Spain finalise South Africa preparations

Spain will play three international friendlies in the weeks before the 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ South Africa next year and based around Johannesburg during the tournament, said the football association in the nation on Tuesday.


The European champions will play two friendlies at home, on 29 May and 8 June, 5, and died Opponents of the squadron in June, the parties have not yet been established.


The Spanish national team is in Potchefstroom, a university town about 120 miles southwest of Johannesburg, based in the tournament.


He is 10th in Africa in JuneSpain wins, one of the favorites in the tournament, are in Group H with Chile, Honduras and Switzerland. December was the first time in the Coca-Cola, completed the second year running, so the only team to hold still win first place in the ranking, but without a FIFA World Cup.


Often criticized for poor performance at international level, his best position is the fourth in 1950. Spain only appeared in two World Cups, FIFA until 1978 but have qualified for every tournament since.