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maumau
as an italian fan I should not be happy with the result but hey, it is really unbearable to listen to the tv comment during a game with spain, praising everything spain players do as something extraordinary, marvellous, unbelievable, even if it is the most ordinary pass, and even if, at least from the 55 minutes, it is already clear that it is croatia that has taken measures against spain tactics and control of the game, while spain has become each minute slower and predictable.
not to mention the penalty (the one not given)
soccer, luckily, is way more unpredictable than so-called experts think and croatia can win over spain and DO DESERVE that win
congratulations
italy now has the toughest 1/8 possible
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mtaylorItaly can beat Croatia if they know how to deal with the dirty Croatian tricks.Quote
maumau
as an italian fan I should not be happy with the result but hey, it is really unbearable to listen to the tv comment during a game with spain, praising everything spain players do as something extraordinary, marvellous, unbelievable, even if it is the most ordinary pass, and even if, at least from the 55 minutes, it is already clear that it is croatia that has taken measures against spain tactics and control of the game, while spain has become each minute slower and predictable.
not to mention the penalty (the one not given)
soccer, luckily, is way more unpredictable than so-called experts think and croatia can win over spain and DO DESERVE that win
congratulations
italy now has the toughest 1/8 possible
They do lots of dirty tricks and then show up with their slippery smiles.
Italy go for it, beat Croatia big times. I know you guys can be mean when necessary.
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buttons67
watched the spain game tonight. david silva didnt get the credit he deserved for his part in spains goal despite being the best pass in the game, yet every time iniesta got the ball the comentator got excited about it, even when he gave the ball away which was more often than reported.
i really believe a lot of comentators report what they want to happen with players based on reputation rather than report what is happening.
spain got what they deserved which is a tough tie v italy. italy should feel hard done by, they won the group and should deserve an easier tie.
and germany should have scored about 8 today, was frustrating watch them miss so many chances, they would be better aiming wide of goal or aiming straight at the goalkeeper, and by the law of averages they might have hit the net more.
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andrea66
If I am not wrong, Italy or Spain will meet Germany in Semifinals and probably France in the final. It is a tough road, for both teams. The other part of the quarter finals looks easier to me
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Come On
Swe - Bel 1 - 0 (Guidetti)
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BroomWagon
Congrats Ireland, I don't know if Italy was playing hard, they were putting up a challenge.
Tough matches; I heard Belgium scored, did not see that.
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6853
WE icelanders are of course over the moon qualifying from our group to 16 finals the only nordic side to do so this time. ! And we have lost NO games in EM finals, the ONLY country having done so.. ok I am quite big talking, but the atmosphere now in this country of 300 tho population
is amazing everyone going wild..
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6853
WE icelanders are of course over the moon qualifying from our group to 16 finals the only nordic side to do so this time. ! And we have lost NO games in EM finals, the ONLY country having done so.. ok I am quite big talking, but the atmosphere now in this country of 300 tho population
is amazing everyone going wild..
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Stoneage
Due to the fact that Spain and Germany didn't win their groups we'll have a pretty onesided finals scheme with all the big teams (Spain, Italy, Germany, England, France and so on)
on one side and the lesser (football-)nations on the other. The last mentioned side is, of course, easier to qualify from than the first.
Sweden will have a, as I see it, almost impossible task tonight in defeating Belgium. That's our only chance to qualify. A draw won't do it. But, as they say, hope is the last thing that leaves you...
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RoughJusticeOnYa
Where is the IORR mini-league? Or is it just me - was I kicked out or something?