The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM played an International Friendly against SOUTH KOREA tonight winning 4 - 1. The match is part of the pre-Euro 2012 preparation schedule & the last for the players that will be giving way to the called up FC Barcelona & At. Bilbao players which will incorporate themselves to the "Spanish Camp" tomorrow.

Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday by being included in Spain's 23-man squad for the European Championships.

Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo was also selected among manager Vicente del Bosque's strikers, meaning there was no place for Roberto Soldado or Adrian Lopez despite the latter's goalscoring debut against Serbia on Saturday.

Vicente del Bosque has done it again by messing with everyone's heads! The Spanish coach announced his 'provisional' Euro 2012 squad yesterday and the players involved will face Korea and Serbia in friendly matches next week and head to the tournament from their training base, Switzerland, right after.

REAL MADRID & their Coach Jose Mourinho are already thinking about the next season. One of the positions that needs to be reinforced is the right back where Alvaro Arbeloa is the only specialist in the current squad. Spanish sports paper "Marca" publish that current CHELSEA FC Serbian defender BRANISLAV IVANOVIC is the preferred candidate at this moment.

Found this pic that I thought may interest all the global Football readers & especially REAL MADRID followers. It´s one of the very latest team photos of the SPANISH LEAGUE Champions for season 2011-2012. Team photo: Real Madrid CF season 2011-2012 Top L to R: Pepe, Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Khedira, Benzema & Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid's flight back from Bilbao on Wednesday night was understandably raucous after they secured the league title. The in-flight celebrations were led by full-back Alvaro Arbeloa who showed off his dance moves, which are largely restricted to the moonwalk. All the action was captured by depressive drunk cameraman Iker Casillas, who occasionally likes to [.

Euphoria / Relief / Self-Belief: EVERYONE in the team knew what Ronaldo did last Saturday - he scored THE critical goal for us once again Well, we didn't exactly wipe the floor with Sporting Gijon as I wished. We beat them nonetheless in an unglamorous remontada of sorts: the kind of remontada one dislikes watching because we went down 0-1 not really because Sporting sucker punched us or put our backs to the wall – but because we shot ourselves in the foot.

Real Madrid well and truly have sealed the La Liga title of 2011-12 season with a 2-1 victory at the Camp Nou. Khedira and Ronaldo scored for the away side taking them 7 points clear of the defending Champions. It was the first victory of Real Madrid under Mourinho against FC Barcelona in the league, incidently it was the first victory for Mourinho at the Camp Nou.

1. If at first you don't succeed, keep trying because you might accidentally miskick one into the back of the net in the 90th minute. That's the way Mario Gomez did it. 2. At one point OTP thought Cilla Black was commentating, but it turned out that it was just a battle between Alaba and [...]

German side Bayern Munich won the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals with a 90th minute Mario Gomez goal.

It was a strong start for the visitors, Real Madrid, who had chances early but couldn't find the back of the net. Bayern, who played more of a counterattacking style early, were organized defensively and prevented most chances.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho broke his media silence on Monday with some harsh words for his Champions League opponents Bayern Munich. Bayern who host tonight's first leg fixture at the Allianz Arena have a pretty impressive home record against Los Blancos having never lost to them.

Of course, Mourinho being himself dismissed all talk surrounding Bayern's record calling it 'meaningless' and saying that his side was equally motivated to win the match.

I woke up this morning wanting the ‘D' Word to stand for ‘Defense' – as it was in my opinion, the main talking point to last night's match vs. Valencia. Having read some of the comments from the liveblog at RMFB (and what some Madrid fans are saying), perhaps another ‘D' Word should be added into the mix: disappointment – Madridisimo's collective disappointment for the result (an obvious one) and my personal disappointment for their nitpicky reaction to the game.

Real Madrid defender Pepe is renowned for his short fuse and frequent crazy acts of aggression. And it was team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa who bore the brunt over the weekend. The Portugal international won a free-kick after being clipped from behind in Real's 0-0 draw against Valencia on Saturday. Culprit Pablo Piatti immediately walked away, but [.

Increasingly wary of his own teammates since Kaka and Marcelo conspired to trip him, Pepe turned his violent fury on Alvaro Arbeloa during Real Madrid's 0-0 draw against Valencia on Sunday.

