Villa: we won’t change our style

(GSM) – Spain striker David Villa is confident that Spain will eventually qualify to the second round despite their shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Switzerland in their opening Group H match.

The new Barcelona signing admits he was “annoyed” by the result but insists his team will make it through to the second round.

“We are annoyed by the result,” he said. “We dominated possession and we were the better team. But this is football, and not always the best team wins.

“We are aware that the tournament has only just begun.

“We would have preferred to have had everything going in our favour but this is a World Cup and nothing is as easy as it seems.

“Nevertheless, we are convinced that we will go through to the next round.”

Villa is convinced Spain do not need to change their successful style of play because of the defeat.

“With this style of play, we have only lost two games,” he added.

“It was a copycat from that semi-final of the Confederations Cup. The only difference is that we are not going home.

“We need to continue to play the same. We are not going to change our style just because of this defeat.

“It has been down to our play that we have achieved success in the past.”