Torres gets medal, shrugs off drought
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March 24, 2011, Thursday
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FERNANDO Torres was given a medal of honor by his home town of Fuenlabrada on Tuesday for his sporting achievements but it is really goals and not awards the misfiring Spain striker is in need of right now.
He failed to find the net during the World Cup in South Africa last year and has scored only two goals for the world and European champions since, a double against lowly Liechtenstein in a Euro 2012 qualifier in Vaduz in September.
The 27-year-old has also been struggling for form at his new club Chelsea, failing to open his account in seven appearances since joining from Liverpool in January.
He said he was not worried by his goal drought at club level.
"As in all things it takes time at the start but I am satisfied because the team (Chelsea) is winning," he said. "I am waiting for the first goal, like all Chelsea fans, with desire but not with anxiety."
Torres has a chance to get back among the goals when Spain plays its Euro 2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic tomorrow and Lithuania four days later as the Group I leader looks to take a big step toward securing its place at the finals in Poland and Ukraine next year.
"The difficult thing is to learn to win at the national level," Torres said. "A lot of the time when you are successful you ease off but luckily there is an aim, which is to win consecutive European, world and European championships," he added.
"Nobody has ever achieved that. What we want to do is make history, it's what we have in mind and winning these next two games would almost put us in the finals."
He failed to find the net during the World Cup in South Africa last year and has scored only two goals for the world and European champions since, a double against lowly Liechtenstein in a Euro 2012 qualifier in Vaduz in September.
The 27-year-old has also been struggling for form at his new club Chelsea, failing to open his account in seven appearances since joining from Liverpool in January.
He said he was not worried by his goal drought at club level.
"As in all things it takes time at the start but I am satisfied because the team (Chelsea) is winning," he said. "I am waiting for the first goal, like all Chelsea fans, with desire but not with anxiety."
Torres has a chance to get back among the goals when Spain plays its Euro 2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic tomorrow and Lithuania four days later as the Group I leader looks to take a big step toward securing its place at the finals in Poland and Ukraine next year.
"The difficult thing is to learn to win at the national level," Torres said. "A lot of the time when you are successful you ease off but luckily there is an aim, which is to win consecutive European, world and European championships," he added.
"Nobody has ever achieved that. What we want to do is make history, it's what we have in mind and winning these next two games would almost put us in the finals."
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