The defender thought he had it under control, and I took advantage of a moment of relaxation at the back to create enough space and time to lift the ball past the onrushing Lehmann", added Torres
Soccer City in Johannesburg now awaits the Spain marksman who will be looking for his 'run at the card table' to continue with another 'Ace', this time in the World Cup final!
Photo: J.A. Sirvent
credit by http://www.fernando9torres.com
Torres’ goal (0-1), France 0 – Spain 1 (Under-16 Euro Final). April 2001
Torres’ goal (1-0), Spain 1 – Germany 0 (Under-19 Euro Final). July 2002
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