Football Champions

The road towards the Brazil & FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 competition began tonight for the current World & European Champions SPAIN against GEORGIA in their Group I qualifier. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM won 0 - 1 with a very late goal. 



Xavi

The match was suffered, frustrating & nervous as Georgia put up an authentic wall of defenders in which Spain kept crashing into without any result. The

SPAIN defeated SAUDI ARABIA Coached by ex-Barça Coach Frank Rijkaard 5 - 0 in an International Friendly, before the important World Cup Group qualifier coming up in a few days against Georgia.

Spain started with a line-up of players who don´t get the playing minutes that others do like Xavi, Xabi, Ramos, Iniesta,Casillas...etc, but were just as effective & dominiate. Players like Cazorla ( who

The World governing authory in Football FIFA has made public the monthly World Nations Rankings with SPAIN in the Nº1 position. Germany & England follow while Holland is surprising  low in the ranking along with Brazil. Ecuador makes an impressive jump from Nº27 last month to Nº20 this month.



Spain European Champions 2012


Here is the Top 20 FIFA World Ranking Nations list:

1. (1) SPAIN 1605

Perhaps it is the moment to finally give the next FIFA World Player Award to FC Barcelona & Spanish International player ANDRES INIESTA. Many feel - myself included - that Iniesta should have been given the 2010 Fifa World Player Award instead of Lionel Messi after his great FIFA World Cup performance with winning goal included. The Spanish midfielder has been announced the 2012 Euro MVP player,

SPAIN has made Football History after defending & winning ( retaining ) the 2012 EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP 4 - 0 against ITALY in the Final.Never before has a team (nation) won the "triple crown" : Euro 2008- Fifa World Cup 2010 & now Euro 2012. The below team pictured as the starting 11 has managed to shut many mouths - happily mine as well - throwing into the rubbish bin criticisms about internal

Approximately around 21 days back SPAIN & ITALY played the opener of the Group C match of the EURO 2012 Championship. It finished in a 1 - 1 draw result & the starting line-up team photos of the game & of both countries are below.




Spain 2012


This Sunday both again will meet but this time in the Final in the city of Kiev to determine who will be the 2012 European Nations Champions.



Italy

Big day in European Football with the first semi-final of the 2012 Euro Championship scheduled tonight. World & current Euro Champs SPAIN play neighbours PORTUGAL which has grown in strength & form as they have progressed. The star player for Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo has also lifted a few gears & is clearly the main danger for the Spanish defense, but not the only. Said all this, the SPANISH

Found this SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM photo. Its a historical photo because its the Spanish Football Team starting 11 line-up that defeat France 2 - 0 for the first time in a official game yesterday in the quarter-final of the 2012 Euro. 



Spain starting 11 vs France (Euro 2012)


Top: Left to Right:Casillas, Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Sergi Busquets & Gerard Pique.
Bottom: Left to Right:

It is amazing how perspectives & attitudes can change in days. The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM was under a dark cloud after drawing 1-1 against Italy in their Group C opener & harshly criticised ( myself included ) for the strategic "experiment" of a "false forward" by Coach Del Bosque.

After the Spanish Football Teams second Group match against Ireland & with a  4- 0 victory, SPAIN returns as odds on 

The magic word is WIN. With a final 4 - 0 result & victory over IRELAND the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM washed clear from everyones mind the "cold" start against Italy last Sunday. Now the defending European Champions sit on top of Group C along with Croatia with shared points & they are scheduled to meet next Monday.The Spanish Coach Del Bosque decided to skip "experiments" this time & started with a

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque is being "hit" from all sides with harsh criticism from fans, followers, insiders, media & every Spanish Tom, Dick & Harry who watched the Italy Group C opener & has an opinion. The man is obviously on the defensive today & attempting to rationalise the reason he decided to leave the Spanish starting 11 without a true forward, a Number

For all the Spanish Football Sports readers & visitors here is the team photo of the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM starting 11 today in the Euro 2012 Group C opener against Italy that finished in a 1 -1 draw. 



Spain 11 vs Italy Euro 2012


Spanish National Football Team:-top left-right: Casillas, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets & Pique
bottom left-right: Silva, Iniesta, Cesc, Xavi, Arbeloa & Alba

The "Wall Street Journal" asks the question, from an American point of view:


Spanish Football Team


Your answer please.

FIFA has released the June 2012 WORLD RANKINGs. SPAIN remains the Nº1 Football Nation, while Uruguay lands into Nº2 position, Portugal has a sharp drop & Japan makes a big jump in rankings. 



Fifa Rankings June 2012

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has finally decided on the three Centre Fowards for the EURO 2012 competition:

ALVARO NEGREDO ( Sevilla FC)
FERNANDO TORRES ( Chelsea FC)
FERNANDO LLORENTE ( At. Bilbao)

Three players with distinct characteristics that will give the Spanish Forward-line variation, alternatives & differing options depending on the opponent, match

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM has defended BELGIUM 2 - 1 & thus finish on top of their Group to go straight into the up coming EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS to be held in Estonia between the 3 rd & 15 th of July.



Gerard Deulofeu


Match details ( line-ups & goalscorers)Spain 2: 13-Kepa Arrizabalaga, 2-Iván López, 3-Jonathan Castro, 4-Jonás Ramalho, 5- Pablo Insua , 6-José Campaña(c) (67´Jesús

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM began its warm-up games before starting its Euro 2012 campaign with a 2 - 0 victory over SERBIA.

The Spanish starting line-up looked unfamiliar as the FC Barcelona & Athletic Bilbao players were missing due to their participation in yesterdays Spanish Cup Final. The line-up today was:
Casillas; Juanfran, Ramos, Albiol, Alba; Bruno, Xabi Alonso, Navas, Cazorla;

SPAIN defeated the CZECH REPUBLIC 0 - 2 in their Group I Euro 2012 qualifier match in Prague. The Spaniards have already qualified & the Czech side needed a positive result to secure the Groups second place, however they will be disappointed with their performance tonight.



Juan Mata

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM dominated most of the match with their usual style of touch Football which caused the