The Euro 2012 thread

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Lafiel said:

Spain just has such a scary midfield, especially in defense. All the midfielders are pressing, there is no room for anyone, so most teams can't even reach their midfielders when playing against Spain, which really just makes the other team look silly and terrible.

That probably is one of the highest form of defence arts, but as there is no threat to Spain and due to their countless safe passes when in possession there is no perceived threat (in reality they often can open up most defenses in the blink of an eye) to the other team either for most of the game it just makes it little exciting to watch for the neutral spectator imo.

Couldn't agree more, though that also has it's downsides, as I said before. They have to rely a lot on that ability to mask their actual defensive difficulties once the ball is near their net.

Plus, that also creates a lot of strain and fatigue for their midfield. Usually, that's a non issue for them, because the opposing team hardly makes the Spain midfiled run for the ball with safe passes of their own, but when they face a team that does that, they really start to show that fatigue and their pressure diminishes a lot. 

Patience and quickness in the offensive transition are probably the only true weapons capable of defeating Spain (as they've shown that they can be defeated), I just hope Paulo Bento and the portuguese players have learned their lesson and be smart when the match comes this wednesda.