Spain squandered a chance to end their 35-year-long winless drought at Wembley Stadium with a 2-2 draw in England on Tuesday evening. The last time La Roja claimed victory at the iconic ground was back in 1981 under the tutelage of Jose Emilio Santamaría when goals from Satrústegui and Zamora sealed a 2-1 victory over the Three Lions. The 2010 World Cup winners certainly didn't help themselves as they were outplayed in the opening hour of the clash before goals late on by substitutes Iago Aspas and Isco clinched a draw for the visitors. The result at Wembley adds to a list of poor results against top sides since their 2014 World Cup humiliation. In 11 matches, Spain have lost six (Netherlands, Chile, France, Germany, Netherlands and Italy), drawn three times (Italy twice and England last night), and won two matches (against England in Alicante and versus Belgium a few months back).
It all began when Spain were thumped 5-1 by the Netherlands at Salvador in their World Cup opener despite Xabi Alonso opening the scoring. Five days later, Chile, winner of the last two Copa Américas, sentenced Spain to 2-0 defeat at the Maracaná. La Roja then followed up their World Cup performances with a loss against France months before being dealt a humiliating blow in November 2014 when Germany put an end their 31-match unbeaten streak at home in Vigo. The first fixture of 2015 continued the downward trend, 2-0 defeat at Amsterdam, before the side were beaten by Italy in the knockout stages of last summer's European Championships. With their last major win coming in a friendly against Belgium in Julen Lopetegui's first match in charge, one would have thought that a string of positive results would have seen Spain over the line against England. Instead, it was the same old Spain, who look no closer to improving their run of results against the world's best.
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