Spain is a nation that has been in mourning for the past few days, expectedly so since it is not everyday that a team gets whacked 5-1 in a World Cup match, and certainly not when they are the defending Champions. The front page of Spain’s popular sports daily Marcawas funeral-black while El Mundo chose to … Read more
Defending Champions Spain take on a spirited Chilean side fully knowing that yet another repeat of the shocking performance against Netherlands will surely mean that the La Roja will be kicked out of the World Cup in the group stages. Spain beat Chile 2-1 in South Africa four years ago, but it very much looks … Read more
Four years have passed since Andres Iniesta thumped the back of Martin Stekelenburg’s net as the perennial underachievers Spain finally won the World Cup in South Africa. In what would be a fascinating repeat of the last edition’s final the two teams square off once again in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup … Read more
Louis van Gal has the small matter of the World Cup to take care of before he takes over the reins at Old Trafford to help Manchester United find their feet in the post-Ferguson era. The Dutch were the inventors of ‘Total Football’ but van Gaal has taken some stick for experimenting with a 5-3-2 … Read more
Defending Champions Spain take on Louis Van Gaal’s Netherlands in both the side’s first game of the tournament that promises to be an exhilarating encounter. In what is labeled as one of the standout ties of the showpiece event at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Vicente Del Bosque’s side would be looking to kickstart … Read more
It has been nearly four years since Andres Iniesta slammed the ball past Martin Stekelenburg to send the La Roja into an exultant explosion. The perennial underachievers in football had arrived on the world stage, albeit a little late. And the golden period in Spain’s history continued as they retained the Euros in 2012 and … Read more
Obviously everybody knows everything they could possibly know about Spain. They are currently the most dominant nation in football winning the last World Cup and the last two European Championships. A second World Cup would really establish themselves as the finest national side of all time, even better than Pele’s Brazil and Maradona’s Argentina. The … Read more
Spain has got to be my favorites after years of suffering with England led me no closer to the dark tunnel’s end. The history-defying La Roja could be lining up in similar formations of what they are used to, but we just won’t be seeing the much-talked-about false nine anytime soon. Vicente de Bosque’s favored setup is … Read more
It has been six long-short years, smeared with Hispanic glory and silverware. And as the case was before every big tournament following Euro 2008, Spain are taken for granted; not by opposition, but by their fans rather. The numbers have swelled with each passing year, and the bandwagon seems to be never derailing. Even yours … Read more
With the World Cup coming up in less than four months’ time, the time is running out for most players to secure a seat on the plane to Brazil. While that may not be the case for Spaniards Santi Cazorla of Arsenal and Juan Mata of Manchester United, since both of them are almost assured … Read more