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As we all know from geography, Spain can be found in Europe’s southwestern part and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. The countries near Spain include France as well as Andorra and of course Biscay Bay; all can be found in the north of Spain. On the western and northwestern side of Spain, the elements bordering it are the well known Atlantic Ocean as well as Portugal.

Spain, when referred to formally, should be called the Kingdom of Spain with the city of Madrid as its capital which incidentally is also one of the most popular tourist spots in the country. Spain is also Europe’s second biggest country next to the country of France, with a size of 560,000 sq m. The three cities that are considered to be Spain’s most popular are Madrid, Barcelona as well as Valencia.

Spain’s climate is usually described as diverse, mainly because of its geographical location as well as the country’s orographic conditions. However, the weather here differs from one place to the next, incidentally, rain will most likely occur in Spain’s mountainous regions rather than the Spanish plains. Another interesting fact about Spain is the length of its coastline with beaches running along 8,000 kilometers of Spanish land.

Spanish is what the official language of Spain is called, but of course a variation of different dialects also exists here. Some of them are referred to as Catalan, Euskera along with Valencian as well as Gallego.

Spain’s current monarch is King Juan Carlos the First. It was the year 1978 when Spain’s government turned to Parliamentary monarchy. The country’s Parliament has a bicameral legislature and Spain’s Prime Minister heads its Minister Council.

Catholicism is the main religion visible in Spain but Protestants, Jews as well as Muslims are also present in Spain. Gypsies, thousands of them are still living in Spain.

To the rest of the world, Flamenco is known as the traditional Spanish dance, but in Spain, it is more than that. To them, Flamenco, apart from the dance part of it is also about other forms of art like singing and playing the guitar.

Soccer also plays an important part in the life of the Spanish people. This sport is introduced to children at a very young age. Due to that Spain’s soccer teams, namely Real Madrid as well as FC Barcelona are very well known all over the world. Madrid is also home to three major Spanish soccer teams.

International license for driving must be carried by foreigners at all times when driving along the streets of Spain. But if you come from countries from the European Union, your driver’s license would count. Driving is illegal in Spain if you are below eighteen.

The reigning African highest goal scorer of all time in the nations’ cup history Samuel Eto’o Phils yesterday added yet another profile to his unassailable record after helping his country Cameroon to qualify for the quarter finals in the ongoing competition in Angola. He scored his side’s equalizer in the 1st minute of the second half after the Cartridge Eagles of Tunisia went into the lead in the first half. The match eventually ended 2-2 to ensure that the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon and the Chipolopolo of Zambia moved on into the quarter finals.

Samuel Eto’o had earlier scored in their second match against Zambia to increase his goal tally to 17, but with his goal against Tunisia yesterday he now has 18 goals. Before his emergence on the African nations’ cup scene the highest goals record stood at 14 goals which was set and held by Laurent Poko of Cote d’ivoire. But at Ghana 2008 nations’ cup this record was broken by Eto’o. I remember I did predict that he was likely to break his own record this year, and he has just done that: with 18 goals in his kitty it would remain an uphill task for anybody seeking to equal and break this record. This young man came into soccer limelight in Nigeria/Ghana 2000 nations’ cup and ever since he has not stopped scoring great and thrilling goals.

I can almost hear you ask what is so special about this guy; Let me just answer that away. He parades a very intimidating record – three time African footballer of the year award winner, 2 nations’ cup trophies (Nigeria/Ghana 2000 and Mali 2002), all time highest goal scorer in African nations’ cup history (18 goals), Olympics Gold medalist at Sydney 2000 Olympics, two time UEFA champions with FC Barcelona of Spain (2006 and 2009), UEFA Super Cup winner, several domestic and FA titles with FC Barcelona, etc. He has really achieved much as far as African football is concerned.

