EURO 2012

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

Keith Andrews can get fucked as well.

MARIO

O'Shea should have been sent off long ago

lol at O'Shea still gripping his shirt after it's already gone in

o'shea still holding mario's shirt even after he's scored the goal lol
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"it's lastminute.com" oh fucking die mark bright

I feel for Croatia, this was the real nightmare group

Navas was definitely offside

lol lineker"it would have been so easy for them 20 mins from the end to say right let's have 2-2" REALLY?

thought he was behind iniesta when the ball came to him

He was offside when Iniesta was played through, but had got back onside when Iniesta squared it to him.

yard offside

does offside apply to the iniesta pass

the first pass didn't come to him so not 'active'. Onside

i'm talking about the initial pass. It's a fucking disgrace

see 20 million van nistelroy goals
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The 2005 edition of the Laws of the Game included a new International Football Association Board decision that stated being "nearer to an opponent's goal line" meant that "any part of his head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent typically being the goalkeeper). The arms are not included in this definition."[2] This is taken to mean that any part of the attacking player named in this decision has to be past the part of the second-last defender closest to his goal line (excluding the arms) and past the part of the ball closest to the defenders' goal line.

Lime green not Moysey's colour

wasnt only navas' trailing leg onside

ha, not the most dignified of red cards

is this the best place for the fantasy league updates? 19 points clear, may never get this good again.

dynamo sad grebs is making me lol right now.

Gutted for Croatia, that Modric pass midway through the second half was beautiful. Someone should sign him.

chelsea will

Were Spain terrible today or just playing for a draw?

They weren't terrible, I don't think, it's just how they do things. They'll come to grief eventually if they don't get a bit more direct. They were so much better with Torres.

convinced england are gonna win this.

modric was laughably good wasn't he.

the weakness spain showed today was tactical/defensive

they can score with a 4-6-0, they played it vs scotland with silva as withdrawn cf and scored three times, they scored vs italy and they scored today (just about)

introducing navas into that formation was a bit strange but he does provide an outlet behind the defence and nobody else apart from torres (and sometimes pedro) can do that

the breaks that allowed croatia's best chances midway through the second half showed a serious lack of cohesion

xabi is obviously an estimable character and an excellent player and his presence presumably reassures casillas (a bit flaky) ramos (angry retard) and arbeloa (????) but he plays at a different pace to the rest of the midfield -- he is at his best receiving from the defence, taking a touch or two and hitting a throughball or a 20 yard pass out to the flanks

if they removed him and played a more orthodox 4-3-3 they could play a forward line reminiscent of pre-2009 barcelona, with torres making similar runs to eto'o, silva providing a playmaking cut-inside option and pedro or navas a touchline winger on the other flank

you're only active if the ball comes/is coming to you or is intended for you?

4-6-0 is the TMFD formation ne plus ultra

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hmmn i don't think it's a bad option to have -- del bosque started experimenting with it when villa was effectively ruled out and torres was might as well have been, leaving a load of strikers either unproven or not quite good enough (soldado) or unsuitable for the team

playing against a side with a lack of collective intelligence and difficulties tracking runners between the lines, it can be quite dangerous

torres presumably did enough vs ireland to start in the quarter final and he should remain first-choice

can't be arsed to scroll back to the discussion of the second worse refereeing of the tournament, but i doubt it wd've altered the outcome. linesman shd be sacked tho but

england have simply got to win this group, the fixtures will be dreary as shit otherwise

has eng-ita really not happened in a decade?

http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=787

Did anyone see a possession stat for the Spain game?

62/38 according to http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181161

Spain's unwillingness to go for direct penetration is frustrating. I've seen a lot of people, during last night's game, and two years ago at the World Cup, say they find Spain really boring and stifling, but I find real pleasure in watching their movement patterns, the deftness of touch. Xabi makes no sense in the team though; I'd have Fabregas in ahead of him, play Fab with Silva, just off Torres, and then Xavi, Iniesta, and Biscuits in a revolving triangle in the middle.

Spain are lucky they've got a keeper as good as Casillas; he made two extraordinary saves last night which effectively kept them in the competition.

If we meet them on Saturday, and I have a suspicion that we won't, I think they'll stifle and boss and outclass us, and win 1-0. But I think we might win the group...

we had a pool at work for dis btw, a $5 pool and a $2 pool

i drew netherlands for the $5 pool and denmark for the $2 pool

in summary, i no longer give a shit about this tournament