Spain National Team Archive

  •     Sam Marsden from Futbol Grande brings to us snippets, humor and interesting things from Spanish Football.  You can find more of us fine work here.   Imagine being the player to pick up the mantle of Xavi or Iniesta when they leave the national team. Hell, even following Carles Puyol won’t...

    Futbol Grande Player Spotlight: Jordi Alba

    Posted on May 1, 2012 | No Comments
        Sam Marsden from Futbol Grande brings to us snippets, humor and interesting things from Spanish Football.  You can find more of us fine work here.   Imagine being the player to pick up the mantle of Xavi or Iniesta when they leave the national team. Hell, even following Carles Puyol won’t...

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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

    Posted on April 10, 2012 | 2 Comments
      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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  •   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

    Posted on February 29, 2012 | 1 Comment
      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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  • 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!

    Posted on November 15, 2011 | No Comments
    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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  • I´m not going to belabor the point here. With an important game against England this weekend and the aftermath of losing to the English, the nation´s most powerful and important sports daily decides to run with an idiotic Real Madrid statistic? Who cares if this year under José Mourinho the...

    Morning Papers

    Posted on November 13, 2011 | 2 Comments
    I´m not going to belabor the point here. With an important game against England this weekend and the aftermath of losing to the English, the nation´s most powerful and important sports daily decides to run with an idiotic Real Madrid statistic? Who cares if this year under José Mourinho the...

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  •   I will keep this brief because it was a friendly afterall. But there were a few things worth mentioning.               Things that didn’t work Silva probably had one of this worst games with Spain ever since the World cup opener against Switzerland. The false-9 didn’t work because Silva couldnt combine...

    An irritating loss

    Posted on November 12, 2011 | 13 Comments
      I will keep this brief because it was a friendly afterall. But there were a few things worth mentioning.               Things that didn’t work Silva probably had one of this worst games with Spain ever since the World cup opener against Switzerland. The false-9 didn’t work because Silva couldnt combine...

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  •   This probably is the biggest game played by England at Wembley in terms of the opponent, the reigning European and World Champion, Spain. The sort of game you would die for to see in a serious competition like the Euro or the World Cup. Instead we have to settle...

    Preview: England v Spain Friendly

    Posted on November 12, 2011 | 11 Comments
      This probably is the biggest game played by England at Wembley in terms of the opponent, the reigning European and World Champion, Spain. The sort of game you would die for to see in a serious competition like the Euro or the World Cup. Instead we have to settle...

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  •   Reigning European and World Cup champions Spain just released their new kits for the Euro 2012 tournament.  The Adidas advertising campaign is “The past does not count, everything begins again.”  Spain wants to be the first team win the Euro Cup-World Cup -Euro Cup or three consecutive tournaments.  The...

    Spain New Kit for Euro 2012

    Posted on November 11, 2011 | 3 Comments
      Reigning European and World Cup champions Spain just released their new kits for the Euro 2012 tournament.  The Adidas advertising campaign is “The past does not count, everything begins again.”  Spain wants to be the first team win the Euro Cup-World Cup -Euro Cup or three consecutive tournaments.  The...

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  •   Head coach of the Spanish national team, Vicente Del Bosque has announced a list of 23 to face England at Wembley followed by a friendly vs Costa Rica in Costa Rica. The only changes he made are the return of Jesus Navas of Sevilla in place of his injured club-mate, Alvaro...

    Spain squad for England & Costa Rica

    Posted on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
      Head coach of the Spanish national team, Vicente Del Bosque has announced a list of 23 to face England at Wembley followed by a friendly vs Costa Rica in Costa Rica. The only changes he made are the return of Jesus Navas of Sevilla in place of his injured club-mate, Alvaro...

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  • As mentioned during our podcast with the great man, Phil Ball has re-released Morbo, the History of Spanish Football in English. This is  a must read and must have Spanish encyclopedia for aficionados of Spanish Football or fans of the beautiful game who want some insight into what makes Spanish...

    Book Review: Morbo by Phil Ball (new edition 2010)

    Posted on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
    As mentioned during our podcast with the great man, Phil Ball has re-released Morbo, the History of Spanish Football in English. This is  a must read and must have Spanish encyclopedia for aficionados of Spanish Football or fans of the beautiful game who want some insight into what makes Spanish...

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