Intro:
Fernando Torres opened the scoring on Wednesday (May 30th), as Spain beat South Korea 4-1 in the penultimate friendly game before the start of their UEFA European Championship campaign.
Script:
Spain warmed up for their European title defence with a friendly against South Korea on Wednesday (30th May) in Switzerland.
With David Villa missing the tournament through injury, Fernando Torres was given the chance to lead the line and he came up with a beauty eleven minutes in.
It was his first goal for the national side since scoring against the United States in June 2011.
The Chelsea striker's improvised header shows he hasn't lost that killer instinct.
Three minutes before half-time Korea stunned the World Champions with this screamer from Do-Heon Kim.
Spain failed to clear, and Jose Reina failed to get anywhere near this thunderbolt.
After the break Spain regained the lead. Korea's Yong Hyung Cho gave them a hand, quite literally. His handball gifting Xabi Alonso the chance to score from the spot, and the Real Madrid star didn't disappoint.
Five minutes later Cazorla made it 3-1 thanks to this cheeky freekick under the Korean wall.
Spain enjoyed 64% of possession and substitute Alvaro Negredo sealed the emphatic win that stat deserves when he converted from Roberto Soldado's cross late on.
Final score 4-1, Spain take on China before opening their Euro 2012 campaign against Italy.
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