rapidvirtualincome.com/top-10-richest-people-in-the-world-2012/ *No Copyright Infringement Intended, I Do Not Own Anything, For Entertainment Use Only*. Music: Epic Music Mixed The 2010 World Cup draw, which took place on 4 December 2009, placed Spain in Group H. Spain lost its first group stage match against Switzerland, 0--1. In their second match they defeated Honduras by 2 goals from David Villa. Their next match against Chile on 25 June was won 2--1. They advanced to the knock-out stage to defeat Portugal 1--0, reaching the quarter-finals, in which they defeated Paraguay 1-0, scoring off of a goal by who put the ball in the back of the net after struck the ball off the post, reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1950. They then advanced to the Final for the first time ever by defeating Germany 1-0 via a headed goal from Carles Puyol. In the second half of extra time during the World Cup final against the Netherlands, Andrés Iniesta scored a single goal from a pass given by Cesc Fabregas(a surprise omission from the starting eleven and has hence been dubbed the "Super-Sub"), winning the world cup for Spain for the first time in their history. In this match Spain received 5 yellow cards, whilst the "Oranje" received 9. Spain won the world cup by only scoring 8 goals and conceding 2, which is the lowest by any world cup winners in both cases. Also, it is the only team not to have conceded a goal in its last four games. Spain is the only team that has won the World Cup title after losing its opening game. Spain is the first European team to win a World Cup outside its continent. With its victory Spain automatically qualified for the 2013 FIFA.

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