Spain will be patient, says anchor man Busquets

After Sunday’s deflating defeat, Irish fans might see a victory over Euro 2012 favourites Spain in tomorrow’s Group C clash as unlikely, but La Roja midfielder Sergio Busquets said yesterday that he and his team-mates were prepared for a difficult game.

The Barcelona pivote pointed to a number of fancied teams slipping up during the first series of games, and said Spain were set on not being surprised.

“We saw England and France draw on Monday, and Holland lost (to Denmark),” said Busquets. “Every game is very difficult, and even more at a finals. Nobody gifts you anything in football, anything can happen. We have already seen that.”