Spain 10-0 Tahiti.
Fernando Torres scored four goals and David Villa grabbed three as
Spain completed a resounding Fifa Confederations Cup win over Tahiti.
Chelsea's Torres beat Tahiti goalkeeper Mikael Roche and waltzed past Roche again after David Silva's finish.
Villa then scored either side of half-time before the Spanish forwards sealed their hat-tricks from crosses.
Juan Mata made it 8-0 and Torres ran in a fourth after missing a penalty before Silva pinched a second late on.
Spain are not assured of their place in the semi-final just yet but they look odds-on to reach the last four after this record win in the competition.
And although the scoreline marked the gulf in class between the two sides, Tahiti once again won new fans with their willingness to get on the scoresheet rather than defend in numbers.
How did Tahiti reach the Fifa Confederations Cup?
Tahiti qualified by becoming the first team other than Australia and New Zealand to win the Oceania Cup last June.
The defeat matched a record loss
for the South Pacific islanders, who lost by the same scoreline against
New Zealand in 2004, but their endeavour and undoubted class made this
occasion far more than a straightforward thumping.
Torres's goal after five minutes, where he beat Roche
at his near post after a one-two with Villa, looked like it might
signify a goal rush but Tahiti's amateurs played with some distinction
for the first half hour against the reigning world and European
champions.
Coming after their historic goal in the 6-1 defeat by Nigeria in their Group B opener, Tahiti again employed a high defensive line.
Nigeria 1-2 Uruguay.
Diego Forlan marked his 100th cap with a stunning second-half winner
in Salvador as Uruguay beat Nigeria in the Confederations Cup.
The 34-year-old, who had not scored in his previous 12
internationals, lit up the Arena Fonte Nova with a thunderous strike to
see off the Super Eagles.
Diego Lugano had given Uruguay a scrappy first-half lead from close range, only for Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi to bring Nigeria level with a brilliantly taken goal shortly before the interval before Forlan's winner.
As Nigeria pressed for a second, Uruguay raced away on the counter attack and the former Manchester United striker thumped home a thunderous left-foot winner from 16 yards after a fluid break that involved Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.
Forlan finds the target!
- Forlan's goal was his 34th for Uruguay in 100 appearances
- It was his first in 2013 and only his second since 2011
- He scored five goals in 19 appearances for Brazilian side Internacional last season
The result ends Nigeria's
18-match unbeaten run, stretching back to May 2012, and leaves the
Africa Cup of Nations champions facing a tough task in their final Group
B match with Spain. The world and European champions top the group with
six points, while Nigeria and Uruguay are level on three points.
Throughout the match,
the deep rumblings, loud bags and the crackle of police weapons
could be heard in the streets nearby. And yet on the field the
battle raged on with both teams knowing the importance of victory to
their chances of progressing to the semi-finals.
With Spain clear favourites for Group B and Tahiti obvious minnows, this contest was always going to be the most fiercely contested of the group - and so it proved.
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