Why did Spain lost their World Cup 2010 opening match to Switzerland?

Swiss are the better team at that time, you see the ball is round, you cant predict exactly who will win, Spain is the champs of the World Cup 2010.

May be some time overconfidance is bad and also take opponent lightly.

They lost to Switzerland because the Swiss scored more goals in the match prior to the end of regulation time.

Because that is what their performance deserved, they couldn't finish and the Swiss goalkeeper was excellent.

There are few reasons but I believe Spain didn't change their position into goal. Apart from Alonso's shot that hit the bar and pique's chance there wasn't many noticeable chances. Gelson Fernandes' goal for Switzerland came about through an a combination of bad luck and confusion between the Spanish defenders.

Vicente Del Bosque started the game with two holding midfielders, and two "fake" wingers supporting striker David Villa.

They simply didn't want to peak too early in the tournament - it's a marathon NOT a sprint...now they are in the WORLD CUP FINAL on Sunday, do you think any of the spanish people care that they lost the opening game!

I did not see the game, but probably they thought they had already won the game even before starting it...

Switzerland played great defense... well, their goalie kept the ball from getting in the goal. Spain dominated the whole game, they just couldn't score. They had a ton of shots on goal, while Switzerland got about 1 shot every 20 minutes or so.

Spain wasted many opportunities.

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