Jordi Alba rattled the outside of an upright before David Albelda's long-range effort was splendidly clawed away by the diving Petr Cech.

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The early part of this century had the then Spain national team manger Jose Antonio Camacho caught between the elegance of players such as Juan Carlos Valeron and Pep Guardiola and more physically imposing players like Ivan Helguera, Ruben Baraja and David Albelda.

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