Guiza is joint top scorer in La Liga having netted six goals in ten games. The 27-year-old received his call up to the squad after Liverpool's Fernando Torres was left out. The omission of Torres is a somewhat perplexing one. Officially Torres was out of the squad due to injury concerns. That would be the same Torres then who came of the bench to score a great individual goal for Liverpool a couple of days later. One for Inspector Poirot maybe.
With two remaining home games Spain have destiny in their own hands. A win against Sweden or Northern Ireland will book their Euro 2008 ticket. Luis Aragonés' side will be wary after already suffering defeats against Sweden and Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland game saw Spain side twice take the lead only to be denied by an inspired hat-trick from David Healey.A big weapon for the Spanish will be the rapidly emerging talent of Cesc Fabregas. The 20-year-old Arsenal midfielder has been in dazzling form this season for his club and has definite leadership qualities.
The bigger question for purists is if Spain do qualify for Euro 2008 could they then go to finally lose their 'perennial underachievers tag?'
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