The two countries are competing in European football. Portugal is often referred to as "Brazil" of Europe because it has a naturally talented players such as Cristiano Ronaldo. While Spain has a great football academies that produce top players. Both also competed in the hunt for the European title for junior players.
This time, the Portugal coach Paulo Bento is optimistic his team will win against Spain, although they are not reinforced striker Helder Postiga because of injury. Postiga position will be filled by Hugo Almeida, Nelson Oliveira or young players.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe and Fabio Contreao expected to perform optimally even they have face his colleagues in the Real Madrid team. Bento hope the case a fight between Ricardo Quaresma and Miguel Lopes in a practice session will not affect the team's performance at the party's crucial. In this fight, Bento will use a 4-3-3 formation.
Meanwhile, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque will not listen to media critics who said the appearance of Team Matador boring despite having the same standards in recent years. He chose to stay focused on the choice of strategy to deal with Ronaldo et al.
Vicente Fernando Torres is likely to put up since the early minutes. In four games sbelumnya, Vicente did two experiments. First, put Cesc Fabregas as the 'number 9 false' in two games and play Fernando Torres as a starter in two other matches. Experiment was successful because both players are equally scored two goals. In this game Spain will use the 4-2-2-1 formation.
Data and facts * At the last meeting (November 18, 2010 test match) Portugal beat Spain 4-0. Before Spain won 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup.
* According to statistics, in 34 meetings, Spain won 16, drew 12 and lost six times. But in the last 12 games, Spain defeated Portugal only twice.
* Spain's strongest defense in the world. They conceded just once against Italy. They did not concede in the last 299 minutes.
* Spain to look good in the final minutes. Five of the eight goals made in 30 minutes of the game.
Estimate the starting lineup
Portugal Rui Patricio Pereira, Pepe, Alves, Coentrao Moutinho, Veloso, Meireles Nani, Almeida, Ronaldo
Spain Casillas Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba Busquets, Alonso Silva, Xavi, Iniesta Torres
Head to head November 18, 2010 Portugal 4 - Spain 0 TEST June 30, 2010 Spain 1 - Portugal 0 PD
Last five games Portugal June 22, 2012 0 Czech Republic - Portugal 1 PE June 18, 2012 Portugal 2 - Netherlands 1 PE June 13, 2012 Denmark 2 - Portugal 3 PE June 10, 2012 Germany 1 - Portugal 0 PE June 3, 2012 Portugal 1 - Turkey 3 TEST
Spain June 24, 2012 Spain 2 - France 0 PE June 19, 2012 Croatia 0 - Spain 1 PE June 15, 2012 Spain 4 - Ireland 0 PE June 10, 2012 Spain 1 - Italy 1 PE June 4, 2012 Spain 1 - China 0 TEST
Prediction score / outcome Portugal vs Spain Portugal 2-1 Spain 26.05% Portugal 1-2 Spain 15.52% Portugal 0-2 Spain 9.65%
** This is just a prediction, the choice is up to you all **
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