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

SPAIN 4 IRELAND 0 | EURO 2012 GROUP C RESULT

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

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - IRELAND | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UP

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM is back in action tonight with its second EURO 2012 Group C match against the Republic of Ireland. Important game as a win will help settle the defending European Champions after starting "cold" ( & lucky some add ) with a 1 - 1 draw against Italy last Sunday. Also the Spanish National Coach Vicente Del Bosque received a barrage of criticism for his starting 11 against

EURO 2012 | SPAIN 1 ITALY 1 GROUP C | EXPERIMENT FAILURE

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM & the defending European Champions began its attempt to make Football History ( winning Euro-World Cup - Euro) against ITALY in the opener of Group C. The final result was a 1 - 1 draw that will taste bitter for Spain as they had chances to win towards the end & nearly get the "calming" 3 points. 



Cesc - De Rossi


Looking now with hindsight ( very easy I know ) the

EURO 2012 | SPAIN STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST ITALY

Neither Fernando Torres, Negredo or Llorente has been finally designated the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM main forward position. That task has been given to CESC FABRAGAS who will play as a "false forward" much as with FC Barcelona under Guardiola.
Spanish Football Team selector Del Bosque has let known the starting 11 against ITALY in the EURO 2012 Group C opener & the announcement of Cesc has caught

EURO 2012 | POSSIBLE SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING LINEUP

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM begins this afternoon their defence of its European Nations Cup title won back in 2008 against an historically awkward ITALY in their EURO 2012 Group C game. The Spaniards are not "buying" the apparent Italian Camp issues of game fixing & are going into this game with respect & caution.As the case will all Football competitions that has  Group phases the first victory is

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - GROUP C TEAMS

Spanish Sports daily "Sport" has made up these very interesting info-diagrams based on the teams that share Group C in which the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM finds itself for this EURO 2012.The European Nations Championship kicks-off on Friday & Spain has its first Group match against the always difficult Italy. The below diagrams give some facts in Spanish, but easily figured out if you don't 

SPANISH U-19 FOOTBALL TEAM | SPAIN 2 BELGIUM 1

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

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM LIST | FINAL 23 PLAYERS FOR EURO 2012

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Coach & Selector Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his final list of 23 players that will make up the 2012 EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP squad.

The National Selector had to make some harsh & difficult decisions as he incorporated the absent FC Barcelona & Athletic Club Bilbao Internationals which obviously could only come into the squad with departures. Some of the

LIONEL MESSI | EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT 2011- 2012

LIONEL MESSI of FC BARCELONA with his 50 Spanish League goals not only creates an all-time Liga & European record but also wins this seasons EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD. The second placed is Real Madrid player ( last years winner) CRISTIANO RONALDO with also impressive & records numbers of 46 goals ( 92 pts ).




Lionel Messi



TOP 10 European Golden Boot Award places season 2011-2012:
1. Lionel

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM LIST FOR UPCOMING EURO 2012 WARM-UPS

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his "second last" list of 21 players to make up the Spanish National Team for the upcoming Friendly Internationales between SERBIA (26th of May) & SOUTH KOREA (30th of May) to be played in Switzerland. Both are warm-up games for the upcoming EUROPEAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The Spanish National selector has left out

ATLETICO DE MADRID CELEBRATES EUROPA LEAGUE IN MADRID

Madrid is having plenty of Football street celebrations of late with ATLETICO DE MADRID doing their EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS homage to the city & all their fans this afternoon-evening. Real Madrid had their glory moment last week, today Atletico de Madrid did their visiting to local authorities, the traditional bus ride & claiming of the "Neptune God Water-Fountain" with Club colours.




Some

EUROPA LEAGUE 2011-2012 | ATLETICO DE MADRID CHAMPIONS

The winner tonight was SPANISH FOOTBALL. The only sad event is that unfortunately there can only be one winner, in this case,  ATLETICO DE MADRID which proclaimed themselves EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2011 - 2012 after defeating fellow Spanish Club ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 3 - 0. Atletico managed to win the Europa League Cup again with the last time being back in 2010.



Falcao


Atletico de Madrid

ALL SPANISH EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL

Two Spanish Football Clubs will meet in the upcoming Final of the EUROPA LEAGUE after the two semi-final games celebrated tonight. Here is a brief summary of events, the final scores & all the scorers.



Falcao

ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in the 2 º leg semi 0 - 1 ( 2 - 5 agg ) VALENCIA CF away with a solitary goal from ADRIAN in the 60th min.Valencia was dominate in the first half & had

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID KNOCKED OUT BY BAYERN IN PENALTY-SHOOT OUT

Intense match that went into extra-time, down to the wire & was settled in a penalty shoot-out. REAL MADRID CF was knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE tournament 2 - 2 ( penalty shoot out 3-5 ) by BAYERN MUNICH that moves on to play the Final in their home stadium against Chelsea FC & which they are now hot favourites



Cristiano Ronaldo


Bitter-end for Spanish Football in Champions with FC

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI FINAL 1st LEG FINAL RESULTS

EUROPA LEAGUE semi final 1º leg matches tonight with three SPANISH FOOTBALL teams involved along with a Portuguese Club. Here are the final results & all the goalscorers.



Adrian
ATLETICO DE MADRID defeated in spectacular fashion VALENCIA CF 4 - 2 to allow them a foot into the finals door with Valencia still alive due to their two away goals. One finds it bewildering to understand how a team

CHELSEA FC 1 FC BARCELONA 0 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI 1º LEG RESULT

FC BARCELONA lost 1 - 0 away at Stamford Bridge London, home to English Football Club CHELSEA FC in the first leg of the semi final of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. A night in which luck did not follow Barça as they dominated the match but lost due to missed chances & to a more effective Chelsea FC.



Alexis

In fact Chelsea FC did relatively little, but what they did do they did it well. Defend &

BAYERN MUNICH 2 REAL MADRID 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT 1º LEG

BAYERN MUNICH won the 1º leg semi final away clash against REAL MADRID 2 - 1 of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE in an exciting game of Football. Always a difficult affair for Real Madrid, or any visiting team, to play Bayern on their home turf with their "vibrating" home crowd which supported their team brilliantly all the game. 

Although the Germans grab the victory & an important psychological edge, the

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CURRENTLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Its the most common & recurring question in World Football year after year: which is the "Best Football League in the World"?

According to the official authority on the matter, the FIFA backed IFFHS ( International Federation of Football History & Statistics),  the English Premier League is the "Best" so far this Century ( statistics of the last 12 years ) , with LA LIGA closing the gap & being