FC BARCELONA 2010 | MASCHERANO CLOSER IBRAHIMOVIC UP IN THE AIR

The key message is that LIVERPOOL FC Argentine midfielder JAVIER MASCHERANO will not play in tonight’s Premier League game against Manchester City, instead of the official Club announcement that Liverpool has rejected the initial offer from FC BARCELONA. The offer is said to be 15M€ + variables + player Hleb which is estimated to be around 20M€ +/-, an offer that Liverpool has rejected “for the

SEVILLA FC TRANSFERS FRENCH DEFENDER SQUILLACI TO ARSENAL FC

SEVILLA FC & ARSENAL FC have come to an agreement for the former to transfer to the latter 30 year old French International defender SQUILLACI. The Frenchmen flew yesterday to London to undergo the medical examinations before signing for the “Gunners”. The transfer price has not been given but speculations in the Spanish press comment that it could be between 6.5 – 7M€, amount that Sevilla paid

FRIENDLY GAME 2010 | HERCULES 1 REAL MADRID 3

REAL MADRID defeated newly ascended Club HERCULES of Alicante 1-3 in a friendly game that served to celebrate the home teams welcome back to the Spanish League & newly renovated Football ground to introduce the season 2010-2011 squad to their home fans.Real Madrid travelled without Casillas, Ramos, Xabi Alonso & Cristiano Ronaldo which gave more time to the younger players & Ozil who debuted in

SPANISH FOOTBALL HISTORY | FC BARCELONA CLOSES IN ON REAL MADRID IN OVERALL TITLES

bSpanish Sports daily “Marca” makes an interesting observation today in its online edition; that FC BARECLONA is close to overtaking REAL MADRID in overall historical titles. With yesterdays Spanish Super Cup title FC Barcelona has 70 historical total titles as compared with 72 that belong to Real Madrid.Here below is a very good descriptive diagram taken from the mentioned source that depicts

SPANISH FOOTBALL | TRANSFERS SIGNINGS SEASON 2010 - 2011

Spanish Football Sports Blog thought that its global readers may be interested to see how all the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - Clubs have reinforced their teams with new signings for season 2010 - 2011Below is a list of SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs & their new signings to date. Take note that there is still time for new transfers & incorporations, apart from the possibilities that some players listed

2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP RESULT | FC BARCELONA 4 SEVILLA FC 0 ( 5 - 3 AGG)

FC BARCELONA put in a magnificent performance tonight to turn around the 1º leg 1- 3 deficit result & win the 2 ºleg match against SEVILLA FC 4-0 to take another title, the 2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP, with a 5-3 aggregate total. In fact, I ask myself, why did Sevilla bother turning up at all, as they clearly had their minds in next Tuesdays "do or die" Champions League 2º leg qualifier against Braga

REAL MADRID FC BARCELONA 2010/2011 LIGA MATCH SCHEDULE

This post specifically replies to the many requests via emails that Spanish Football Sports Blog has been receiving in the past days from readers solicitating the REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA "LIGA" season 2010 - 2011 match schedule / calendar. Below are the full 38 Rounds match schedules for both teams. Just a couple of points:They´re in Spanish, but easy to figure out without any translationThe

SPANISH FOOTBALL EXPORTING PLAYERS MORE THAN EVER

SPANISH FOOTBALL a decade ago was more about importing players. Over time & with the grand success of the 2008 EURO Championship title & the recent FIFA World Cup victory, Spanish Football is now exporting Spanish born players.Spanish paper "ABC" has illustrated this with this interesting diagram which shows the country & which Spanish player/s is/are participating this season in their local

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FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | 3 CANDIDATES INIESTA SNEIJDER FORLAN

It is that time of the year when 208 National Team selectors, 208 National Team Captains & 208 World journalists send in their votes for whom they consider deserves to win the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball. As you may already know, France Football with its Golden Ball Award has joined FIFA with its World Player Award to hand in one single trophy.Those in the “know” - specialist media journalists -

ATLETICO DE MADRID | SIMAO SABROSA | TWITTER

Atletico de Madrid Portuguese forward SIMAO SABROSA takes this picture of his team-mates returning from Cadiz this morning. The player placed it in his Twitter account "simao20sabrosa"

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 PRELIMANARY GAMES | GETAFE 1 APOEL 0 VILLAREAL 5 DNEPR MOGILER 0

Two Spanish Football teams were involved tonight in the 1ºst leg of the preliminary games for the upcoming 2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE competition. Madrid Club GETAFE managed a slim 1-0 victory over the competitive APOEL NICOSIA team from Cyprus. Getafe midfielder PAREJO (above) managed the only goal & the winner in the 42th min. Entertaining match which saw chances at both ends, but was

REAL MADRID 2010 NEWS | OVERBOOKING | PLAYERS NEED TO LEAVE

With the arrival of German midfielder Ozil, REAL MADRID has “overbooking” in the midfield & with their squad. Currently there are 26 players that make up the list under the instructions of Coach José Mourinho & the Club wishes to lower the figure to 23 players. Obviously this means that three players will be “asked” to find other Clubs before the start of the new season.During yesterday’s media

