Players are people. If you prick them, they bleed. Despite a professional existence that
involves getting kicked, not all are invincible shoulder-goal-popping memes. They have feelings. If
they sit on the bench for not scoring goals, then their confidence dips and they score less goals.
It's a brutal cycle.
England Triumphant as Spain's Weakness is Revealed - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
England's victory over World Champions Spain at Wembley, doesn't signify and end of an
era, but it does give hope to the rest of Europe. Having collected the two biggest trophies on
offer in International football, many were backing the Spanish to dominate again in 2012, but
perhaps England has shown us where Spain's weakness is.
Feliz viernes! The Spanish National Team finally unveiled their
FIERY Euro 2012 camisetas nuevas in Las Rozas, Madrid a few
hours ago. The red tones have been dramatically emphasized to match the country's national colours
while the blue stripes on the sleeves from last season have also been removed.
Firstly, humblest apologies on the scarcity. Exams have been ruining my life for the last two
weeks and are set to ruin them for a week more, but then freedom beckons.
Which means of course, that this post is going to be shorter than aaron lennon because the books
are calling.
As the title says, a win is a win.
Move aside Nando Torres... it's time for Sevilla's homeboy, Alvaro
Negredo, to take over La Seleccion! Yes, he has picked up a couple of
Sunday Senor accolades here, and you should smear your face with black grease (ala
Granada's dirty Cascamorras festival) if you've not heard of
Negredo!
The Study of English Football [Part I]: How social and cultural aspects impact the English game
is a post from: Just Football
Introducing Part I of a special report on Just Football. Over the coming
days our newest contributor Andreas Vou presents a comprehensive four-part study into the state of
English football and the national team, encompassing society and culture, the media, youth football
and the English approach to playing abroad.
Villa celebrates goal in Champions League Final (Photo:Getty Images)
David Villa has had a pretty good year. In mid-May of last year Villa joined Barcelona from
Valencia for €40million. Then during the months of June and July he led Spain to their first ever
World Cup title in South Africa, ending the tournament as top scorer with five of La Furia Roja's
eight goals.
By Eric Beard, writing from Boston
"You brought us across the Atlantic for this?" - Piqué may or may not have been
saying.
After a season of controversy and division amongst Real Madrid and Barcelona's stars, the United
States decided to present Spain with a gift.
The US's best scoring opportunity? Robbie Rogers is not going to get a call against Sergio
Ramos. That has to be written in stone somewhere, no?
The worse thing you can lose as a team is belief. We've seen US players lose it before. Clint
Dempsey being chiefly culapable of the regulars over the past few years.
By Jon Levy Disclaimer: I'm a big believer in scheduling a warm-up friendly match right before a
big tournament. That being said... This match is basically a sideshow. Sure, the revenge storyline
is in play for La Furia Roja, but will it actually manifest itself on the pitch? The 2009
Confederations Cup was (to quote [.
Buenaaaas, it's been barely a week since Barca rounded up their season
with their fourth Champions League victory but work immediately resumed yesterday afternoon for
La Furia Roja in Madrid! They'll be facing off against USA in a friendly
this weekend followed by another one against Venezuela three days later.
