Quote Originally Posted by Carnage- View Post
Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi View Post
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.
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.

Plus I'd say a string of 1-0s show defensive solidity, which is usually needed to win the World Cup