Las caricaturas de Iker Casillas, Xavi, Puyol, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Sergio Ramos, Torres, Piqué, Xabi Alonso, Silva y Cesc Fábregas, miembros del equipo ganador del Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010, aparecen "simpsonizados" muestra a 11 de los integrantes de la Selección, todos en formación sobre una imagen del trofeo y el texto: "The Champions 2010-España".

Las caricaturas de Iker Casillas, Xavi, Puyol, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Sergio Ramos, Torres, Piqué, Xabi Alonso, Silva y Cesc Fábregas, miembros del equipo ganador del Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010, aparecen "simpsonizados" muestra a 11 de los integrantes de la Selección, todos en formación sobre una imagen del trofeo y el texto: "The Champions 2010-España".

The midfields of both Real Madrid and Barcelona are beginning to resemble Japanese trains at rush hour. If Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola continue to pack more and more players in, it is likely they will struggle to keep each one happy and in form. Something has to give. So who will survive the cull, and who will earn starting midfield berths in 2011-12?

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has received an unlikely piece of advice and encouragement ahead of Saturday's UEFA Champions League final by none other than Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.

Manchester United face-off against the Spanish champions and favourites Barcelona in a repeat of the 2009 Champions League final in Rome where the Catalans ran out comfortable 2-0 winners.

Why Can't the Football World Keep Up With Spain? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

As the dust settles on Barcelona's fantastic 3-1 demolition of Manchester United in the Champions League Final, and the national side recently so effortlessly thumped the United States 4-0, one thing is for certain – Spain are the best footballing nation in the world at this moment in time.

Lionel Messi produced yet another memorable performance as his brilliant brace helped Barcelona triumph 5-4 on aggregate over bitter rivals Real Madrid to lift the Spanish Super Cup at Camp Nou.

With the score tied at 2-2 following the first leg in Madrid on Sunday, tonight's thrilling second leg appeared to be heading for yet another stalemate when Messi broke the deadlock two minutes from the full-time whistle.

The final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium is almost upon us. The iconic twin towers of the old Wembley may be gone but the arch of the latest, rejuvenated and reinvigorated Wembley Stadium is all set to become just as famous.

Saturday 28th May 2011 will the biggest day in the new stadiums life to date.

The final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium is almost upon us. The iconic twin towers of the old Wembley may be gone but the arch of the latest, rejuvenated and reinvigorated Wembley Stadium is all set to become just as famous.

Saturday 28th May 2011 will the biggest day in the new stadiums life to date.

By Chris Wright

Not really sure if this will be of any interest to anyone, but we thought we'd share anyway.

Presenting: the very same Nike boots that Wayne Rooney, Andres Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Pedro and Gerard Pique will all stride out onto the Wembley turf in for the Champions League final tomorrow evening.

Images via DT Lux

In these times of comprehensive restraining orders, it's increasingly difficult for us to engage in our hobby of perving on couples during their most intimate moments. Thankfully though, footballers as a species tend towards frisky PDA's frequently enough to sate our desire.

Una vez mas Cristiano Ronaldo es el jugador mejor pagado en el mundo solo así puede superar a Lionel Messi quien en la cancha y en los premios de este 2010 le ha ganado todo.
Según un estudio realizado por la revista belga «Sport Foot Magazine». La actual estrella madridista, con un salario de 12 millones de euros al año.

2011/12 footballs: Nike Seitiro - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The new Nike footballs to be used in the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga and the Italian Serie A for 2011/2012 season have been unveiled.

The ball is given the name 'Seitiro'. It looks like the most modern and "firey" design Nike is given to football.

Real Betis 3-1 Barcelona ( Jorge Molina*2, Arzu/ Lionel Messi) Copa Del Rey- January 19, 2011 Real Betis became one of the few teams to get the better of Barcelona this season but their 3-1 win was in vain as Los Cules progressed to the semifinals 6-3 on aggregate. Betis 1-0 FC Barcelona ( Molina [..

As Barcelona head into this weekends game against Atletico Madrid looking for a record 16th successive Liga victory, the question has be asked: Can anyone stop Barcelona this season?

