You have to go back five years to find a competitive defeat for the Spanish national team in a knockout round of a major competition.
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On a cold and rainy night in Bloemfontein, 12 months before they would return to rule the world in South Africa, Vicente del Bosque's men were soundly beaten 2-0 by the United States in the Confed Cup semifinals.
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Since then, there has been just one defeat in 31 competitive games - by Switzerland in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup finals - and none in their last 25, as World Cup glory was followed up by the retention of their European Championship in Poland and Ukraine last year.
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However, whilst manager Vicente del Bosque has highlighted their return to play in the Confederations Cup later this month as ideal preparation for their quest to retain the World Cup back in Brazil in a year's time - although they have yet to confirm their place there - the sense back in Spain is that it is anything but.
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Real Madrid and particularly Barcelona's elimination at the Champions League semifinal stage to physically stronger and more energetic German sides, increased concerns that this cycle of phenomenally successful Spanish players may have passed their peak.
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The fitness of Xavi Hernandez and Sergio Busquets is a particular concern with both having their minutes towards the end of the season with Barca severely limited to due hamstring and back injuries respectively.
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Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso has already been ruled out of the competition due to a groin problem and Del Bosque took the surprising decision to also cut midfielders Benat Extebarria and Javi Garcia out of his original 26-man squad despite Alonso's injury.
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The Real Madrid man's absence is likely to mean Champions League winner Javi Martinez will get his chance to prove himself in international tournament play for the first time after barely being used by Del Bosque at the 2010 World Cup or at the Euros last year.
No matter how badly they did in Uefa Champions League semifinal next season, their players are still very competitive.