FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP "BEST XI TEAM" | THREE SPANIARDS

FIFA has released its habitual post Confederations Cup "Best XI Team". Obviously the "Best XI" is full of Brazilian players having Brazil won the tournament. The second placed Nation, Spain, has three players in the line-up in Andres Iniesta, Sergio Ramos & Fernando Torres.






The full list of the Confederations Cup "Best XI":


Julio César, Daniel Alves, David Luiz, Thiago Silva, Sergio Ramos

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BRAZIL DEFEAT SPAIN 3 - 0 IN FINAL FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Brazil won Spain 3 - 0 & took the FIFA Confederations Cup in a Final that will be remembered as perhaps the "rebirth" of Brazilian Football. Lead by their young star Neymar Brazil suffocated literally the Spanish play makers & took the ball away from them to dismantle the "Spanish Machine".Said this it was a night too forget for Spain as it seemed that it was destined to be the night of Brazil as

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ANDRES INIESTA - SERGIO RAMOS CANDIDATES FOR THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP MVP

FIFA named & released today their six candidates that will opt for the "MVP of the Confederations Cup". There are two Spanish Football Players in the initial list:

Sergio Ramos 
Andres Iniesta




The other four players are:


Pirlo (Italy)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
Paulinho (Brazil)
Neymar (Brazil)


It is obvious beforehand that the outcome of the Brazil vs Spain Final on Sunday ( 00.00 Monday

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VIDEO | SPAIN - ITALY PENALTY SHOOT-OUT FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2013

By popular demand I post up a video from "YouTube" ( hope they don't pull it down ) of the dramatic Spain - Italy semi final penalty shoot-out of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Most of us here in Spain had our hearts in out throats as both teams perfectly executed their penalties. Some like Busquets & Jesus Navas never took a penalty with Spain under theses circumstances. 

Unfortunately for Italy,

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FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP SEMI FINAL | SPAIN WINS ITALY 7 - 6 IN PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Spain has won Italy in a dramatic semi-final with a dramatic penalty shoot-out 7 - 6 after 120 minutes of extreme Football which ended in a 0 - 0 draw. Both sides took themselves & their rival to the limit & almost to complete exhaustion as the heat & humidity took its toll. The penalty shoot-out is a lottery &,  the nerves of steel plus some luck are more a factor than Football in itself.

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NIGERIA 0 SPAIN 2 | FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B RESULT

Spain has finished in top spot of Group B in the FIFA Confederations Cup after defeating African Champions Nigeria 0 - 3 in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil. The Spanish Football National Team will stay there as they now will meet the second placed Nation of Group A which is Italy next Thursday in the semi-final. The other semi-final will be on Wednesday between Brazil & second placed Group B

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SPAIN 10 - TAHITI 0 | FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B RESULT

Spain defeated Tahiti 10 - 0 in their second Group B match of the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in the famous "Maracana Stadium" of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The victory assures the Spanish Football National Team a place in the semi-finals.

Spanish Coach Del Bosque changed the team around to give the players which did not participate against Uruguay a run ( except Ramos who started ) with

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¿SHOULD CASILLAS HAVE PLAYED OVER VALDES? | SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM

The question being debated locally is,  should Iker Casillas have started as the official goalkeeper in the Confederations Cup?

Many were surprised to see Iker Casillas as the starting goalkeeper against Uruguay. Many believe that after being sidelined 5 months that Victor Valdes was the more appropriate choice, he too having earned merit to have started.




The match performance of Iker

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SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS EYE MEXICAN GIOVANI DOS SANTOS

Giovani Dos Santos is perhaps the pearl of Mexican Football at this moment. It still baffles me how the 24 year old ex-FC Barcelona player hasn't as yet found a permanent team after having to leave Barça due to "overcrowding" & flowing through Tottenham Hotspurs, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray, Racing de Santander & Real Mallorca.




Hopefully his wandering through the "Football Forest" will soon

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SPAIN 2 URUGUAY 1 | FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B RESULT

 It was an exhibition, at least the first half. The World Champions Spain defeated 2 - 1 the South American Champions Uruguay in the opening Group B game of the FIFA Confederations Cup. The first match is always vital to win as it sets the team on course & Spain surprised everyone, Uruguay & spectators, with the high level achieved tonight at Recife ( Brazil ). However,  & to their credit ,

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2013 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP DATES - MATCH SCHEDULE | SPAIN

The Spanish Football National Team is already in Brazil ( Recife ) to prepare for their participation in the  upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup tournament. What I think may interest all the readers is the match schedule of Group A & B & where all the participating Nations are placed. Spain is in Group B along with Uruguay, Nigeria & Tahiti. The first match for Spain will be against Uruguay on the

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM SHIRT NUMBERS | FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Many readers of Spanish Football Sports email asking about the numbers that each player in the Spanish National Team wears on their shirt. This changes from time to time & from competition. Today the shirt numbers have been allocated to the current FIFA Confederations Cup Spanish squad in the following manner. That is these are the numbers that each member has for the upcoming FIFA Confederations

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FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2013 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM FINAL 23 PLAYERS LIST

Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his final & definite list of 23 players that will make up the Spanish Football Team that will compete in the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. The Spanish Selector handed in a preliminary list of 26 names earlier in the week announcing that 3 players were to be "dropped" today.The three names taken off the 

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | PRE-LIST FOR THE CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in this midday his pre-list of 26 players that will make up the Spanish Team squad for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup Finals to be held in Brazil next month. I say pre-list because three names will fall off next week to keep it to 23 players before flying off to the Friendly games scheduled & to Brazil.

Novelty,

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