@article{AlcaláValentín:31255,
author = "Alcalá Valentín, Diego and Artero Muñoz, Juan Pablo",
title = "{Identidad nacional y deporte: España y el Mundial de
fútbol de 2010}",
year = "2014",
note = "This piece of research shows the sport’s increasing
ability to shape the national identity of the Spanish
society. It emphasizes the changing role of the media and
the politics since the arrival of football to Spain till
nowadays. The South Africa World Cup of 2010 represents the
model event in which football started to be articulated in
the Spanish society till the point of making the sports
competition a moment of strength of the country’s
national identity.",
}