Pues que les dige.

I knew right from the beginning that Defensive Football is te key to deafeating Spain.

Mind you this is just a friendly, but it's been already been proven the Defensive minded teams are Super Effective (yeah Pokemon reference, sue me) against Attack minded teams.

italy looked impressive, i have to say team work, buildup play was impressive since 2006.

still Spain are superior to Italy, but Italy showed yesterday a great character, potential, they surely are possessed atm with lot of quality than lippis team.

prandelli 's squad is a work in progresss i hope by few years they become even better.

would love to see more matri and giovinco playing as well. personally i think matri is a better striker than pazzini. surprised to see criscito playing so well. maggio was great too.

im more worried for azzurini than senior national team... azzurini has been so poor of late, all the under 20s 19 18 17 squad has been really poor of late and they havent really impressed at all.

I-no wrote:italy will win, we have determination and no juve losers this time around.

Bit late to party, but do you realize what you say ?

Criscito started at Juventus. As did Nocerino. As did Balzaretti. As did Giovinco, who is still owned 50% by Juventus. As did De Sanctis who is a third-keeper usually. As did Cassani.

Pirlo = Juventus, albeit he is a new addition, still Juventus.
Buffon.
Marchisio.
Chiellini.

In the future, definitely Matri and/or Quagliarella.
Perhaps Bonucci.

Did you forget 2006 ?

Italia would not be where it is today without Juventus so settle down. People are so quick to insult based on one World Cup but forget 2006 and even 1982 where a certain Juventus player single-handedly won the World Cup for Gli Azzurri.

Food for thought.

AQUILANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Thanks you for the compliments.


As for the performances, I am not surprised by some as I always knew the talent and potential is there, yet Cesare is a superb leader and brings out the best in everyone.

Azzurini? Ciro Ferrara is not meant to be a manager as he is using most if not all the players incorrectly and in situations that are not suited to them.


I would love to see the underrated manager that is Claudio Gentile return as Ciro does not possess the experience to handle this side.

JuvenelCuore wrote:

I-no wrote:italy will win, we have determination and no juve losers this time around.

Bit late to party, but do you realize what you say ?

Criscito started at Juventus. As did Nocerino. As did Balzaretti. As did Giovinco, who is still owned 50% by Juventus. As did De Sanctis who is a third-keeper usually. As did Cassani.

Pirlo = Juventus, albeit he is a new addition, still Juventus.
Buffon.
Marchisio.
Chiellini.

In the future, definitely Matri and/or Quagliarella.
Perhaps Bonucci.

Did you forget 2006 ?

Italia would not be where it is today without Juventus so settle down. People are so quick to insult based on one World Cup but forget 2006 and even 1982 where a certain Juventus player single-handedly won the World Cup for Gli Azzurri.

Food for thought.

This delusional fan can't realize that Italy have won all four World Cups with mostly Juventus players, even those 'losers' from Calciopoli squad. I lol'd when I saw that post.

sciacca wrote:

JuvenelCuore wrote:

I-no wrote:italy will win, we have determination and no juve losers this time around.

Bit late to party, but do you realize what you say ?

Criscito started at Juventus. As did Nocerino. As did Balzaretti. As did Giovinco, who is still owned 50% by Juventus. As did De Sanctis who is a third-keeper usually. As did Cassani.

Pirlo = Juventus, albeit he is a new addition, still Juventus.
Buffon.
Marchisio.
Chiellini.

In the future, definitely Matri and/or Quagliarella.
Perhaps Bonucci.

Did you forget 2006 ?

Italia would not be where it is today without Juventus so settle down. People are so quick to insult based on one World Cup but forget 2006 and even 1982 where a certain Juventus player single-handedly won the World Cup for Gli Azzurri.

Food for thought.

This delusional fan can't realize that Italy have won all four World Cups with mostly Juventus players, even those 'losers' from Calciopoli squad. I lol'd when I saw that post.

No but wait. 2010 was all Jube's fault !

Too bad people forget 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006. One bad year and it is our fault.

As I say to people who say that, does your team contribute ?

Milan = Cassano. Bought this year. Great job getting foreign.

Inter = Thiago Motta and Pazzini and Ranocchia. Motta just got his Italian citizenship, Pazzini just bought. Ranocchia just partially bought. Nice.

Roma = De Rossi.

So put up, or shut up.

This person claims, Buffon is retiring soon which is completely false. She claims Marchisio is not good enough for the national team, where on earth has this person's knowledge to football gone too?

sciacca wrote:This person claims, Buffon is retiring soon which is completely false. She claims Marchisio is not good enough for the national team, where on earth has this person's knowledge to football gone too?

