Most appearances within the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (together with qualifying)157: Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)144: Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke)132: Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)127: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)127: Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern)120: Gerard Piqué (Manchester United, Barcelona)120: Carles Puyol (Barcelona)117: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)110: Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea)110: Victor Valdés (Barcelona) Top-scoring avid gamers within the Europ... UEFA.com - News
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How Torres ushered in Spain’s period of dominance
As former Atlético Madrid, Liverpool and Chelsea ahead Fernando Torres broadcasts his retirement, we replicate on the seminal aim towards Germany within the UEFA EURO 2008 that ended 44 years of harm for Spain.What made it particular? Torres was arguably the world's finest striker going into the event. He had simply loved an explosive debut season with Liverpool, netting 24 instances within the Premier League, and his electrical tempo, contact and eye for aim have been the stuff of nightmares for defenders. This was a aim that epitomised Spain; ravenous the opposition of possession, a neat via ball from Xavi Herná... UEFA.com -
Snap shot: Spain’s stars of Jerusalem
Spain outclassed Italy in the 2013 U21 EURO final in Jerusalem, running out 4-2 winners to lift the trophy for the fourth time. Looking at what their starting XI from that day have gone on to achieve, it's easy to see why. With the teams meeting again in Tuesday's semis, we look at where that team are now. 1. David de GeaJoined Manchester United just after winning the U21 EURO in 2011; has since developed into one of the top goalkeepers in the world and is now Spain's undisputed No1.2. Asier IllarramendiOne of the driving forces behind Real Sociedad's march to fourth place in the
Madrid go first: Spain’s longest unbeaten runs
Real Madrid's 3-3 draw with Sevilla on Thursday moved them ahead of Barcelona and set a Spanish record of 40 games unbeaten in all competitions. As UEFA.com discovers, the two giants dominate the landscape in undefeated runs involving Spanish sides.1. Real Madrid, 40 (2016 – present) A 2-0 loss to Wolfsburg in last season's UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg was the last time Real Madrid tasted defeat. Since then they have been unstoppable, notching up 30 victories and ten draws as they relentlessly swept all before them while collecting the UEFA
The importance of Spain’s defeat of Italy in 2008
It would be foolish to ignore that the final of UEFA EURO 2012 actually yielded the Henri Delaunay trophy itself when Spain defeated Italy 4-0.But ask any of the players involved in La Roja's breakthrough tournament win, back in 2008, and they will attach almost mystical importance to the fact that they defeated their bête noire, Italy, in a sweaty, tense, heroic quarter-final in Vienna. Spain had not beaten the Azzurri in a competitive fixture for eight decades. From the moment Howard Webb blew the final whistle on Spain's 2-1 win against Greece in the group stage there were 94
Warm-hearted Spain’s island in the sun
Spain may well feel that Robert Louis Stevenson had it wrong back in 1881 when he penned his most famous phrase, that "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."Sometimes, for example this time, it's even better to arrive than it is to travel hopefully. The UEFA EURO holders left Spain on Wednesday evening hopeful of leaving behind not only their terrifically disappointing defence of their other crown, the FIFA World Cup, two years ago but also their tepid, timid defeat by Georgia in Getafe on Tuesday night.Then they hit France. The Atlantic west coast to be precise.
De la Fuente on Spain’s ‘complete game’
Luis de la Fuente, Spain coachObviously I'm very happy and satisfied to be in the final – it's been a difficult tournament and we've played tough opponents, especially tonight. It was a very good France team but we were calm and collected for 90 minutes and we knew how to manage the game. Then we finished the match, like big teams do. We took advantage of our counterattacking game and, thanks to a great player like Marco Asensio, were able to get the win.We were playing against a very good team – very tough opponents. France don't just have a very good team but they also have quality individual players. We defended very well and didn't all...