This contains update news and info about the spanish league, La Liga and also the Spanish National Team.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Spain 3 - 2 Ivory Coast

Spain Beat the Ivory Coast 3-2 with a goal late on from Juanito, scoring a header from a corner.
Ivory coast took the lead in the first half, only for David Villa to score an equalizer setup by debut boy Cesc Fabregas.
Straight from the 2nd half kick off Ivory coast put themselves back into the lead, before José antonio Reyes put Spain level again.
Juanito came off the bench to secure the 3-2 win for Spain, with a strong header.

Spain look set for the World cup, Raúl is back however Xavi may miss the world cup through injury.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Spain VS Ivory Coast: Injury Crisis

Spain go up against the Ivory Coast tonight light in midfielders. Guti and Baraja will both misout becuase of injuries playing for their clubs, Valerón and Xavi are both out with long term injuries.

Cesc Fabregas has been called up and should make his debut at some stage, Aragones may start with David Albelda and Xabi Alonso.

Kickoff is 10PM local time and is being broadcast on TVE1

Spain squad: I Casillas (Real Madrid), J Manuel Reina (Liverpool); C Puyol (Barcelona), C Marchena (Valencia), S Ramos (Real Madrid), P Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Juanito (Real Betis), M Salgado (Real Madrid), J Capdevila (Deportivo La Coruna); Joaquin (Real Betis), A Lopez (Atletico Madrid), L Garcia (Liverpool), D Albelda (Valencia), X Alonso (Liverpool), C Fabregas (Arsenal), R Baraja (Valencia), Guti (Real Madrid); F Torres (Atletico Madrid), M Antonio Senna (Villarreal), D Villa (Valencia), F Morientes (Liverpool), J Antonio Reyes (Arsenal).