After a goal from Wayne Rooney (who else, really?) against Ukraine in the 48th
minute, England have booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of the Euro championships. Like
Spain, their victory has been marred by a bit of controversy Ukraine's Marko Devic
had a clear goal wrongly disallowed in the 62nd minute.
Elizabeth Powley takes the temperature of Spain, which is attempting to do what no national team
has ever been able to accomplish: back-to-back Euro championships sandwiching a World Cup title.
Vicente del Bosque announced his 23-man Spanish squad heading to the Euro
Championships yesterday and the biggest surprise was the fact that FernandoTorres was picked over the highly-lauded Roberto Soldado!QUE?Del Bosque for all the commandeering respect he demands obviously
factored in Nando's recent Champions League win.
Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club! This week's episode focuses on the Euro
Championships and Ronaldo's newly-minted 'role' as a nationalised property of Spain. Gerard
Pique and Sergio Ramos decide to have dinner together to dispel the 'bad
blood' between them before defending their Euro 2012 title.
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You know that horrible moment when you've just woken up mid-flight, and realized that the
plane is about to land in 5 seconds? That's exactly what happened to the Spanish
National Team when they arrived in St. Gallen, Switzerland yesterday- just look at all their
Pillowfaces!
Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday, where it's all about the fun side of football! This week, Irina Shayk
heads to Cannes Film Festival, Leo Messi's Baby Rumours, Iker Muniain as Bart Simpson and Sergio
Ramos and Iker Casillas watch a bullfight.
If you're a professional player who isn't going to next month's Euro
Championships, this coming summer will be an extended holiday for you!
SPAIN equalled the historical 14 straight wins of Holland & France in official matches by
defeating SCOTLAND 3 - 1 in the Group I Euro 2012 qualifier. Spain finishes top of the Group &
goes straight into next years Poland-Ukraine Euro Championships, while Scotland misses out as the
Czech Republic won their game to grab the 2º place in the Group & thus continue with a chance to
qualify.
The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM assured their qualification & presence in the upcoming EURO
Championships next year with a 6 - 0 victory over LIECHTENSTEIN in their Group qualifying game. The
current FIFA World Championship, Spain, have 18 points from their six from six Group victories.
Alvaro Negredo The match was a one way affair & Spain could have scored more goals, thus not much
really
For those of you who missed it, FIFA announced its revised edition of its World Rankings
yesterday and I'm sure that many of you will be as surprised as I was when you see the top ten
looking like this:
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
England
Uruguay
Brazil
Italy
Portugal
Argentina
Croatia
Before I start my argument, perhaps we should look briefly at how this is worked out:
There are three main categories to decide where points are awarded; firstly, you have to win or
draw, no points will be awarded for a loss.
SPANISH FOOTBALL again has managed to put another National Team in a European Final, this time in
the U-19 Euro Championships being held in Rumania. The young Spaniards defeated IRELAND 5 - 0 in
the semi final clash & now go on to meet the Czech Rep in the Final Spanish Football player Morata
Spain U-19 The Irish side managed to keep the flood gates closed until Spanish midfield-forward
The SPAIN U-19 TEAM participating in the U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania fell down hard back to
Earth with a 3 - 0 defeat against TURKEY. The Spaniards had nothing to lose in this match as they
had already qualified for the semis, however Turkey was playing for a spot & missed out because
Serbia did not lose against Belgium.
Spain were almost eliminated from the U 21 Euro Championships.They conceded an early goal to
Belarus and it took them all of 89 minutes to get the equaliser.The all important goal came from
Adrian Lopez who then went on to score another in extra time.The game ended with the score card
reading 3 -1.
The U-19 SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM took a huge leap forward towards qualifying for the
upcoming U-19 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania. SPAIN defeated 3 - 0 MONTENEGRO in their second
pre-qualifier group clash. Spain won comfortably with two goals from Malaga player JUANMI & the
other from Real Madrid forward MORATA U-19 Spanish Football Team Spain now faces ENGLAND in an all
important must
Excellent performance by the SPANISH U- 21 FOOTBALL TEAM to defeat CROATIA 0 - 3 away in the 2º
leg & take the qualifying tie on 2-5 agg. This gives Spain a direct ticket to the 2011 EURO
CHAMPIONSHIPS where they need to finish within the first 5 teams to go directly into the 2012
London Olympic Games.
