TRANSFER RUMOURS | JAVI MARTINEZ ON THE BAYERN MUNICH AGENDA?

Rumours are hot on the transfer front as expected at this height of the off-season & with the Euro competition in full flight. One here locally is the news out of Germany that BAYERN MUNICH has its eyes on ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.The fact that a European giant has Javi Martinez in mind is not new nor is it surprising, so has Real Madrid & FC Barcelona

SPAIN LEADS CURRENT EURO 2012 STATISTICS

SPAIN will meet FRANCE in one of the upcoming quarter-finals after the latter lost 2 - 0 to Sweden & finished second on the Group D table. Spain has never won France in an official match ( Yes in Friendly Internationals) which is an interesting statistic.



Spain Euro 2012

Staying with statistics, found these numbers on the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM current performances to date in this

EURO 2012 | CROATIA 0 - SPAIN 1 | SPAIN TOP SPOT OF GROUP C

SPAIN has finished on top of  Group C after narrowly defeating CROATIA 0 - 1 in a result that in itself eliminates Croatia & allows Italy through on second spot after the Italians won 2 - 0 Ireland.The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM will now play with the second placed of Group D that will be settled tomorrow & that could be either France or England.



Spain Football Team photo


The above photo is the

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | 5 PLAYERS ON YELLOW CARDS

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM plays another important match tomorrow against CROATIA in the last Group C match. A win will give Spain top spot & a draw will also qualify them, however a loss could be a disaster. This last scenario is a real possibility as the Croatian National team has shown already that they do have the potential to go a long way in this tournament, Spain should however get

VALLADOLID BACK TO THE SPANISH FIRST DIVISION.

VALLADOLID has defeated Madrid Club ALCORCON 1 - 1 in the return match giving the former a 2 -1 aggregate that takes them into the Spanish Football 1º Division - LA LIGA. They join Deportivo A Coruña & Celta de Vigo in the promotion. 



Valladolid - Alcorcon


Alcorcon opened the scoring tonight in the 47th min via FERNANDO SALES that allowed their dream to continue as they drew the aggregate

SPANISH BASKETBALL | BARCELONA WINS TITLE 73 - REAL MADRID 69 ( 3 - 2 SERIES)

FC BARCELONA has won the final series 3 - 2 REAL MADRID to win back to back SPANISH BASKETBALL (LIGA) titles after scoring 73 - 69 , thus becoming the 2012 Champions. An excellent series of high quality Basketball that was taken right down to the wire.



Fran Vazquez


The winning differences came down to details & in this particular match to a much better Barcelona defence & rebound taking

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | STEADY AS SHE GOES - PLEASE

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