Worked into a paranoid delirium when by a tackle from Valencia's Pablo Piatti, Pepe kicked out at Arbeloa, who just wanted to check and see if he was OK.

When Roberto Soldado said he would do his best to "justify" his call up to La Seleccion this week, he was just being modest! El tipo from Valencia scored a hat-trick in Spain's 5-0 win over Venezuela last night. If there's a definition of the word "Crackkk!

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Spain vs Venezuela 2012 Highlights Video 5-0 Goals Iniesta Silva Soldado Hat trick Video Friendly is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Spain vs Venezuela 2012 ( Espana Venezuela 2012 VIDEO BELOW) Final score and result:- Spain vs Venezuela 5-0 ( Iniesta, Silva, Soldado*3) Estadio La Rosaleda, Malaga, Spain- 29 February, [.

FC Barcelona secured a semi-final birth in this season's Copa Del Rey after knocking out holders Real Madrid with a sensational 2-2 draw. Barcelona who went into the break with a 2-0 lead had to hold off a sensational fightback from Mourinho's boys to secure the semi-final birth. To an extent we had to say that we were lucky after putting up the worst defensive display of the season, and courtesy of the fact that Madrid missed a number of chances.

Barcelona: Pinto; Dani Alves, Piqué, Puyol y Abidal; Xavi, Busquets e Iniesta, Fabregas; Messi y Alexis Sánchez. DT: Pep Guardiola
Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Albiol, Sergio Ramos y Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonoso y Coentrao; Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo e Higuaín. DT: José Mourinho
España: 22:00 horas / Argentina - Chile: 18:00 horas
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Real dissension in the ranks?

The Real Madrid fans are in a barracking mood, just like the fans giving stick to Arsene Wenger. The Barca game blew up in their face because Mou decided to stick 11 men behind the ball and with the exception of an 11th minute of enterprise, played like he was afraid to lose which is exactly what happened.

In The Stands' Rolly Pelovangu looks back to the last time Real Madrid and Barcelona clashed in the Copa Del Rey as Jose Mourinho's men triumphed 1-0 in the 2011 final In a tight and nervy game, best remembered for Alvaro Arbeloa's terrible stamp on David Villa, Pedro's wrongly disallowed goal in the second half [.

I've seen some hand-wringing and questions as to how Liverpool were lined up yesterday, especially in the second half.
I tried to explain the set-up and the reasons for it in yesterday's match review, but pictures always make things easier. Not a 1000 words easier, but easier nonetheless.

Real Madrid set up a potential Copa Del Rey quarter-final against FC Barcelona after a 1-0 victory against Málaga earned the Whites a 4-2 aggregate win.

It was a tense night as Malaga only needed a 1-0 victory in order to advance on the away goals rule. In a very tactical first half the best chance fell to Sergio Ramos, whose header right before half-time just missed the target.

Real Madrid's Pipita Higuain is quite a likable hombre, isn't he? Come on now, Blaugranas... Madrid needs their own Moc Moc trio and we're pretty sure these two can improve the animosity between Brasil and Argentina!

Anyway, we just had to share Los Blancos' Christmas video with you even though you're clearly overstuffed with all that roast turkey by now.

In recent years, the January window's been relatively tame 2007 was maybe the most active, with Javier Mascherano and Alvaro Arbeloa among the names on the way in, and 2008 saw Martin Skrtel arrive with Momo Sissoko heading out. But 2009 brought only the exit for the recently arrived but underwhelming Robbie Keane, and 2010 had only Maxi Rodriguez arriving on a free with Andrea Dossena and Andriy Voronin leaving Anfield.

Last Friday we were too busy fawning all over the fiercely fashionable Alonsos to realise that this hot to trot Spanish couple was also in GQ Man of the Year attendance. Less than a week later they've given us another shot at showing them off, which we're very appreciative of.

Certainly Real Madrid's Arbeloa and his equally beautiful wife, Carlota, looked stellar as usual at the Chocron New Catalague event this past Wednesday.

It was Inevitable - Kim Jong Il thought so soo - hahahah.
. In a way, even after Adrian scored the opening goal in last night's El Derbi Madrileno, Madridistas the world over (and perhaps even Rojoblanco supporters) didn't feel too rattled (or euphoric in the case for Atleti supporters).