2010 PRELIMANARY 1ºLEG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | SPORTING BRAGA 1 SEVILLA FC 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 action tonight with the 1ºleg pre-qualification matches results not good news for SPANISH FOOTBALL & its representative SEVILLA FC who went down 1- 0 to Portuguese Club SPORTING BRAGA. The Spaniards now have the difficult task - but not impossible - of turning the tie around next week when the Portuguese play the 2ºleg in Spain.The Spanish team started strong & hit

FRIENDLY GAME 2010 | STANDARD LIEGE 1 REAL MADRID 1

REAL MADRID played another Friendly pre-season match against Belgium Champions STANDARD LIEGE which finished in a 1-1 draw. The Spanish team went in with a "B -side" version in the 1ºst half that ironically played somewhat better than the theoretical stronger line-up of the 2ºhalf with Ronaldo, Xabi, Khedira, Canales, Di Maria...etc. It was Dutch midfielder RAFAEL VAN DER VAART who put Real ahead

REAL MADRID SIGNS MESUT OZIL FOR 15M€

The German Club WERDER BREMEN has decided to not risk & take the new 15M€ offer from REAL MADRID for its 21 year old midfielder MESUT OZIL. The midfielder will fly into Madrid tomorrow to pass the medical examinations to later sign his speculated 6 year contract with a 5 M€ salary per year.It has come to light that the father of Ozil & the player shut the deal at the home of Real Madrid President

2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP 1º LEG RESULT | SEVILLA FC 3 FC BARCELONA 1

SPANISH FOOTBALL season 2010 - 2011 got started tonight with the 1ºleg of the 2010 SPANISH SUPER CUP between SEVILLA FC - FC BARCELONA which finished in a 3-1 victory for the home side. For the Barça fans overseas the starting line-up with the following players:Miño, Alves, Milito, Sergi Gómez, Abidal; Oriol Romeu, Jonathan dos Santos, Keita; Bojan, Ibrahimovic & Maxwell; may have surprised with

FRIENDLY GAME 2010 | BAYERN MUNICH 0 (2) REAL MADRID 0 (4) | REAL MADRID MAKES BID FOR OZIL

REAL MADRID faced tonight its most serious warm up match to date against BAYERN MUNICH & won finally in the penalty shoot-out 2-4 after the match finished 0-0 & after the regular 90mins. However, the scoreline is totally misleading as Bayern was far the better team & should have won had it not been for the current Best Goalkeeper in the World & Real Madrid player IKER CASILLASCasillas stopped a

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY 2010 | FINAL RESULT MEXICO 1 SPAIN 1 | SPAIN DEFENDS WORLD TITLE

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated well its recently won FIFA World Champion crown with a hard fought 1-1 draw against MEXICO in the 200th anniversary of the Mexican Nation-state Friendly International match at the “Azteca Stadium”.Spain went into this game with most of its regular starters coming in straight from holidays, with “jet-lag” & having to overcome altitude obstacles. However,

EUROPEAN U 21 2010 | FINLAND 1 SPAIN 1 | SERIOUS STUMBLE

The Spanish U21 National Team suffered a serious setback this afternoon when they only managed a 1-1 draw away to Finland. The Spanish U-21 Team will now need to win their last 2 remaining games & see whether other teams stumble. The objective was to gain a place in the 2011 European Championships to be held in Denmark, platform that gives access to the London Olympic Games. Group 4 leader

FIFA RANKING | AUGUST 2010 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM REMAINS Nº1

FIFA has released today its monthly National Team rankings with little surprises. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM who won exactly a month ago the 2010 FIFA World Cup leads the ranking as newly crowned World Champions, a title they will debut with tonight against Mexico in a Friendly International.The table takes in consideration the yearly trayectory of the National Teams & not just the World

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY | MEXICO SPAIN | POSSIBLE SPAIN STARTING 11 LINE UP

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will be back in action tonight in an International Friendly game against Mexixo in the latters "Azteca Stadium". Only two National teams have managed a victory in their first game after being crowned FIFA World Champions (Argentina 1978, Brazil 1994) since 1978. The mayority have debuted with the "World Champion Star" on their shirts with a loss.The match is

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM 2010 WORLD FIFA CHAMPION TRIBUTE VIDEO

Spanish Football Sports Blog has whipped up this video to pay tribute to the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM for their FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP win & World Champions title.

REAL MADRID SIGNS CHELSEA DEFENDER RICARDO CARVALHO

The news has spread like wildfire this evening here in Spain, REAL MADRID has come to an agreement with CHELSEA FC to transfer 32 year old defender & Portuguese International RICARDO CARVALHO for 8M€. The operation is believed to be on the verge of officiality as all parties work to shut all the fine details in the coming hours. The offer to the player is a two year contract with another year as

SPAIN DEBUTS TOMORROW WITH "WORLD CHAMPIONS STAR" AGAINST MEXICO IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM will play its first International Football match tomorrow with the "Star" on their shirt as World Champion. Spain plays Mexico away tomorrow at the famous "Azteca Stadium". However, debuting tomorrow with the long wished & hard fought "World Champions Star" may also turn out to be the Spanish Teams first defeat since winning the World Cup Final against Holland a

REAL MADRID LOOKS AT KUKAKU OR IS FERNANDO LLORENTE THE REAL OBJECTIVE?

