For the sixth time, England have been knocked out of a major tournament on penalties, losing 3-2 on penalties to Italy tonight after a scoreless 120 minutes of play. Italy will next play Germany in the semifinals on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland while defending champion Spain plays Portugal on Wednesday in Donetsk, Ukraine. Other than […]
Premier League
Spain’s Vicente del Bosque praised the control shown by his side after two goals from Xabi Alonso secured a win over France and a place in the Euro 2012 semi-finals. Despite not hitting their top form, Del Bosque was delighted with how his side restricted the French to just one shot on target “The truth […]
Two goals from Xabi Alonso helped Spain beat France 2-0 today and set up a mouth-watering Iberian semi-final with Portugal next week. The Real Madrid midfielder popped up on 19 minutes to meet Jordi Alba’s cross from the left after Malouda had failed to track him from midfield. And then the former Liverpool man was […]
Two goals from Xabi Alonso helped Spain beat France 2-0 today and set up a mouth-watering Iberian semi-final with Portugal next week. The Real Madrid midfielder popped up on 19 minutes to meet Jordi Alba’s cross from the left after Malouda had failed to track him from midfield. And then the former Liverpool man was […]
It seemed like a monumental shock was on the cards. Against the run of play in the 55th Georgios Samaras had equalized for Greece and the Germans, despite dominating possession found themselves level with 25 minutes to go. Would the Germans cave under the pressure of expectations? Not a chance! Samaras’s goal woke up the […]
Spain and France meet in the Euro quarter-finals on Saturday and to help preview the game I have brought in two experts on Spanish football, Ben Crump and Jon. Ben writes for Inside Spanish Football – The Home of La Liga. Inside Spanish Football offers all the latest news, gossip, results, blogs, opinion and highlights […]
Spain and France meet in the Euro quarter-finals on Saturday and to help preview the game I have brought in two experts on Spanish football, Ben Crump and Jon. Ben writes for Inside Spanish Football – The Home of La Liga. Inside Spanish Football offers all the latest news, gossip, results, blogs, opinion and highlights […]
Barcelona defender Daniel Alves says it is time for Brazilian star Neymar to move to Europe this summer,. The third best player in the world has been linked with moves to either Real Madrid or Barcelona in recent summers, but he has always indicated a willingness to remain at Santos until after the 2014 World […]
This animosity between Real Madrid and Barcelona is getting out of hand. Yesterday I wrote how Barcelona chief Sandro Rosell said that Ronaldo would not get in the Barcelona first team. Well today we learn that Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has fired the club’s academy youth director, Alberto Giraldez, for praising former Barcelona boss […]