COMPETITION IS INTENSE

The Spanish national team manager Vicente del Bosque has said that the competition for places within the Spanish national team is extremely intense.

After winning the last three major trophies in the form of two European championships and one FIFA World Cup, Spain are regarded as the best team in the world by some distance. The manager has attributed the incredible quality within the squad to this enormous success that the team has achieved over the last five years. He has said that it is not only the starting line-up that is extremely good, but also the entire squad and the players yet to be picked for the national team.

PROFESSIONALS

The Spanish national team manager Vicente del Bosque has said that he is extremely happy with the commitment and professionalism shown by his team in the recent match against Panama.

The world champions Spain were playing against Panama in a friendly match, in which they were expected to win quite comfortably. As expected, they managed a comfortable 5-1 win over the team, although the professionalism and commitment shown by the team made this victory quite easy in the end according to the Spanish manager. The former Real Madrid man saw his team score five goals before conceding the consolation through a penalty from Gabriel.

PANAMA BOSS BACKS SPAIN

The Panama national football team manager Julio Dely Valdes has said that he needs the presence of two teams at one time in order to get past the European and world champions when they take on each other in a friendly match on Wednesday night. Spain will be playing against minnows Panama in a friendly match.

Many have been questioning the necessity of this friendly match, which is mainly being conducted for the financial benefit of the football Federations of both nations. Panama are currently 45th in the FIFA world rankings, which makes them highly unlikely to get a victory against Spain.
Spain come into this match as the World and European champions, but they were recently held to a draw by France in the World Cup qualifying match.

WORLD CUP MIGHT BE LAST

The Spanish national team manager Vicente del Bosque, who recently became the first man to lift both the European Championships and the FIFA World Cup, has hinted that the current role as the national team manager of Spain is likely to be his last.

Vicente del Bosque is regarded as one of the best managers in the world. He has not only lifted all the major titles at international levels, but he has also been hugely successful with his club career as well. He has managed to lift the Champions League title with Real Madrid in the past.

BRAZIL WILL BE READY

The organisers of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have said that they are extremely confident that the country will be ready to host the World Cup in time. There have been a lot of doubts regarding the ability of the nation to host this major event, which will put a lot of stress on the infrastructure of the country.

One of the main aspects of the infrastructure that will be tested to the limit will be the transport and the stadium facilities. However, Brazil have been lacking a lot in terms of development in this areas, which has led to those regarding the ability of the nation to host this major event.

VARGAS SET FOR LIVERPOOL

The Peru international Juan Manuel Vargas is likely to move to Liverpool in the summer according to his agent. The 28-year-old has been in much demand amongst major European clubs after doing extremely well last season with Fiorentina, despite the fact that they were relegated from the Italian Serie A last season.

It was initially thought that Liverpool will be making the former Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson as the major summer signing this time around, but since the Icelandic midfielder joined Tottenham for around £ 8 million, Liverpool have been looking at various other targets in to strengthen their midfield.

SQUAD SET TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Nigerian football authorities have said that they will be making an announcement regarding the squad for the matches against Namibia and Malawi in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria will be taking on these two teams in the hope of making it into the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It is expected that the match will see a return of a number of big names. Nigeria have disappointed fans a lot in the recent matches in major tournaments, but will be hoping for much better performance if they get to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY MOVES CLOSER

It has been a long-awaited decision in world football, but the FIFA President Sepp Blatter recently confirmed that it is conceivable that goal-line technology will be present at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Goal-line technology is one of the most controversial issues in world football right now, with a number of football associations is demanding the inclusion of this technology at all levels of the game in the future.

This would solve a number of problems involving the goal-line clearances, which are subject to the decision of the referee right now. However, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been unwilling to introduce technology into football up until now, as it would slowdown the game considerably.

BRAZIL STILL NOT READY

It seems that Brazil is still not ready to host the FIFA World Cup 2014, as there have been many reports of slow construction and the capacity of the public transportation.

Brazilian officials are now finding it difficult to defend the collapse of six office buildings near the Maracana Stadium. The Maracana Stadium is undoubtedly one of the most iconic locations in Rio de Janeiro, but the stadium has been in construction mode for quite some time now. Many also expect the construction work to carry on into 2013 as well.

World Cup 2010 - Teams already through

JAPAN
Takeshi Okada's Japan became the first team to book their place after earning a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Uzbekistan in Tashkent, becoming the first team through on sports bet coupons.

Shunji Okazaki grabbed the only goal of the game after nine minutes to book a fourth successive finals berth.

Takeshi Okada: "We played very well. I think we should continue playing this style in the remaining matches."

AUSTRALIA (6 June, 2009)
The Socceroos eased into the World Cup without so much as even conceding a goal in the six matches it took them to qualify.

A 0-0 draw against Qatar in Doha wrapped things up for Pim Verbeek's team after they picked up 14 points in Group A of the final Asian qualifying phase.

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