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Aragones in Fenerbahçe

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Turkish club Fenerbahçe made known that for the next coach, they named current selector of Spanish national team with who they should sign a contract on two years after the end of Euro.

Only two days ago, morning after the passining to semi-finals by victory over world champions Italy, 70-years-old Luis Aragones refused to extend the [...]

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Spain snatch tense quarter final

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Spain are into the Semi-Finals of Euro 2008, after defeating Italy 4-2 on penalties.
Arsenal’s midfield maestro Cesc Fabregas scored the winning penalty, after what can only be described as a dire match.
However, Spain’s hero was most probably goalkeeper Iker Casillas, with the Real Madrid stopper saving 2 penalties in the shootout to set up [...]

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Aragones: Spain have maturity now

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Spain Head Coach Luis Aragones has spoken of his delight at the maturity shown by his side during Euro 2008.
Aragones told BBC Sport, “This side have learnt a lot. We were a young side at the World Cup and now we know what these competitions are like. I think we can carry on.”
Aragones was [...]

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Spain win meaningless match PLUS a preview of their quarter final

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Spain ended the group stages of Euro 2008 with another win - this time over the fallen champions Greece.
Luis Aragones’ side won 2-1, coming from behind to seal three more points.
Charisteas had opened the scoring for Greece, after 42 minutes.

Charisteas heads Greece into the lead
However the second-string Spain side, with many first team players [...]

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Final Group D Standings

Friday, June 20th, 2008

1. Spain (Played 3, GD = +5, 9 points)
2. Russia (Played 3, GD = 0, 6 points)
3. Sweden (Played 3, GD = -1, 3 points)
4. Greece (Played 3, GD = -4, 0 points)

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Spain grab last-gasp winner to seal progression

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

David Villa was on target for the fourth time in this tournament, grabbing an injury time winner which sealed a 2-1 win for Spain over Sweden. The win secured Spain’s progress into the quarter finals.
The rest of the match was equally exciting and not without incident itself.
Spain took the lead after just 15 minutes, [...]

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Villa wins membership into exclusive club

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

David Villa’s hattrick against Russia was remarkable for many reasons - it sealed a impressive 4-1 win, was the first hattrick from a Spanish player at the tournament, and was the first at a Euro finals since Euro 2000.
However it also saw Villa become only the seventh player EVER to net three goals in a [...]

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Villa nets a hattrick as Spain ease past Russia

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Valencia striker David Villa hit a phenomenal hattrick this afternoon, as Spain recorded a convincing 4-1 victory over Guus Hiddink’s Russian side in their opening Group D game.

David Villa celebrates his hattrick in typically cool fashion
Russia started pretty well, but were undone just 20 minutes in after a Spainsh break was rounded off by Villa, [...]

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Casillas: ‘We must step up’

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Spain ‘keeper Iker Casillas makes a diving save in training (Getty Images)
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas has called for the whole Spain team to step up and shake off the underachiver tag in this year’s European Championships.
Casillas assured reporters that Spain would go all out for victory in today’s opener against Russia, but also maintained that [...]

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Spain vs Russia Preview: Deja Vu!

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Spain open their Euro 2008 campaign on Tuesday, when they face Guus Hiddink’s Russia.
The two are familiar opponents in this competition, having met each other in the first round of games at Euro 2004. One goal was enough for the Spaniards on that occassion, with Juan Carlos Valerón striking home after an hour to seal [...]

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