WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIERS: SPAIN DEFEATS 1-2 A BRAVE & WORTHY TURKEY (SEE VIDEO)

The evoked spirit of William Wallace ( Braveheart – see the below post) byTurkish team Coach Terim was in the air tonight along with 25.000 screamingTurkish fans pushing their national team TURKEY onwards, but the anxietyof the final moments, the need to win & some vital defensive errors were thefew opportunities that SPAIN needed to take the match with a 1-2 final scoreline.The first half was a

TURKEY COACH TERIM EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF "BRAVEHEART" AGAINST SPAIN

SFS picks up this news piece from “AS” on how important it it is tonight forTURKEY to defeat SPAIN. The Turks have to win & grab the 3 points orrisk giving up & allowing Bosnia to escape & take the 2ºposition of GROUP5 & the other ticket for the World Cup in South Africa next year.(Ali Sami Yen Stadium)According to the cited paper Turkish Coach Terim has specifically wished &enforced that tonight

PRE-MATCH WORLD CUP 2010: FOR TURKEY A MUST WIN GAME AGAINST SPAIN

(photo: JUAN MANUEL BUENO / MARCA)Turkish Captain & Villareal player NIHAT, revs up this team at the pressconference:“Hemos llegado a un punto, como selección nacional de Turquía, en queganar a cualquier equipo ya no es fantasía” We´ve got to a point, as theTurkish National Team, that to win any other team is no longer a fantasy”.TURKEY meets tonight at Istambul, the current European Champions

SPAIN HINTS AT ITS STARTING 11 AGAINST TURKEY THIS WEDNESFDAY. PLUS TERIM TO SEVILLA FC ?

(photo:AS)Looks like this starting 11 against Turkey last Saturday will change.According to Spanish media (“AS” for example) who are following theSpanish National Team in Istanbul for the World Cup 2010 qualifier thisWednesday night against TURKEY, Spanish Coach Del Bosque may havegiven a hint of the official line-up. In today’s training session at the “Ali SamiYen” stadium Coach Del Bosque

WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIERS: SPAIN WINS 1-0 A HARD TURKEY TEAM (SEE VIDEO)

The current European Champions SPAIN knew beforehand that this wouldbe a tough match as part of its Group V World Cup 2010 qualifying rounds.TURKEY was a semi-finalist in the last Euro 2008 tournament & are a classact, & it showed tonight in the way they set up their strategy & game plan.However, Spain is a finely tuned machine & managed to tire & open up theTurks in one of the few chances that

PRE MATCH DETAILS: SPAIN & TURKEY REVEAL STARTING LINE-UPS

The Spanish National Team Photo: Who will replace Iniesta?It seems both Spain & Turkey have showed their playing cards for tomorrownights World Cup 2010 Group 5 qualifying match in Madrid. According tolocal media SANTIAGO CAZORLA (pictured) is the man chosen overDavid Silva to substitute injured Andres Iniesta in the starting line-up. TheSpanish team would look like this:Casillas, Ramos, Piqué,

THE ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP 2010: SPAIN vs TURKEY - A PRE-HYPE VIDEO

Found this while surfing “YouTube”. It’s a pre-hype video elaborated by aguy called Sabit who is from Sydney Australia. A lot of work has gone intothe 3min clip & one can see the TLC with a balanced treatment given to bothteams. Well done mate!Check it out, thought I’d post it on SFS to build up the atmosphere a bit asa way to countdown what will be the Spanish National side first real

SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM: JUAN MATA SUBSTITUTE FOR INIESTA

The Spanish national squads’ medical team have confirmed the injury ofFC Barcelona midfielder ANDRES INIESTA. The player has torn musclefibres that will keep him out of the Spanish Team for the upcoming doubleWorld Cup 2010 qualifying games against Turkey, the first match of whichwill be played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid this upcomingSaturday.This has forced Spanish Coach Vicente