A smokescreen? Spanish Sports daily “Marca” at times sells smoke & have published today that REAL MADRID has added on their list of possible signings ANDERLECHT young forward ROMEU LUKAKU. Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho “surprised” some with declarations after the LA Galaxy friendly game that the team needs a third striker to compete with Higuain & Benzema, plus guarantee the maximum levels to

MESUT OZIL CLOSER TO FC BARCELONA ? HIS DECISION? REAL MADRID?

There seems to be a three way Club “battle” to make with the services of WERDER BREMEN & German 21 year old International MESUT OZIL. If last week REAL MADRID was said to be the destination, either for this season or next, it seems that MANCHESTER UNITED has entered the picture along with FC BARCELONA, the latter is now said to have the “leading edge” according to local Spanish media sources &

REAL MADRID | A RECORD 1.022M€ SPENT ON NEW SIGNINGS SINCE THE YEAR 2000

Hi guys back from some days of holidays & glad to be with you again with Spanish Football news & curiosities.An interesting story featured today in Spanish Sports daily “Marca” on REAL MADRID & their spending on new players since 2000. Real Madrid is the Club that most money has “invested” (spent) on new signings since the year 2000 in the whole World of Football. The below diagram illustrates

ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS VILLAREAL DEFENDER GODIN

ATLETICO DE MADRID has shut the transfer of Diego Roberto GODIN with VILLAREAL. The Uruguayian International defender signs for the Madrid Club for the next 5 years. The deal is apparently worth between 8 – 10 M€ with a 50-50 deal on players rights after 2 weeks of intense negotiations. Atletico de Madrid continues to reinforce further their defense which was one of its weak areas last season.

REAL MADRID | MAICON CLOSER ?

According to Spanish Sports daily "AS" positions between REAL MADRID & INTER MILAN Brazilian International right-back MAICON may have got closer. Maicon representative Antonio Caliendo met yesterday with Real officials to lower the asked 7M€/year figure by Maicon to 5.5M€. This is a sum that may better Real Madrid´s pre-disposition to consider the signing of the Brazilian defender.The transfer

REAL MADRID | OZIL WILL BE NEW PLAYER FOR 2011-2012

Spanish FootballAccording to Spanish Sports daily “AS” this is the deal between REAL MADRID & German 21 year old International & WERDER BREMEN midfielder MESUT OZIL. The player will stay one more year at his current German Club & finish his contract, this will unable the player to come “free” of transfer payment because as of the 1st of January 2011 the player is free to negotiate with the Club

CARLES PUYOL ANNOUNCES HE WILL CONTINUE 2 MORE YEARS WITH SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM

Spanish Football Sports Blog FC Barcelona & Spanish International defender CARLES PUYOL has announced that he will continue defending the colours of the Spanish National Football Team two more years. This means he will stay available for “call ups” until 2012 when the European Nations Cup takes place & will be celebrated under the dual hosts Poland /Ukraine.Spanish National Selector & Coach

CESC FABREGAS FC BARCELONA | HUMOUR

Some Football humour from Barcelona sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" & its cartoon section "Pelotazos" by Kap. Translated : "...but Cesc is very comfortable here at Arsenal".

SPAIN LOSES 2 - 1 TO FRANCE IN THE U19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

France defeated Spain 2-1 in the Final of the U19 European Championships. Great game from the local team & hosts who managed to win with their physical strength over the Spanish “touch-ball” style.Spain was the winner in the first half putting in an exhausting 45 min of domination play that earned them a goal. However the second half was a complete different story with France taking advantage of

SAMI KHEDIRA WILL BE A REAL MADRID PLAYER | STUTTGART ANNOUNCE MOVE ON WEB

German Club STUTTGART has today announced officially on their web that 23 year old midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA will be transferred to REAL MADRID. The news has been picked up by all local media & the German International could be flying to Madrid in the next hours to pass the obligatory medical exam this Saturday before signing his new contract with Madrid sometime early next week.It has been written

SPANISH U19 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM | PHOTO

SPANISH SPORTS, & especially SPANISH FOOTBALL , is passing through a sweet moment. The Spanish National Football Team are current European Champions & just recently conquered the FIFA World Cup. With this in mind Spanish Football has plenty of future as illustrated by the U 19 SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM ( pictured below ) who will play France tomorrow in the U 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.Many

REAL MADRID | RAUL SAYS GOODBYE | TRIBUTE VIDEO

REAL MADRID 2010 | KHEDIRA AGREES & IS CLOSE TO SIGNING

Spanish Sports daily “AS” is quite adamant, according to their online edition there is total agreement between REAL MADRID & German International midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA.Now REAL MADRID has to come to terms with an economic deal that satisfies the German Club STUTTGART. This should not be a problem because Khedira finishes contract with his German Club & the latter will work to get something out

EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS | SPAIN 3 ENGLAND 1 | SPAIN GOES INTO THE FINAL

The U-19 SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated ENGLAND 3 -1 in the semi final this afternoon to go into the Final of the U19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS on Friday were they will play France.Spain deserved the victory as they dominated play with England having its moment in the late part of the 1º half with their only goal. Earlier Spain scored two excellent goals with the 3ºrd & definite goal in the

INTER MILAN REAL MADRID AGREE TRANSFER OF MAICON ?

