Torres set for bench role in opener

David Villa is expected to play as a lone striker for Spain with Fernando Torres on the bench Wednesday for Switzerland Group H clash, while Andres Iniesta, who will start in midfield five.

Torres and Iniesta, automatic selection in the first XI of Spain, are fit again after returning from a knee surgery and a minor muscle injury, respectively, ahead of their opening World Cup, but coach Vicente del Bosque Torres seems more likely ease back into action and go with a midfield quintet behind the Villa new signing Barcelona.

Even if he decides not to risk creative midfielder Iniesta outset against Switzerland, to prevent pressure-induced collapse of the favorites of the tournament to Spain, to obtain a winning start, so the quality and depth of the team.

Del Bosque spent his final pre-match press conference, to minimize the optimism surrounding the team, experiencing the progression of the tournament will not happen by default.

Del Bosque said: "There is extraordinary optimism. But much to sound like Spain has a direct route to the finals and it is not. We are not this way of thinking that all they seem. If you want to get something you must reach work and the fact that a great athlete. It 'hard to get out of sight from the outside world. There is an optimism we were going now play World Cup final. But fortunately we have players who are aware of reality, not utopia. players who know what football is all. "

expert coach Ottmar Hitzfeld admitted his team of Switzerland, without captain and star striker Frei Alexandrr have "nothing to lose in Durban. Hitzfeld has noticed is the" Spanish team of the century ", but refused to rule out a region, even if only because the laws of probability that his men should provide the opportunity to earn their first victory over Spain, sooner or later stand.

Hitzfeld has asked for some small advantage, asking fans to book their vuvuzela orchestra at their last training session in hopes of getting his team used the sounds they will experience at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium.