La Furia Roja Archive

  •     Forza Futbol welcomes back Scoutfree with a match report direct from Poland. (Unfortunately he has to return home now.) Enjoy!   One of the biggest highlights of the 2012 Euro is the one that exists between the Irish NT and the crowd of fans supporting it.  Just 2...

    A Fan’s Perspective: Spain vs Ireland

        Forza Futbol welcomes back Scoutfree with a match report direct from Poland. (Unfortunately he has to return home now.) Enjoy!   One of the biggest highlights of the 2012 Euro is the one that exists between the Irish NT and the crowd of fans supporting it.  Just 2...

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  •       Vicente Del Bosque announced his final list of 23 who will be playing at Euro 2012. The biggest omissions were Roberto Soldado, Adrian and Iker Muniain. The latter two will most likely be representing Spain at the Olympics in August.  I personally feel really bad for Soldado...

    Euro 2012: The Final 23 of La Roja – Going for history

          Vicente Del Bosque announced his final list of 23 who will be playing at Euro 2012. The biggest omissions were Roberto Soldado, Adrian and Iker Muniain. The latter two will most likely be representing Spain at the Olympics in August.  I personally feel really bad for Soldado...

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  •     Vicente Del Bosque announced this week that he would have three call ups for the 23 man squad that will play in the Euros based in the Ukraine and Poland,  due to football calendar. The preliminary list will be released on May 15th and consist of players that...

    La Roja: Three Call Ups for Euro 2012

        Vicente Del Bosque announced this week that he would have three call ups for the 23 man squad that will play in the Euros based in the Ukraine and Poland,  due to football calendar. The preliminary list will be released on May 15th and consist of players that...

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  •   Forza Futbol welcomes Sam Marsden from Futbol Grande to the FF family. Sam brings to us snippets, humor and interesting things from Spanish Football.  You can find more of us fine work here.         A yellow submarine through and through, club captain and probably bleeds yellow...

    Futbol Grande Player Spotlight: Marcos Senna

      Forza Futbol welcomes Sam Marsden from Futbol Grande to the FF family. Sam brings to us snippets, humor and interesting things from Spanish Football.  You can find more of us fine work here.         A yellow submarine through and through, club captain and probably bleeds yellow...

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  •   Vicente Iborra has arisen like a shining pearl, formed after years of frustrations and very drastic changes in circumstances at Levante. His rise took a lot of patience, hard work and constant support from the club. At age 19, he debuted as a tall and gifted striker with the...

    Iborra: A New Hope

      Vicente Iborra has arisen like a shining pearl, formed after years of frustrations and very drastic changes in circumstances at Levante. His rise took a lot of patience, hard work and constant support from the club. At age 19, he debuted as a tall and gifted striker with the...

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  • Forza Futbol welcomes back Craig Williams with a match report of the Spain x Venezuela friendly.  La Roja’s last match before the Euro cup. What we learnt from last night’s match… It was a case of tinker, tailor, soldado, Del Bosque as Spain cantered to a 5-0 victory over Venezuela last night...

    La Furia Roja: Tinker, Tailor, Soldado…

    Forza Futbol welcomes back Craig Williams with a match report of the Spain x Venezuela friendly.  La Roja’s last match before the Euro cup. What we learnt from last night’s match… It was a case of tinker, tailor, soldado, Del Bosque as Spain cantered to a 5-0 victory over Venezuela last night...

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  •   The Spanish National Team have released their new away kit, just in time for the Euros and friendly against Venezuela.  It looks a little like Uruguay’s kit no?  ’La Azul Celeste’.  The kit pays homage to past glory with the inscription inside the neck “CAMPEONES DE EUROPA (EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS)...

    New Kit: Spain National Team 2nd Kit Euro 2012

      The Spanish National Team have released their new away kit, just in time for the Euros and friendly against Venezuela.  It looks a little like Uruguay’s kit no?  ’La Azul Celeste’.  The kit pays homage to past glory with the inscription inside the neck “CAMPEONES DE EUROPA (EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS)...

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  •   Vicente Del Bosque released the pre-Euro squad for the February 29th friendly against Venezuela.  The big shock is no Torres.  For the first time Del Bosque has not called up Torres due to form.  Other players not mentioned are Pedro and Raul Albiol.  New to the list at last,...

    La Roja and La Rojita Call Ups ~ Euros & Olympics preparation

      Vicente Del Bosque released the pre-Euro squad for the February 29th friendly against Venezuela.  The big shock is no Torres.  For the first time Del Bosque has not called up Torres due to form.  Other players not mentioned are Pedro and Raul Albiol.  New to the list at last,...

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  •   Club Athletic de Bilbao has filled plenty of column inches in the Spanish press this season since the arrival of new coach, Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine has revolutionised the way the Basque outfit plays, moving away from its very British style of long ball physicality to a more creative...

    Transfer Rumours: Javi Martínez to Manchester City

      Club Athletic de Bilbao has filled plenty of column inches in the Spanish press this season since the arrival of new coach, Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine has revolutionised the way the Basque outfit plays, moving away from its very British style of long ball physicality to a more creative...

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  • Pepe (@RamblingFool) was there live and in person at Wembley to see La Furia Roja take on the Three Lions in the recent friendly. Here’s his observations, thoughts and rants.  Enjoy! Yo soy Español (Español, Español) but I was born, and have lived my whole life in England, so the...

    Spain v England LIVE at Wembley in the flesh!

    Pepe (@RamblingFool) was there live and in person at Wembley to see La Furia Roja take on the Three Lions in the recent friendly. Here’s his observations, thoughts and rants.  Enjoy! Yo soy Español (Español, Español) but I was born, and have lived my whole life in England, so the...

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