It will be a sad day for football, if Spain walks away with WC

[IranSoccer#8]

lol, sorry, I don't support a team who plays better or wins.
or else, why would I support Liverpool ?? lol
and today , Leow was too conservative with his selections, Trochowski was a bad replacement for Muller and Leow depended on counters too much, not to metnion Xabi and Ramos fouling (doing a VB) and getting away with it.
this Germany team will only get better, they have some real talent in defense coming through and will be a real force for years to come.

Hasn't that what he has been relying on the whole tournament?

[elnino99]

even the most hardcore german fans have to agree spain was heads and shoulders better than germany. they played like professionals on a mission while germans seemed content with another semi-final place.

the only great team germany faced before this game in this wc, was england and they needed a ref cheat to go through.

first of all, England isn't a great team, (no offense England fans) but the likes of Lampard, Gerrard, Terry Rooney have never delivered on the big stage. when their LB Ashley Cole says, I hate England, dige do the math. the last time England got into semi-finals of a major tournament, was when I started watching soccer, yes 1996 euros .lol

second of all, you can't bash Germany's route to semis.

group of death (obvious when Ghana was almost in semis), then England (still better than 0-0 masters Portugal), then Argentina (who were the best offensive team of WC, and bookies favourites) to make the semis.

tonight Spain had a better game and won, just like Brazil who had one off day against Netherlands and shockingly lost.

those things happen in football. on many occasions before, Germans have taken advantage of one-off day for their opponents to make their way through the latter stages of big tourneys, tonight, it happened to them.

that's football for you

[elnino99]

Hasn't that what he has been relying on the whole tournament?

in other games, he took the initiative and got the lead first and the opted for counters.


tonight, he wanted to take the lead RELYING on the counters...but Ozil having a bad game, and Mueller missing didn't help his case.

Klose should be proud of his performance though, a true gentleman and a class footballer

[Keano]

look @ the 4 teams left in the tournament.

Netherlands: definitely deserve to be where they are today, beating an amazing Brazil team (believe it or not, Dunga's team was a machine and self destructed, they were unbeaten for such a long time) justifies their inclusion in the final 4. not to mention the potential WPOTY winner Sneijder leading the team and their best player Robben missing the group stage, and yet they are here in semis without even going to the second gear.

Uruguay:a lot of heart, mixed with some luck. the 50s are back. a beast of a player in Forlan and a great intelligent prospect in Suarez, not to mention a rock in Llugano. the last team to qualify for these WC, and no matter what happens to them it'd be a success for them.

Germany: a very young team who was written off as soon as Ballack got injured, has outscored their opponents 13 to 2, playing THE REAL ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL (Pass and Move) with a lot of integrity and ethic. humilated England and Argentina. only lost one game due to horrible refereeing.



and then

Spain: bunch of whining, arrogant players. when their players won't even celebrate when Ineista scored vs Chile, as they are more concerned with getting the poor Chilean player sent off..I MEAN COME ON, Your team fuking scored. boring- ass football, 100000short passes, everyone all over the place, most of the time Iniesta is their CF, and a half fit, not sharp Torres plays on the wing. Alonso, Ramos and Busquets foul all they want without getting booked. the same fouls for which German and Dutch players are cautioned.
beating Portugal with an offside goal, and today their opponent had a legit goal disallowed, and then Paraguay's penalty should have been re-taken as 2 Spain players ran into the box when Cardozo hit the peno. David Villa slaps the poor Honduran player, and then he gets away with it, with nothing. Torres the disgrace hits himself and falls as he's been shot to get the Chilean player sent off and etc etc many more.


It'd be a shame for football as a whole if Spain runs away with the WC.


hopefully justice serves right on wednesday night

You're so wrong in so many levels man! Spain spanked Germany left and right in today's game, they should have won 3-0

[Milad-69]

Spain actually played their best game today tbf.


while Germany missed Mueller so much, still some dodgy ref decisions.

really felt bad for Schwieni, he was boss again

ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDIN ME? After that display & you have the nerve to even mention the role of the ref ? Wow man ,the arrogance.

In other news , all the haters best sew their asses shut.

