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YOU are telling me this isn't good enough for you?!?!:Quote:
Originally Posted by Croyles
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Hahaha! Not only was he a great player, he knew how to treat the pursuers of douche-baggery well :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerith's Knight
I just dreamed the Dutch would lose to Spain with 0-2. Not nice.
The 3rd/4th place playoff may be pointless but it was a good game tonight (it's usually more interesting than the final turns out to be, mainly as both sides aren't scared of losing), both Germany and Uruguay have been good value during much of the tournament. And the octopus makes it 7 out of 7 ;)
I'm going for 1-0 to Spain tomorrow, though I hope it winds up being more exciting than that.
I'd be very disappointed if Spain won. They shouldn't even be here from all of their unconvincing one goal wins. They shouldn't even have beat Paraguay.
They've won all their games bar their first one, why shouldn't they be there. And they deserved to win all their knockout games, they were at at their Euro 2008 best against Germany. And why should Paraguay have beaten them? It's ludicrous to suggest that either of tomorrow's finalists don't deserve to win the World Cup.
Their wins were very unconvincing. They barely edged out a 10-man Chile in group stage play. They won from an offside goal against Portugal that was really sloppy to be honest, even though I'm glad to see Portugal out. Against Paraguay, Paraguay should have had their offside goal counted, and their penalty kick should have been retaken because Casillas jumped in front of the line way early and there were four spanish players encroaching. Against Germany...well, they shut down the Germans effectively, I'll give them that.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
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My face when his free kick hit the bar.
Forlan's the best striker of the tournament in my opinion. He single-handedly carried his team every match.
Portugal were very defensive against Spain, Spain had to do their best to break them down. You seem to have ignored the penalty Spain should have had against Paraguay immediately after their one was missed (the keeper brought down a Spanish player). And in the end, they won their games, a team who wins five out of six games (and if they win tomorrow within 120 minutes, six out of seven) deserves the World Cup. They started slowly but they've also shown why they're European Champions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carnage-Their wins were very unconvincing. They barely edged out a 10-man Chile in group stage play. They won from an offside goal against Portugal that was really sloppy to be honest, even though I'm glad to see Portugal out. Against Paraguay, Paraguay should have had their offside goal counted, and their penalty kick should have been retaken because Casillas jumped in front of the line way early and there were four spanish players encroaching. Against Germany...well, they shut down the Germans effectively, I'll give them that.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
Plus I'd say a string of 1-0s show defensive solidity, which is usually needed to win the World Cup
To be fair to Spain, each team was very VERY defensive against them precisely because they knew of their capacity to control the game.
Im glad we came third, although close. 3rd twice in a row, we HAVE to win next time, with the young amazing players we have and everything that the DFB has done to promote young players and the new direction of the Bundesliga its gotta work out. I have a feeling Brazil won't be such favourites next WC as they have to completely renew their team structure and philosophy.
Tomorrow will be 1-0 for Spain, maybe 2-1.
Fair enough, maybe I was wrong to say they didn't deserve to be here. I was unimpressed with their offense is all. They've moved the ball excellently in the midfield and their defending has been great as well, much the same as Netherlands, who I think are very similar. Should be a very even matchup for tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
>>> I predicted Spain or Brazil to win the cup before it even started. Well, you dont need to be a genius for that, all I did was to take a look at the FIFA ranking..:luca:
Yeah but Portugal were third on those rankings!