Re: Final: Spain vs Italy

by jibers Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:16 pm

Xavi has been peerless. Officially the best dictating cm in history for me

by vizkosity Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:16 pm

M99 wrote:Dr Chiellini should get a PHD in defending

by vizkosity Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:19 pm

rule number one: torres is always a lucky charm to have in your team

by Juveman17 Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:28 pm

Never been this gutted. Never.

by DuringTheWar Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:30 pm

Sad sad way for what was a great game to end. Italy didnt deserve this misfortune tbh

by Juveman17 Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:33 pm

Unlucky. Outclassed. Thank you Azzurri for making this a memorable tournament. You don't deserve a 4-0 scoreline. Italy doesn't deserve this.

But thank you for making us strong again. Thank you Italy for restoring the hunger and desire. We will be back. Unlucky and wounded but we will be back.

by julias Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:38 pm

Whilst I was part of the anti spain brigade, that is what Spain are capable of when they play positively

however f the idea of them winning the next WC lol I hate it when the same team wins constantly

by Tifoso Romanista Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:41 pm

juveman17 wrote:Unlucky. Outclassed. Thank you Azzurri for making this a memorable tournament. You don't deserve a 4-0 scoreline. Italy doesn't deserve this.

But thank you for making us strong again. Thank you Italy for restoring the hunger and desire. We will be back. Unlucky and wounded but we will be back.

+1

by danyjr Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:43 pm

Against a team like Spain you need a piece of luck but Italy had none of that unfortunately tonight. Spain were clinical while Italy had quite a few problems, especially their back-line which had been suspect throughout the tournament, and certainly playing with 10 men from the 58th minute didn't help them at all. They also looked more tired than Spain tonight, from the first whistle.

Spain deservedly won, the scoreline does injustice to Italy's tournament however.

by vizkosity Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:44 pm

julias wrote:Whilst I was part of the anti spain brigade, that is what Spain are capable of when they play positively

however f the idea of them winning the next WC lol I hate it when the same teams when constantly

same, i was sympathizing for them during euro 08 and WC 10, but not anymore these days

by 7amood11 Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:46 pm

Se7en wrote:Chielleni was utterly destroyed in the first goal if anything.

Always said the guy is overrated. Inb4 "but he has PHD in economics"

If you play a CB like Chiellini who is meant to be a CB at LB, you're asking for trouble. Chiellini always performs best as a CB. It's idiotic to judge a player playing out of position.

And he's still far better than Pepe, if that's what the aim of your post was.

by danyjr Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:49 pm

I also want to say before the tournament I didn't believe in Italy at all. I thought they were once a strong national team but finished for quite a few years. I'm glad I was wrong. They played a good tournament and despite getting thrashed in the final, they can hold their heads high. Let's hope they can inject some talented players from their young ranks, because their squad is not one built for 2014 World Cup and frankly, is quite old - so is Spain's actually.

by free_cat Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:57 pm

danyjr wrote:I also want to say before the tournament I didn't believe in Italy at all. I thought they were once a strong national team but finished for quite a few years. I'm glad I was wrong. They played a good tournament and despite getting thrashed in the final, they can hold their heads high. Let's hope they can inject some talented players from their young ranks, because their squad is not one built for 2014 World Cup and frankly, is quite old - so is Spain's actually.

I'm all for Spain losing and all. But Spain old? I'm afraid they are more than young enough for dominate again in Brazil. In 2014 they will still have a team like this:

Castillas
Any RB Pique Ramos Alba
Iniesta Busquets Thiago
Silva Cesc/Adrian/Torres... Pedro

Even Xavi and Alonso could still be playing at a good enough level and they'll have players like Mata, Cazorla, Javi Martinez, and some youngsters from the currently european subs will surely become world class...

:S

by guest7 Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:59 pm

Indeed Free. Producing talent for Spain isn't a problem at all for them. They have some of the worlds most promising talents.

by Le Samourai Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:01 pm

Chiellini was injured on the first goal....that's not destroyed , that's just bad luck.

by Tomwin Lannister Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:06 pm

Chiellini was playing the whole tournament with an injury...

Let's all judge an injured player playing out of position woooooo...

Let's wait until Messi has a hyper extended knee and is played as a CDM, he must be a bad player then :facepalm:

by Onyx Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:07 pm

Spain.

Deserved victory, were definitely better than Italy tonight. Xavi/Iniesta for MOTM.

by Luca Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:12 pm

Congratulations to Spain, well deserved champions

For Italy, tough luck but I wouldn't call advancing to the final of a major tournament and then losing a bad result

by danyjr Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:15 pm

free_cat wrote:I'm all for Spain losing and all. But Spain old? I'm afraid they are more than young enough for dominate again in Brazil. In 2014 they will still have a team like this:

Castillas
Any RB Pique Ramos Alba
Iniesta Busquets Thiago
Silva Cesc/Adrian/Torres... Pedro

Even Xavi and Alonso could still be playing at a good enough level and they'll have players like Mata, Cazorla, Javi Martinez, and some youngsters from the currently european subs will surely become world class...

:S

Puyol and Villa were supposed to be part of the tournament if it wasn't for their injury. They won't be in Brazil, or you'd hope so. I'd say the same for Alonso and Xavi and Iniesta will be 30. The truth is, these are the players who made/make the difference for Spain and are the spine of the team. I don't think La Roja will be nearly as good without the aforementioned.

by Le Samourai Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:32 pm

Le Samourai wrote:Grande Iker
Grande Xavi
Grande Iniesta
Grande Sergio
Grande Xabi
Grande Busquets
Grande Silva
Grande Nando

Felicidades Espana , Un grande equipo de futbol. el ams grande equipo de futbol

Una Noche de leyendas

by billy_gr Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:41 pm

Spain

Xaviesta

Prandeli

by 7amood11 Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:44 pm

billy_gr wrote:Spain
Xaviesta

Prandeli

That sums it up really... Sad

Xavi was great, better than Pirlo (only in this match Razz

). If Prandelli set Italy up in a better way it would've been a closer game.

by danyjr Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:54 pm

Anyone else thinks Italy would have been better off playing 3-5-2 or is it just me?

by Brady2Moss Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:08 pm

Prandelli made a noob move by making all his changes before the 60th minute, especially with the players he had on the pitch (being old and all).

by Juveman17 Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:09 pm

danyjr wrote:Anyone else thinks Italy would have been better off playing 3-5-2 or is it just me?

Agree. Their mid outnumbered us and if we played like tht we could have had a chance.

by Guest Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:11 pm

Throughout the tournament, Prandelli's substitutions have been far from great. It's just that it paid for the first time - They nearly did against Croatia.

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