PLAYER RATINGS: SPAIN 4 -0 ARMENIA
Lucas Brown

Goal.com
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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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