[CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Group B] Spain was greeted by temperatures in the 80s and heavy rains in the northern city of Recife as it arrived for the Confederations Cup.Those are in sharp contrast to the near-freezing conditions in which it exited the Confederations Cup four years ago when it fell to the USA, 2-0, in South Africa. The La Furia Roja hopes Brazil willbe an environment more suited to its short-passing game as it chases the only title that has eluded it for the last six years.

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