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Villa ruled out as Spain look to Torres to provide Euro 2012 spark

David Villa has been ruled out of Spain’s Euro 2012 campaign, leaving Spain without their all-time record goalscorer. The onus will now fall on the likes of Llorente and of course Torres to step up to the plate and help Spain defend their European Championship crown. The Barcelona forward has failed to prove his fitness…

Euro 2012 Gear

Euro 2012 – the 14th European Championship for teams sanctioned by the UEFA – is scheduled to be played between 8th June and 1st July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Spain are the current holders of the cup – they defeated Germany in the final in Austria / Switzerland version of the tournament in 2008….

Euro 2012 – Team-by-Team Preview and Schedule

With the 16 teams competing in Euro 2012 now selected and the qualifying process complete, all eyes look to Poland and Ukraine as time ticks down.

Capello takes a leaf out of Mourinho’s book

The anti-football of Mourinho and Capello can reap rewards, but more is needed for England to be contenders for EURO 2012. On the face of it, it was not overly surprising. The 7th best team in the world, England, beat the best team in the world, Spain, 1-0 at home in a friendly international. Bearing…

England Triumphant as Spain’s Weakness is Revealed

England’s victory over World Champions Spain at Wembley, doesn’t signify and end of an era, but it does give hope to the rest of Europe. Having collected the two biggest trophies on offer in International football, many were backing the Spanish to dominate again in 2012, but perhaps England has shown us where Spain’s weakness…

Could Spain’s second XI beat England?

While watching David Silva and Spain dismantle a dogged and compact Scotland on Wednesday, it struck me: this was hardly Spain’s best outfit and they were dominating. Silva cemented his bona fides as one of the top half-dozen players in world football and Spain, with a team featuring second-choice players like Thiago Alcantara, Jordi Alba…

Can Thiago Alcantara force way into Barca reckoning after committing long-term future?

Thiago Alcantara has signed a two-year contract extension at Barcelona – subsequently warding off any potential suitors. After impressing in Spain’s European Under-21 Championship triumph, speculation had arose that interest from Italy and England had surfaced. However, the Blaugrana have moved swiftly to quash any such talk with the extension of his contract to 2015…

Spain’s era of dominance may have only just begun

Always the perennial underachievers, the last few years have seen that theory put to bed.  Though the senior team went out in the second round in the 2006 world cup, their previous group performances were electric and a sign of things to come, only hiccuping when faced with a certain purple patch conjured by the…

Pique talks about Fabregas, Wembley, Messi, Euro 2012 & Tiempo Legend IV

Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique was chosen to be the global lead athlete for the new Nike Tiempo Legend IV football boots. At the launch of the Tiempo Legend, Pique was interviewed about the boot, Fabregas, Euro 2012, why did he cut the net off in the final and more. Here is the transcript:…

England shouldn’t expect any success in the near future

Like myself, all English football fans have been let down in recent years by our regularly under achieving international side. I would like to share my views on why this is the case, and on why I don’t see any reason to expect success in the near future. The fact that us English created the…