In early December, there was a collective groan within Spain when it was announced the world champions were drawn against 2010 World Cup runners up Netherlands, dark horse Chile and Australia. And despite the group being pessimistically touted as the ‘Group of Death’, expectations were high that Vicente del Bosque’s men could produce a positive result.
However, their mauling at the hands of the Netherlands in the Group B opener by a score line of 5-1 should come as no surprise. If their 3-1 loss a year earlier in the Confederations Cup final at the hands of Brazil was the death of Spain’s golden generation, then Friday’s result was their belated burial. And the fans and media alike had had enough.
Marca ran an all-black front page following La Roja’s worst result in years. The headline, written in bold white text read: “Arreglad esto” – fix this, it demanded.
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