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SEVILLE, Spain - World and European champions Spain rounded offtheir preparations for Euro 2012 with a hard-earned 1-0 victoryover China here Sunday. Manchester City striker David Silva grabbed the winning goal withsix minutes remaining as a well-organised Chinese side proveddifficult to break down. With several Spanish players looking to press claims for a place inVicente Del Bosque's side for their Euro 2012 opener against Italynext Sunday, it was Santi Cazorla, Fernando Torres and Silva whomost caught the eye. The visitors, coached by former Spain manager Jose Antonio Camacho,looked more dangerous in the opening exchanges and put up aperformance that belied their FIFA ranking of 66. Former Celtic player Zheng Zhi caused problems for the Spanishdefence on seven minutes when he dispossessed Xabi Alonso in thearea and shot wide from a tight angle. Alvaro Negredo then almost put the hosts ahead after quick thinkingfrom Silva had found him in space, but Zeng Cheng in the Chinesegoal did well to block his shot. Iker Casillas was called into action on a number of occasions inthe first period as the Chinese caused Spain a number of problems. The Chinese captain Zhi, who also played in England for CharltonAthletic, was involved in all his side's good work and was onlydenied the opening goal by the outstreched leg of Casillas afterthe Chinese side broke at speed on 28 minutes. Negredo then shot wide after another Silva pass found him with justthe 'keeper to beat but the Chinese comfortably kept Spain'schances down to a minimum in the first-half. Torres replaced Negredo as Spain's attacking outlet in the secondperiod and another new arrival, Andres Iniesta, produced aspectacular finger tip save from Cheng on 53 minutes. Raul Albiol then hit the post with a header before Iniesta showedgreat close skill before chipping a shot onto the crossbar. Torres blazed a volley over the bar and then had two shots chargeddown in quick succession from the impressive Cheng as the chancesstarted to flow. However Victor Valdes, a second-half replacement for Casillas, hadto be alert on 80 minutes to stop a Sun Xiang free-kick that wouldhave given the visitors an unlikely lead. Six minutes later the breakthrough finally arrived when Iniestaburst into the penalty area before cleverly cutting back for Silvato slide home the winner. Spain will play in Group C at Euro 2012, to be co-hosted by Polandand Ukraine, and will also face the Republic of Ireland andCroatia. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Billet Casting Machine , Billet Continuous Casting Machine for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Billet Continuous Casting Machine.
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