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  • Soccer: Player Ratings: Spain 4 -0 Armenia

    PLAYER RATINGS: SPAIN 4 -0 ARMENIA
    Lucas Brown

    Goal.com
    http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.as px?ContenutoId=858569
    Sept 11 2008
    Switzerland

    Spain eased to a four-goal victory over Armenia on Wednesday evneing
    to maintain their 100 per cent start to the World Cup qualfiying
    campaign. Goal.com watched and analysed the game and handed out marks
    out of ten to each player...

    Iker Casillas 8 - Had to remain alert in the opening half when Armenia
    found a way through on occasion and forced the keeper to make some
    crucial stops.

    Sergio Ramos 7.5 - The Madrid full-back always looked confident and
    strong when going forward and he could have gained a higher mark with
    a few more crosses.

    Joan Capdevila 8 - Opened the scoring with an opportunistic effort
    and enjoyed making several forays up the left flank when required.

    Carles Puyol 7.5 - Had nowhere near as much to do against Armenia
    as he did against Bosnia, but the Barca captain looked comfortable
    nonetheless.

    Raúl Albiol 7 - In the same manner as his defensive partner, the
    Valencia centre-back did what was required, but rarely looked troubled.

    Marcos Senna 8 - A stunning strike capped a powerful performance in
    front of Spain's back four and his role is truly crucial to the team.

    Xavi Hernandez 7 - Did enough, but was nowhere near at his best in
    a midfield that allowed him much more space than he had at the weekend.

    Santi Cazorla 7 - Was brought in to bring something different to the
    team, but he failed to shine and will need more games at this level.

    Andres Iniesta 8 - Was busy throughout down the left and battled back
    to cover when required in another impressive performance.

    Dani Guiza 7 - Did what he could, but the system was not designed for
    him to benefit as Spain hardly put over any crosses while he was on.

    David Villa 9 - The striker is already well on the way to becoming
    Spain's all-time top scorer and he could have had far more than the
    brace he bagged here.

    Subs

    Cesc Fabregas 8 - Came on and looked more composed as he enjoyed
    the space afforded to him that he could just not find the other day
    against Bosnia.

    Bojan Krkic 8 - The youngster also did well and his speed and trickery
    meant that Armenia could not take their eyes off him for long.

    Xabi Alonso 8 - Another introduction that made an impression as the
    scoreline and the level of play increased when all three subs were on.

    Armenia

    Roman Berezovsky 6.5 - To let in four goals could show that the keeper
    was poor, but that would be unfair because it could have been far
    more had it not been for him.

    Sargis Hovsepyan 4.5 - Was unable to to cope with Capdevila and Iniesta
    creating down Spain's right an will put the game down to experience.

    Karen Dokhoyan 5 - Dealing with David Villa was never going to be
    easy and he could consider himself lucky that the striker did not
    score more.

    Ararat Arakelyan 6 - Arguably better than his partner because he was
    able to keep Guiza quiet in a game that he could have thrived in.

    Alexander Tadevosyan 5 - Despite the eventual scoreline, Armenia were
    not as bad as that would suggest and held their own for periods.

    Arthur Voskanyan 6 - Was an impressive performer down the left in
    the opening period when the visitors had their best spells of pressure.

    Levon Pachajyan 5.5 - Another decent player for Armenia and he could
    have done much more had he had more options in front of him.

    Artavazd Karamyan 5 - Sergio Ramos was strong and stopped him from
    having more chances to impress as he made several strong runs.

    Hamlet Mkhitaryan 4.5 - Where for art thou may well have been the
    question asked by many on the bench of this Shakespearian-named
    midfielder.

    Samvel Melkonyan 5 - Another that was unable to cope with the opponents
    and had a quiet encounter.

    Romik Khachatryan 4.5 - Could have done better had he been given more
    supply, but will have known it was always going to be a difficult
    evening.

    Subs

    Karen Aleksanyan 5 - Armenia's subs were not going to change the game,
    but he did nothing wrong when coming on.

    Arman Karamyan 5 - Attempted to hold things up by playing own the
    flanks, but was unable to find a way past Capdevila.

    Gevorg Ghazaryan 4.5 - Did not impress as he was well shackled when
    coming on and was a passenger when coming on.

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