A friendly update and a bit of Euro news…

This morning, Vicente del Bosque announced the list of 24 players called up for the international friendly against Chile on September 2nd and the Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein on September 6th…

Esta mañana, Vicente del Bosque dio la lista de 24 convocados para el encuentro amistoso ante Chile el 2 de septiembre y el partido de clasificación para la Eurocopa ante Liechtenstein el 6 de septiembre…

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Andrés Iniesta and Iker Casillas for BBVA

Earlier this week, Andrés Iniesta and Iker Casillas were named the global brand ambassadors of the BBVA Group, where they will work to promote values of the Liga BBVA around the world. al brand ambassadors, Iniesta and Casillas will stage a football camp for children and will also lead various corporate social responsibility initiatives in developing countries…

Andrés Iniesta e Iker Casillas se han convertido en los nuevos embajadores mundiales de la Liga BBVA para potenciar sus valores. Este acuerdo, que durará varios años, incluye diversas colaboraciones internacionales más allá del uso de la imagen de los futbolistas, desde la celebración de campus de fútbol para el público infantil, hasta el desarrollo de actividades de Responsabilidad Social en países o lugares desfavorecidos…

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Sono arrivato in Italia*…

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*Yeah, I studied abroad in Italy! (and may or may not have double checked the Italian on Google translate…) // ¡He estudiado en el extranjero en Italia! (y puede que haya chequeado mi italiano en Google translate …)

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A lil’bit of friendly news*…

This morning, Vicente del Bosque released the list of players called up for the international friendly against Italy on August 10th…

El seleccionador nacional, Vicente del Bosque, ha ofrecido esta mañana la lista de jugadores citados para la disputa del próximo encuentro internacional amistoso ante Italia, a disputar el 10 de agosto…

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*My vacation has been put on hold for this exciting piece of news! // ¡He puesto mis vacaciones en pausa para esta noticia tan, pero tan, importante!

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo VII

We’ve reached the end of the Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo special… Make sure to catch the bloopers at the end of the video, which is full of laughter, lighting problems, and even a little bit of Javi (♥) doing his best impression of Michael Robinson…

Aquí esta la última parte del especial, Inform Robinson: Campeones del Mundo… No dejen de ver los bloopers lleno de risas, problemas técnicos, y hasta vemos a Javi (♥) imitando a Michael Robinson…

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo VI

Andrés Iniesta: I think the tunnel is the worst place to be in.

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo IV

Álvaro Arbeloa: Fifty days is a lot of time to spend together, but we had a great time.

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo III

Gerard Piqué: The worst thing, which nobody knows about, is that the next day in training, Andrés hit the ball into the box and when I tried to clear it, it hit me full on in the face and all of my cuts reopened again.  I said all of the bad words I knew and I remember Vicente saying to me, ‘What bad luck!’

Pepe Reina:  And that day he was nervous.  We were joking around with him… [imitating Piqué]… You couldn’t understand him… He couldn’t talk… We kept teasing him, but he was having a really bad time with it.

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo II

Narrator: On June 16, Spain began their journey at the World Cup in South Africa.

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Informe Robinson: Campeones del Mundo I

In honor of the one year anniversary of Spain’s 2010 World Cup win, I thought I’d translate the Informe Robinson special on the World Cup champions that aired last December… Here’s part one of the seven part special…

En honor al primer aniversario de la Copa del Mundo 2010, he traducido al inglés el especial de Informe Robinson sobre los campeones del mundo del diciembre pasado… Aquí esta la primera parte del especial…

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