EURO 2012

Gawd, that was it!

wow

fucking modric that is amazing

like to see navas come on, not sure who would come off though, it's usually silva but he's been good

oof, great chance lovely from modric.

he's not the best on the ball but spain should still occasionally pass to arbeloa when he's in acres of space out wide level with the penalty area

both him and alba look like they're offering interesting options out wide, but spain seem to be determined to stick with the ineffectual 10m wide attacking line.

saaaave.

well he's on but now has no-one to cross too. hm

not quite a sitter but rakitic should've scored there

spain are there for the taking

srna and perisic taking the gareth bale magical go faster stripes to new extremes

well he's on but now has no-one to cross to

Yeah that passage with him cutting up & down the touchline and no outball was hopeless

they shd play the barcelona midfield three with silva and navas either side of torres

kind of feel xabi is there for political reasons to some extent

agreed

spain haven't got anyone on the pitch likely to score imo. Should get cesc on. I really think croatia will score and tbh spain wouldn't be hard done by.

Why not Llorente? I know Cesc has scored once from deep but it's not like having a forward-forward on.

i just assume torres is the only CF who is going to get any playing time

yeah playing both xavi and xabi alonso doesn't even make sense in theory

Ireland looking vaguely dangerous

lol i forgot mata was even in the squad

del bosque has fucked up today

spain leaving themselves short handed at the back is madness

i wouldn't say Italy are holding on exactly but...

shoot FFS

that was pathetic

the worst elements of arsenal

omg Spain, ffs FFS FFS

actually arsenal aren't usually this bad

So often they do that, get in behind then turn back to ensure possession instead. Busquets' is only the most criminal example.

not quite sure why spain do high corners into the box when they don't have puyol.

Ireland have now fielded all five of their strikers in this game. Some of them even played up front

i guess i'm not a football sophisticate because this no CF thing isn't my thing*

*unless it's messi

D'oh.

Navas not offside?

on the other hand they DID walk it in

yeah thought he was off

nope

Great, great movement from Iniesta. He did well not turning back there.

um, surely Navas was "active" there

can i say how much i love players booting it in as hard as possible when clean through on the goalline?

nearly off nearly handball

hrvatska have been impressive tho

Keith Andrews has gone.

and Keith Andrews just got sent off

It's up to you now, Ireland

now that's how you tap in a tap-in

if croatia equalise are they through? On goals scored vs Ireland?

rocket into the roof of the net from navas.

Mario!

Lovely from Mario.

WOW

haha now he brings on a striker

negredo is more talented than llorente imo

better scoring record for spain too