Articles tagged with "Spain"
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 18th, 2006
It's party time in Spain after Barcelona's Champions League final victory.
Over 100,000 euros in damage were done to shops, phone boxes and traffic lights in ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 18th, 2006
Spain's 2002 World Cup run ended with the heartbreak of a quarterfinal loss on penalty kicks. The '02 squad wasn't bad, but I think you ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 16th, 2006
No, David Albelda is not speaking about an extra garlic pizza. He's referring to Luis Aragones' omission of Ruben Baraja in the World Cup squad.
Baraja, ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 16th, 2006
Here's the official roster for each of Spain's opponents in Group H. Which team will advance with Spain from Group H? When you look at ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 15th, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet your 2006 Spain World Cup squad, as announced today by Luis Aragones:
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Santiago Canizares ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | May 15th, 2006
This post is just to thank the magnificent Brazilians playing in Europe, spreading the great football message to all the corner of this round ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 15th, 2006
These World Cup coaches are screwing with us. They have months to announce their World Cup squads but most have waited to deadline day ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 11th, 2006
Russia has announced the following 18-man squad for a friendly against Spain on May 27:
Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (Dynamo Moscow), Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow)
Defenders: ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by Bessam | May 11th, 2006
The BBC has a new STORY about Tunisia possibly playing Iraq as a warmup becuase the warm up game against Kuwait that i mentioned ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | May 11th, 2006
Ronaldo conceded an interview to the ‘O Globo’ reporter Priscilla Guilayn yesterday. He is still recovering from a thigh muscle injury. As many already ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 10th, 2006
FC Sevilla has opened the door for the country of Spain. What are the odds of the same country winning the UEFA Cup, the Champions ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 10th, 2006
I've been following this guy's previews for some time now and he's finally posted his Spain preview. Some interesting reading on his web site.
Deadspin, another ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 10th, 2006
Catalan-born Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas is relishing Arsenal's role as the underdog in next week's championship clash with Barcelona.
"It has been like this ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 10th, 2006
Luis Aragones failed to offer up a convincing argument defending his selection of Asier del Horno over Mariano Pernia. Said Aragones: "(Argentina-born) Pernia only recently ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 6th, 2006
Asier Del Horno responded to Bernd Schuster's lashing by saying "If that's the only thing he's seen, he has followed the Premier League and Chelsea ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 5th, 2006
Ecuador captain Ivan "Bam Bam" Hurtado may be headed to Italy, according to his agent. The agent has yet to release the name of ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 5th, 2006
It didn't take long for some controversy to brew about Luis Aragones' provisional World Cup squad.
Getafe coach Bernd Schuster is upset that Mariano Pernia has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 5th, 2006
Spain coach Luis Aragones has made his list and checked it twice. Now the world knows the 27 men who will be fighting for ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 4th, 2006
The Spanish Football Federation made the locations and dates of Spain's pre-World Cup friendlies official yesterday.
Another run-down..
May 27 - Spain vs. Russia in Albacete
June 3 ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 2nd, 2006
Luis Aragones will not release his World Cup squad for another 14 days, but Marca is reporting that 22 of the 23 spots in Spain's ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | May 2nd, 2006
Lots of good tidbits in the latest Spanish football piece from Soccernet's Phil Ball.
Among them:
Asier del Horno becomes the first Spanish player to play a ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 28th, 2006
UEFA Magazine has a piece about David Villa, in which they discuss Villa wanting to quit the game at age 14, but his father talking ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 28th, 2006
In our World Cup Blog Power rankings, Spain has moved up to No. 2.
At first it seems a bit silly, but upon further review ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 26th, 2006
Radio Marca is reporting that Mariano Pernia has obtained double nationality and can be named to Spain's squad for the World Cup.
Pernia, an Argentinian goal-scoring ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 26th, 2006
After Villarreal's loss to Arsenal yesterday, in which Juan Roman Riquelme missed a penalty in the closing minutes, Barcelona is Spain's last hope for Champions ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 23rd, 2006
I think it's time for David Villa to write a book entitled How to Guarantee You'll See Playing Time in Germany.
Villa scored three goals ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 22nd, 2006
Liverpool forward Fernando Morientes says Spain World Cup squads have not been overconfident in the past, but newspapers have built up Spain's chances unrealistically.
In the ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 22nd, 2006
Xavi Hernandez is back training for Barcelona and he insists he'll be ready for Spain's World Cup run. Originally, Xavi was expected to miss ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by Bessam | Apr 19th, 2006
WOW 21. Though I like this number I would love to see the formula. We were recently beaten 1-0 by Serbia and Montenegro who are ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Ian | Apr 19th, 2006
Luis Aragones, who has already named his three goalkeepers for the World Cup, has said that if the World Cup started today, Iker Casillas would ...
