Vicente del Bosque

After Euro 2008, Vicente del Bosque took the reins of the Span­ish national team from Luis Aragonés, the man that led Spain to their first inter­na­tional tour­na­ment con­quest since 1964 when they hosted and won the sec­ond UEFA Euro­pean Cham­pi­onships, known then as the Euro­pean Nations’ Cup. Aragonés’ tac­ti­cal style went com­pletely away from former […]

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When Spain fell to the hands of Switzer­land in the open­ing match of World Cup 2010, the vul­tures sud­denly appeared from the sky and cir­cled around their “dying” car­cass.  No team has ever won the World Cup after los­ing its first match.  The ghosts from yes­ter­year are ris­ing from the dead and haunt­ing this current […]

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With an unfath­omable yet real­is­tic pos­si­bil­ity of an uncer­e­mo­ni­ous exit from FIFA World Cup 2010, the Span­ish national foot­ball team tus­sled with a Chilean side that has been one of the most impres­sive teams in this tour­na­ment thus far.  Marcelo Bielsa, Chile’s man­ager, insisted on a pos­i­tive approach with an indi­rect empha­sis on flair that […]

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On Tues­day, the goal­keep­ers and defend­ers were dis­cussed, and Wednes­day, the mid­field­ers were dis­cussed.  With all of the cre­ative tal­ent in the mid­field, that will bring the pres­sure on the for­wards to con­vert the mul­ti­tudes of chances that Xavi, Xabi Alonso, etc. will cre­ate for them.  Obvi­ously, the two start­ing men up front would be […]

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Yes­ter­day, the goal­keep­ing and the defense were dis­cussed, and while the three goal­keep­ers con­tend­ing for the final goal­keep­ing spot will state their cases to Vicente del Bosque on and off the pitch, they will have lit­tle to no chance of par­tic­i­pat­ing in the World Cup.  The play­ers who will com­pete for the final mid­field spots, […]

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On Mon­day evening, Span­ish national team man­ager Vicente del Bosque detailed the ini­tial squad he will invite to Spain’s World Cup train­ing camp.  The thirty-man team will be whit­tled down to twenty-three by May 19, and for the most part, the squad has picked itself.  The com­pe­ti­tion for those final few spots will con­cen­trate on […]

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The Con­gress Hall of the Palace of Cul­ture and Sci­ence in War­saw, Poland held the draw for UEFA Euro 2012 on Sun­day after­noon, and while there is no clear con­sen­sus about a “group of death” among the nine groups, Spain’s group would not be con­sid­ered in con­tention for that infa­mous moniker. Spain was cho­sen in […]

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