EURO 2012

Any second now, just you wait

the whole point is Spain don't have to be boring. They could be a lot more exciting than they are. How hard is that to understand?

Casillas has been excellent

Eeh, this could get bloody

that's a penalty

games over

balotelli has been very quiet.

Yeah xp Italy should close up really, this is done

Motta was an amateur mistake of the coach

I don't think he was injured when he came on

yeah but he didnt play for a while, and didnt warm up enough

also, no more subs after 60 min?

the motta sub seemed strange anyway, a less attacking player than montolivo at 0-2

rm might have been tiring but with only 1 sub left, it was rash

exactly

Italian goal just around the corner

xps Maximum of three subs, Motta himself was the third sub (Italy had an injury and had to use one really early on)

as i said it was a mistake

Torres to get the most tragic golden boot

wtf was that?!

One priceless Lawro moment, when thingy mentioned Pirlo's quote about losing the final being like going to Rome and not seeing the Pope: "done that a few times"

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Liked the "fishes and loaves job" as well.

Can't wait for the World Cup and see how the Spanish team (certainly replacements for a tiring Iniesta & Xavi) will do against Brazil & Argentina in their own back yard.

good chance Spain will also win the next World Cup - almost all pkayers under 30 years old.

Unbelieeeeeevvvaaable

really want Mario to steal Nando's golden boot now

pity substitutions all round now

Mata!

I guess that assist gives Torres the Golden Boot.

a statement to the world

wow spain is shitting on these dudes

poor Italy, they are so knackered

so boring

If only Di Natale would've scored...Spain would've gotten more, I guess.

Thing is the match was all over by half-time. In that sense it was boring :)

so unfair that this is the side who Spain finally give a pasting to

ohh supermario has gone nuts at something

but I'm pleased they won it like this

Zzz spain.

Eamon Dunphy - "notably, when the national anthem was played none of the Spanish players sang it"

zzz indiscriminate spain fans

loool shearer "these guys have had an unbelievable amount of sex- SUCCESS"

i feel really bad after that. as bad as i can feel after an international game, because italy is my team in the euros. there's a big gulf between the quality of the two, but italy went for them and so the game was open. this meant spain's usual "boring" play was translated into chances and goals, because italy didnt park the bus. so it feels like vindication for the "no striker" tactic, but of course it would've been a totally different game if di natale had scored one of his chances, and prandelli hadnt taken off marchisio, and italy hadn't been reduced to ten men. the last 10 minutes were likely to be an onslaught from spain in any case, as we saw in the first game between the two,but 2 nil down and down to ten men was just too much for them. bruuuuutal.

omg srsly #0?

xavi will probably be there in 2014

iniesta certainly

Did Italy really fly into Kiev at 3am last night? Someone's going to get absolutely castigated for that.

Iniesta will, not sure about Xavi - that might be the first big selection mistake. Bosque is ruthless so I reckon he'll let him go.

But hey replacements are there.

Golden Boot for three goals is pretty lame.

there were pics of them getting on or off a plane in daylight yesterday

it was "a show of solidarity between the Spanish and the Catalans". He wasn't joking

there are no replacements for xavi or iniesta

thiago alcantara in five years maybe

Know what you mean, but actually I can see those levels of passing and fluidity being maintained if Xavi left. They are a team+++