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lestatdark on 23 June 2012

Like I said in yesterday's match, if this keeps going the way it is, it's going to be a massacre. Even Arbeloa is playing as an attacking role! .



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lestatdark on 23 June 2012
kowenicki said:
lestatdark said:
Like I said in yesterday's match, if this keeps going the way it is, it's going to be a massacre. Even Arbeloa is playing as an attacking role! .


this is one of the most one sided games so far.... quite embarrassing.

Indeed, France has been really bad at everything they're doing in the game so far. I hope they manage to shake a bit of the pressure off and try to get more attacks, or this game will get boring pretty fast.



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AndrewWK on 23 June 2012

Ohh my god I didn´t realize how ugly the french jerseys look.

This looks like a total destruction. But i am sure this game will become far more interesting after 70th minute



jonop on 23 June 2012

I was hoping the goal would liven up the game, but I think it's just made it duller.



Lafiel on 23 June 2012

get used to spain dominating, that will happen twice more this tourney



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Barozi on 23 June 2012
Lafiel said:
get used to spain dominating, that will happen twice more this tourney

I hope you're talking about the second half and the semi finals



lestatdark on 23 June 2012

The problem is not Spain dominating ball possession, they have that playstyle right down to the core, the problem lies with the other team not being able to decipher that and playing their weaknesses. Croatia and Italy showed how blatant which were those weaknesses (poor defensive positioning when faced with a quick-paced counter, bad defensive ability on corners/free kicks, too much lateralization of their offensive game) and were able to play them properly.

France showed that they didn't study the Spain team and matches properly and paid for it in the first half. I think that the second half will be different (or at least I hope) after Blanc does a couple of changes to the strategy and players.



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lestatdark on 23 June 2012
kowenicki said:
lestatdark said:

The problem is not Spain dominating ball possession, they have that playstyle right down to the core, the problem lies with the other team not being able to decipher that and playing their weaknesses. Croatia and Italy showed how blatant which were those weaknesses (poor defensive positioning when faced with a quick-paced counter, bad defensive ability on corners/free kicks, too much lateralization of their offensive game) and were able to play them properly.

France showed that they didn't study the Spain team and matches properly and paid for it in the first half. I think that the second half will be different (or at least I hope) after Blanc does a couple of changes to the strategy and players.


spot on... Spain has exactly the same "problem" as Barca.. if you can turn their defense with pace they really struggle.

edit.. "really struggle" isnt what I meant to say... lol... its a weakness they have is more accurate.

Yeah, and that showed especially on the second half against Italy. So much that they even sacrificed some of their attacking possession to "hide" the ball in their defensive midfield with pretty short passes, because Italy was suffocating them with quick counters. 

OT - France a bit better on this start of the second half, but not that much.



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man-bear-pig on 23 June 2012

I find Spain boring as fuck to watch. To much passing and not enough action.



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okr on 23 June 2012

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