Age is one advantage on the side of this player and if he endures like his counterpart Roger Miller, he might just still be there in 3 or more editions of the competition; and if he does, what would that translate into? He would score more goals of course: he might just get to score 30 goals which would make it more difficult for any player to equal or break considering how long it took to break the record set by Laurent Poko. The likes of Rasheed Yekini of Nigeria and Joel Tiehi of Cote d’ivoire had tried to break this record but the highest they could do was get close to it. Eto’o has no doubt proven to be force to reckon with in Africa football whose record is yet to be equaled by any of the players from the continent. George Weah won the African footballer, European footballer and FIFA world footballer of the year awards, and also UEFA champions league but compare that with the above-listed records by Eto’o and decide for yourself who you think is Africa’s greatest footballer of all time.

The former footballer of 42 years old, Coach Jose Angel Ziganda, was dismissed by the Osasuna team of the Spanish League this past October 13th due to the results the team has been having at the beginning of this season.

The team is relegated to the 16th position of the 20 teams in the league, with only 4 points on the first six games of the season. The team had 4 tied games with Villarreal, Mallorca, Deportivo and Numancia, and had 2 losses against Valencia and Racing. With these results and the close the team ended to relegation last season, the franchise of Osasuna decided that it was time for coach Ziganda to leave the club.

The news of his release took Jose Ziganda and his assistant coach Andoni Goikoetxea by surprise, but they do accept that the results were not the best for the club. The fact that surprise them the most was that Ziganda became the first coach in 11 and half years to be fired by the club, because in the past, the franchise did not seemed to be focusing on the results. But now the expectations of the franchise are higher as they want to get out of the last positions of the table and be a more remarkable team in the league.

Ziganda expressed that he is leaving the club a little heartrending because he wanted more time to improve the team results and get the best performances of every player, but he accepts that he didn’t managed to win and that the team needed points. »We are very sad but we have to accept it, the reasons are obvious, we have not managed to win and the team needed a change. We wanted more time, because I think that the team has been capable of winning all the games, but the club want results,» expressed Coach Ziganda.

Jose Angel Ziganda was in charge of Osasuna for two seasons, replacing the Mexican coach Jose Aguirre. In his first season 2006-07, Ziganda took the team to the 14th place of the league and leaded them into the 2007 semifinals of the UEFA Cup, which they lost against Sevilla 2-1. However, for the 2007-08 season, Ziganda left Osasuna at the 17th place and very close to relegation. Although the club directives meant to keep him for another year, giving him the chance to turn things around, but the results obtained so far were not different.

The club has acknowledged the press that Coach Jose Antonio Camacho will replace Ziganda; he already signed a contract with Osasuna until June 2009. Camacho was the coach of the Spanish national team between 1998 and 2002, guiding the team to the quarter-finals of both Euro 2000 and World Cup2002. He also coached the teams Espanyol, Rayo Vallecano, SL Benfica and was in charge of Real Madrid for two brief spells; 22 days in 1998 and four months in 2004. More recently, in 2008, Camacho was coaching Benfica again, but after some issues with the club, he decided to leave them. Now his expectations are placed on Osasuna, since he wants to take them out of the last positions of the table and convert them in a successful club in La Liga.

Valencia: Canizares, Miguel, Marchena, Helguera, Moretti, Mantoro, Albelda, Joaquin, Arizmendi, Morientes and Silva

Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Marquez, Milito, Abidal, Xavi, Toure, Inietsa, Gudjohnsen, Messi and Etoo

Chance for Eidur Gudjohnsen in 30 seconds but he could not find Samuel Etoo as his first touch was not very precise.

Bad first touch by Etoo as Messi found him with only Canizares to beat but he fluffed it in the 3rd minute.

Good chance for Yaya Toure from a corner kick but his header was straight at Canizares and he palms it over in the 9th minute.

Fantastic goal by Etoo, as he skips past the challenge of Marchena and Mantoro; and rifled the shot past Canizares in the 13th minute.

Another chance for Etoo as Puyol won a header and it fell kindly towards Etoo but his header was straight at Canizares in the 21st minute.

Absolutely brilliant 2nd goal for Barcelona as they passed and moved the ball between 6 players, it finally came to Etoo, he passed to Iniesta who passed it to Messi back to Etoo and its 2-0 in the 26th minute.

