Articles tagged with "spain"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 19th, 2009
Cracking 2-0 win for England U-21s over their Spanish counterparts yesterday, putting us through to the UEFA Under-21 Championships semi-finals.
James Milner pulled off some sweet ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 18th, 2009
That giant swarm of insects you've been hearing at every Confederations Cup game is not, in fact, one of the Biblical Plagues migrating south. It's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 17th, 2009
Spain sealed the deal today by negotiating past a defend at all costs Iraq, while a certain South African striker made sure not to become ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 17th, 2009
After smashing New Zealand 5-0 on Sunday we now focus on our second opponent - Asian Cup Champions, Iraq. Unlike us, Iraq got their ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 15th, 2009
The 2009 Confederations Cup finally kicked off yesterday in Johannesburg. Highlights of the opening ceremony in the stadium formerly known Ellis Park (now Soda-Pop Park) ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 14th, 2009
It's the moment every football fan has been waiting for - the start of the 2009 Confederations Cup. We kick things off today against ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 11th, 2009
The 2009 Confederations Cup (too may syllables, can we call it the Confed Cup for short? Or maybe the Con Cup?) kicks off in just ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 10th, 2009
The good news for the 2009 Confederations Cup is that all eight teams are bringing their strongest possible squads. All kinds of talent will be ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 9th, 2009
Sure Azerbaijan may be ranked 140th in the world, but does it really get more emphatic than 6-0? Clearly it was boys vs. men ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 5th, 2009
Vicente del Bosque announced a few days ago that Andrés Iniesta was called up to the squad which would travel to South Africa despite being ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | Jun 3rd, 2009
There are several minor hiccups in the Socceroos’ preparation for Sunday morning’s (EST) World Cup Qualifier against Qatar. Tim Cahill is suffering from a slight ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 3rd, 2009
All us Spanish fans were waiting eagerly in anticipation as to who Vicente del Bosque was going to name to the squad which would travel ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 2nd, 2009
I've got a good feeling about the 2009 Confederations Cup. Sure, it's not the most important tournament in the world. It's really just a World ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | May 28th, 2009
First and foremost I must apologize for my little hiatus from the blog, it's been a somewhat uneventful month in regards to La Furia Roja ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Pat | May 21st, 2009
Here’s an interesting article from The World Game site regarding the World Cup bidders. It summarises the assessment of each bidder by a company called ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | May 12th, 2009
The little Azzurrinis today beat France 2-1 in the U-17 European Championships, putting them through to the semi-finals. UEFA.com has a good writeup on the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 3rd, 2009
We've covered the Almunia for England question once before, but it's been re-ignited by the Spaniard's impressive performance for Arsenal in the Champions League semi-final ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | May 1st, 2009
On April 7th, the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSF) dismissed René Vandereycken from his position of head coach for the Rode Duivels. He was largely ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Apr 20th, 2009
The Confederations Cup is truly the best of the best when it comes to international competitiveness. Sure, it is overshadowed by the likes of ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Rob | Apr 16th, 2009
I was flicking through an old FourFourTwo earlier, when moving some stuff out of the attic. I found a story that I don't recall reading ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 9th, 2009
We haven't done a FIFA World Rankings post since back December 2008, mostly because it's all been much of a muchness. Spain ruled the roost, ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Apr 6th, 2009
This past weekend as Villarreal was humiliated 3-0 by Almería, Santi Cazorla was stretchered off in the 64th minute with a foot injury. After ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Apr 1st, 2009
Maybe the game wasn't perfect, but we sure are.
A 100% record still maintained with 6 wins out of 6 matches in qualifying, a 31 game ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Apr 1st, 2009
Decisions, decisions Mr. del Bosque, that's what you have on your hands for today's match.
La Furia Roja travel to Istanbul to take on our half-Asian ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Mar 29th, 2009
A win over Turkey in Madrid yesterday has now put us a massive 6 points atop group 5 and mathematically qualified us for South Africa ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Mar 28th, 2009
Sorry this is very last minute but I've been sick in bed for the past couple days and haven't really been online other than to ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Mar 27th, 2009
The rumoured release of Giourkas Seitaridis from the ranks of Spanish side Ateltico Madrid might become a reality this summer as the Spanish press begins ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Mar 24th, 2009
This Saturday, the 28th of March La Furia Roja will be hosting Turkey in the Santiago Bernabeú for our 5th World Cup qualifying matchup.
Turkey will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 24th, 2009
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Now try and soak it in. Try and soak in the fact that France's greatest ever footballing export will ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Mar 1st, 2009
At the end of this month the Rode Duivels will play a World Cup 2010 Qualifier against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The match will played in Genk, Belgium ...