It ha been an amazing season so far at the Camp Nou as Barca seem to set records on a weekly basis.

So far this season in La Liga, Barcelona have picked up 52 points from a possible 57 after 19 games, which beats their own record from 2008-09.

But what would happen if the teams played each other? Both probably produced their greatest displays in beating Real Madrid 5-0, Barcelona earlier this season; AC Milan in the European Cup semifinal in 1989 (both, oddly, also drew 1-1 in the Bernabeu the same season). So let's take the lineups from those two games and pit them against each other.

Jose Mourinho's paranoia has to be growing after Andres Iniesta escaped a UEFA ban after getting a 'deliberate' booking for time-wasting.

Iniesta has been cleared of picking up a deliberate yellow card against Shakhtar Donetsk and will not face any action from UEFA's disciplinary committee, which means he can now play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on April 27.

Malaga vs Barcelona 2011 21/5/2011- La Liga Final score:- Malaga vs Barcelona 1-3 ( Sebastian Fernandez/ Bojan, Afellay, Bartra) Barcelona score thrice to beat Malaga in La Liga after trailing 1-0 at one point of the fixture. Malaga vs Barcelona 1-0 ( Sebastian Fernandez goal vs Barcelona) Malaga vs Barcelona 1-1 ( Bojan goal vs [.

Barcelona have won their fourth Champions League. It's their second in the past three years, and it was won with an amazing display of dominance. While Manchester United offered some resistance in the first half, by the end of the match we saw why Barcelona's ideal style of playing is loved by so many around the world.

More stats on what makes Bareclona so special, as drawn from the UEFA Champions League final (courtesy of NSCAA CEO Joe Cummings and Opta).

The difference between Barcelona and Manchester United was clear to see during the Champions League final, as Lionel Messi inspired Pep Guardiola's side to a 3-1 victory.

So Paul Scholes announced his retirement from football this week, after an illustrious career that spanned well over 700 appearances for club and country. Upon hearing the news I was struck with a strange, indescribable feeling. It wasn't surprise, as I knew it would either be now or in 12 months time.

After watching how Barcelona passed the ball around the midfield at Wembley a few weeks ago, Tom Cleverley is determined to use the example set by the likes of Andres Iniesta and Xavi and Pedro to improve his own game.

"As a United player and fan it wasn't a great experience at Wembley but as part of my education it was a massive lesson for me," he said.

Andres Iniesta doesn't care if being an unnatural yummy Mummy is all the rage, he still wants to sneakily take pictures of his new baby momma's healthy bottom anyway. The couple are holidaying without their daughter Valeria in Sardinia at what appears to be the same hotel frequented by Peter and Abbey.

I will keep this short and sweet in the interest of time. FIRST and foremost, Xavi's hair will look like an iguana. No, I don't refer to that pet iguana you had in grade school that eventually died because you forgot to plug in the hot rock. No, I refer to some sort of wickedly cool animated iguana who wears a Hawaiian t-shirt, travels by skateboard, constantly gives the thumbs up, and endorses a variety of delicious fruit-tasting snacks which contain little to no fruit.

The Spanish Super Cup is a preview of things to come for the Spanish League this season, namely the only thing worth watching: intense and dramatic matches between Real Madrid and Barcelona, fighting for some title, while the remaining teams remain front row spectators. Never did anyone care so little about a strike in football!

[That NSFW is rather legit. And rather surprising, actually.]

There's yet to be a version dubbed in English, or that I've seen already, so here's a snippet from The Guardian explaining:

The tongue-in-cheek video opens with a fan standing in front of an empty stand under the words: "There's a problem: there aren't many of us.

By Chris Wright

Here we have Cesc posing with his third trophy in the space of about a hour's worth of football for Barcelona, alongside Andres Iniesta who, as you may be able to see, seems to have temporarily mis-placed his underwear...

Barca beat Porto 2-0 in the UEFA Super Cup last night, and.

Andres Iniesta and David Villa were on the scoresheet as UEFA Champions League holders Barcelona put on a classy display to topple Viktoria Plzen 2-0 at the Camp Nou. Incidentally, this was the first ever time the Spanish giants had won a matchday 3 group game under coach Pep Guardiola having been previously thwarted by [.