This time around it is not the “scoop” hungry Spanish Sports daily “Marca”, this time the news that INTER MILAN & REAL MADRID have an agreement to transfer Brazilian International right-back MAICON comes directly from Italy & in particular from two sources like “La Gazzetta dello Sport” & the more generalist “Corriere della Sera”.The info is that the transfer price has been placed at around 28M€

REAL MADRID 2010 | RAUL GONZALEZ ANNOUNCES HIS FAREWELL

Big loss today for SPANISH FOOTBALL - SOCCER.It had to come, like other greats before him, REAL MADRID now ex Captain & Legend RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO said goodbye to his Club of 16 years. The Spanish player gave a press conference to a packed audience to announce his departure, his move to another country & Club to finish off his last remaining years as a professional Football player. All

SPANISH SPORT SUCCESS | CONTADOR IN TOUR E FRANCE ALONSO IN GERMAN F1

Spanish Sport continues with its string of success stories, this time in Cycling & in Formula 1 racing.Spanish cyclist ALBERTO CONTADOR won his 3rd TOUR DE FRANCE (2010) today ahead of Andy Schleck & Denis Melchov. The Spaniard was emotional as this edition was the most fought especially after nearly “losing” the leaders grip yesterday in the 52 km time-trial that although he won Contador later

2010 U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS | SPAIN 3 ITALY 0

The U/19 SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated ITALY 3-0 in the last match of their group to finish in Top place in the U/19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS being held in France. Spain went into this game without seven of their habitual starting players who were rested as they had before hand secured a semi-final place. But the “reserves” made it look like they were not missed at all with some great

REAL MADRID | RAUL TO ANNOUNCE MOVE TO SCHALKE 04 ON MONDAY

The current REAL MADRID Captain RAUL GONZALEZ BLANCO is expected back at the Club from holidays this Monday. However, everything points that RAUL will not be back to work but to announce the end of his many years at the Spanish Club & a move to end his career at German Club SCHALKE 04.The 33 year old Spanish Football “legend” believes he still has a lot of Football left in him, does not wish to

SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYER & WORLD CUP HERO ANDRES INIESTA HAS A SONG ( VARIOUS...)

Spanish International Football Player ANDRES INIESTA has become a national hero after scoring the winning goal for Spain in the Final of the 2010 World Cup against Holland. Apart from being one – if not – one of the best players in the World his humble personality has won fans from all sides of life. So mucho so that songs are springing up about Iniesta from all sorts of local artists to pay

2010 U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | SPAIN 2 - PORTUGAL 1

The U- 19 SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM defeated PORTUGAL 2-1 this afternoon in their second group match of the 2010 U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP being held in France. The victory assures the Spaniards a place in the semi-finals & gives them a direct ticket for the 2011 World Championships in Colombia.The man of the match was Spaniard & Liverpool FC player DANI PACHECO who scored both of the

REAL MADRID 2010 | "PROBLEMS" WITH THE SAMI KHEDIRA NEGOTIATIONS

It is not over until the fat lady sings; perhaps Spanish Sports daily “Marca” should take a leaf out of the book of popular sayings before publishing things like “Khedira signs for Real Madrid”. The latest news is that negotiations between REAL MADRID & STUTTGART midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA have complicated themselves with the news that the German player has a supoosed “pre-agreement” with BAYERN

SPANISH LEAGUE | LIGA | SEASON 2010 2011 SCHEDULE CALENDAR

The draw for the Spanish League – La Liga – season 2010 / 2011 schedule has been conducted this morning at the Spanish Football Federation. The full calendar with all 38 Liga rounds & their respective match ups are available via this link to Spanish daily “AS” : Season 2010-2011Meanwhile you can consult this table of the main games of interest given to us courtesy of Spanish daily “Marca”:

ATLETICO DE MADRID CLOSES DEAL WITH DEPORTIVO FOR FILIPE LUIS

Good news for ATLETICO DE MADRID fans with the news from Spanish daily "AS" on its online channel announcing that the Madrid Club has come to terms with DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA for the transfer of Brazilian International Left Back FILIPE LUIS. Both Clubs were in intense negotiations today in Madrid with the deal coming to good port after both teams agreed the 12M€ transfer price & a 4 year contract

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM & 2010 WORLD CUP LINE UP PHOTOS

