FOOTBALL | IS SPAIN THE GREATEST TEAM EVER ?

The "Wall Street Journal" asks the question, from an American point of view:


Spanish Football Team


Your answer please.

FIFA WORLD RANKINGS JUNE 2012 | SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released the June 2012 WORLD RANKINGs. SPAIN remains the Nº1 Football Nation, while Uruguay lands into Nº2 position, Portugal has a sharp drop & Japan makes a big jump in rankings. 



Fifa Rankings June 2012

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | THREE OPTIONS UPFRONT

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has finally decided on the three Centre Fowards for the EURO 2012 competition:

ALVARO NEGREDO ( Sevilla FC)
FERNANDO TORRES ( Chelsea FC)
FERNANDO LLORENTE ( At. Bilbao)

Three players with distinct characteristics that will give the Spanish Forward-line variation, alternatives & differing options depending on the opponent, match

SPANISH U-19 FOOTBALL TEAM | SPAIN 2 BELGIUM 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM has defended BELGIUM 2 - 1 & thus finish on top of their Group to go straight into the up coming EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held in Estonia between the 3 rd & 15 th of July.



Gerard Deulofeu


Match details ( line-ups & goalscorers)Spain 2: 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 2-Iván López, 3-Jonathan Castro, 4-Jonás Ramalho, 5- Pablo Insua , 6-José Campaña(c) (67´Jesús

EURO 2012 WARM-UP | SPAIN 2 SERBIA 0

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM began its warm-up games before starting its Euro 2012 campaign with a 2 - 0 victory over SERBIA.

The Spanish starting line-up looked unfamiliar as the FC Barcelona & Athletic Bilbao players were missing due to their participation in yesterdays Spanish Cup Final. The line-up today was:
Casillas; Juanfran, Ramos, Albiol, Alba; Bruno, Xabi Alonso, Navas, Cazorla;

EURO 2012 GROUP I RESULT | CZECH REPUBLIC 0 SPAIN 2

SPAIN defeated the CZECH REPUBLIC 0 - 2 in their Group I Euro 2012 qualifier match in Prague. The Spaniards have already qualified & the Czech side needed a positive result to secure the Groups second place, however they will be disappointed with their performance tonight.



Juan Mata

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM dominated most of the match with their usual style of touch Football which caused the

SPANISH FOOTBALL - THIAGO ALCANTARA | THE AWAITED BAPTISM

A marked day for SPANISH FOOTBALL & for FC Barcelona young sensation THIAGO Alcantara. Tonight the Spanish National Football Team plays an official Group qualifying match against LIECHTENSTEIN & a win basically assures the current European Champions a place in next years edition. 



Spanish Football player Thiago

But its also a big day for THIAGO. If the youngster manages to start in tonight's

SPAIN vs CHILE | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY | GENEVA 2nd SEPTEMBER

The SPANISH FOOTBALL Federation has announced today that SPAIN will meet CHILE in an upcoming Friendly International to be played in Geneva (Switzerland) on the 2nd of September. The cited game for Spain was originally meant for Brazil, which pulled out & cancelled without any real reason, which leads to suspect that they wished to confront the current World Champions under better conditions.

SPAIN LOSS TO BRAZIL IN Q/FINAL OF U-20 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Not too good news this morning, the SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM say good-bye to the FIFA World Championships being held in Colombia after losing to BRAZIL in the penalty-shoot out 2 (2) - 2 (4). The Spanish youngsters pack their bags & fly off home with certain disappointment knowing that they had the potential of going further in the competition.



Spain U-20

Spain had to come back

MIXED RESULTS FOR SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAMS

Was out of town yesterday & couldn´t post the last two ( A-team & U-20) SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM encounters, which ended with a draw, that is, a loss & a win. Although the news is now old, SPAIN lost 2 -1 at Bari to home team ITALY, & the U-20 youngsters won 7-6 SOUTH KOREA in the penalty shoot out after their match finished 0 - 0 at the U-20 FIFA World Championships.



Italy

SPAIN DEFEATS 1 - 5 AUSTRALIA IN U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GROUP C

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-20 NATIONAL TEAM defeated AUSTRALIA 1 - 5 in their last Group match corresponding to the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia. Spain finish Top of Group C & now know await their next rival South Korea.



Spain - u 20 vs Australia


The highlight was the HAT - TRICK from Spaniard ALVARO VAZQUEZ with his three goals in the 6th , 14th & 18th min, along with a goal

SPAIN LIST FOR FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ITALY | THIAGO CALLED UP

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of Spanish Football players that will make up the National squad to meet ITALY the 10th of August in the Italian city of Bari in an International Friendly match.



Spanish Football player Thiago

The novelty is the inclusion of FC Barcelona young midfielder & U-21 International , THIAGO ALCANTERA who is

SPAIN DEFEATS ECUADOR 0 - 2 IN U-20 GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME

Another example of early morning Football ( from a local Spanish time perspective), too early to watch locally,  that gave me good news when I checked the result this morning. The SPANISH U-20 FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM defeated 0 - 2 ECUADOR in ther Group match in Colombia where the FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is being held. The win keeps SPAIN in top spot of the group with 6 points ( out of 2

U-19 EURO FINAL | SPAIN WINS 2 - 3 CZECH REP TO TAKE ITS 5 TH EUROPEAN TITLE

SPANISH FOOTBALL is certainly in a historical "Golden Age". The SPANISH U-19 NATIONAL TEAM has won 2 - 3 the CZECH REP in the Final of the European Championship to grab the EURO U-19 Title. No country has ever won both the European U- 21 & U-19 titles, but lets not forget our female U-17 team which proclaimed themselves yesterday Euro Champs. This,  plus the senior team the current FIFA World

U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | COSTA RICA 1 SPAIN 4 | GROUP C

The SPANISH FOOTBALL U- 20 NATIONAL TEAM kicked off its participation in the FIFA U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in Colombia with 1 - 4 victory over COSTA RICA in their Group C match. Good start as a win is vital to release the nerves & be able to meet your other Group opponents with some relative "ease" in the pressure.



Rodrigo Spain U-20

The match was relatively well controlled by

SPAIN DRAWN IN GROUP I WITH FRANCE | WORLD CUP 2014 EURO ZONE QUALIFIERS

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM, the current FIFA World Champions,  has been drawn in Group I for the upcoming preliminary European WORLD CUP 2014 qualifiers. The news is that in their Group they will find themselves with a strong competitor & historical rival FRANCE. The other European Nations that make up Group I are BELARUS , GEORGIA & FINLAND.




graphic courtesy of Sportyou

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SPANISH U-19 TEAM LOSE 3 - 0 TO TURKEY IN GROUP EURO

The SPAIN U-19 TEAM participating in the U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania fell down hard back to Earth with a 3 - 0 defeat against TURKEY. The Spaniards had nothing to lose in this match as they had already qualified for the semis, however Turkey was playing for a spot & missed out because Serbia did not lose against Belgium.

But it was a terrible day at "the office" for the Spanish youngsters