Another fantastic piece of football from Barcelona, started by Gudjohnsen, continued by Messi to Etoo then to Iniesta, whose cross was just missed by Messi to make it 3-0 in the 31st minute.

First attempt of any note by Valencia in the 33rd minute as Arizmendi cut inside Puyol but his shot was well over.

Another chance for Etoo, as he makes a great run behind the Valencia defence but Marchena was able to stick out a leg to prevent Etoo’s hattrick in the 36th minute.

Morientes has to come off injured for Vicente in the 39th minute.

Etoo is at it again, this time he went through 2 defenders and was just about to release the trigger when a desperate lunge by Marchena stopped him from making it 3 in the 42nd minute.

Lionel Messi is off due to an injury that may be muscular in the 43rd minute replaced by Giovanni.

Half Time

Valencia 0 Barcelona 2

As poor a performance as Valencia have given all season and they have been dire this season to be fair. Barcelona were so superior with Etoo being on supreme form, it was embarrassing.

It was just too easy for Barcelona and some of their players did not have to break sweat. The only downside for them is that Messi went off injured and may miss the big clash next week against arch-rivals Real Madrid.

Valencia can surely not play worse than they have in the 1st half.

Etoo has another chance in the 47th minute after he skipped past a challenge and his shot was straight at Canizares though.

Good defending by Milito to stop Joaquin from putting a cross and the resulting throw-in was hit by David Silva that Valdes saved with difficulty in the 51st minute.

Great shot by Giovanni but it was saved by Canizares in the 53rd minute.

Its 3 -0 with another piece of good passing involving Xavi and Giovanni, who passed unselfishly to Gudjohnsen to just tap home in the 61st minute.

Chance for Valencia from a Vicente free kick and again Valdes fumbles the ball over the crossbar in the 65th minute.

Deco is on for Toure and Mata is on for Joaquin in the 65th minute.

Etoo comes off for Bojan Krkic in the 67th minute.

Lomban is on for Moretti in the 71st minute.

Chance for Giovanni to make it 4 but as he collceted a pass from Xavi in the 73rd minute but his shot was well wide.

It really should have been 4 as Barcelona started a move from their own half with Deco, who gave the ball to Giovanni and his cross field pass was well controlled by Gudjohnsen; he skipped past 2 challenges, passed a cute ball to Xavi, he went round Canizares, crossed to Giovanni but his weak shot was cleared off the line by Miguel in the 76th minute.

Nice shot by Bojan as he controlled a pass from Xavi well on his chest but was straight to Canizares in the 80th minute.

Half chance for Vicente in the 81st minute as Marquez was very sloppy with his pass out and it went straight to Villa and he passed to Vicente but the angle was too acute for him to score from.

Free kick in a dangerous position for Valencia, in the 90th minute, taken by Vicente, but clawed to relative safety by Victor Valdes.

Full Time

Valencia 0 Barcelona 3

It was too comfortable in the end for Barcelona as Valencia were just marginally better in the 2nd half but still nowhere good enough at the highest level.

There were a lot of good performances from Barcelona players with Gudjohnsen, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Toure, Deco, Giovanni, Abidal and especially Etoo all in top form.

The only players that came out with any credit for Valencia are possibly Canizares and Miguel, the rest were awful.

There are various ways to obtain affordable kids soccer drills. Usually high level soccer training costs an additional $80-$120 per hour in addition to all your normal bills that go along with your everyday life! I have a technique for you that can help. You can take something you do with your family everyday, and turn it into an educational soccer experience.

Do you know any family in the United States that does not own a television? I barely know anyone who doesn’t have 3 or 4 televisions in their house! A great way to teach kids soccer is to have them watch games on tv. This can turn the top professionals in the world into coaches that work with your kids in the comfort of your own home!

