Who are we trying to kid, every loss hurts. Particularly since it’s been a couple of years since Spain lost in a friendly, and the only recent defeats for La Roja were against the USA at the Confed Cup, and against Switzerland on our way to the World Cup.
So yeah, losing against Argentina wasn’t fun.

But [...]

After the euphoria of victory comes the ecstasy of celebration… which, in Spain’s case, means getting drunk and clowning around in planes, buses, and a stage especially designed for the purpose of showing your drunk antics to a screaming crowd (also, putting your foot in your mouth).
So, come in and enjoy a few carefully selected [...]

Paul was right. Huh. Who’d have trusted an octopus with this?
But he chose Spain and Spain won.

And, by all the octopi in the world, we deserved it!!! I know that victory doesn’t go always to the deserving, that pretty build-ups and incredible amounts of possession don’t always mean anything, but they did this time. Unlike [...]

Euphoria was last night’s game, and going to sleep with the beeping of car horns, fireworks and drunken voices singing “¡Illa, illa, illa, Villa maravilla!”.

Waking up this morning was running immediately to the papers to check that it was true, that Spain really were in the semi-finals, and finding a headline that Cristiano Ronaldo is [...]

The review, replays, grading, opinions and coherent thoughts will come later…
… now, it’s time to celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the first time in their history, Spain makes it into the semifinals of a World Cup!
Spain, the team everyone was writing off after the match with Switzerland. Spain, the eternal underperformers. *Our* Spain.

¡VIVA ESPAÑA!

Quarter-finals, here we go!!!

While this match might not have been a gift to the eyes of neutral fans expecting super-sized servings of tiki-taka, it certainly was good enough for the Spain fans hoping to see a better showing than in our scrappy win against Chile.
Vicente Del Bosque, a stubborn man with an undying love for [...]

We’re all itching to see Spain play in the South Africa (or else you’re here just to pass the time), but what I don’t think we all realise is that it might be the last time we get to see some of our favourite players wearing La Roja.
It’s unfortunate, and a little unnerving, to see [...]

Well, my voice is back, my nerves have calmed and my migraine is gone. What a game! We have a little time now to reflect on matchday 8 and La Furia Roja.

5 Things we have learned about matchday 8:
1) Villa is GOD! That wicked golazo at the end. That beautiful flick between [...]