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The rise and rise of Spain
Spain is now officially the NUMBER 1 footballing country in the world.
Not convinced?
They play the best kind of football, have the best players, the best league, the best clubs oh and did I forget to mention a European and World Cup. Numero Uno isn’t even a good enough indication of their superiority of this round ball sport, everyone else is on the ground, and Spain is somewhere beyond the clouds- they aren’t even close.
Just looking at their depth in midfield is something never seen on the international stage, with the “La Roja” fielding: Xavi, Inestia, Busquets and Xabi Alonso. Already you could say that any team with Xavi and Inestia (ahem, Barcelona) that has these two once-in-a-generation players, already has a massive, massive advantage over any other squad, but for me its the players that didn’t make the team that indicates why Spain is the footballing powerhouse it is today! Players such as: Fabregas, Silva, Mata, Thiago, Pedro, Arteta and Jesus Navas struggle to make the final cut in this team- players that would walk into any other national team in the world, please pick up your jaws!!!
Okay here’s a quick comparison for you: According to European football’s governing body UEFA, Spain had almost 15,000 UEFA A and Pro Licence coaches in 2008 - more than double the number of any other European nation. And that is despite it taking 750 study hours to acquire a Pro Licence in Spain, compared with just 245 in England. In other words, they have more qualified coaches that have learnt more then any other coaching fraternity!
Indeed, the senior team’s victory at Euro 2008 was not an isolated success. Since 1998, Spanish youth teams from under-16 to under-21 level have won 19 UEFA and FIFA Championships. During this same period, England have won just one - the U17s European Championship last month when they beat Spain in the final.
So in a nutshell, Spain are arguably a better coached, more tactically aware, much more technically astute then any other country in the world.
Everyone else is busy playing catch up and the scary thing is… THEY ARE GOING TO GET EVEN BETTER!!!
Diego
Thierry
Joy
RVP
Edson
Socrates
Cristiano
watch the throne
you wanna battle? you must be crazy…
“That is what makes a keeper successful when playing for a top side – the ability to be unoccupied for long spells but maintaining the concentration & having the attributes to pull off priceless saves when it matters most.”
~Arsene Wenger
impenetrable
au voir muthaf$%@kaaaaaaa
I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.
~Eric Cantona
