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PREVIEW: Slick Spain aiming to go top of Group 5

Posted : Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:27:02 GMT
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Albacete, Spain - Spain are aiming to go top of European World Cup qualifying Group 5 on Wednesday - by beating minnows Armenia. The Euro 2008 winners are currently joint top of the group - together with Belgium and Turkey - after a stylish 1-0 defeat of Bosnia on Saturday.

"There will not be many changes for Wednesday," manager Vicente del Bosque said.

Forwards David Silva and Fernando Torres are still injured.

Sevilla youngster Diego Capel looked lively down the left on Saturday, but was chopped down on less than 12 occasions - once for a penalty - and is still battered and bruised.

If Capel does not recover in time then he will be replaced by Santi Cazorla, which means that Spain will again be withouta true winger, the same as at Euro 2008.

Del Bosque is also considering beefing up his midfield with Xabi Alonso, maybe to the detriment of Cesc Fabregas.

"We will need to be a bit stronger in midfield, and a little bit sharper in attack, in front of goal," said Del Bosque.

Spain created countless chances on Saturday but converted only one - through Euro top scorer David Villa.

Villa will again be the lone striker, in a 4-5-1 formation.

Another question mark hanging over the match is whether Bojan Krkic will finally make his full international debut.

The Barcelona star, just turned 18, has been on the Spain bench three times now, but has still to get onto the pitch. This has led Serbia manager Radomir Antic to express the hope that Bojan might still opt for Serbia - the country of his father - rather than for Spain.

The game will be staged in the small eastern town of Albacete, where all the tickets have been sold out for two weeks now.

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