Archive for the ‘Friendly’ Category


Spain v Argentina Preview

November 14th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 4 Comments »

Kick off for today’s match against Argentina is in less than an hour and this is going to be hands down, one of the best matches of the year. It may be classified as an “international friendly” but it’ll be anything but friendly. It is the centenary match for La Furia Roja as [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Spain 2-0 England; The Lions have been Slain!

February 11th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 5 Comments »

What can I say? We did the business and we did it in style. Two perfectly placed goals, one from the golden boot of David Villa and one of the young head of new boy Fernando Llorente sealed the deal in Sevilla tonight as La Furia Roja continue to dominate Europe.
This victory really [...]

Spain v England; Matchup of The Great Underachievers

February 11th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 3 Comments »

This international break is rather special, sure these are just friendly matches but they are a bit more special than that this time around. Yesterday the two most successful footballing nations squared off in London and Brasil showed just why they have five stars on their shirt. They played an all around class [...]

England match Preparation

February 9th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 1 Comment »

This Wednesday is the big day for La Furia Roja as we take on England in El Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán located in the historic city of Sevilla. Today the Selección arrived in the Andaluían capital for the first time in 8 years to prepare for possibly what is going to be the best [...]

Spain v England Match Preview – Taming the Lions

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

As everyone knows, the highly anticipated friendly against England is coming up in less than a week, on February 11th. This will be the first time since playing Denmark in 1993 that the Spanish national team will be playing in El Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán located in Sevilla.
Three days ago Vicente Del Bosque annouced that [...]

A New España

January 13th, 2009 | By: Anthony | 11 Comments »

Spain is my life. España es mi vida. Which ever way you want to put a spin on it, or whatever language you say it in, it doesn’t take away from the fact that it describes me perfectly.
I’m Anthony, a Spaniard by blood and birth, now living in Canada. When I saw [...]

Spain v United States

June 3rd, 2008 | By: Ryan | 11 Comments »

Tomorrow is the game we’ve all been waiting for. All adopted Spaniards (like myself) now have to choose what side to pick as La Furia take on the Stars and Stripes at La Sardinera in San Sebastian.
Headlines for this game:
AS The conquest of Europe begins with America
MARCA Definitive test before Euro 2008
The [...]

Spain v Italy: The Preview*

March 24th, 2008 | By: Ryan | 9 Comments »

(*Note that I tend to do ‘previews’ a bit different from everyone else (i.e. I just talk about whatever I feel is relevant to the game in no order!)

(Sorry, I felt the need to put this up since I used to sing this song drunk while watching any football game)
Daryl already got some of you [...]


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