SPAIN 2 CHILE 2 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH FINAL RESULT

The Spanish National Football Team was pushed right up till the end of its International Friendly match against Chile in Geneva ( Switzerland ). The game ended in a 2 - 2 final result draw after an entertaining match of Football that gave the World & European Champions a solid workout & a near scare.




Chile took this game more than serious & began aggressively pressuring the Spanish play

SPAIN 4 ALBANIA 0 | EURO U - 21 GROUP QUALIFIER

The Spanish Football National U-21 Team took an important step forward towards reaching their objective of qualifying for Euro U-21 Championships of 2015 & consequently the Olympics in Rio 2016 (Brazil). Tonight Spain defeated 4 - 0 Albania & notched up three valuable points summing up 6 points from 2 games.

The match wasn't smooth sailing for Spain during the first half hour as Albania planted

SPAIN WINS 0 - 2 FINLAND | GROUP I WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFIER

Tonight World Cup 2014 Group I qualifier with Finland hosting Spain. The Spanish Football National Team comfortably won an awkward & sticky Finland team 0 - 2. Big step for Spain towards securing the Top spot of their Group & thus allowing them to automatically qualify for Brazil 2014. Group second placed France also helped out drawing 0 - 0 with Georgia & thus allowing Spain to open up a 3

EURO U 21 - WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFIER | AUSTRIA 2 SPAIN 6

The Spanish Football National U-21 squad began its road towards the 2014 World Cup & the 2015 European Championship with a convincing 2 - 6 victory over Austria yesterday in its Group match.
The highlight was Real Madrid player Morata who scored 4 goals ( Poker ) & was joined by team-mates Carvajal & Jese who scored in the last minute.  Austria managed two goals thanks to Kainz & Spanish defender

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST FOR FINLAND - CHILE MATCHES

The Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque handed in his list of players for the upcoming 2014 World Cup Group qualifier against Finland & the International Friendly against Chile.




The novelties, or news catchers,  are the inclusion of three Atletico de Madrid players: David Villa, Mario Suarez & young Koke. Apart Real Sociedad defender Iñigo Martinez & Isco retain

ECUADOR 0 SPAIN 2 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH RESULT

Spain has defeated Ecuador 0 - 2 in an International Friendly game played in Guayaquil ( Ecuador ). A game which had its dose of emotion as it served to also remember the recently died Ecuador International Football Player "Chucho" Christian Benitez.




The Spanish national Coach Vicente del Bosque must have thought if your going to travel half way around the World at least give most of the

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM LIST OF 21 PLAYERS FOR ECUADOR | "NEW BLOOD"

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of 21 players to fly off to Ecuador to play an upcoming International Friendly match. The Spanish Coach is obviously thinking way ahead towards next years FIFA World Cup in Brazil & is beginning the process of introducing "new blood" into the squad. Coach Del Bosque has introduced Isco ( Real Madrid ), Iñigo

FIFA RANKINGS AUGUST 2013 | SPAIN Nº 1

FIFA has released its monthly "National Football Teams Rankings" with Spain retaining the Number 1 position for another month. The loss in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final against Brazil has made Spain lose points but retains a "healthy" margin over second placed Germany. The winners of the said Final, Brazil,  jumps up back into the Top 10 Football Nations.




FIFA Ranking for August 2013:

1.

SPAIN 1 FRANCE 2 | U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL RESULT

So close yet so far. Spain lost with extra-time 1 - 2 against France in the UEFA U-19 European Championships semi-final being held in Lithuania. A double Spanish defensive mistake in the 105th min of extra-time allowed Frenchman Conte to get onto a ball to score what would be the eventual winner.

A shame really for Spain as they were overall the better playing team, but mistakes are paid for

SPAIN WINS 3 - 2 HOLLAND FOR SEMI FINALS | EURO U-19

Spain has qualified itself at the Top of the Group for a semi finals berth in the U-19 European Championships being held in Lithuania. The 2 - 3 victory over Holland puts the Spanish U-19 Football Team into their fourth consecutive U-19 Euro semi-final where they will meet France next Monday.

