The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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S.Peelman on 19 June 2014

AZWification said:

That's because the other African teams are either awful ( Nigeria), hopeless ( Cameroon) or only OK ( Ghana)!

Fair point, there isn't much competition for the title... We'll see tonight I guess!

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AZWification on 19 June 2014

Ka-pi96 said:

AZWification said:

That's because the other African teams are either awful ( Nigeria), hopeless ( Cameroon) or only OK ( Ghana)!

Ummm, what about Algeria? They are African as well.

After seeing the Belgium match, they are also OK at best!

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Dark_Lord_2008 on 19 June 2014

The sad downfall of the great Tika Taka Spanish team reigning WC and dual Euro winners. Spain played two bad games in a row. Spain are still a great side and this bad luck is not the end of Tika Taka football. Tika Taka football is the greatest way to play football and has lead to Barcelona and Spain enjoying lots of success.

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Player2 on 19 June 2014

Ka-pi96 said:

RolStoppable said:

The second half was better from Spain, but they failed to score early (they had the chances to do so) to make things interesting. I see a lot of contempt for Spain in this thread, but I reiterate that your anger against tiki-taka should be directed at the teams who chose to surrender to it all those years. A ball control style in the opposing half requires extreme precision, it's not something that can be adopted by teams with no talent (unlike derivatives of catenaccio).

And yes, Costa sucks. Two games and the greatest thing he did was a dive (which is despicable). If people repeatedly bash players like Messi and Rooney for their performances in their respective national team (and rightly so), then Costa can be called out all the same.

EDIT: And like someone else already said, the success of Barcelona and Spain is closely linked to each other, because the core of both teams is the same.

They deserve it. Barcelona play tiki-taka football and it looks brilliant, Spain however are incredibly boring when they do it. Barcelona have players like Messi, Sanchez and Neymar that make the style work and look good with plenty of goals. Spain have Costa and Torres

Neymar hasn't won anything with Barcelona, Alexis sucks at passing and Messi without Xavi and Iniesta is only half as good as he seems *points to Argentina*. This season, with Neymar and Alexis instead of Villa and Pedro, Barcelona hasn't won anything and scored way less goals.

Spain hasn't looked as great as they did in 2008 because del Bosque insisted in duct-taping players that don't fit like Xabi Alonso (or even worse, Manchester City players like Silva), and stick with Torres. We could've played with Barcelona's starting midfielders and forwards except for Messi (Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta, Villa-Cesc-Pedro).

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Player2 on 19 June 2014

RolStoppable said:

Player2 said:

Neymar hasn't won anything with Barcelona, Alexis sucks at passing and Messi without Xavi and Iniesta is only half as good as he seems *points to Argentina*.

Spain hasn't looked as great as they did in 2008 because del Bosque insisted in duct-taping players that don't fit like Xabi Alonso (or even worse, Manchester City players like Silva), and stick with Torres. We could've played with Barcelona's starting midfielders and forwards except for Messi (Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta, Villa-Cesc-Pedro).

Indeed, I haven't watched much football in the last few years, but the people who did play for Spain didn't feel right. There wasn't much tiki-taka either, because it doesn't really work when a couple of players slack off or don't fit the style altogether.

The age of some players began to be a problem too (Xavi, Villa, Xabi Alonso), but it's not like we don't have young and talented players available to replace them, we've won the last two U-21 euro cups playing like this. Koke played in the last one, and his presence on the second half yesterday was noticeable.

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NiKKoM on 19 June 2014

Results
COL 2 - 1 IVC
URU 2 - 1 ENG
GRE 0 - 0 JAP

S.Peelman said:
Colombia 2-2 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 2-2 England
Japan 1-1 Greece
3 points

justinian
COL 2 - 2 CIV
URU 2 - 2 ENG
GRE 2 - 2 JAP
3 points

Ka-pi96
Colombia 1-1 Côte d'Ivoire
Uruguay 2-3 England
Japan 2-0 Greece
0

zumnupy10
Colombia 2 - 0 Ivory coast
Uruguay 1 - 2 England
Japan 3 - 1 Greece

zuvuyeay 4 hours ago
Colombia 1 - 2 Ivory coast
Uruguay 1 - 3 England
Japan 1 - 1 Greece
3 points

Burek

Colombia - Ivory Coast 2:2
Uruguay - England 2:1
Japan - Greece 0:1
5 points

DakonBlackblade
My predictions for tomorrow:
Colombia - Ivory Coast 3:2
Uruguay - England 2:1
Japan - Greece 2:1
8 poivts

Poliwrathlord 15
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1 - 1 England
Japan 3 - 0 Greece
5

RolStoppable
Colombia vs. Ivory Coast 2-1
Uruguay vs. England 1-1
Japan vs. Greece 0-0
10 points

jonop 14 hours ago
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 2 - 2 England
Japan 1 - 0 Greece
5

MoHasanie
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1 - 2 England
Japan 1 - 0 Greece
5

Lafiel
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1 - 2 England
Japan 0 - 0 Greece
10

Carl2291
Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-3 England
Japan 1-0 Greece
5

ClassicGamingWizzz
Colombia 2-0Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-2 England
Japan 0-1 Greece
3

Damagon
Colombia 2 -1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 2-2 England
Japan 1 -0 Greece
5

osed125
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 2 - 2 England
Japan 1 - 0 Greece
5

Scisca 13 hours ago
Colombia 2:0
Uruguay 0:1
Japan 0:1 Greece
3

Joaco N64
Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-2 England
Japan 1-1 Greece
8

Talal
Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-2 England
Japan 2-1 Greece
5

Devil_Survivor
Colombia vs. Ivory Coast- winner Colombia 2-0
Uruguay vs. England- winner England 2-1
Japan vs.Greece- winner Japan 2-0
3

vivster 10 hours ago
Colombia 2-0 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-2 England
Japan 1-0 Greece
3

Homo_Sovieticus 8 hours ago
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1 - 2 England
Japan 1 - 1 Greece
8

NiKKoM 8 hours ago
Colombia 2-0 ivory Coast
Uruguay 2-1 England
Japan 2 -0 Greece
8

kirby007
Colombia 2-2 ivory Coast
Uruguay 2-1 England
Japan 1 -1 Greece
8

Conegamer
Colombia - Ivory Coast 1-1
Uruguay - England 0-473
Japan - Greece 0-1
0

poklane
Colombia 3-2 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 2-2 England
Japan 2-1 Greece
3

Serious_frusting
England 2 - Uruguay - 0
0

AlphaCielago 6 hours ago
Colombia - Ivory Coast 2-1
Uruguay - England 2-0
Japan - Greece 3-1
8

AZWification
Colombia- Ivory Coast (2-1)
Uruguay- England (1-2)
Japan-Greece ( 1-1)-
8

jerky99
Kamerun:Kroatin 0:2
3

Kolumbien:Elfenbeinküste 2:1
Uruguay:England 2:1
Japan: Greace 2:1
10

Troll_Whisperer
Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast
Uruguay 1-1 England
Japan 2-0 Greece
5