For those of you who saw the after-party special yesterday where Pepe Reina, everyone’s master of ceremonies, introduced his teammates in a spectacular redux of his famed Euro 2008 monologue, and wondered what in the world he was saying, here’s my little bit to help all of you. A translated version of the highlights. Number 1: On the 20th of May in 1981 a Saint was born in Móstoles, stops a penalty in the quarterfinals against Paraguay, blocks everything in [...]
I’ll make this short and sweet. This is not an I told you so. I won’t spend my time rebutting certain so-called analysts that have spread their prejudices here over the last two years, calling out the Spanish and the Spanish style of play other than this: Brazil were found out, Germany is not the greatest league in the world, and Spain are World Champions, so for the next four years, just stand in line, wait your turn, but please [...]
http://pf.kizoa.com/i-Contact/sflite.swf?did=973403&k=2212751World Cup Final – picture slideshow
<p>&lt;a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=e8eff45726″ &gt;World Cup FInal: Spain v Netherlands&lt;/a&gt;</p>
Rather than look backwards, let’s look forwards. Someone else may be on that bench instead of Vicente del Bosque, someone younger maybe or just as experienced, but someone else more than likely. Would it be Pep Guardiola, or Michel, maybe Camacho for another go-around? Maybe two years from now, certainly four years from now, this Spain team will look quite different than the one we are looking at today. Goalkeeper: All will be in their early thirties, but since goalkeepers [...]
