Italy V Spain
- Thread starter Phenotypic Dai
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twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Concrete Meadow
ars longa vita brevis
Woooooo too 
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
wheres all you italian supporters now?>
Come on TrappyLondoner, what's your point?
Phenotypic Dai
The girdle of Venus
It is dramatic.
I'm a cock.
I can understand Turkey playing like that, because they're at the same level as the Treforest side who play up at the chalk tips.
Forza Treforest!
We're all Treforest supporters after a display like this.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Here come the firecrackers.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
did you mean to type t instead of c?
Threshers_Flail
Well-Known Member
Spain v Russia. Can't wait. Well done Spain 
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Hold on. How is it a victory for football exactly?
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Because Italy were cynical and played for penalties. Glad Spain got through.
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
Um italy to busy looking for penalties -shit system- spain played more attacking footbal at least = win for football
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
yay! wager on 0-0 came off!!!
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Wrong. They brought on Camornaesi and Di Natel to try and feed Toni
Well I'd hoped they would have come up with something more creative but Gatuso and esp Pirlo were suspended. Not making excuses for that but they played with the deck they had been left with.
- spain played more attacking footbal at least = win for football
Here's an idea. Let's get rid of goalkeepers and a couple of defenders and we can have 96-90 games like basketball.
Dunno about you but when I played football I was a defender. i like the dark arts.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
wheres all you italian supporters now?>
We're still here TrappyLondonder....... You it seems are only here when it suits.....
No way they're gonna beat Russia.
No way. Could be quite humiliating.
Let the fireworks begin.
You sort of get the feeling that Russia were just sizing them up in the opening game. Interesting semi.
No way. Could be quite humiliating.
Let the fireworks begin.
You sort of get the feeling that Russia were just sizing them up in the opening game. Interesting semi.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Surely it doesn't take that long for a wank
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
Defending is cool, but dont win you matches on its own- one dimesional set piece scavenging is also very dull to watch...
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Surely it doesn't take that long for a wank
Trippy seems able to post elsewhere but not here.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
See, I thought Italy had it in the bag when they let Spain come on for 60 minutes and knew they could deal with them til next Wednesday if necessary.
Then they made some supposedly positive changes which didn't work and they could also have played til next Wednesday without scoring as it turned out they had no one of the ability of Pirlo or Gattuso to give Toni a good ball.
In the end it was a pretty shocking Italian team but they played to win with the resources they had...and almost did!
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
What, after 75 minutes?
Italy weren't good enough, the tactics merely covered up their lack of threat.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
What, after 75 minutes?
Italy weren't good enough, the tactics merely covered up their lack of threat.
Whenever it was. Yeah, that's about the height of it I suppose. They couldn't even cope with Spain. They needed a David Healy type forward instead of Toni
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Russia have a central defender suspended and that's not really where you want to be making changes.
Thought Italy played as well as they could have done with the resources they had, as stated. Yeah they could have gone gung ho and been stuffed, as it was they gave themselves the best chance they could.
And I stand by my statement that I enjoy watching good sides playing more tactical matches. I want to watch football, not circus clowns. They usually have blokes on at half time who can juggle for hours but they're shit footballers.
And for TL's benefit - I was talking to my flatmate and posting my anthems poll. Hope that's excusable.
Forza Azzurri
And I stand by my statement that I enjoy watching good sides playing more tactical matches. I want to watch football, not circus clowns. They usually have blokes on at half time who can juggle for hours but they're shit footballers.
And for TL's benefit - I was talking to my flatmate and posting my anthems poll. Hope that's excusable.
Forza Azzurri