Now first of all I don't have any personal issues with Mark Bright as a footballer or as a
person, but when I hear the words "we'll pass you over to the commentary team for the match, Joe
Bloggs and Mark Bright...", a little part of me dies inside. I simply can't enjoy watching a
football match with his constant derogatory or disapproving remarks every few moments.
We're probably a bit slow on the uptake of this one but its worth reporting again anyway for
those of you who may have missed the story originally, but ex Man United midfielder Owen
Hargreaves, who is now a free agent having been released from Old Trafford a few weeks back, has
resorted to uploading videos to YouTube in a bid to prove his fitness again.
Brazil's national team are heaving a huge sigh of relief because the
Euro Championships are virtually non-existent for them and friendly matches
scheduled from now are the equivalent of a "férias" (vacation). Well, at
least until the Olympics come around and Brazilians start yelling "Gold Medal for
futebol!
Former Chelsea player Gianfranco Zola says he would "be dead" if he got up to some of the antics of
compatriot Mario Balotelli. But he says the Manchester City striker can be the star of Euro 2012 if
he manages to control himself. Zola, who briefly coached Balotelli during his time with Italy under
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Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland what to expect from the host venues - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
With Euro 2012 just round the corner, the footballing world will have their eyes on Ukraine and
Poland this summer.
With Europe's leading nations competing in June and July, fans and supporters from across the
continent and further afield will descend upon the eastern European nations.
The search for the Euro Futbolitas begins here! Futbolita™, the ‘Female Voice of Football', is
looking for 7 passionate, feisty and sharp ‘Futbolitas' ™ to represent their countries as part
of Futbolita's Euro 2012 coverage. After the worldwide success of the Futbolita™ World Cup two
years ago, the Euro Futbolita returns with its upbeat ‘fiesta'-style coverage of the Euro
Championships.
For a few of Europe's international powers, the European Championship qualifying process didn't
go as planned, but there's still a shot to reach next summer's finals.
The final round of Euro 2012 qualifiers gets underway on Friday, starting with the first legs of
the home-and-away playoff series.
Piermario Morosino died on April 14, 2012 while playing for Livorno in a match against Pescara.
Morosini sufferred cardiac arrest and has sent crosswaves across European football. The news comes
not too far from the recent scare with Bolton's Fabrice Muamba, who also had cardiac arrest during
a match but survived.
Earlier this week, the German Football Association held a farewell match and party for
Birgit Prinz, one of the country's finest female players (and for those
unfamiliar, a Mia Hamm of her generation). Of course, Birgit's accolades in the
game are simply outstanding she has won the FIFA World Player of the Year thrice,
German Player of the Year eight times, the FIFA World Cup twice
and the Euro Championships five times.
Like to wish all the Spanish Football Sports readers from around the World a Merry Christmas.
Enjoy the festive season with your loved ones & friends. Hope you get your presents, & if not,
at least lots of human warmth. Look after yourself as we have a packed 2012 coming up with Spanish
Football news, Euro Championships & plenty of Sports action.
The SPANISH U-21 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM a little bit closer to getting to their objective of
participation in the next Euro Championships & in the process in the 2012 London Olympic games
after defeating CROATIA 2-1 last night. The youngsters still have a "dangerous" 2ºleg match on
Tuesday in Croatia which they must win to keep their hope alive, but yesterdays victory is an
important step foward
As four letter acronyms charged with organizing the sport of football, UEFA doesn't need any
help looking really, really good right now FIFA is, as ever, doing the work for them
indirectly.
This is a bit of confirmation they're top of the charts. An experience, not much a viral,
commissioned for the U21 Euro Championships in Denmark.
The main thing is that we are holding our breath on injuries today. Robin van Persie picked up a
thigh injury during his last international match, Nicklas Bendtner picked up an ankle knock, and
Kieran Gibbs had to return early from international duty with a groin issue.
Now that Barca coach Pep Guardiola has announced he'll be leaving at the end of
the season, he can expect to find photographers and spies of Abramovich hiding in
the bushes outside his home for the next three months. After their Champions League elimination in
Chelsea's hands on Tuesday, the Blaugranas set things right again with their
7-0 mauling of Rayo Vallecano last night.
NEW YORK. NY — ESPN has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to soccer's European Championship in 2012
and 2016 and will televise every game of both tournaments. The Union of European Football
Associations planned to make the announcement Tuesday. ESPN purchased U.S. broadcast and Internet
rights in all languages.