OK guys, got the message, my email is saturated with your requests. The SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM & FIFA 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS has created "fan fever" around the World especially for the Asian & USA readers. As requested I have gathered the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTOS - 4 versions - so you can collect & do with them as you wish, although many readers have already mentioned that they wish to

EUROPEAN U-19 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 | CROATIA 1 - SPAIN 2

The SPANISH U 19 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is participating in the EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS in France & started off well in their first group game against CROATIA with a 2-1 victory.Spain dominated most of the match with possesion of the ball but Croatia scored first before half time via Andrijasevic who managed to "shake" the Spaniards out of their comfort zone. The young Spanish players reacted

MOTO GP | SPANISH RIDERS WIN ALL 3 CATAGORIES IN GERMANY

Just a brief post to congratulate the Spanish riders that have taken the winners spot in all 3 catagories of the German Moto Gp. Extraordinary motorbike riding from young 125 cc star MARC MARQUEZ, brilliant comeback from last places by TONI ELIAS in Moto2 & DANI PEDROSA who beat follow Spanish pilot Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP.SPANISH SPORTS is experiencing a "sweet run" in lots of Sports & we should

REAL MADRID LOOKING FOR A CENTRAL DEFENDER FOR SEASON 2010-2011

The original idea of REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho was to place Sergio Ramos as a Central Defender, but the extraordinary World Cup performance of the Spanish player has convinced Mourinho to leave him in the right back position. This decision makes the Spanish Club look for a Central Defender for next season & there are a few names on the list: David Luiz, Bruno Alves, Nemanja Vidic y Thiago

SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM 2010 | VIDEO OF ALL THE GOALS

In case you were on the moon all last month & missed the performance of the SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM & the 2010 FIFA World Cup :o) Here is a video of all the eight goals scored by the SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM & WORLD CHAMPIONS:

FC BARCELONA ON THE VERGE OF SIGNING SEVILLA FC BRAZILIAN ADRIANO

The “surprise” news from FC BARCELONA new Treasury Head was that the Club has only 50M€ for signings, apparently the last Presidential team of Laporta left some “smelly corpses” in the Barça balance sheet. If this is true CESC FABREGAS who is speculated to have a 50-55M€ price tag seems more distant than ever.But there are other options, like SEVILLA FC Brazilian player ADRIANO who is on the

REAL MADRID AGREES WITH GETAFE THE SIGNING OF PEDRO LEON

REAL MADRID started its pre-season today with new Coach José Mourinho hard at work & already exercising his influence with signing decisions. According to local daily “AS”, Spanish Liga team GETAFE President Angel Torres has come to an agreement with REAL MADRID to transfer 23 year old Spanish midfielder PEDRO LEON after Mourinho gave his Ok to the operation.Real Madrid will now pay Getafe 10M€

REAL MADRID SIGNS GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SAMI KHEDIRA ?

Spanish Sports daily “Marca” is in a constant battle with its rivals to appear to be the first paper in the "exclusive" department. So much are their efforts that at times their scoops are still within the realm of speculation however adamant they are that their exclusive has 100% backing in reality. Today, the Spanish paper announces – as an exclusive – that young German International &

SIX SPANISH PLAYERS & COACH DEL BOSQUE MAKE UP THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP DREAM TEAM - BEST XI

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog/FIFA has included up to six SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM players ( plus Coach Del Bosque) to make up its BEST XI Team for the 2010 WORLD CUP Tournament. What has grabbed everyone attention is the absence of the big names, which isn´t a big surprise as the likes of Cristaino Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka, ... etc have not shone in this World Cup & their respective teams were

SPANISH DEFENDER CARLES PUYOL TO STEP ASIDE FROM THE NATIONAL TEAM

Latest news: Puyol will play against Mexico in August before making a final decision. Spanish Coach Del Bosque is attempting to convince Puyol to reach at least 100 International Caps. I hope he decides to stay.FC BARCELONA player & Spanish International Central Defender CARLES PUYOL is set to leave, better said, retire from the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM. The 32 year old player wishes to

SPAIN | WORLD CUP HUMOUR

Some World Cup humour from Spanish Sports daily & Barcelona based paper "Mundo Deportivo". Its cartoon section called "Pelotazos" gives a funny look at how two different people from the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM reacted to winning the FIFA World Cup.

FIFA MONTHLY WORLD RANKING: SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released its monthly ranking & there are naturally no surprises. SPAIN as new recently crowned 2010 FIFA WORLD CHAMPION leads the ranking followed by finalist Holland. Here is the list - with points - of the Top 25 Football nations:1. Spain 1883 pts2. Holland 16593. Brazil 15364. Germany 14645. Argentina 12896. Uruguay 11527. England 11258. Portugal 10629. Eygpt 105310. Chile 98811.

