Fabregas Gives Fans Hope With Assurances Of World Cup Fitness

Last summer’s Confederations Cup was supposed to give us a chance to see a match-up of the world’s two soccer titans: Spain and Brazil. A mammoth upset by the United States kept Spain from a finals meeting with Brazil, but that was not enough to reshape the soccer world. As it concerns the international game, it is still Spain, Brazil, and everybody else, and after a World Cup draw that should keep both teams from meeting before the final, soccer fans are hoping the biggest stage of all will be used for (what would be) one of the more anticipated finals of all-time.

There is a new threat to this potential match-up: injuries; specifically, to the Spanish side. Fernando Torres recently underwent knee surgry. Andres Iniesta has been a prolonged absence for Barcelona. Xavi Hernández is playing with a thigh tear, while Cesc Fabregas - the likely understudy for Iniesta and Hernández - broke his leg in March.