Rob Hughes over at the International Herald Tribune has a great in depth read about the past and present success of Spanish football.

Via IHT

The picture of soccer in 2008 was of Spanish players tossing their 70-year-old coach in the air in the triumph at Euro 2008. Five, six times they elevated Luis Aragonés, but always there were many careful hands treating their “Mister” like porcelain.

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