The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[LipeJJ]

vivster said:

LipeJJ said:

You're right, but who are those teams? Germany already won WC2014. Besides them, I can't honestly think of another team that has "been great for a decade".

Well, Spain won 3 by being complete shit. So Germany needs as least one more to achieve some kind of justice. You never know when the team will turn into shit again like the pre 2006 garbage.

I wouldn't mind Germany winning this Euro as well, but aside from them I don't see any of the powerhouses deserving it (for consistency over the last years).

Regarding Spain, I respectfully disagree. I don't think any team can win 3 major tournaments on a row while being complete shit. This tends to happen only once (like Italy on WC2006 or Greece on Euro2004), maybe twice at max, but 3 times? That's pushing it. Plus, if Spain was shit and still managed to be so successful, then the other teams are to blame for allowing it. But I guess I get what you're saying... they had luck some times and a weak defense (with a great GK to save their ass) and a very passive/slow playstyle... but that doesn't make them shit imo tho, just boring.