Spain 1-0 Holland Iniesta 116’ Attendance – 84, 490 Howard Webb leads out the two teams An Andres Iniesta strike deep into the second period of extra-time sealed a historic World Cup triumph for Spain over a boisterous Holland side. In a disappointing stop-start final, the defining moment sparked mass celebrations from the Spanish, as [...]
Spain 1-0 Germany Puyol 73’ Attendance – 60, 960 Spain won their third straight game 1-0 as they reached their first ever World Cup final, where Holland stand in their way. An intriguing match-up saw the Spanish control possession once more, yet for all their delicate interchanges, it was a towering header from an orthodox [...]
Venue – Durban Date – Wednesday July 7th Kick-Off – 19:30 Spain and Germany will renew their rivalry on Wednesday evening in what promises to be a thrilling encounter. The Germans, still reeling about their 1-0 reverse against the Spaniards in Vienna two years ago, as Spain were crowned European Champions, will be determined to [...]
Spain 1-0 Paraguay Villa 83’ Attendance – 55, 359 David Villa struck his fifth goal of the tournament to send Spain into an intriguing semi-final showdown with Germany, in what will be a repeat of the 2008 European Championship final. Spain celebrate reaching the semi-finals The goal came with just seven minutes remaining and rescued [...]
Venue – Johannesburg, Ellis Park Date – Saturday July 3rd Kick-Off – 19:30 Spain will face-off with surprise quarter-finalists Paraguay on Saturday night, with the weight of expectation hanging over them. All, except maybe the most avid Paraguayan football fan will strongly favour the Spanish to progress from this match. The teams took very different [...]
Spain 1-0 Portugal Villa 63’ Attendance – 62, 955 Spain prevailed victorious in an absorbing tussle with Iberian rivals Portugal to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The terrific David Villa converted the match winning goal in the 63rd minute to set up a last eight tie with Paraguay. Spain celebrate at the final whistle [...]
Spain start their World Cup campaign against what is likely to be an organised and efficient Switzerland side. The Likely Spanish starting line-up: GK: Iker Casillas DR: Sergio Ramos DC: Gerard Pique DC: Carlos Puyol DL: Juan Capdevila DM: Xavi Alonso DM: Sergio Busquets CM: Xavi AML: Andres Iniesta AMR: David Silva ST: David Villa. [...]
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Víctor Valdés (Barcelona) Defenders: Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid), Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), Carlos Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Midfielders: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal), Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), David [...]
It is widely agreed that, pre-tournament favourites, Spain have the best squad heading into the 2010 World Cup. Of the 23 man squad named to go to South Africa this summer 19 currently play Champions League football. Perhaps even more impressive if the fact that all but three players still play their football in the [...]
It’s not always been this good, in-fact; it’s never been this good. Spain are arguably the only one of the footballing ‘giants’ to have never of lifted the famous Jules Rimet trophy despite qualifying for the World Cup 13 times. The current Spain squad is very much the ‘golden age’ of Spanish football, indeed, at [...]
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