TrippyLondoner
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Italy remind me of greece. Boring fucks.
Italy V Spain
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agricola
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If Aragones is going to go down in history as anything other than a racist windup merchant, he is going to have to lay into the Spanish at half time. They have to really go at the Italians, play at a much higher tempo than they are doing. Playing as they have been will probably mean Italy fluke a winner or go through on penalties.
Getting Fabregas on instead of the relatively anonymous Senna (who is pretty superfluous at the moment) would help.
Getting Fabregas on instead of the relatively anonymous Senna (who is pretty superfluous at the moment) would help.
Donna Ferentes
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This is not a shit game: it is a tight one.
Is the transmission a bit dicky, or is that just happening in Spain?
Is the transmission a bit dicky, or is that just happening in Spain?
TrippyLondoner
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Tight one? Nah italy are being really stupidly negative. Atleast with Greece you can understand. But italy actually have some talent they can attack with. And spain should've had a penalty.
Typical BBC, blame Italy for Spain being ineffective. Ooh, they're defending when Spain have the ball! How unfair!
Donna's right, it's fascinating, anyone bored by this doesn't understand football and probably prefers 20/20 cricket over Tests as well
Donna's right, it's fascinating, anyone bored by this doesn't understand football and probably prefers 20/20 cricket over Tests as well
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Its fine here. Maybe its the televison centre staff in Spain throwing stuff at the screen?
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
Italy..........fuck me, BORING!
They're doing what it takes to win. They attacked against Holland and got stuffed, they want to win this tournament so they're doing what it takes.
Donna Ferentes
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Donna Ferentes
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I thought they were a shade better, yes.
That's OK, the scores are level and I know which I prefer
Being on top is all very well but if you can't score then it means fuck all. You can't blame the opposition for defending well.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
I dont think it did, tbh. The Italians are the ones who are playing the game at their pace.
pastieburt
Best team in the league.
I still think Spain will get a couple of goals.
Donna Ferentes
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Yes, it's funny when people talking about their team having deserved to win (when they've not won) on the grounds that they had more chances or more of the ball. If you wasted your chances, how do you deserve to win?That's OK, the scores are level and I know which I prefer
Being on top is all very well but if you can't score then it means fuck all. You can't blame the opposition for defending well.
Exactly. The Italians are the ones playing their own game, the Spanish are trying to but being stifled by the Azzurri.
I've always said this. Believe it or not even when supporters of my own side are complaining we were unlucky or some other nonsense.
Donna Ferentes
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Spain may be assisted by the fact that the Italians appear to be playing a horse up front. Who picked the team, Caligula?
Donna Ferentes
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Phenotypic Dai
The girdle of Venus
maximilian ping
Grrrrr
yes.
ps. i hope Martin O'Neil sticks Arshavin in his suitcase on the way back to Villa Park
Donna's wrong. It's been dull as fuck.
Now we've got O'Neil going on about his black and white telly from way back when.
If you can't appreciate football as chess then I'm sorry for you because there's an awful lot of games you'll be bored by
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Time for some Torres magic, I hope.
Concrete Meadow
ars longa vita brevis
Agreed with Donna that this is a tight game. The Italians are waiting, and baiting. What's more, the Ref is in love with the Italians.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Whilst I would say that good defending is indeed impressive, I'd still argue that at the end of the day (
) the point of football is to score goals. If neither team scores, what happens? They're forced to score goals via penalty kicks.Italy have been playing their game well, and it has been interesting, but it kinda goes against the rest of the game itself, iyswim.
