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Article: Football: Torres Towering promise of El Nio sets up Rooney-style move Germany2006. Loyalty test for Atletico prodigy as goal-happy Spaniards suddenly become overachievers
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2006
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"One Country. One Goal." The slogan emblazoned on Spain's battle
bus, the swanky coach which ferries Fernando Torres, David Villa and
their colleagues from their base in the Ruhr to the match venues, and
later to heavily guarded hotels, already needs to be updated.
Let's get the "one country" part out of the way first. At the
heart of the side there are Catalans (Carles Puyol) and Basques (Xabi
Alonso) for whom the very concept of Spain is debatable. Johan
Cruyff's time at Barcelona led him to claim the national XI would
always be weakened by the clash of regional cultures, identities and
political traditions.
But it was the "one goal" bit that looked decidedly conservative
after Luis ...
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