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…
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…
It is the tightest of calls in the betting for the Euro 2008 semi final tonight between Spain and Russia, with Spain slightly ahead as favourites. Spain are 2.20 to win in normal time, 9.00 to win in extra time and…
Something changed in the runes of European football last night at the St Jakob-Park stadium in Basel. Turkey’s Mehmet Aurelio hides his face after the Germans bushwacked a late winner and a path to the Euro 2008 final on Sunday. But Turkey…
Spain v Russia will be a battle of styles and perhaps energy. The flamboyant free flowing Russians have won through with the high octane, lung bursting fast football reminiscent of the many great Dutch teams and also the South Korean…
Tonight sees the flair players in action in Euro 2008. After last night’s dour dark European football the masters and the maestros take the stage. If a winner has to come out of this group then Spain lies in wait.…
Another curious bet is on which teams will finish bottom of their groups. This is a great sports bet.
The bookies have it that it will be Russia, Romania, Turkey and Austria. It would only take a small suprise to make…
SPAIN:
Spain are rated 4th in the world by FIFA.
The ranking shows that Spain are a really good team, but for years and years they have stacked up wins in friendlies and not performed on the big stages. Only in February they…
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