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM PLANE CELEBRATION VIDEO

My email is saturated with requests from readers to see more Spanish Football Team post - FIFA World Cup Final celebration videos. Here is the airplane celebrations flying back to Madrid ...The individual members of the new FIFA World Champions have all gone back to their respective families & cities, but there "fiesta" will be sending "shock-waves" for weeks :o)

2010 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONS | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM WELCOMED BY MORE THAN 1.000.000 SPANIARDS

More the 1.000.000 Spaniards & visitors collapsed the city of Madrid celebrating & thanking the new 2010 FIFA World Champions. It was a ticket tape parade that overflowed with joy as the population welcomed back the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM from South Africa. The parade finished with a mini-concert were the team thanked Spain for their unconditioned support.

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PLANE CELEBRATIONS | REINA RAMOS VILLA | FIFA 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | ANDRES INIESTA SHOWS HIS "WAR WOUNDS" FROM THE FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL

Spanish Football International player, man of the match & winning goalscorer for the Spanish Football Team against Holland in the 2010 World cup Final, ANDRES INIESTA, shows journalist on the plane back to Spain his "war wounds". The Dutch team handed out kicks, fouls & rough tactics instead of playing Football...ANDRES INIESTA has the proof of it all on his legs as this videos shows clearly:

SPAIN FIFA 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS PLUS GOLDEN BALL , GOLDEN BOOT, GOLDEN GLOVES...VIDEO

Here are some more final results from the FIFA 2010 WORLD CUPFIFA TOP 20 RANKING:1. Spain2. Holland3. Germany4. Uruguay5. Argentina6. Brazil7. Ghana8. Paraguay9. Japan10. Chile11. Portugal12. USA13. England14. Mexico15. South Korea16. Slovakia17. Ivory Coast18. Slovenia19. Switzerland20. South AfricaFair Play Trophy.1. España 889pts 7 games.2. Corea del Sur 881pts 4.3. Argentina 870pts 5.4.

SPAIN 2010 WORLD CHAMPION TEAM PHOTO

SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM | FIFA 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS | SPAIN | PHOTO

SPAIN WINS THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP | HOLLAND 0 - SPAIN 1 | SPAIN 2010 FIFA WORLD CHAMPIONS

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog/For once justice has been done, Football has won this time with the victory of SPAIN over HOLLAND 0-1 in the Final of the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP. It was rough , tough & at times beyond the rules of the game, with possibly one of the "worst" referees in the tournament. However, with the joy radiating from the body one cannot now begin to point out all the negative

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL | SPAIN STARTING LINEUP AGAINST HOLLAND

The Spanish Football Team starting 11 line up against Holland in the 2010 World Cup Final has been confirmed. It is the same starting 11 as against Germany in the semi-final:Casillas, Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi Hernandez, Iniesta, Pedro & David Villa.One will expect Fernando Torres to get a run in the latter part of the 2º half when the Dutch defence is a bit more

ATLETICO DE MADRID SHUTS WITH RENNES THE ROD FANNI TRANSFER

According to Spanish Sports Daily “AS”, ATLETICO DE MADRID & French team RENNES has come to an agreement to have defender ROD FANNI play at the Spanish club as of next season. The operation is around 4,5M€ & the Spanish Club has offered the player a 3 year contract. The idea is to present Fanni to the media late next week after the habitual medical exams.

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LINE UP 11 AGAINST HOLLAND, MAYBE!

Source: Sp Football Sprts Blog /With less than 24 hours away from the biggest game in Spanish Football History – the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final against Holland – the media observers following the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM have began their habitual round of speculation & rumour in an attempt to predict the SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM starting 11 line up for tomorrow.The very, very latest news – or

INIESTA VILLA XAVI CANDIDATES FOR FIFA 2010 GOLDEN BALL AWARD

Source: Spanish Football Sprts /FIFA has given a short list of candidates for the “FIFA World Cup Golden Ball”, otherwise known as the prize for the “Best Player of The World Cup Tournament”, with three SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM FOOTBALL players as candidates. The current list of players to choose from are:• Robben & Sneijder (Holland)• Ozil y Schweinsteiger (Germany)• Diego Forlán (Uruguay)• Lionel

REAL MADRID HAS GERMAN INTERNATIONAL SAMI KHEDIRA IN MIND?

The news coming out of Spanish paper “AS” is that REAL MADRID & its new Coach José Mourinho have put their eyes on 23 year German International & STUTTGART midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA. Apparently, negotiations with Liverpool for Steven Gerrard or AC Roma for Di Rossi have come to a “dead-end” as they squabble over their inflated prices, apart from the fact that their Clubs are not “co-operating”.

