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.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
good chance Spain will also win the next World Cup - almost all pkayers under 30 years old.
― nostormo, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
Unbelieeeeeevvvaaable
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
really want Mario to steal Nando's golden boot now
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
pity substitutions all round now
― Number None, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Mata!
I guess that assist gives Torres the Golden Boot.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
a statement to the world
― mookieproof, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
wow spain is shitting on these dudes
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
poor Italy, they are so knackered
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
so boring
― now all my posts got ship in it (dayo), Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
If only Di Natale would've scored...Spain would've gotten more, I guess.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
ohh supermario has gone nuts at something
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
but I'm pleased they won it like this
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Zzz spain.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
Eamon Dunphy - "notably, when the national anthem was played none of the Spanish players sang it"
― Number None, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
zzz indiscriminate spain fans
― r|t|c, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
loool shearer "these guys have had an unbelievable amount of sex- SUCCESS"
― r|t|c, Sunday, 1 July 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
omg srsly #0?
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
xavi will probably be there in 2014
iniesta certainly
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Did Italy really fly into Kiev at 3am last night? Someone's going to get absolutely castigated for that.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
Golden Boot for three goals is pretty lame.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
there were pics of them getting on or off a plane in daylight yesterday
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
it was "a show of solidarity between the Spanish and the Catalans". He wasn't joking
― Number None, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
there are no replacements for xavi or iniesta
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
thiago alcantara in five years maybe
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Know what you mean, but actually I can see those levels of passing and fluidity being maintained if Xavi left. They are a team+++
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
― Number None
that is incredible.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
xavi is amazing, there is nobody else who has ever been able to do what he does
iniesta is similarly amazing in having the skill and vision to rank with just about every #10 this side of maradona while playing in central midfield
spain have loads of great players but those two are above them
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
@Grahamdorrans17 Busquets has now won the Euro's x1,World Cup x1, La Liga x3,UCL x2, Coppa DR x2,UEFA SC x2,Club World Cup x2. At the age of 23. #Justretire
― killer camel beej (cozen), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
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?
cos anti-football's alright as long as you do it with the ball ;)
― Chris, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
23. Shit.
― Number None, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
yes i agree but i think what Spain are able to achieve can be replicated with some of those great players. Its not going to fall off if at least one of them left.
They are quite far above anybody as a collective group, although we will see how that translates to South America and what Brazil & Argentina are like then. xxxp
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
love that graham dorrans is keeping count
― r|t|c, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
graham dorrans won promotion to gods own epl tho
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
That Dunphy quote unbelievable!
― pandemic, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
Also kudos to Sky Sports News guy - "3 of the goalscorers are from the Premiership so England can take some comfort from that."
― pandemic, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i just don't think they can tho
barcelona look notably weaker without even one of x or i
in their absence spain will become more like any other great side, probably players like muniain martinez and canales playing an ever so slightly more vertical game
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
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nakhers man even for you ur damn near foaming at the mouth when it comes to great brit clogging lately, whats up
did a white van man draw a cock n balls on your moleskine or something
― r|t|c, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
dorrans isnt a clogger, hes pretty nifty
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
and yeah i was responding to sky news and their gloating at epl 3 serie a 0
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
after euros finishing i am bereft.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
ya, i just wanna rewind my life 3 weeks and start it all again.
― pandemic, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
im realizing how im kicking english fitba a lot right now but it's just sitting blind drunk and vomitstrewn on a surrey golf course and it's just asking for a five iron's coup de grace to the temple
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
not gonna stop til phil jones and daniel sturridge are the only english players in the epl
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah see i was already itching to get back into the epl swing of things even before tonight's festivities
i mean i do know in my heart of hearts it's deplorable in every way but i guess in a general sense i'm still loving da banta as it were
― r|t|c, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
You guys. I feel like I've been demobbed, six weeks of respite isn't long enough.
Give it a week and I'll be agog at Terry with the rest of you.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 1 July 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link