Spain made an excellent comeback to turn things around in the latter part of the second half. It was

LITHUANIA 0 SPAIN 2 | UEFA U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP MATCH

The Spanish U-19 National Football Team managed another important victory over host Lithuania 0 - 2 in the Group UEFA U-19 Euro Championships. Three points more that now sums up six & puts Spain closer to qualifying for the semi-finals



The match overall was not brilliant but the job was done with ball control & minimizing the home side attacking opportunities. The two goals came from Iker

SPAIN 1 PORTUGAL 0 | UEFA U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Spanish U-19 National Football Team got off to a great start in the UEFA U-19 European Championship being held in Lithuania. Spain played its first group match against Portugal & won 1 - 0 to get the three points.



The winner came in the 19th min thanks to the goal from FC Barcelona youngster Sandro from a pass from Jose Rodriguez. Overall a worked match with a good Portuguese team that had

URUGUAY 1 - SPAIN 0 | QUARTER FINAL FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT

The Spanish U-20 National Football Team was knocked out by Uruguay 1 - 0 in extra-time in the quarter-final of the FIFA U-20 World Championship being held in Turkey. The "knock-out" blow came in the 102 th min from a free-kick that found the head of giant Uruguayan Avanatti who put his team ahead & scored the goal that was to be the winner.



In fact this mentioned fixed play was the difference

FIFA RANKING JULY 2013 | SPAIN NUMBER ONE

FIFA has released its monthly ranking - July - of Football Nations with Spain remaining in the Nº1 position. The big movers are Brazil that jumps back into the Top 10 positions after their Confederations Cup win & performance & Colombia grab attention with their Nº 3 position. England surprisingly drops places from 9th to 15th position. Full list below.




1 Spain 1532 pts
2 Germany 1273

SPAIN 2 MEXICO 1 | FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Spanish Football U-20 National Team made a laboured comeback to defeat Mexico 2 - 1 in the FIFA World Championship last 16 team phase being played in Turkey. This game was knock-out & Spain was on the ropes against a very talented Mexican team that went down due to defensive mistakes & some bad luck. 



Oliver Torres


Mexico started on fire with a 2º min goal from Gonzalez that "rocked" the

BRAZIL DEFEAT SPAIN 3 - 0 IN FINAL FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Brazil won Spain 3 - 0 & took the FIFA Confederations Cup in a Final that will be remembered as perhaps the "rebirth" of Brazilian Football. Lead by their young star Neymar Brazil suffocated literally the Spanish play makers & took the ball away from them to dismantle the "Spanish Machine".Said this it was a night too forget for Spain as it seemed that it was destined to be the night of Brazil as

ANDRES INIESTA - SERGIO RAMOS CANDIDATES FOR THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP MVP

FIFA named & released today their six candidates that will opt for the "MVP of the Confederations Cup". There are two Spanish Football Players in the initial list:

Sergio Ramos 
Andres Iniesta




The other four players are:


Pirlo (Italy)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Paulinho (Brazil)
Neymar (Brazil)


It is obvious beforehand that the outcome of the Brazil vs Spain Final on Sunday ( 00.00 Monday

VIDEO | SPAIN - ITALY PENALTY SHOOT-OUT FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2013

By popular demand I post up a video from "YouTube" ( hope they don't pull it down ) of the dramatic Spain - Italy semi final penalty shoot-out of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Most of us here in Spain had our hearts in out throats as both teams perfectly executed their penalties. Some like Busquets & Jesus Navas never took a penalty with Spain under theses circumstances. 

Unfortunately for Italy,

FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP SEMI FINAL | SPAIN WINS ITALY 7 - 6 IN PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Spain has won Italy in a dramatic semi-final with a dramatic penalty shoot-out 7 - 6 after 120 minutes of extreme Football which ended in a 0 - 0 draw. Both sides took themselves & their rival to the limit & almost to complete exhaustion as the heat & humidity took its toll. The penalty shoot-out is a lottery &,  the nerves of steel plus some luck are more a factor than Football in itself.

SPAIN 2 FRANCE 1 | FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A GAME RESULT

Spain won 2 -1 France in its last Group A match of the FIFA U-20 World Championships in Turkey to take Top spot & wait to see which Nation to play next Tuesday. That team will be any of the third placed from Groups C, D or F which will be confirmed.




Spain put in a marvellous 60 minutes of Football & then fell in intensity & could have even lost the game. During the best moments for Spain Paco