Articles tagged with "spain"
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by elisa | Jul 16th, 2008
Harmony in the dressing room, mild mannered disposition, free flowing joga bonito, team building expertise, dynamic ball control. These are all qualities that describe ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 14th, 2008
The Greek U-19 team know that history cannot be erased, but they will take a stab at tonight when they kick off their UEFA U-19 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 3rd, 2008
Geez, Spain. I know you're excited about the your first big win in 44 years, but you could show a little sensitivity here.
Or not. ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 3rd, 2008
I assume giving a post-match interview after you just lost the final of a major tournament is difficult enough, but doing so while a group ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
When Jürgen Klinsmann stepped down after the World Cup 2006, Jogi Löw did a great job gradually refining and improving the team he had put ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jul 1st, 2008
...why can't we?
I always thought of Spain as our brothers in underachievement. Lots of quality players, but never in danger of actually winning another trophy. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 30th, 2008
You can bet on Spain again.
Tis a wonderful thing to have a country oozing skill and technique capable of being considered a worthy contender without ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 30th, 2008
When Antonio Puerta collapsed on the pitch and died last year, there were all sorts of memorials from all over the footballing world and beyond. ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2008
Congratulations to Spain! The Spanish team was consistent all throughout the tournament, giving classy performances against Italy, Russia and Germany; a promising team that can ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 29th, 2008
Players of the Tournament: There are four of them:
Carles Puyol
Carlos Marchena
Sergio Ramos
Joan Capdevila
Knockout stages: 0 goals conceded
Iker gets some credit as well, but the most ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2008
It sounds as a cliche already, but it is true. The beautiful game of football won! Spain deserves every gram of this cup. And Germany ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2008
1. Congratulations Spain! A well deserved victory and about time really.
2. Congratulations Jens Lehmann. I made a lot of jokes and cynical remarks about you ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
Photo credit: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
It's really happened. Spain are Euro 2008 champions with a well earned 1-0 win over Germany.
Review of the game and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
Click here to follow our Germany vs Spain Euro 2008 Final LiveBlog
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
FINAL
June 29th, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Germany0
VS
Spain 1
Torres 32'
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. Both tonight and throughout the whole tournament. Our fingers ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
Is this Spain's time? If the world was fair, then it would be. All that talent and just one trophy (the 1964 European Championship) and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
Would you believe this? Our Euro 2008 Jersey Poll Tournament, which we've run throughout Euro 2008 to find WCB readers favourite jersey, is down to ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2008
Germany and Spain haven't met in a major tournament for 20 years and only on three occasions overall. Here's a quick rundown of the games:
Euro ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
After today's 90 (or 120) minutes of action, we'll have to start thinking about club football again. So I was wondering which team had the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
We've been a reasonably accurate group of voters so far. We predicted Spain would beat Russia, just as we predicted victory for Germany over Turkey.
We ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 28th, 2008
If Spain doesn't win this one, they'll never win one. Michael Ballack is fresh off a calf injury and now in doubt for the final; ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 28th, 2008
With one game left to crown either Spain or Germany the new European champion, it's time to take a look at each one's strengths and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2008
It's Spain vs Germany in Vienna tomorrow, but unfortunately not everyone can be Spanish or German and have a team in the Euro 2008 final. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2008
We've spent a fair bit of time ogling the womenfolk of Euro 2008. It's all part of what makes tournament football so very very ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 27th, 2008
Each round of the group stage, we presented a lineup of the players we felt had the best performances. But that was the group ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 27th, 2008
The nickname typically applies to the team, but I think in the case of this picture, The Red Fury applies just as well to the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
Listen, I'm not saying Andrei Arshavin is a bad player. Clearly he's a very very good player. Russia with Arshavin were a much more dangerous ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
You've got to feel for David Villa. The Spain striker injured a muscle in his right leg during last night's 3-0 semi-final win over Russia, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Player of the Day: Sergio "Hot As Balls" Ramos. All over the place, stuffing Russian attackers, hassling Russian defenders. Probably the first game he's played ...
