Australia v Spain (Group B) Monday 23rd June 2014

[Badgers]

Both teams knocked out already so playing for the fans?

Come on the Socceroos

 

[editor]

Yep. I want to see Spain slink off after a jolly good thrashing by Australia.

 

[Dan U]

No Cahill for Oz though, going to have a big impact

Want them to win though.

 

[T & P]

Yep. I want to see Spain slink off after a jolly good thrashing by Australia.

Haters gonna hate. I guess it's kind of inevitable when anyone has been so successful for so long

 

[tommers]

I want Australia to win too cos it will make me laugh. I don't particularly like Spain, and their success is certainly part of that, but it's also the way they strangle games and make them boring as hell, and the way the media bang on about how amazing it is to tap a ball five yards over and over and over and over and over again.

 

[mhendo]

I'm hoping for my Aussie boys to do well, but i'm not exactly confident, especially given Cahill's absence.

 

[editor]

How the fuck can I get any work done with the endless, relentless, fantastic feast of football on all the time?!

 

[mhendo]

This match is not very inspiring so far.

 

[mhendo]

Wow. Very nice goal by Spain.

 

[editor]

Tasty goal that.

 

[mhendo]

I'd like to see the Aussies push a bit more in attack. I know it leaves them open to the counter, but there's nothing at stake in this game except pride anyway, and i'd prefer an open, flowing game with a few goals to a 1-0 snoozefest.

 

[poului]

Had David Villa in my fantasy league team and at last he gets his start and scores their first goal from open play. Evidently I was right and Del Bosque was wrong.

 

[mhendo]

Had David Villa in my fantasy league team and at last he gets his start and scores their first goal from open play. Evidently I was right and Del Bosque was wrong.

And now he's off, replaced by Mata. Go figure!

 

[poului]

And now he's off, replaced by Mata. Go figure!

He obviously can't stand it that I was right. What a cunt!

 

[mhendo]

I'm not expecting Australia to win this match, and if Spain score again i won't be especially surprised, but please don't let Fernando Fucking Torres score.

 

[mhendo]

Oh, fuck that!

 

[mhendo]

Nice cross, and a nice finish. 3-0.

The Aussie back row hasn't really distinguished itself over the last ten minutes or so.