2010 World Cup Spain Football Blog

Spain romped to a 6-0 victory in the friendly against Azerbaijan, but the overriding emotion at the final whistle was fear for the health of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas who was forced off the pitch after sustaining a head injury. He required stitches in the wound and at present, his participation in the Condeferations Cup [...]

European Champions Spain will further reap the rewards of their success last summer as they will take part in the Confederations Cup in the next few weeks. However, before Vicente del Bosque’s side can look to the tournament taking place in South Africa, first they will look to tweak and changes in the line up [...]

Perfect. Is there any other way to describe a Spain side who have taken the world by storm? Six wins out of six have taken Spain to the brink of qualification for the 2010 World Cup, and let’s be honest, that’s exactly what you would expect from Vicente del Bosque’s side.
Spain are ranked as the [...]

I was going to write the first of my (hopefully) weekly round-ups of the weekend-that-was in La Liga. But Real Madrid’s tumultuous few days has left me with no choice but to look at the crisis engulfing the iconic club.
The 4-3 home loss to Sevilla on Saturday left the reigning La Liga Champions nine points [...]

Here is a video of Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar’s inveiling at the Bernabeu.

Huntelaar will take the Number 19 shirt at Real once the transfer can be officially completed when the January Transfer Window opens.
However, it is understood that the starlet will not be able to play for at least a couple weeks due to [...]

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Having decided to make more of a regular contribution to this site, I thought that I could do a article each week, rounding up the domestic Spanish results. Please comment on this article so I know if it is something people would be interested in reading.
Thanks,
swji.
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After 44 years of waiting Fernando Torres scored and brought Spaniards on top of Europe. Absolutely deserved! Spaniards were the most effective team of the tournament and they have played a high quality football.
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Germany - Spain 0:1 (0:1)
stadium: Ernst Happel, Vienna
spectators: 51.400
referee: Roberto Rosetti
goalscorer: [...]

stadium: Ernst Happel, Vienna
referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
assistant referee: Alessandro Griselli and Paolo Calcagno
fourth official: Peter Frojdfeldt
Germany: 1 Lehmann (gk), 3 Friedrich, 7 Schweinsteiger, 8 Frings, 11 Klose, 13 Ballack (c), 15 Hitzlsperger, 16 Lahm, 17 Mertesacker, 20 Podolski, 21 Metzelder
substitutes:12 Enke (gk), 23 Adler (gk), 2 Jansen, 4 Fritz, 5 Westermann, 6 Rolfes, 9 Gomez, [...]

Recall all the greatest moments of the 13th European Championship and the way Germany and Spain have carved out their chance to fight for the fourth, apropos the second title of the champions of the Old continent.

The team of Luis Aragones, which doesn’t know for anything but victory in last 21 matches, after full 24 [...]

Prior to the final of Euro in Spain reigns until now unregistered euphoria connected with the national team.

Sport journals As and Marca published the survey in which 85 per cent of the readers have said that Spain will beat Germany in final.
Prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero predicts 3:1 victory, while the leader of opposition [...]