Seeing as how eduardo09 has yet to write the Brazil article, I have decided to keep the series (or, as I like to call it, talking about the teams I like) alive, and what better way to do so than by talking about last World Cup’s victims of bad refereeing, Spain.
    Spain, and I know this will come as a shock to a lot of you, has yet to win a World Cup.  It’s a little hard to believe that a country with such an outstanding history in football (soccer) has been unable to clinch the title.  They had a good team and a good chance in 2002.  Unfortunately, that pesky little splinter kept getting in referee Gamal Ghandour’s eye every time the Spanish Team scored a legitimate goal, and just to be on the safe side, he annulled each one of them.
    This year, although their qualifying campaign was not spectacular (they had a hard time in the European Region), they are going  to the World Cup with great expectations.  In a recent friendly game against Cote d’Ivoire, the best African nation in the World Cup,  Spain won three goals to two.  This is what I expect to see throughout the World Cup.  Don’t hope to see Spain pummel their opponents six-null, but do expect wins from the Castilians.  They have a relatively easy group to begin with (Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia are their opponents), and they have a pretty good team as usual.  Xabi is a great player (this from a Liverpool fan), as is goalkeeper Iker Casillas.  Morientes is back, and expect to see Fernando Torres doing some great things out on the field.  Puyol, Salgado, and others will help make this team a force to be reckoned.
    I still want Argentina to win (and seriously respect anyone who differs), but if the ‘albicelestes’ are unable to clinch it, I wouldn’t mind seeing Spain hold the cup.  Not only because they have never won, but because they are part of my European heritage.  If not, I’ll have to settle for the East-Coast Africans or the Taino Indian Team to bring home the gold.

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