SPAIN WORLD CUP 2010 TEAM PHOTO vs. GERMANY

There is SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM fever as indicated by the emails that I am receiving from World-wide SFS readers. The solicitation is for Spanish Football Team Player photos & especially the Spain World Cup Team photo. The blog is full of images but it seems they are not enough for all the thirsty "Football fans". No need to worry, here is the SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM starting 11 Line-up that

SPAIN DEFEATS 1 - 0 GERMANY TO REACH THE FINAL OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP

Source: Spanish Football Sports /Amazing & historical. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM put in its most impressive match in the correct moment. SPAIN defeated GERMANY 0-1 in the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP semi-final to take another step closer to the biggest dream & prize in World Football. Spain has won a place to play Holland in next Sundays World Cup FINAL. Before I continue, great opponent the

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING LINE UP 11 AGAINST GERMANY

The latest news from Spanish media following the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is that Coach Del Bosque has finally decided to leave things as they are & repeat the same Spanish team as against PARAGUAY. This means that FERNANDO TORRES starts from the beginning of the game.I am a bit surprised by the decision, persoanlly, as I would have preferred a midfielder like Silva or Cesc in for Torres,

FIFA WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL 2010 | POSSIBLE SPAIN LINE UP AGAINST GERMANY

It’s the big unknown, will the Spanish National Football Team Coach Vicente Del Bosque put on the field in tomorrows World Cup semi-final against Germany the same starting 11 line up as in the last three games. The very latest news is that Cesc Fabregas sees his chances fall in starting as he has an annoying ankle & shoulder “injury” that he picked up against Paraguay in the foul-penalty that

FC BARCELOLA TRANSFERS CHYGRNSKIY BACK TO SHAKHTAR WITH A 10M€ LOSS

A complete failure; one cannot cosmetically hide the fact that FC BARCELONA signed defender DMYTRO CHYGRNSKIY for 25M€ & has today made official that they have sold back to SHAKHTAR DONETSK the defender for 15M€, that is, a 10M€ loss.The player signed back for his old Club for 5 years. The new FC Barcelona administration under new President Sandro Rosell justified the operation under economic

SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYER DAVID VILLA HAS HIS OWN SONG | A SUMMER HIT

Spain has “DAVID VILLA FEVER”. So much so that a local music group from Northern Spain – exactly from the region of Asturias & region where David Villa was born – has made a song that is catching on. To understand the track, David Villa comes from a coal mining village called Tuilla (Langreo, Asturias) from humble & working class family associated with the mines.The song is sung with a typical

DAVID SILVA COULD REPLACE TORRES IN SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST GERMANY

The very latest from the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM is that there may be changes in the starting 11 line up against Germany in Wednesday’s semi-final World Cup game. Everyone can see that forward FERNANDO TORRES hasn’t yet regained his rhythm & form after recovering from his knee operation. Many observers feel that, although his talent is unquestioned, his position should be given to another player

TENNIS | RAFAEL NADAL WINS WIMBLEDON 2010

World Tennis Nº1 & Spaniard RAFAEL NADAL has won his second WIMBLEDON Championship title after defeating in straight sets 3-6, 5-7, 4-6 Thomas Berdych. The Spaniard played a serious & very disciplined match grinding down his opponent with his solid play. The player has been in exceptional form all year winning all the clay court titles & now the prestigious green surface tournament.It´s the 8ºth

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS | DAVID VILLA CURRENTLY TOP GOAL SCORER OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP

Spanish Football Player & International DAVID VILLA not only is steering the Spanish World Cup Team along, but he is making a place for himself on the World stage as one of the Best - if not Best - forwards currently in Football. David Villa has placed himself in 1ºst position on the current Top Goal Scorers table of the World Cup & he still has the semi-final to play were one of his pursuing "

SPAIN WORLD CUP 2010 TEAM PHOTO AGAINST PARAGUAY

For all the fans. This is the historical SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM PHOTO of the starting 11 Spanish players against Paraguay...

SPAIN DEFEATS 0 - 1 PARAGUAY | MAKES HISTORY TO QUALIFY FOR THE FIFA SEMI FINAL

Source: Spanish Football Sports No one said the road would be easy, but although the final objective of playing in the Final of a World Cup has yet to be achieved, the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM made history tonight defeating PARAGUAY 0-1 & going into the semi-final. The historic "curse" of the World Cup "quarter-finals wall" has been overcome & for now the nation is cheerful before

REAL MADRID | GETAFE PLAYER PEDRO LEON NEXT 2010-2011 SIGNING?

He was one of the revelation players of the SPANISH LEAGUE last season. The Spanish & GETAFE player PEDRO LEON of 23 years of age (below) has been followed by REAL MADRID for the last 6 months. The rumours have been ripe ever since that Pedro Leon was destined to play at Real Madrid next season, but the negotiations were halted with the arrival of new Coach José Mourinho. The latest news from

FC BARCELONA | YAYA TOURE GOES TO MANCHESTER CITY

Its official. MANCHESTER CITY has made the announcement on its website that FC BARCELONA midfielder YAYA TOURE will be their new player as of next season. The Ivory Coast player has to pass his oligatory medical exam before signing for the Club & the next 5 years.FC Barcelona has yet to make an announcement on the economic conditions but will do so in the next hours. Yaya Toure joins his brother

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST PARAGUAY

Source : Spanish Football Sports Most observers following the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM in South Africa, along with the National Sporting press, seem to have it clear after witnessing the training sessions & hearing the coments of the National Coach Vicente Del Bosque. The SPANISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS that will make up the starting 11 against Paraguay will be the same as thoses who started

SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM PLAYER DAVID VILLA BEST FORWARD IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO IFFHS

