Articles tagged with "spain"
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Sep 24th, 2008
AS Saint-Étienne and Belgium international, Kevin Mirallas, will miss two of Belgium's upcoming World Cup 2010 qualifying matches. On October 11th Belgium plays against Armenia. ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 22nd, 2008
It might appear irrelevant to speak about Beach Soccer in a football blog but it is quite impressive that Swiss beach soccer players, like Swiss ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
On Tuesday the u-21 selection surprisingly kicked out the holders of the European competition, the Netherlands, in a game that was an in or out ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by elisa | Aug 15th, 2008
Spanish National Squad Announced:
Del Bosque announced his first squad that will face Denmark in a friendly on August 20th. No Raul and no Guti. ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by elisa | Jul 31st, 2008
U-19 NEWS
Well the U-19 did not perform very well in the UEFA Championships. We lost to eventual winners Germany and Hungary in the ...
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. ...
