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Liverpool and Man City duo look for more Spanish success
Liverpool and Manchester City have both benefitted from the influence of Spanish players in recent years, and while the two sides may have had contrasting fortunes last season, it is clear the impact...
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Real Madrid starlet’s hat-trick joy but defensive lapses cost Spain
Almost two weeks after Spain and Portugal played out a nervy and somewhat tedious 0-0 draw in the semi-final of Euro 2012, the two countries met again in Group A of the Uefa Under 19 Championship....
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Spain dominate, delight and frustrate in equal measure
So Spain have eased their way into the Semi-Final of the Uefa Under 19 Championship in Estonia, after a 2-0 win over the hosts saw them top Group A and guarantee their spot in next year’s Fifa Under...
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Tournament to end where it began for Spanish youngsters
The 2012 Uefa Under 19 Championship will end how it started for Spain after they beat France on penalties to set up a date with Greece in the tournament final on Sunday. Julen Lopetegui’s youngsters...
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Spanish record breakers grab more European glory
Spain entered the record books at Estonia’s Lillekula Stadium tonight as Julen Lopetegui’s side beat Greece 1-0 to successfully defend their Uefa Under-19 Championship title. In doing so, they become...
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Underwhelming Spanish performance is a case of recent history repeating
Fresh from the recent success of Vicente del Bosque’s team at Euro 2012 , Spain’s under-23 side opened up their Olympic bid with a shock defeat against Japan at Hampden Park. Despite being installed...
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The inquest begins as sub-standard Spain crash out
After going into the tournament as one of the favourites and confidant of adding the Olympic title to their overwhelming list of world dominance, Spain will instead travel home after their final group...
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What went wrong for Spain as Olympic dream turns to humiliating failure?
Spain’s Olympic football team bowed out of the Games in London this week without scoring a goal in their three group games. The pre tournament favourites left Manchester’s Old Trafford stadium with...
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Lionel Messi’s growth into Argentine leader shows there’s something still to...
Lionel Messi’s ability to produce effortless brilliance has pulled the wool over our collective eyes in recent years. While we once greeted his moments of inspiration with cries of ‘he’s still...
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Spain, France and the Calderon connection
When the draw for the European qualification stage of the 2014 Fifa World Cup was made on 30 July last year, attention rightly focused on the two Group I fixtures that pitted 1998 winners France...
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Spanish lament for an unnecessary Central American adventure
With the current financial crisis continuing to wreak havoc throughout Europe, domestic success or simple survival has become ever more critical for football clubs faced with the financial abyss....
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Spanish FA sell out as La Roja become their most valuable asset
International friendlies are now a regular fixture of modern day football, and it represents a chance for fans from smaller countries to witness some of the world’s best players – and this was no...
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Red Fury! – The meteoric rise of football’s greatest underachievers
The past four years have seen Spain’s national football team undergo a dramatic transformation from perennial underachievers to all-but unstoppable thoroughbred champions. Their slick irrepressible...
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Johan Cruyff bows out of football as Catalunya draw with Nigeria
Johan Cruyff oversaw what is likely to be his last match as a coach last night, with the Dutchman at the helm of the Catalan national team in a draw with Nigeria that was at times marked with style...
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What would Catalan independence mean for Spain and La Liga? – Part Two – Part...
Ask any football fan what they believe symbolizes football in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia, and their is little doubt the name of 21-time La Liga champions Futbol Club Barcelona would be...
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What would Catalan independence mean for Spain and La Liga? – Part Two
Following up from our recent look at Catalan independence and football in Catalonia as a whole, we now focus on what independence for the region could mean to the future of the country’s national...
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Spanish number nine?
The topic of just who will be the Spanish National Teams main striker is one that is debated in bars up and down the country. But in the last three years, or so, the debate around the area has risen...
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World Cup Year: A Selecao in La Liga
The season prior to a World Cup takes on extra significance for any professional hoping to represent their national side on the grandest stage of them all. But what if next summer’s tournament is set...
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World Cup Year: On the Fringe of La Roja
The second part of our double feature looks at a handful of Spaniards who will be determined to make a mark this season. But what makes these stars the ones to watch in 2013-14? And just how will they...
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Why isn’t Diego Lopez going to Brazil?
Of all the Spanish footballers smarting over their non-inclusion in Vicente Del Bosque’s World Cup squad, nobody has more reason to complain more than 32-year old goalkeeper Diego Lopez. As La Roja...
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La Roja in bid to create history
A couple of weeks ago Vicente Del Bosque named his final 23-man squad who will endeavour to bring the country back-to-back World Cup triumphs in Brazil. Such has been their domination in recent years,...
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From the old to the new: who can fill the void in years to come for La Roja?
With excitement levels reaching fever pitch in Elcentrocampista towers ahead of the start of the 2014 World Cup tomorrow, we take a look at some of the newer faces in the Spanish squad who have made...
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Can Spain find redemption in Rio?
If you trawl back through the record books to the inception of the tournament in 1930, you will find only four reigning champions that have suffered defeat in their first match at the following World...
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