the come on spain thread
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twistedAM
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The Spanish national team have NO history.
At best they're a footnote.
Remember that football existed before 1992 twisted.
Bloody Sky johnny come lately football fans.......
Comfortable 3 -1 win for Spain this. Think they've got over their wobbles.
twistedAM
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Remember that football existed before 1992 twisted.
Bloody Sky johnny come lately football fans.......
AFAIK pre-1992 they were considered (football cliche on its way) dark horses but never came through. After 1992 they just became highly-paid underachievers.
Revol told me they didn;t have football on TV before Sky
twistedAM
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That's before England won something.
I'll revise it to Ancient History
Anyway I;m off to the Italy thread to look at the pretty girls.
JHE
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OK, thanks for that. I can only suppose that The Times bod only looked up matches in 'official tournaments'. It did seem weird to me that Spain hadn't won in 88 years.
Anyway, I'm hopeful that Spain will win this evening.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Sadly this is my gut instinct as well. I really want to be proved wrong, viva Espaná!!!
Spain should have won in the 1994 World Cup QF - Salinas had a majestic chance to win it, but the Italians jammed it in the last minute.
in other words, Spain fannied about and posed while Italy got on with winning a game of football
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
welldone spain- dont fancy chances against the russians though...
TrippyLondoner
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italy were boring as hell tonight, so relieved spain won, one of my favoured teams in the semi finals atleast. Italy got what they deserved for boring football.
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
!!!Felicidades!!!
TrippyLondoner
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Well spain battered russia 4-1 in the group so who knows..
T & P
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Or rather, in yet another of the countless incidents of pisspoor refereeing against Spain in football tournaments, Italy were allowed to get away with grade-A cunt Mauro Tassotti elbowing Luis Enrique in the penalty box in the dying minutes.
http://www.imvite.com/video/codazo-de-Mauro-TASSOTTI-a-luis-enrique-/t/5565924
The video does not show it but Luis Enrique was bleeding from the mouth like a stuck pig as a result of the criminal assualt on his person. Needless to say neither the referee nor the linesman saw the incident, gave a penalty or sent off Tassotti.
But tonight at least it was a victory for football.
TrippyLondoner
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^ Totally agree.
well done Spain.
but this 'victory for football' pious crap is nonsense. If Spain were so entertaining they would have won that in normal time, instead we'll get upset at Italy's outrageous tactic of defending when the opposition had the ball. Terrible.
but this 'victory for football' pious crap is nonsense. If Spain were so entertaining they would have won that in normal time, instead we'll get upset at Italy's outrageous tactic of defending when the opposition had the ball. Terrible.
T & P
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You can't be entertaining against a team that puts 10 men behind the ball.
The frustraing thing about Italy is that they have fantastic quality, but have always been happy to play ultra-defensive, ugly as fuck football shamelessly against any opponent they judge skillful or good enough to be favourites to beat them.
It might win them many games in the end, and indeed land them trophies, but some of us romantic fools would rather see teams playing constructive, atractive attacking football, certainly when they have the talent and ability to do so if so they choose.
Agreed that they were missing a couple of key men today but I'm struggling to remember a team that has been more clearly set on going for the penalty shootout from the off. That's little short of a disgrace coming from a world-class side playing in a major tournament.
The frustraing thing about Italy is that they have fantastic quality, but have always been happy to play ultra-defensive, ugly as fuck football shamelessly against any opponent they judge skillful or good enough to be favourites to beat them.
It might win them many games in the end, and indeed land them trophies, but some of us romantic fools would rather see teams playing constructive, atractive attacking football, certainly when they have the talent and ability to do so if so they choose.
Agreed that they were missing a couple of key men today but I'm struggling to remember a team that has been more clearly set on going for the penalty shootout from the off. That's little short of a disgrace coming from a world-class side playing in a major tournament.
Italy just couldn't get many chances because they didn't have Pirlo who is their playmake
They have always played like that, sometimes it's amazing to watch, if they can't score goals then it's rubbish. It isn't like they are going to give away goals just cos they can't score any
They have always played like that, sometimes it's amazing to watch, if they can't score goals then it's rubbish. It isn't like they are going to give away goals just cos they can't score any
Donna Ferentes
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I don't think they played like that in extra time: but yes of course, for the ninety minutes they defended efficiently which is what you're actually supposed to do and then tried to attack when they had the ball. Ten men behind the ball? Bollocks. I've seen that done and it's nothing like Italy last night - for a start, when teams trying that have the ball, they slow it down rather than speed it up.
