Ever since I started watching football many years ago now, when it came time for the World Cup, Spain were always considered a dangerous threat by many pundits that they would win the tournament, only to let everyone down time and time again. Spain are likely to have one of the best selling World Cup Jerseys in the tournament, but the best they have finished is 4th place in a World Cup and that was in 1950.

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Ever since I started watching football many years ago now, when it came time for the World Cup, Spain were always considered a dangerous threat by many pundits that they would win the tournament, only to let everyone down time and time again. Spain are likely to have one of the best selling World Cup Jerseys in the tournament, but the best they have finished is 4th place in a World Cup and that was in 1950.

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La Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) has officially launched the Spain adidas World Cup 2010 kit. Under the theme El Poder de la Roja (The Power of the Red), the 1980s-inspired kit was presented to the public at the Kinépolis de Pozuelo (Madrid) multiplex cinema yesterday with current Spanish internationals Iker CasillsaAlbiol, Marchena, Silva, Xabi [. Click to continue reading...

A petition had been sent to the Vatican to begin the process of recognizing all Valencia CF fans as saints.

Its to be expected of course seeing how much suffering we are forced to endure week in and week out.

My blood pressure is high and my finger nails are non-existant.

Valencia will surely be the death of me.

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Well if you missed yesterdays game.

Boooooo on you.

You missed a fine display of what our attack can do when it is on.

It was quick.

It was accurate and ultimately it was Lethal.

Villa scores twice.. and should have had a hat trick had it not been for bad reffing.

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Manchester United traveled to take on Spanish club Valencia on Wednesday as the two teams are just a week or two away from the start of their domestic leagues. Here's a recap of the friendly match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Valencia 2-0 Video Highlights

The two teams met at Old Trafford as Michael Owen started up top with Wayne Rooney.

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(Spagna-Sudafrica 3-2 (dts)
Spagna (4-3-1-2): Casillas; Arbeloa, Albiol, Pique, Capdevila; Cazorla, Xabi Alonso, Riera; Sergio Busquez (36' st Llorente); Villa (11' st Silva), Fernando Torres (11' st Guiza). A disp. Marchena, Puyol, Pablo Hernandez, Xavi, Fabregas, Diego Lopez, Sergio Ramos, Reina, Sergio Mata. Click to continue reading...

Un solitario tanto de David Villa, diez minutos después del comienzo de la segunda mitad, fue suficiente para que la selección española doblegara a la iraquí y consiguiera de esta forma el pase matemático a las semifinales de la Copa Confederaciones.

A diferencia del encuentro ante Nueva Zelanda, a España le costó mucho abrir la lata, ya que el sistema defensivo armado por Bora Milutinovic, seleccionador del combinado asiático, imposibilitó la creación de oportunidades de gol por parte del ataque de 'la roja' en buena parte del choque.

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Tonight, Barcelona travels to Valencia to play a tough away game against a team who has won their last 5 games including a 3-1 victory against Sevilla. Valencia are currently in 4th place and trail Sevilla by only two points. A win tomorrow could put Valencia into 3rd at least until Sevilla plays Real Madrid on Sunday.

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Esta noche es el segundo asalto del grupo contra el combinado turco. El primero se saldó con una escueta victoria que maquilló el mal juego de los nuestros y el buen hacer de los de Fatih Terim, que pusieron en apuros en más de un momento a La Roja en el Bernabéu. El encuentro es muy [...] Click to continue reading...

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...