SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST FOR FINLAND - CHILE MATCHES

The Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque handed in his list of players for the upcoming 2014 World Cup Group qualifier against Finland & the International Friendly against Chile.




The novelties, or news catchers,  are the inclusion of three Atletico de Madrid players: David Villa, Mario Suarez & young Koke. Apart Real Sociedad defender Iñigo Martinez & Isco retain

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FIFA RANKINGS AUGUST 2013 | SPAIN Nº 1

FIFA has released its monthly "National Football Teams Rankings" with Spain retaining the Number 1 position for another month. The loss in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final against Brazil has made Spain lose points but retains a "healthy" margin over second placed Germany. The winners of the said Final, Brazil,  jumps up back into the Top 10 Football Nations.




FIFA Ranking for August 2013:

1.

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URUGUAY 1 - SPAIN 0 | QUARTER FINAL FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT

The Spanish U-20 National Football Team was knocked out by Uruguay 1 - 0 in extra-time in the quarter-final of the FIFA U-20 World Championship being held in Turkey. The "knock-out" blow came in the 102 th min from a free-kick that found the head of giant Uruguayan Avanatti who put his team ahead & scored the goal that was to be the winner.



In fact this mentioned fixed play was the difference

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SPAIN 2 FRANCE 1 | FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A GAME RESULT

Spain won 2 -1 France in its last Group A match of the FIFA U-20 World Championships in Turkey to take Top spot & wait to see which Nation to play next Tuesday. That team will be any of the third placed from Groups C, D or F which will be confirmed.




Spain put in a marvellous 60 minutes of Football & then fell in intensity & could have even lost the game. During the best moments for Spain Paco

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WORLD SOCCER | SPAIN WORLD RECORD AS DEFEATED IN OFFICIAL FOOTBALL MATCHES

An important current of International Football observers, Sports media & ex-Footballers are going on the record claiming the the current Spanish Football Team is the "Greatest National Football Team" of all time. Huge acclaim & honour as those some commentators insist that Spain is better than the 1970 Brazil squad of Pele & the 1974 Dutch squad of Cruyff. The back to back European Championships

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ITALY 2 SPAIN 4 | UEFA U - 21 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULT

The Spanish U-21 National Football Team has won the UEFA U-21 European Championship held in Israel after defeating Italy 2 - 4 in the Final. This a a back to back Final win as they were reigning European Champions coming into this tournament. The Spanish youngsters demonstrated that Spanish Football has a great future, that there are plenty of top class players in the pipeline & that some will be

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SPAIN 2 IRELAND 0 | FRIENDLY GAME RESULT

With the Spain Football National Team being Televised here locally at 02.00 ( 2.00 am) it was difficult to watch the full 90 mins of the Friendly International against Ireland. Only managed to view the first 45 mins of an encounter that Spain went later in the 2º half to win 2 - 0.

What I saw of the first half indicated that Spain had bettered in attitude & were touching the ball around well.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM USA JUNE FRIENDLY GAMES DATES

This is
news for the Spanish Football Sports readers from the United States.
The Spanish National Team will play two warm-up International Friendly matches
in the US before travelling
off to Brazil
for the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament. The first game will be against Haiti in the City of Miami on the 6th of June. The second match
will be in New York City against Northern Ireland
the 11th of

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SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM | ARBELOA - PIQUE OPEN UP CLUB WOUNDS AGAINST FINLAND ?

It is the national Sport in Spain - not Football | Soccer - to forget the past & the achievements quickly & criticise the failures in the present. The draw 1 - 1 by Spain with Finland has been received as a defeat by some observers & of course has unleashed the wagging tongues of criticism.My intention is not to participate, but will inform on stories coming out today that highlight the

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO 2013

Found this picture of the Spanish National Football Team that started yesterday against Finland in their Group I World Cup 2014 qualifier. Posted thinking that it may delight the  readers & fans around the World.



SPAIN LINE-UP TEAM PHOTO vs Finland March 2013

Line up:
Top: Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Pique & Valdes
Bottom: Silva, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Cazorla &

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SPAIN 3 URUGUAY 1 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Just got in from the local after sharing a lager with the mates. There we enjoyed a good match of Football between SPAIN & URUGUAY in their Friendly International match played in the Middle-East nation-state of Qatar.

The final result 3 - 1 to Spain that looks at first glance one-sided but had chances going to Uruguay & if they had converted would have given a closer picture. This does not say

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