The best players for your children to watch will come as a surprise to you. I’m going to list the best defender, midfielder, and forward for your kids to watch. You may not know all of these players, but there’s a reason I chose them and I’ll explain:

1- Defender- Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus)

2- Midfielder- Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona)

3- Forward- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Fabio Cannavaro is a defender for Juventus and Italy. He stands at a modest 5’10. He doesn’t have incredible speed nor is he anything out of the ordinary strength wise. After this initial description, it would come to a surprise that he was the FIFA World Player of the Year a few years ago. What separates Cannavaro from the rest of the crop of top class defenders is his brain. He reads the game incredibly well and perfectly times all his tackles and headers. His advanced thought process comes from studying the game, concentration, and an incredible work rate.

Andres Iniesta is a midfield player for Spain and F.C. Barcelona. He recently scored the winning goal in overtime of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to clinch the tournament for his nation, their first World Cup ever! He is not amazingly quick, strong, fast, or flashy. He has a sound technical base, plays very simple, and is constantly moving off the ball. He defends very intelligently and is always putting in a good shift of work for his team. You won’t see Iniesta doing triple stepovers; he plays 1 or 2 touch and constantly combines and makes himself available for his teammates. He makes the game easier for everyone around him.

Wayne Rooney is a striker for Manchester United and England. He is roughly 5’10 and looks to be a bit overweight. Don’t let his physical appearance deceive you, this is a strong, fit player. Rooney is the only forward I’ve ever seen go for a header in the opposing team’s box trying to score; and the next play you see him making a slide tackle in his own box to save a goal. He leaves his heart and soul on the field every game. My English friends were all telling me that if their entire national team played with the passion of Rooney, they would win the World Cup. That clearly didn’t happen! He has great technique and a paranormal work rate and that is what makes him so successful.

I chose these 3 players to be emulated because they are normal athletes who became very intelligent in the game, developed their technique to perfection, and work ridiculously hard for their respective teams. Watch these guys carefully on the tv, you will learn a lot.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the 2 best players in the world right now, but they aren’t good players to study because they were simply born on another level than everyone else. They are so naturally gifted that I can’t even explain some of the things they do. Are they entertaining to watch? ABSOLUTELY! But if you’re trying to learn how to improve your child or yourself, watch Cannavaro, Iniesta, and Rooney. These are the best affordable kids soccer drills on the market!

Jose Reina is Liverpool’s first choice goalkeeper and rated by many as one of the best goalkeepers in the world of football. Born in Madrid in 1982, Reina is the son of former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, who also represented his country Spain.

Jose, nick named Pepe, Reina began his football career with the youth academy at FC Barcelona after initially playing in Barcelona’s reserve team he made thirty appearances for the first team in the 2000-2001 season, incidentally making two appearances against Liverpool in the semi-final of the UEFA Cup. The following season he was dropped from the Barcelona first team and secured a loan move to Villarreal in 2002 making his move permanent in 2004, he made over 100 appearances for the club. Reina signed for Liverpool in 2005 by then manager Rafael Benitez, who described him as the best goalkeeper in Spain.

Reina was immediately installed as the first choice goalkeeper at Anfield, making his debut against Welsh side Total Network Solutions in a Champions League qualifying game in July of 2005 and a month later he won his first cap for his national team Spain.

The Spaniard became an immediate favourite with the fans at Liverpool, famed for his accurate distribution of the ball and his fantastic penalty saves, he had saved seven of the nine penalties he faced in his previous season with Villarreal. During his first season at Liverpool he was part of the team that set a club record for eleven consecutive games without conceding a goal.

At the end of his first season with Liverpool, Reina played in the FA Cup Final against West Ham United. An amazing game saw the scores level at 3-3 after extra time and the match was then decided on penalty kicks, the amazing shot stopper then obliged by saving three of West Ham’s penalty kicks to secure a 3-1 shoot out victory for the Reds.

After his first fifty games for the Reds, Reina had not conceded a goal in twenty eight of those matches, setting a new club record which had been previously held by the legendary Ray Clemence. Later that season he was on hand again as Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties in the Champions League semi-final, he followed in his father’s footsteps by appearing in the European Cup Final, unfortunately the Reds lost 2-1 to AC Milan in the final.

Having made over 300 appearances for the first team, Reina signed a new six year contract with Liverpool in 2010 and although he has still to become the first choice as goalkeeper for his national side he has already become a Liverpool legend.