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Spain 6-0 Azerbaijan; “Get Ready South Africa”

June 9th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 12 Comments »

Sure Azerbaijan may be ranked 140th in the world, but does it really get more emphatic than 6-0? Clearly it was boys vs. men as David Villa led La Furia Roja to yet another victory in front of some 25,000 spectators in Baku.
Three goals by David Villa, and one a piece for Albert Riera, [...]

Iniesta to miss Confederations Cup; Pablo of Valencia Called up

June 5th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 2 Comments »

Vicente del Bosque announced a few days ago that Andrés Iniesta was called up to the squad which would travel to South Africa despite being injured in hopes that he would recover within two weeks in time to participate in the Confederations Cup.
Early this morning in Spain he met up with the rest of the [...]

Squad Announced for Upcoming Confederations Cup

June 3rd, 2009 | By: Anthony | 8 Comments »

All us Spanish fans were waiting eagerly in anticipation as to who Vicente del Bosque was going to name to the squad which would travel to South Africa to play in the Confederations Cup this summer. We have had many injury worries over the past few months including the likes of Santi Cazorla, Marcos [...]

Spanish Football at it’s Best.

May 28th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 34 Comments »

First and foremost I must apologize for my little hiatus from the blog, it’s been a somewhat uneventful month in regards to La Furia Roja and therefore I couldn’t find the motivation to write an article.
However yesterday’s events in Rome gave me more than enough inspiration to get up and running with this blog again. [...]

We’re the Team to Beat (At least so say Lippi and Dunga)

April 20th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 2 Comments »

The Confederations Cup is truly the best of the best when it comes to international competitiveness. Sure, it is overshadowed by the likes of the World Cup and the European Championships but when you have the best team from every region in the world and the reigning World Cup champions you can only expect [...]

Can I have a Right Winger Please?

April 6th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 4 Comments »

This past weekend as Villarreal was humiliated 3-0 by Almería, Santi Cazorla was stretchered off in the 64th minute with a foot injury. After the game it was revealed that he has an ankle fracture which will keep him out for a minimum of four months.
As it is we are already without Andrés Iniesta [...]


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