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Euro 2012 |OT2| of Spain celebrating victory with younger, mixed gender squad
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No he can't. Messi turned his offer down so that's why he takes him out every match.
Ramos is just a lonely soul looking for a felching partner.
England vs Italy...your thoughts?
LabouredSubterfuge
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80% less felching than today's match.
1-1, we lose on penalties.
I think it'll be 2-1 to England.
I think we'll sit deep and try to hit Italy on the break, and I think we'll be pretty successful. We always try to release the ball to the wings as quickly as possible, and with Italy playing with advanced wingbacks I can see that being pretty effective.
In fact, prediction: Carroll starts.
Without the height of Chiellini, and with Carroll doing well in training I can see us going with him from the off. He's a great release mechanism too, and let's be honest, Italy will have the majority of the ball.
That's what everyone is saying...you disappoint me
...thought you'd have a fresh take on the match.Yeah I can see some this happening...though as Roy has mentione several times the players release the ball too quickly instead of taking that extra touch.
I have no idea what formation Italy will play but Barzagli sort of gave away that it will be a back 4...
if England Italy goes to penalties would could be here all night
LabouredSubterfuge
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You're killing me here Arnie.
That's what everyone is saying...you disappoint me
Fresh take: 3-0 to England, Balotelli tops himself at half time by injecting morphine into his rectum
Well it was always annoying to the rivals, and it stopped being cute to the neutrals when you put an end to your long history of choking and actually started winning consecutive tournaments.
It's not all one way traffic from Spain/Barca and they do lose the ball but unlike other teams every player knows and works hard as fuck to defend when they do.
It pisses me off that everyone thinks they just pass, pass, pass when that is only half of their game.
People that complain it's boring they should direct those complaints to the opposition for being so shit.
It pisses me off that everyone thinks they just pass, pass, pass when that is only half of their game.
People that complain it's boring they should direct those complaints to the opposition for being so shit.
Not really sure why.
He did well in training. Training is one way in which managers pick their starting lineups.
Spiffy_1st
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Because England are going out last that makes them 5th, right? Right...?
It's what I'm telling myself anyway.
It's what I'm telling myself anyway.
That makes them shit, sorry.
LabouredSubterfuge
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I thought you were making reference to the pre-tournament 'but Carroll looked great in training' guff.
No, there's a video of him genuinely doing great in training this week. It's on the FA's website.
All you can here is some cockney bloke shouting 'welll dan annndddyyyy carrrooollll'.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Their next game will be on wednesday, that should be enough time to rest.
Anyway, Italy has already once proven that it can manage spain quite well, they played in a 3-5-3 formation. A penalty shootout between those two countries would be quite interesting - Casillas vs Buffon. I'm fairly confident that itely will eliminate them from this tournament once they have taken care of England.
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Just trying to be realistic, I'd be getting mad drunk with a Spanish flag-cape if we win. Gonna be far more hate if that's the case.
All this hate towards Spain's "anti football" is quite familiar to me, being a Real Madrid fan I also heard lots of complaints about Barça's style. And guess what? That's bullshit. When the Real Madrid - Barça matches ended up being boring as hell it wasn't because the midfield possesion shuddenly sucked all the soccer mojo out of the game, but rather because the opposing team (my team) didn't had the balls to try a daring, offensive tactic and lo and behold, the only times the Real Madrid was able to beat Barça's style was when we tried to go for it instead of sitting on our asses.
Whenever this "anti football" meets a worthy (and gutsy) rival, matches gets brilliant. The inevitable final against Germany, which plays exactly that kind of soccer (fast counteratttacks, disruptive offensive in the middle field) will be legendary.
Whenever this "anti football" meets a worthy (and gutsy) rival, matches gets brilliant. The inevitable final against Germany, which plays exactly that kind of soccer (fast counteratttacks, disruptive offensive in the middle field) will be legendary.
The funny thing is that a lot of people who complains about the spanish playstyle calling it boring, defended the Chelsea strategy against Barça
Double standard, you know. Also know as hate (or envy)
From a footballing standpoint the best game of the tournament so far has been Italy - Spain. So talk of Spain playing this anti-football is nonsense; they just need a worthy opponent.
Nothing to defend; Chelsea were the better team as they executed their own strategy more effectively than Barca could.The funny thing is that a lot of people who complains about the spanish playstyle calling it boring, defended the Chelsea strategy against Barça
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Spiffy_1st
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You would say that, 6th.
Chelsea destroying Barcelona was indeed a great moment. The bitching in the footy thread was delicious. The sense of entitlement from some fans was shocking too.
I had no problem with Chelsea defending and neither do I have a problem with Spain passing the ball incessantly.
I just don't like the fools that say the Spanish method is the only way to play football.
I had no problem with Chelsea defending and neither do I have a problem with Spain passing the ball incessantly.
I just don't like the fools that say the Spanish method is the only way to play football.
It's only boring because the opposition is so shit though. It's like watching kids play against professionals.
The funny thing is that a lot of people who complains about the spanish playstyle calling it boring, defended the Chelsea strategy against Barça
Double standard, you know. Also know as hate (or envy)
I don't think either are anti-football, but the difference with it is when Chelsea defend, it isn't boring because Barca are trying to score and it makes it an enthralling contest. Keeping the ball is obviously technically fantastic and it works, but it's boring. It's winning by suffocation. I understand why they do it, I don't hold it against them, I just would argue that it's Not the best football around.
When the opposition does nothing to try and win the ball back how can you put the blame on Spain?
Bitmap Frogs
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Everybody got tired of Spain humiliating their national team.
The reason they don't try and win the ball back is because of the way they play. If you go for it, you get tired quicker and make gaps.
I'm not knocking the tactic. Technically it's probably one of the best ever. It's just not exciting.
Frank the Great
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if italy or england decided to play without a striker tomorrow everyone would blast them for being negative.
but when spain plays without a striker and makes short horizontal passes the entire game hoping to nick a lucky goal or two they are praised.
give me a break. i'm sure it's great if you're a spain fan, because the tactic helps you win. but for neutrals it is fucking torture and makes games unwatchable. you can't expect neutrals to appreciate that boring shit.
but when spain plays without a striker and makes short horizontal passes the entire game hoping to nick a lucky goal or two they are praised.
give me a break. i'm sure it's great if you're a spain fan, because the tactic helps you win. but for neutrals it is fucking torture and makes games unwatchable. you can't expect neutrals to appreciate that boring shit.
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I heard Balotelli is good in bed.
Nemesis121
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Didn't get to see the match, didn't miss anything i see...
Yeah but the difference is Spain can still play great without one whereas almost every other team would fall apart.
wakajawaka
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What must be very nice is putting two full backs to stop the enemy's left full back and still concede a goal on that side, with a pass by that player.
Spain is not playing their best football at all, maybe boring as hell, but these teams deserve what they get. Why hope for a lucky game when you can just play your own football and win or lose like men?
Spain is not playing their best football at all, maybe boring as hell, but these teams deserve what they get. Why hope for a lucky game when you can just play your own football and win or lose like men?
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