Talk about a good start to the season.

We're in first place after 4 games.
David Villa is scoring goals for us in buckets.
We're short Silva, Vicente, Baraja and Marchena and still holding strong.

Now this: Juan Soler is no more. Vicente Soriano is officially the largest shareholder at Valencia.

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Valencia's 3-2 victory over Real Madrid in last night's first leg of the Spanish Super Copa feels like the beginning of something special.

Sure, the game's technically a pre-season friendly.

But Valencia exhibited a flair, an offensive hunger and a resiliency that was missing last season under the QQ-Koeman regime.

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I always think that international competitions like Euro or the World Cup provide much needed correctives.

Fernando Torres muscled his way past Philip Lahm in one of the more indelible images of Euro 2008 to provide Spain's winner. The Liverpool striker was one of the heroes in his country's win against Germany.

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Euro 2008 Final

Spain 1 - 0 Germany

It wasn't the most exciting or goal-filled game of the tournament, but Spain won't mind as they held on for a 1-0 win over Germany for their first European Championship in 44 years. Fernando Torres, who was overshadowed by his strike partner David Villa in the previous rounds,
scored the winning goal for Spain.

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With the European Champions now over, it is time to look back at the players who made the tournament one to remember.

From the daring Turks to the high-flying Russians to the dynamic Dutch, there were plenty of standout players in the tournament, but only 11 can make the Euro 2008 Best XI.

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Spain gets to enjoy four years as European champions, but in two years time, qualification across Europe will commence for Euro 2012.  A look at three teams from Euro 2008 plus three outsiders follows. 1. Spain – The champs are an obvious choice.  Torres, Villa, Fàbregas, and Silva will be major components of the attack. Click to continue reading...

Those of us who regularly watch and follow Barcelona are well aware of the craft and alchemical transcendence that Xavi and Iniesta can conjure up on a weekly basis. They work as a team within a team--quick thinking, fleet of foot, unselfish, and daring enough to slip passes through a clomp of defenders when it seems most unstable, almost ruinous to do so. Click to continue reading...