Source: Spanish Football Sprts According to the FIFA backed "IFFHS" organization – International Federation of Football History & Statistics – Spanish International & FC BARCELONA player DAVID VILLA is the “Best Goal scorer/Forward currently in World Football”. They base this with mathematical formulas & coefficients that simply described goes something like the following. Since the 1st of

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING LINE UP 11 AGAINST PARAGUAY | TORRES vs LLORENTE NO DEBATE

Source: Spanish Football Sprts /Latest news from South Africa on the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM is that Coach Vicente Del Bosque will most likely repeating the starting 11 that played Portugal last Tuesday against Paraguay in the Saturday Quarter – Final. A debate has be opened on whether FERNANDO TORRES is up to his best level & tall FERNANDO LLORENTE has been suggested by media observers as

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL - SOCCER TEAM PHOTO

Here is the very latest SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM PHOTO for all the "thirsty" image hunters that have solicitated a photo. This is the starting 11 Spanish National Football Team player before the Portugal match.

SPAIN 1 PORTUGAL 0 ...YES!!!

Excuse the bad image...FIFA is taking off most of the videos on youtube, dailymotion, sapo ...etc

STARTING 11 SPAIN PORTUGAL 2010 WORLD CUP

Source: Spanish Football Sprts /To answer the many emails from readers asking about the SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM starting 11 against PORTUGAL tonight, the very latest from media observers following the Spanish Football Team is that Coach Del Bosque will repeat with the same SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYERS that played against Chile.The injury worries of Xabi Alonso , Ramos & too a lesser extent Torres

SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST PORTUGAL | FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

Source: Spanish Football Sprts Blog /Hi everyone, the below image is XABI ALONSO training tonight with his team-mates which tells us that he is "basically" over his ankle worry & injury. This should help us speculated further that he will be part of the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST PORTUGAL for tomorrows "knock out" game.In fact, media observers go as far as to name the following

REAL MADRID | ANGEL DI MARIA SIGNS FOR 6 YEARS

Spanish sports daily “AS” makes the announcement: Argentine International & BENFICA player ANGEL DI MARIA has signed for REAL MADRID for the next six years. The 22 year old winger has been transferred after Benfica agreed to a 25M€ offer by Real Madrid for the player to incorporate himself as of next season. The announcement has been made public on the Real Madrid website this afternoon around

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 AGAINST PORTUGAL | REIGNING UNKNOWNS

Source: Sp Ftball Sprts /The prognostics & speculations concerning what will be the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM STARTING 11 LINE UP against PORTUGAL is difficult to say as the teams advance in the WORLD CUP. Both sides are training behind closed doors & are keeping their cards very close to their chest. Media observers following the SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM are speculating more than giving any reliable

FC BARCELONA TRANSFER GOSSIP 2010 | OZIL ROBINHO MASCHERANO?

SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs keeps working away for next season while the World Cup takes all the spotlight. After surfing the web & checking the Spanish Sports press I pick out these news pieces that although enter the rumour category they should´nt surprise anyone. The South African World Cup is afterall the biggest showcase of “Football Product” & German 21 year old International midfielder OZIL has

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO WINS 2010 JUNIOR SPANISH CUP TITLE

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO defeated REAL MADRID 0 – 2 to take the 2010 JUNIOR SPANISH CUP TITLE after waiting 18 years for it. Real Madrid were favourites before the match with their team full of of “young stars” but last years finalists (lost to Sevilla FC) had an obsession with winning this title. PEÑA & VILLAR were the scorers for Bilbao a helped finally to give them the prized “Silverware” to place

U-17 FEMALE SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM WINS 2010 EUROPEAN TITLE

The South African World Cup & the SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM are taking the spotlight in the area of Spanish Football. However, there an is equally important & great news to announce from the FEMALE SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, specifically at the U-17 level, whom have proclaimed themselves the 2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.SPAIN defeated IRELAND in the penalty shoot-out of the Final finishing 0-0 after

SPAIN FOOTBALL WORLD CUP TEAM 2010 PHOTO

Source: Sp Ftball Sprts /This is the very latest SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO taken just before the start of the Chile Group H game. This hopefully quenches the readers demand for the Spanish World Cup Team photo.

SPAIN WORLD CUP TEAM DEFEATS CHILE 1 - 2 TO FINISH TOP OF GROUP H

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /The objective has been achieved. SPAIN has defeated CHILE 1 -2 & finishes in 1ºst position of Group H, along with Chile, to go onto meet Portugal in the from now onwards "knock-out" stages. It wasn´t easy at all with Spain suffering from nerves from the start that were partially settled with the 1ºst goal by DAVID VILLA in the 24th min with a fantastic 30mt "

SPAIN STARTING 11 LINE UP AGAINST CHILE | WORLD CUP 2010

Source: Sp Ftball Sports /The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM has a do or "go home" match tonight against Chile to shut proceeding in Group H. In the last hours veteran defender Capdevila has gained strenght in speculations that he will retain his left back position over Arbeloa.This is the only area of doubt, if one defender or the other, as Coach Vicente Del Bosque has all his players fully fit