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Soccer => Soccer Forum => Topic started by: Adi on May 31, 2012, 06:54: AM
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Discuss pre-tournament expectations and game results here for Group C.
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Anyone think Ireland can edge Italy? What's going on with the scandal in Italy? I guess they never learned from their previous scandals... idiots.
I'd love for Ireland to take second. Italy are dirty and boring. Come on you Irish!
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A naje*ali smo, šta da više kažem?
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Whoops, sorry... forgot about my Croatian brothers... I'd like Croatia in second. :grin:
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SHOULD be a slam dunk for spain and italy. Can definatly see italy failing tho. Spain #1 eyes closed tho.
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I'm worried for Spain with no david villa and no puyol. But they will win the group. Ireland will get 2nd place i think. But Cassano is back in form for Italy now so :017: we will see........
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They got Torres, baby!!! :039:
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Spain has better than puyol. They will DEFINATLY miss villa but its not like torres is a b-class player. With their midfield this group should be easy.
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lets go Spain! :13:
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Spain has better than puyol.
Puyol and Villa are tough to replace for Spain. They can definitely do it, but it's still a tough hole to fill.
Who will play instead of Puyol?
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Italy will NOT make it out of this group.
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i want croatia 2nd too :grin:
i always support former yugoslavia teams
esp croatia, after they dragged russia to euro 2008
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i want croatia 2nd too :grin:
i always support former yugoslavia teams
esp croatia, after they dragged russia to euro 2008
:PDT_Armataz_01_37:
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Croatia FTW!!!!! :Woot_Emoticon: :Woot_Emoticon: :Woot_Emoticon: :Woot_Emoticon: :Woot_Emoticon:
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Olic injured and out of EURO. :sad:
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Any predictions for Spain vs Italy?
I think Spain will win 2-0.
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Italy can definitely score 1 or 2 from set-pieces, especially because Spain are not good at defending set-pieces. Hopefully, Spain take their chances, without Villa.
Prediction: Spain 2-1 Italy
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Spain are playing with the weirdest lineup i've ever seen :rolleyes: 2 defensive midfielders, 4 attacking midfielders. 0 wingers, 0 strikers, no pace, no power.
I never thought i would say this, but i hope he brings on Torres.
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It's not too much different than the typical Barcelona line up. Their style of play isn't about pace and power like you mentioned. It's about being patient and passing the ball. Looking for off ball movement to get behind the defense. I do agree having a genuine striker would probably help. Hopefully, they'll bring on Torres or Llorente soon.
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Ireland keeps shooting themselves in the foot. Super early in the game they leave someone unmarked for a headed goal than the defender shanks a clearance right to Jevalic. I thought it was offsides at first, but good call by the officials by noticing it went off the Irish player.
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Spain and Italy 1-1 is a fair result i think. Credit to Italy for defending well and counter-atacking well. They created 4 good chances and scored one.
I think Spain created 3 chances though and scored one. Spain are capable of very amazing stuff so hopefully they turn on the style soon. They must improve.
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Can't believe Italy actually went out and played real football against Spain. Not many sides do that, so credit to Italy. Very well played and well deserved point.
Spain on the other hand was disappointing. Reminds me of their World Cup loss to Switzerland. After the first game, they won the rest. Could happen again. Spain does need a striker however. Villa was perfect for them before since he was a mix of a forward and attacking mid.
Torres created chances but couldn't finish... typical.
Next game, Spain must play with a striker... otherwise they'll end up like Holland... dominating play but not winning.
Croatia won 3-1 which was great to see. Hope Croatia finds a way out of this group. Wish our Croatian guys would come in here and post a little. I know they're watching... even the freestylers must be.
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Ya, seriously Miran. Why don't you ever post on here. I know you like football, and you should definitely be supporting you country in EURO.
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Miran's reply would probably be "Kranjcar!" :grin:
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Big game between Croatia and Italy today. Hope Croatia takes it but it's gonna be tough.
Let's guess what Spain's possession will be over Ireland today. I think 78% to 22%. :grin:
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Croatia and Italy 1:1 in the 80th minute. :Woot_Emoticon:
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Ireland = 3pts for any team that plays them. They are terrible. Spain looked good, but honestly, I cannot really tell how well they will do based on this game. Big game against Croatia next round. I think they need a win to guarantee 1st position as I cannot see Italy not winning against Ireland.
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Possession at 75/25% right now.
3:0 Spain with 2 goals from Torres. :shocked:
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4:0...
I'm gonna feel bad for Croatia when they lose to Spain. I want Croatia to go through but it's gonna be near impossible.
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4:0...
I'm gonna feel bad for Croatia when they lose to Spain. I want Croatia to go through but it's gonna be near impossible.
well.. irish team is a joke, imo they didn't deserve to be in the final round in the first place.. armenia did
they play extremely primitive football, spain won this game without even trying
there is a chance croatia will tie the last match
and then 3 teams will end up with 5 points
doubt the irish will try hard in the last game, very hard to stay motivated
besides trapatoni as an italian, wants italy to go out lol (pretty sure italy will win the last game)
i think croatia has a good chance to go through
its better than italy
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now, when russia is out - i am rooting for croatia :13:
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It's gonna be a good day.
Don't think Croatia can beat Spain but maybe they can get lucky enough to draw them.
And who knows, maybe Italy fails to score against Ireland somehow.
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Italy and Spain through... I feel bad for Croatia because even when the game was 0-0 they were out. I don't like the way the tie breaker rules go for this. They basically ignore the results against the team that's not in play for the knockout round. In this case, they ignore the results against Ireland. When Italy was up 1-0 against Ireland and Croatia was tied 0-0 against Spain, Croatia was still the team getting knocked out.
It's pretty stupid because Italy and Croatia tied Spain at this point and beat Ireland, except Croatia beat Ireland by a margin of 3 goals while Italy only beat them by 1. They basically ignored that result, and gave Italy the tie breaker over Croatia because Italy scored a goal against Spain while Croatia didn't. I think if the head to head is a tie, then you should look at all the goals scored in the group and not just the goals between the contending opponents.
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Anyone else read about the 21 year old Irish guy that went missing? It looks like they found his dead body in a river. :(
http://espnfc.com/us/en/news/1109476/police-find-unidentified-body.html