In the wake of an encouraging win it would be easy to simply focus on the positives like normal, happy people who know how to enjoy success. But what those happy people who know how to enjoy success don't know is that failure and pain is lurking just around every corner, waiting to spring. So really, you're much better off embracing a more negative outlook that asks, "Why hasn't Jose Enrique been called up for Spain yet, and does it mean there's something wrong with him we don't know?

Spain focus on winning, England stay distracted

ANOTHER international break – another weekend to find something else to do. No live Premier League games, no Match of the Day, no Sunday papers full of match reports and laughable opinions about your club. It's like summer, with less daylight and even less rain.

Este próximo Sábado 12 de Noviembre en Wembley se enfrentarán Ingleses y Españoles en un amistoso que echará chispas, los equipos representantes de las 2 mejores ligas del mundo.
Horario del partido Mexico - 11:15 a.mPeru, Ecuador, Colombia y Estados Unidos - 12:15 p.mVenezuela - 12:45 p.

If the results from two weeks ago are any indication, Wednesday's UEFA Champions League matches will be must-see TV.

Whether it was Manchester United squeaking past little-known Otelul Galati, Manchester City dramatically taking three points off Villarreal with Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time goal, Real Madrid putting on an attacking clinic against Lyon or Bayern Munich and Napoli taking each others' best shots and settling for a draw, the last round of UCL games provided plenty of entertainment.

It Was Yet Another Explosion of Goals from Pipita Finally Club Football is Back! Is it because I'm not European or South American that I just don't enjoy these qualifiers or friendlies? I sensed that the Bernabeu crowd last Saturday felt the same way too - because it was a packed Bernabeu last Saturday!

Clearly, Alvaro Arbeloa plays parchis best sans pants. Might we suggest he try this on the pitch as well? Actually, the entire Spanish NT should try this; we'd be happy to hold on to everyone's pants at Kickette HQ for safe keeping. Image via Xabi Alonso's Twitter.

Barcelona might be sitting pretty at the top of the La Liga standings but the real story of the weekend was another sterling performance by Los Merengues. Real squeezed 4 unanswered goals past Espanyol to take them to within 1 point of table toppers Barcelona and Levante.

It is still too early to tell but all signs point to a 2 horse for the league's top honor of the top scorer award.

For some it was the sort of day where one points to the end result—a victory at Goodison—as being enough, as being the only thing that really matters after a far from convincing performance. There was Luis Suarez, who scored a goal in the end though his touch often seemed heavy and his play a step off the pace.

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No, Real Madrid is NOT in Crisis. We are merely in a slump. 5 dropped points over 2 games against La Liga teams whose objective is to stave off relegation is proof of that. Maybe Jose Mourinho's sarcastic remarks prior to the Levante game about just wanting to stay up were taken seriously by the team: prompting them to play as if we were a team battling relegation.

Second-half substitute Cesc Fabregas scored twice as reigning European and FIFA World Cupâ„¢ champions Spain fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat Chile 3-2 in an international friendly.

Vicente Del Bosque's side were punished for a slow start as Chile raced into a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Mauricio Isla and Eduardo Vargas, but the introduction of Andres Iniesta at half-time reinvigorated the Spanish midfield.

Spain vs Chile Fight- Andres Iniesta Vidal Arbeloa Sergio Busquets Push Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Spain vs Chile Fight- Andres Iniesta Vidal Arbeloa Sergio Busquets Push Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Spain vs Chile fight took place at the end of the international friendly contested between the two sides on 2nd September, 2011.

Not that I was expecting much of a lazy international friendly just before the start of the season, with a call-up list plagued with absences and injured (Sergio Ramos and Xavi had to abandon the team before they left Spain and Nacho Monreal, called up instead of Ramos, got injured during the last training session), but I did expect better than this.

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Supongo que no es fácil ganar un Mundial, sobre todo si no sabes cómo se hace una cosa parecida. Por fortuna para nosotros, hace años que en España se vienen haciendo bastante bien las cosas con las selecciones inferiores, y por eso no debe ser casualidad que el año pasado en el podio del Soccer City de Johannesburgo se juntaran unos cuantos medallistas olímpicos, muchos campeones de Europa en distintas categorías y un subcampeón y 3 campeones del mundo sub'20.