The high point of Spain's training session ahead of their game against Australia was unfortunately not a show of brilliant football but rather a dispute between the team's manager and midfielder.

Del Bosque admonished Cesc Fàbregas for not making an effort in training and then went on to take away the starter bib from the player and hand it over to Xabi Alonso.

The Spain team were just getting going in the training session for their third and last game in the World Cup with Del Bosque watching over his starting players. At one point, the manager finally lost his patience with the midfielder, surprising all present.

Del Bosque had had enough of Cesc's attitude and ordered him to take off his bib which the starting players were wearing and put on one of the black tops that the other players were had on. Xabi Alonso was then chosen to wear the bib.

Another player held Fàbregas from behind to avoid the incident becoming even more unsightly with all the media looking on during the open training session.

Cesc had been training with little intensity for all the world to see and with an apparent attitude of disinterest. In all probability Del Bosque admonished him for this slackness.

The new Chelsea player feels that the Spain manager has been unfair with him because he has been changed from a starter to the team's third sub against Holland to not even playing for a minute against Chile.

Asked about the scene in the following press conference, defender Raúl Albiol assured, "I didn't see anything odd; I imagine that he is as upset as all the rest of the team are."