I was really happy for Alba scoring his goal, he's been great all tournament. Great signing for Barca at a decent price. After his goal last night a student of mine told me this morning that "Alves is nothing" although I think a few sides will be frightened at the prospect of the two of them bombing down the flanks. If Spain did go on to win a fourth major tournament, back to back world cups and be the first european side to win it outside of europe, it would be an unbelievable achievement. I imagine Brazil will be favourites along side them due to home advantage but the pressure could be too much. Scott Murray said on football daily that it will be 1950 all over again and he could well be right. Worst case for them would obv. be Messi and co winning it and with a non insane coach they just might. Plus we'll have all the talk about whether the young German side will come of age and win something but that's been going on since 06. Anyway it's not the time for world cup chat, there's loads of Stoke and West Ham games to come before then.