Quote:
"Sciacca, you have already contributed and posted so well so far in this thread that you shouldn't waste your time countering the paltry arguements of random airheads. Lets it be."

sciacca wrote:This person claims, Buffon is retiring soon which is completely false. She claims Marchisio is not good enough for the national team, where on earth has this person's knowledge to football gone too?

Well Antonio I mean Gigi did say he was retiring.

"I want to play until I am 40."

Wait.

That is in 7 years.

Arquitecto wrote:

sciacca wrote:This person claims, Buffon is retiring soon which is completely false. She claims Marchisio is not good enough for the national team, where on earth has this person's knowledge to football gone too?

Quote:
"Sciacca, you have already contributed and posted so well so far in this thread that you shouldn't waste your time countering the paltry arguements of random airheads. Lets it be."

oops I forgot

BUMP

And so after seeing an all to stretched out evening which involved yet another series of UEFA Sec Gianni Infantino making people all round him feel awkward (even MVB) with his cringeworthy jokes and an atrocious song in the end, the draw has been made.


Sadly it had to be with 2 of my nations facing off each other.

Yet, this is no friendly as this is a face-off which is critical to their own success depending on their group finish.

Quite a dilemma here for my siblings and I.

Why UEFA why?

babun1024 wrote:

Arquitecto wrote:I would like to hear more constructive posts.

The tiki taka tactics are perfect against physical, brainless sides (lack of tactics, not stupid). Italy struggles against fast paced sides. In Spain, anyone hardly moves without the ball, they accelerate only in short distances then pass again. Italy never had problems with a proper counter attack tactic, Serie A went bad but all of them know how to behave in a defensive formation. Add to that they have Rossi and Balotelli, they don't ask twice before scoring. Puyol is injured
All in all, 0-0 or Italy will win. You have to outrun them to break their defense, Spain doesn't have a fit Torres. By the way, the game will be extremly boring for neutrals. Italy: 5-3-2-1, Spain: 4-5-1

The same tactics as in the friendly game. Puyol isn't out but seriously out of shape this time around Also expect a lot of pressing from Spain. A draw is most likely...

So Cassano and Rossi won't be available for the Euro !? Italy will still win

BUMP

/The quintessential Espana v Italia thread.

Who would've thought

Surag wrote:Who would've thought

Made for the 2-1 win from Italia in Bari last year.

I agree, quite strange to see this happening.

Support this thread and not those empty MTfootball threads in the EURO section

Arquitecto wrote:

Surag wrote:Who would've thought

Made for the 2-1 win from Italia in Bari last year.

I agree, quite strange to see this happening.

Support this thread and not those empty MTfootball threads in the EURO section

I can always copy paste your op if you want?

mtfootball wrote:

Arquitecto wrote:

Surag wrote:Who would've thought

Made for the 2-1 win from Italia in Bari last year.

I agree, quite strange to see this happening.

Support this thread and not those empty MTfootball threads in the EURO section

I can always copy paste your op if you want?

I knew you would catch this. But it is for the mods to decide which thread is eminent.

Merge it with the other 2 and have you as the op. Your op's good.

mtfootball wrote:Merge it with the other 2 and have you as the op. Your op's good.

I really don't mind at all if its even in your name.

Request for the modification however you want. Heres the catch though:

You PM RG/mods on how you want it. I'm feeling lazy.

Arquitecto wrote:

mtfootball wrote:Merge it with the other 2 and have you as the op. Your op's good.

I really don't mind at all if its even in your name.

Request for the modification however you want. Heres the catch though:

You PM RG/mods on how you want it. I'm feeling lazy.

Mods will catch the thread and merge it, hopefully you're the op.

F**k me

Both my nations face-off again as its quite the predicament when you support both intensively enough to have them face-off within the most crucial match.

Side Note: Italia within the span of 1 year have reached:

U-17 Final
Euro 2012 Final
& Now U-21 Final.
Italia on decline? Kindly go.

Marrone will be missed heavily.

Looking forward to this very much.

Definitely both teams deserving of the place in the Final.

The future is bright. But the future is not orange

Old Orange mobile advert reference + taking a shot at Clockwork before anybody questions that.

Marrone HAS been missed Father. More than anyone thought.

I'll write a whole preview on this but I am so proud of Italia's performance. Being beat down nearly yet typically clutch & superb under pressure to clinch the result.

Sacchism has one today.

Il Moscar has exploded in his pants.

Arquitescu wrote:F**k me

Both my nations face-off again as its quite the predicament when you support both intensively enough to have them face-off within the most crucial match.

Side Note: Italia within the span of 1 year have reached:

U-17 Final
Euro 2012 Final
& Now U-21 Final.
Italia on decline? Kindly go.

Arq support your calabrese brother for he expects you with him on the field of battle