Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
European champions think they are supposed to be scared…
Spain laughed off a pre-Confederations Cup semi-final warning SMS by attributing it to poor language skills. USA forward Jozy Altidore sent a text to Villarreal team-mate Joan ‘Rivers’ Capdevila urging the hot favourites to watch their backs. Naturally, the Spaniards assumed something had been lost in translation.
Capdevila [...]
Usama Waheed | June 14, 2009
1. Innocent Mdeldle to get sent off.
2. A Brazil-Spain final. Pioneers of samba football vs the current standard-bearers of samba football.
3. A USA-Iraq match, and not necessarily for footballing reasons!
Rob Parker | March 25, 2009
Zizou’s son set for Spain international call-up
Zinedine Zidane’s son, Enzo, is in line for a call-up to Spain’s under 15 squad after celebrating his 14th birthday yesterday. Given France’s obsession with uncovering Petit Zizou’s, the fact that a genuine new Zidane seems to believe his international loyalties lie with Spain is bound to be a [...]
Rob Parker | March 25, 2009
Xabi chic
Spain launched its new Confederations Cup kit yesterday and, for some reason best known to themselves, all the players had whiskers painted on their face. This gave Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso a look that was straight out of Oz.
See the rest of the feline footballers after the jump.
Rob Parker | March 19, 2009
Whistle while you work
Posts might be a bit thinner on the ground than usual over the next couple of days as I am travelling around sunny Spain at the minute. Off The Post is a football blog not a travel journal, but here is a little football-related anecdote.
Yesterday I sat in on a Spanish PE [...]
Rob Parker | February 12, 2009
No chavs, no WAGs, and no need for a phrasebook
Believe it or not, this pre-Euro 2008 campaign from Sky Sports was actually played on Spanish TV during the pre-match build up last night!
Rob Parker | February 12, 2009
It’s too good for England’s defence
Phil Jagielka and John Terry are probably still untangling their legs this morning after being twisted one way then the other as David Villa scored this wonderful goal for Spain last night.
Spotted on 101GreatGoals
