Spain were immediately installed as favourites for Euro 2012 folliwing their 1-0 victory over Germany in the Euro 2008 final. The team that Aragones built are 6/1 to repeat the feat in four years time. England are 11/1. There are…
All the Spanish papers carried the story of the homecoming on page one. El Mundo pictured the open top bus and dozens of Spanish flags in the Paseo de la Castellana.The paper notes that the players dedicated the triumph to the…
He dedicated the victory to his team. They dediated the victory to him. Luis Aragones built a special bond with his players. Controversial, cantankerous he may seem from the outside but a patriot in that he supported Spanish football and…
The quick feet of Fernando Torres, the sprawl of Jans Lehmann, the balls hurtling to the net and Euro 2008 came to a heroic, climax. Spain 1. Germany 0. Euro 2008 was won by this moment of brilliance and quite…
Fernando Torres caps a fantastic tournament with the Cup on his head - the cup was redesigned this year to make it bigger, two kilos heavier and be more competition for the Jules Rimet worlcd trophy. On my head Fernando,…
Has Spain’s time finally arrived? A superb second half performance against Russia has given Luis Aragones’ men a shot at the European Championship final where they meet Germany, who have had an eventful tournament and a history of winning such finals.…
Cesc Fabregas came on as a substitute for David Villa last night and almst singlehandedly undid Russia with his movement, flicks, passes and overall display of a pocket general that outshone the pre-match hype surrounding Andrei Arshavin. Fabregas as he did in the…