[soheil86]

You're so wrong in so many levels man! Spain spanked Germany left and right in today's game, they should have won 3-0

spain didnt spank germany left and right. what many fail to realize is that football is much more than attacking and playing attractive football. you also have to defend otherwise you will lose every match. the german defense was like the berlin wall, it didnt break until an unbelievable header from puyol.
also have to mention the poor state of the pitch played in to the hands of the spaniards as well. the pitch slowed down the german counters considerably.
anyways i hate the duoche, so id rather spain win it.

[Darvish11]

ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDIN ME? After that display & you have the nerve to even mention the role of the ref ? Wow man ,the arrogance.
In other news , all the haters best sew their asses shut.

honestly after the title of this thread i dont think anyone should even waste their time replying to mr elninos posts

i just cant get over it...sad day for football if spain wins the wc...probably one of the dumbest things ive ever read, it sounds like something glenn beck would say if he watched soccer lol

[Farshad43]

It's safe to say the Spaniards had a slow start and their wins were not all that convincing as everyone expected them to crush their opponents 3-0 and 4-0. However after the opening match loss they were very consistent and only conceded one goal thereafter.

Today however was a different story as they took the Germans back to football school. The score could have easily been 5-0. I also pick them to beat Holland.

[Shervin.]

glad i missed the first half. So boring.

if that was boring, then you should only watch iran play and your own club. It wasnt very very exciting, but for an average football fan it was very interesting to watch.

even the most hardcore german fans have to agree spain was heads and shoulders better than germany. they played like professionals on a mission while germans seemed content with another semi-final place.

the only great team germany faced before this game in this wc, was england and they needed a ref cheat to go through.

ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDIN ME? After that display & you have the nerve to even mention the role of the ref ? Wow man ,the arrogance.
In other news , all the haters best sew their asses shut.

to be honest, ozil was fouled by ramos right on the edge of the box, could have easily been a red card and was a definite foul. Having said that, im glad spain won cos thats how football should be played and i really hope they beat the dutch who havent been playing total football. And outclassed is probably fair.

spain didnt spank germany left and right. what many fail to realize is that football is much more than attacking and playing attractive football. you also have to defend otherwise you will lose every match. the german defense was like the berlin wall, it didnt break until an unbelievable header from puyol.
also have to mention the poor state of the pitch played in to the hands of the spaniards as well. the pitch slowed down the german counters considerably.
anyways i hate the duoche, so id rather spain win it.

ahahahha how does that even make sence? awesome.

EDIT: i have this image of puyol nutting down the berlin wall

[MoJo23]

honestly after the title of this thread i dont think anyone should even waste their time replying to mr elninos posts
i just cant get over it...sad day for football if spain wins the wc...probably one of the dumbest things ive ever read, it sounds like something glenn beck would say if he watched soccer lol

100% agree. elnino, you seriously blew your rep with this thread/posts.
btw, nyc good to see you posting again.

[elnino99]

100% agree. elnino, you seriously blew your rep with this thread/posts.
btw, nyc good to see you posting again.

it is a personal opinion mate.

Spain had probably their best game tonight, I really didn't find them convincing before tonight's showing.

They never pressed this hard, until tonight...zero shots on target in first half vs paraguay should say it all.

but tonight, they deserved it more that Ze Germans.

Leow showed way too much respect to Spain and that was the downfall of Germany, the lack of belief in German players (bar Schweini, Lahm and Klose) was part of their downfall too, those things get better with experience though.

[shayan20]

honestly after the title of this thread i dont think anyone should even waste their time replying to mr elninos posts

i just cant get over it...sad day for football if spain wins the wc...probably one of the dumbest things ive ever read, it sounds like something glenn beck would say if he watched soccer lol

100% agree. This is my last post in this stupid thread.

[I Walk Alone]

where is el nino ? hahaha
DUMBASS!

[HuSsAiN]

Why is everyone attacking elnino? We all make predictions and opinions before matches, and sometimes its backfires. Football is a crazy game, one minute you are rock bottom, and next minute, you win a game, and your confidence is sky-high.
Just because elnino got something wrong, and that Spain plays 'boring' .. he was right, but last-night Spain proved all of us wrong.. thats football, get over it, and people are acting very childish.

Anyways, Spain were superior in every department, and Xavi just keeps the ball so well.

[chuck bass]

LOL holland are playing exactly the way elnino said spain plays. de jong should have been sent off. van bommel is a jew like always. van persie too. and robben is diving like he normally does