Spain
Features news coverage of Spain and its players, including match reports and general football news.
The Battle For Enzo Zidane
He might still go to school and study like most normal children at the age of 15, but there seems to be very little else ‘normal’ about the early teenage years of Enzo Zidane. Son to the France and Real Madrid legend, Zinedine Zidane, young Enzo hasn’t even hit the grand-old age of 16 and…
Torres’ Spain-Liverpool dilemma
On 26th August, Spain’s coach Vicente Del Bosque announced the 21-man squad for their Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein and the friendly against Argentina. The squad, of course, included the Liverpool ace Fernando Torres. Roy Hodgson was not pleased due to the amount of injuries the Spaniard has been enduring recently. According to Guardian, Hodgson…
A Lesson To Learn From Germany: ‘Michael’ Arteta
In the immediate aftermath of the World Cup we, as fans, were inundated with sound bites from respective football pundits and experts of how the young German side was the example for England to follow. A team of young hungry players, playing with pride for their country, playing in an exciting brand of football, playing…
United Win…Nothing, Fabregas Held Hostage by Arsenal and, is the Homegrown Rule Legal?
Manchester United Get Off to a Flying Start Last season’s domestic double winners, Chelsea, took on Manchester United in their annual pre-season friendly. Some call it “The Community Shield.” I prefer to call it “the gigantic piece of metal that Roy Keane once raised over his head without cracking a smile.” Then again, aren’t many…
2010/2011 La Liga fixtures announced – Barca and Real to kick off away from home
The Spanish Football Federation has released the fixtures for their premier competition La Liga which will transpire over the course of thirty eight weeks. Champions Barcelona will begin their title defence away from home as Racing Santander play hosts. Real Madrid will also be playing the part of guests as they will face Real Mallorca…
Samba No More!
One overwhelming question has stuck with me since the completion of the World Cup. Is it possible to do it “samba style” anymore? Not since ’86, when Maradona dazzled the crowd, have we witnessed a team win the World Cup by playing free-flowing, attacking football. Even Brazil, who invented “samba style”, have not been there…
Are Barcelona’s Spanish contingent set to continue their winning mentality for their club?
Off the back of Spain’s heroics in South Africa the feel good factor is certainly going to last in the Mediterranean for the next four years at least as their national team marvelled us all with their beautiful football during the course of a month. Over the last three and half years they had the…
Andres Iniesta – A Tribute to El Illusionista
Shortly before midnight last Sunday, the man they called El Illusionista (The Dreamer), El Anti-Galactico (The Anti-Galactico) and Cerebro (The Brain) was the greatest man on Earth, deciding the greatest show on Earth. The unassuming superstar reached the pinnacle of his career that night and for several years now, he has been reaching constantly to…
TFT Episode 59: Jonathan Fadugba and Sam Coare
The World Cup is over, and to help us wrap up the tournament in our final World Cup podcast Chris Nee and Gary Andrews are [...]
Cesc Fabregas pulls on a Barca shirt. Well, not exactly…
Celebrating their first star over the Spanish emblem last night, Pepe Reina of Liverpool called Cesc Fabregas of Arselona Arsenal for something Spanish. Before Reina was done with Cesc, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol jumped on him and forced a Barcelona shirt on him. Reina didn’t help but he did make sure that the shirt…
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