Buzzin Football Blog

Last night I had the dubious pleasure of watching two of the teams who are among the favourites to win the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, both had already qualified and both through injuries or manager choice started their respective games without some of their best players. Both were facing lesser opposition and [...]

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Spanish football is mourning the loss of Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque who died in his hotel room in Italy where the team were on a pre-season tour on the 8th August.
Jarque had earlier taken part in the teams afternoon training session and was left by his room mate at the hotel, talking to his girlfriend [...]

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In an international England friendly football match where Frank Lampard equalled Martin Peters appearances and David Beckham equalled Bobby Moore’s record 108 England caps for an outfield player, Fabio Capello’s England team played with true grit and determination but were completely out-classed by a wonderful Spain team.
The gulf between the only two European teams to [...]

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Although it remains unconfirmed by Fabio Capello whether David Beckham will play for England against Spain tonight, you can be sure that if he does, then this England cap is the one he has strived for more just as much (if not more) than the other 107.
There always has been and always will be two [...]

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It is ‘only’ a friendly but tonight’s international between Spain and England will be the first true test of Fabio Capello’s progress as England coach. It is the first game for the England team since their impressive 2-1 win against Germany three months ago and it will provide an ideal opportunity to judge the renewed [...]

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