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

REAL MADRID LOOKING AT FIORENTINA FORWARD JOVETIC ?

Stevan Jovetic, 23 year old Montenegro & Fiorentina forward is attracting headlines in the  Spanish Sports papers. This relatively unknown player in Spain is rumoured to be on the list of players that new Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti has solicited to join his planned squad  With current forward Gonzalo Higuian wanting to get out of Real Madrid, the incorporation of Jovatic is a possibility.

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

REAL MADRID CF | USA TOUR PRE-SEASON SUMMER DATES - GAMES SCHEDULE 2013

Spanish Football Sports has many US readers & I thought they may wish to know the pre-season Real Madrid USA Tour dates with matches. Its the fourth year in a row that Real Madrid CF fly off to the US for their pre-season & in the process meet up with other local & European Clubs to play games. This year there will be the "Champions Cup Tournament" where Real Madrid is one of many,  & then Real

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,

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.

SPAIN 2 FRANCE 1 | FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A GAME RESULT

Spain won 2 -1 France in its last Group A match of the FIFA U-20 World Championships in Turkey to take Top spot & wait to see which Nation to play next Tuesday. That team will be any of the third placed from Groups C, D or F which will be confirmed.




Spain put in a marvellous 60 minutes of Football & then fell in intensity & could have even lost the game. During the best moments for Spain Paco