西班牙是欧洲最早开展足球运动的国家之一,也是国际足联7个缔造国之一,它在世界杯、奥运会、欧洲锦标赛、世界青年锦标赛上部取得过上佳战绩。在’98法国世界杯预选赛中,西班牙队以十战一场未负的骄人战绩轻松出线,直扑法兰西。西班牙队在世界杯赛上一直扮演着失意者的角色,四分之一决赛是其最艰难的一道坎,而第4名则是他们所能达到的顶峰。人们一次次看到他们满怀激情地出现在四分之一决赛中,但紧跟着的就是莫名其妙的失利,最有力的佐证是1994年美国世界杯赛。当时西班牙人占据了有利条件,而对手意大利队刚从与尼日利亚队的恶斗中死里逃生。但西班牙人就是无法把场上的优势化为胜势,甚至萨利纳斯的单刀球也构不成威胁,只能眼睁睁地看着罗伯托·巴乔两记劲射将自己打入无底深渊。不过,在欧洲锦标赛上,西班牙队取得了骄人战绩。在第一届比赛中,由于西班牙政府拒绝让苏联队入境,被欧足联裁定作弃权处理,苏联队最后夺得冠军。四年后,西班牙队与苏联队在决赛中相 Spain is one of the earliest countries in Europe to carry out football and one of the seven founding countries of FIFA. Spain has achieved excellent results in the World Cup, the Olympic Games, the European Championships and the World Junior Championships. In the ’98 World Cup qualifier in France, the Spanish team to qualify for an unbeaten record of ten games easily qualify for France. Spain has been a frustrated player at the World Cup, with the quarter-finals its hardest hit and the fourth being the pinnacle they can achieve. People see again and again that they are passionately represented in the quarter-finals, but followed by inexplicable defeats, the most powerful evidence is the 1994 World Cup in America. At that time the Spaniards took advantage of the situation, while the opponent Italy has just survived the battles with the Nigerian team. But the Spaniard is unable to turn the advantage of the field into a winning streak, and even Salinas single-handedly ball also constitute a threat, only watched Roberto Baggio two mind shot into his own bottomless abyss. However, in the European Championships, Spain has made remarkable achievements. In the first competition, the Soviet Union won the championship as the Spanish government refused to allow the entry of the Soviet team and was ruled by UEFA to abstain. Four years later, Spain and the Soviet team were in the final