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England and Costa Rica Friendlies: The Embarrassment Continues… 16 Nov 2011 | 11:15 pm
Hello and welcome to another edition of “Spain, the World Champions, Have Embarrassing Performances in Meaningless Friendlies”! Today, we have special guests England and Costa Rica, who will tell us h...
Call-up for the England and Costa Rica friendlies 8 Nov 2011 | 04:26 am
… aka, Del Bosque does it again. And again. And again. Until you feel your head will explode if you have to look at the same names (tired, old names) one more time. Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real M...
Euro 2012 Qualifiers: Czech Republic 0, Spain 2 and Spain 3, Scotland 1 14 Oct 2011 | 10:04 pm
Just as Del Bosque refuses to make changes to his squad selection, Spain refuses to make changes to the script of all its competitive matches since the World Cup: tidy, if uninspired, wins against the...
Call-up for the Scotland and Czech Republic matches 1 Oct 2011 | 02:24 am
Vicente Del Bosque has released the list of players called up for the qualifying matches for the Euro-2012, against the Czech Republic in Prague, and against Scotland in Alicante. If you were expecti...
Spain 6, Liechtenstein 0, Or, Spain Qualify for the Euro 2012 9 Sep 2011 | 03:14 am
This right here is bullying. Luring poor Liechtenstein to Logroño, trapping them in the stadium, scoring six goals, not giving them a chance to speak up… It was a pretty standard evening for La Roja,...
Spain 3, Chile 2, Or, Bonding Over Terrible Friendlies 3 Sep 2011 | 11:11 pm
After a string of awful friendlies that saw our position at the top of the the FIFA ranking slip to second place, and with the rocky divorce between Real Madrid and Barça players over the latest Clási...
Call-up for the Chile friendly and Liechtenstein Qualifier 25 Aug 2011 | 11:50 pm
Del Bosque has made public the list for the friendly against Chile (September 2) and the Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein (September 6)… and boy, are we surprised. We used to complain about ...
Italy 2, Spain 1, Or, Our Talent At Underwhelming Friendlies Continues 12 Aug 2011 | 12:43 am
Not that I was expecting much of a lazy international friendly just before the start of the season, with a call-up list plagued with absences and injured (Sergio Ramos and Xavi had to abandon the team...
Call-up for the Italy-Spain friendly: Thiago Alcántara Is In! 5 Aug 2011 | 11:27 pm
Our Wise Walrus has spoken again, and what he has said is, “I’m going to do the same thing I always do, but I’m going to sneak in a newbie so you lot have something to talk about”… I'll give you a sm...
Spain 3, Czech Republic 2: SPAIN ARE U19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS! 2 Aug 2011 | 08:30 am
And U21 European champions, and senior European and World Champions, and… … no, it doesn’t get any less exciting. Bet you we can do this in every category there is! Ironically enough, the final aga...
