Torres' Spain teammates not worried about slump

Torres' Spain teammates not worried about slump

Published Mar. 27, 2011 3:18 p.m. ET

Fernando Torres' Spain teammates say they are not concerned about the striker's scoring slump.

Defender Alvaro Arbeloa said Sunday that ''when you are as good as Fernando, you just have to do your job because the goals will come.''

The 27-year-old has not scored for Chelsea since arriving in January and hasn't netted for his country since September.

Torres was expected to return to Spain's starting 11 Friday against the Czech Republic with Pedro Rodriguez hurt, but instead he came on as a substitute only to watch David Villa scored twice.

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Even so, Andres Iniesta said that Torres ''provided a lot of things that are not easy to see. He occupied the defense, creating space for us behind.''

Spain plays Lithuania on Tuesday in Kaunas.

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