César Azpilicueta

[DavidEU 2,023]

Deserves to be starting after a great season.

Congrats Azpi.

[Korea 734]

Dave is going to get benched...

He offered nothing going forward.

Spain going to need to score goals if they want to qualify.

[mtowle182 79]

Dave is going to get benched...

He offered nothing going forward.

Spain going to need to score goals if they want to qualify.

I thought he was open and in good positions all throughout the game but he was never really found.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Had an awful game as did all of the Spanish defenders. In normal circumstances, one bad game wouldn't matter, but in the World Cup, he could be benched because of it.

[Severinb 309]

I think ramos and pique played worse and jordi alba as bad as he did. But spain have a good replacement in quanfran so I expect him to play the next game. But I hope del bosque keeps faith in him he is better than juanfran!

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Had an awful game as did all of the Spanish defenders. In normal circumstances, one bad game wouldn't matter, but in the World Cup, he could be benched because of it.

True,,,but IMO they should bench their central defenders and the goalkeeper before anyone else...Criminal, how Ramos let Van Persie and Robben get past him

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He is usualy superb defender and works hard but his attacking is poor.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

He was one of spain's better players, but Spain almost played asymetrical, with everything going over the left side. Azpi was isolated on the right.

[manpe 10,861]

Oh Google [emoji1] Find Azpi on that list:

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

True,,,but IMO they should bench their central defenders and the goalkeeper before anyone else...Criminal, how Ramos let Van Persie and Robben get past him

Central defenders were a joke but they are more established and Spain have fewer options there. Casillas should never have been starting anyway. De Gea is a much better keeper than he is right now and has been for a couple of years.

[Tomo 21,751]

All I keep hearing is he is going to move back to RB with Luis at LB and we will romantically be creating 50 chances a game from swashbuckling crosses.

Azpi not looking great going forward last season was not down to the fact he was playing at left back, it was down to the fact he isnt that good at it. Hes ok at link up play down the flank but crossing leaves a lot to be desired.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

All I keep hearing is he is going to move back to RB with Luis at LB and we will romantically be creating 50 chances a game from swashbuckling crosses.

Azpi not looking great going forward last season was not down to the fact he was playing at left back, it was down to the fact he isnt that good at it. Hes ok at link up play down the flank but crossing leaves a lot to be desired.

Well, i agree that Azpi isn't that great going forward but he's still better at it then Ivanovic and he's also better at defending.(Ivanovic is great defensively but he allows crosses to come in way to easily)

So for me Azpi is the better RB, only thing Ivanovic has over Azpi is aerial ability.

Also, don't really get the fascination with crosses. Even if we get Costa we'd stil be playing with Hazard Oscar Willian behind him, all players that don't thrive on crosses. They're all players that like the ball at their feet and like to pass the ball around, play quick 1-2's.

[Kieran. 6,317]

He was never good at attacking at LB, you guys are really surprised after last night?

[The only place to be 11,313]

All I keep hearing is he is going to move back to RB with Luis at LB and we will romantically be creating 50 chances a game from swashbuckling crosses.

Azpi not looking great going forward last season was not down to the fact he was playing at left back, it was down to the fact he isnt that good at it. Hes ok at link up play down the flank but crossing leaves a lot to be desired.

He's never had a decent target in the box.

[Barbara 15,149]

He's never had a decent target in the box.

Then we have a problem if the guy he's targeting for Spain is none other than Costa. Either he still doesn't have a target or his crosses are poor.