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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    Neymar is extremely irritating. The fact that the spotlight is on him so much makes it even more cringeworthy.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Who won pls?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,047
    Brazil 2-1, last min goal
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    Thks
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Nice to see Italy giving it to the tippy tappy midgets, unlucky to not be ahead.
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,988
    You get the impression though, that they're going to live to regret their missed chances. Hopefully not.

    The commentators' pronunciation of Candreva's name is annoying me.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Looking like Penalties
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Pens it is
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Oh dear Italy, bad record at pens continues
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,166
    top class shootout. Spain just can't stop winning
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  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,723
    When was the last time we saw a 7-6 on pens I wonder? ;)
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Absurdistan said:

    Oh dear Italy, bad record at pens continues

    Still better than ours!
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    some absolutely incredible penalties. Just goes to show the gulf in class in technique that the top teams in the world have compared to English players
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Spain played much better again without the striker!

    Italy will be kicking themselves after the 1st half domination.

    Quality penalties but one was always going to miss - was it a defender as well?
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    When was the last time we saw a 7-6 on pens I wonder? ;)

    We won a play-off (semi) by that score too..never felt so nervous.

    Goodness knows how as generally we're hopeless at penalties!

  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    Not that I really buy the "footballers get knackered playing twice a welej the little loves" argument, but if I were an employer of Mata or Cazorla etc I'd be a bit worried about over-playing. These guys played the Euros last summer and will play the World Cup next year. Their clubs are back for Pre season training and they are still slogging away. Seems odd. But then again I don't buy the tiredness thing.........
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Fantastic game of football. It's a great little tournament.
  • Hornchurch
    Hornchurch Posts: 902
    Sillybilly said:

    Not that I really buy the "footballers get knackered playing twice a welej the little loves" argument, but if I were an employer of Mata or Cazorla etc I'd be a bit worried about over-playing. These guys played the Euros last summer and will play the World Cup next year. Their clubs are back for Pre season training and they are still slogging away. Seems odd. But then again I don't buy the tiredness thing.........

    Mata played in the Olympics, last summer, too.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    He will get 2 weeks off when it finishes or when Chelsea go on tour. Thats what most clubs do when their players have been on international duty.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    edited June 2013
    Absurdistan said:

    Nice to see Italy giving it to the tippy tappy midgets

    Just plain weird this view. This is exactly the prevailing attitude that has led us to win precisely doddlysquat for decades whereas Spain, even when they are not on top of their game, are not only several classes above pretty much everyone else but also converting good football into winning matches, even if they have to take it to penalties. They could have been taking pen's all night and you still knew that they wouldn't miss.

    TBH I really hope you're not involved in coaching kids with that view.
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  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    1-0 Italy coming up to half time...................tad lucky goal but better team.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    game on 1-1
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    2-1 Italy another diamanti free kick, thinks its the fella who was at west spam
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    edited June 2013
    Cavani lovely free kick 2-2
  • Cafctekkers
    Cafctekkers Posts: 1,254
    what channel is this on?
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    CafcTeckers said:

    what channel is this on?

    Its online i think.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    bbc is streaming it, choose sport/football at bbc.co.uk
  • Jaddick
    Jaddick Posts: 249
    In regards to Mata being overplayed that's just what he wants to do. He's been quoted in an interview saying how he wants to play as much football as he can before he retires as he'll have all the time he needs then. Quite a refreshing view really, seems to genuinely play football for the football. Also worth noting whilst his schedule is full of travelling for matches & training he is also continuing a business & marketing based degree.

    But there is some merit to this resting argument I guess. After playing in both the Euros & Olympics Mata was pretty off the pace at the start of last season and Hazard pretty much carried. After he had around 4 games off though he came back and was pretty much unstoppable and continued that form for the rest of the season.

    Uruguay Italy game was decent, think Italy did deserve it but that might be just my bias. Interesting to see the Italian based Uruguay players missed (Caceres, Gargano), that little extra knowledge definitely helped Buffon.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    Who do people think is going to be be the winner tonight , Spain or Brazil?

    I'm going for Spain by the odd goal.
  • uncle
    uncle Posts: 4,209
    If Spain play like they did against Italy I'm going for Brazil.... They wont miss as many chances. 2-0 Brazil.

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