Ahead of Saturday's friendly between England and Spain, In The Stands looks back to the pair's last match where goals by David Villa and Fernando Llorente sealed an easy 2-0 win for the hosts. David Villa and Fernando Llorente were the heroes for Spain as they brushed aside a feeble English threat in a resounding [.

Euro 2012 Nations A team by team preview - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Update: Groups Draw details and the official match ball of Euro 2012 added. Scroll down to view.

With the 16 teams competing in Euro 2012 now selected and the qualifying process complete, all eyes look to Poland and Ukraine as time ticks down.

When Karim Benzema scored the opener for Real Madrid inside the first minute, some assumed it was going to be a long night for Barcelona's players and the club's supporters. However, the Catalans eventually turned the result around in another painful defeat for outspoken coach Jose Mourinho who, as expected, pretended the loss was not damaging.

SPANISH SPORTS papers become creative during the Xmas Break as Football "stops" but the selling of papers continue. One inventive daily is Barcelona based "Sport" which comes up with interesting content, this case, an info-graph dedicated to FC BARCELONA crack ANDRES INIESTA. The diagram is in Spanish but I believe it is intuitive enough for non-Spanish readers to get the gist.

Si eres de los que deseaban ver ganar a la selección española su primer copa del mundo en el mundial de Sudafrica 2010 este programa especial te gustara muchísimo.

En este video podrán ver íntegramente el Informe Robinson emitido por CANAL + dónde rememoran la consecución del mundial de Sudáfrica de 2010 por parte de España.

It's the results of the Ballon D'or tonight with Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta battling it out for the most prestigious individual footballing prize. Fact time then...

Michael Owen was the last British footballer to win the Ballen D'or (European footballer of the year.

It's the results of the Ballon D'or tonight with Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta battling it out for the most prestigious individual footballing prize. Fact time then...

Michael Owen was the last British footballer to win the Ballen D'or (European footballer of the year.

He's the best player in the world. Individually, he was the best for club throughout 2010. Individually, he was the best player in the World Cup until his team was dumped out. '

And for all this, they've handed him the Ballon d'Or for the second year straight, last done by Marco van Basten in '88-'89, and doing do as the first non-World Cup winner in a World Cup year since Hristo Stoichkov in '94.

He's the best player in the world. Individually, he was the best for club throughout 2010. Individually, he was the best player in the World Cup until his team was dumped out. '

And for all this, they've handed him the Ballon d'Or for the second year straight, last done by Marco van Basten in '88-'89, and doing do as the first non-World Cup winner in a World Cup year since Hristo Stoichkov in '94.

In addition to the naming of Lionel Messi as the inaugural winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA also announced Jose Mourinho was named Coach of the Year ahead of World Cup-winning Spain boss Vicente del Bosque and Barcelona's Pep Guardiola for leading Inter Milan to an unprecedented Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble.

By Chris Wright

After netting 60 goals for club and country during 2010, Barcelona's littlest ball of awesome Lionel Messi has been bestowed with the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or award (this is the first time that FIFA's Player of the Year award has been merged with France Football's golden trinket, both of which Messi won last year), pipping teammates Xavi (you get the feeling this was probably his last chance to have his artisan talents formally recognised by FIFA during his playing days) and Andres Iniesta into second and third place respectively.

Piqué le obsequió una camiseta culé con el nombre estampado de Ochocinco en la espalda a Chad, quien antes había estado con jugadores del Real Madrid y via twitter habia contactado a Piqué diciendo que ficharia por el Real Madrid.

El receptor se tomó fotografías que colocó en su cuenta de Twitter con el dos veces ganador del Balón de Oro, Lionel Messi además de los seleccionados españoles, actuales Campeones del Mundo, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Davi Villa y Gerard Piqué.

Last week, the new FIFA version of the Balon d'Or was handed out, and an interesting thing took place: all three players on the podium (Lionel Messi, Xavi, and Andres Iniesta) were all Barcelona players. But even more than that, all three had been produced by Barcelona's famous Cantera youth system.