International friendly match

Spain 3 - Ivory Coast 2

Spain came from behind twice to beat the Ivory Coast 3-2. Luis Aragonés included 18 year old Cesc in his starting line up, the second youngest player to play for the country, and gave a first cap to Brazilian born Marcos Senna later in the game. His side fell behind though when Keita beat Casillas with just under a quarter of an hour gone, but David Villa levelled the scores midway through the first half, heading past Tizié after his first shot was blocked. A minute after the restart substitute Kalou restored the lead with a spectacular shot from outside of the area, and the African side could have gone further ahead when Kalou almost caught Casillas out with another long shot. However Fernando Torres hit the post soon afterwards, and substitutes Reyes and Juanito came on to turn the scoreline around in the last twenty minutes, the first with a long shot and the second with a header from a corner. (01.03.06)