reaction from spanish press england s 10 defeat to spain on wednesday dominated the back and front pages of the country s press on thursday controversy was in no short supply with racist abuse of england s black players wayne rooney s petulance and england s inept performance but what did the spanish press make of the affair bbc sport looks at the reaction there is little coverage of the racist chanting on wednesday night s game but as does cover the english reaction to the prematch comments from spain coach luis aragones who highlighted britain s colonial past when probed about his own remarks regarding thierry henry in october journalist guillem balague writes in our country where multiculturalism is a new thing we are in nappies dealing with these things and have a naivety which makes the english nervous marca refers in passing to the booing of england s black players but only after referring to the cheers of ole which greeted the long periods of spanish possession aragones no comment to questions about racism after the match is also highlighted as marca focuses on the spanish coach s praise for his players serbia montenegro s 20 world cup qualifying win in belgium which could make qualification tougher for spain seems to be of greater importance elsewhere the spanish media criticises its english counterparts for stoking up the racism issue were there racist chants against some players this hasn t happened in the spanish league and spain for many years said spanish federation press officer fernando garrido so you english reporters should ask yourselves what you have done to contribute to all this and spanish daily abc accuses english reporters of launching a witchhunt against aragones perhaps it was because their team had played so poorly and they wanted to divert attention towards this muddled issue the paper says what the boy in the bernabeu did was odd rooney seemed intent to kick any spanish player who approached him yet rooney is seen only as the worst example of many england miscreants with gary neville criticised for continuing the feud between manchester united and arsenal for his tackles on jose reyes ashley cole s treatment of joaquin and a frank lampard foul on reyes are also lambasted for their ugliness marca s headline says it all wayne rooney se volvi243 loco en el bernab233u wayne rooney became crazy in the bernabeu rooney s display alarms the writer in particular three chilling fouls on joaquin casillas and marchena which could well have left them in the infirmary and like as marca criticises gary neville for leaving a message on reyes ankle to remind him of the manchester unitedarsenal clash this month spain s firsthalf performance is showered with praise with xavi singled out as the biggest star xavi did things on wednesday which were worthy of maradona the paper beams adding what a workrate what dynamism what vision what leadership what a midfield player on