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Euro 2012 |OT2| of Spain celebrating victory with younger, mixed gender squad
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Hasphat'sAnts
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He played terribly in the group stages. Played well against Greece. Middling against Italy.
Gomez is not the striker for this German team, that much is pretty clear.
He played fine against Holland. When no one was willing to kick him.
He's been poor ever since he returned from injury in March. Shame. He was having the season of his life before Gokhan Inler broke his collar bone.
How could he bring Gomez and Poldi when they scored 4 goals without them?
Dark Schala
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I'm almost afraid to watch the part of the first half that I missed later tonight. :x
shira
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Never watched soccer? They are always asking for a foul for everything.
mocolostrocolos
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Gracias hombre.
intheinbetween
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from the bench
we'll see next sunday, but I have the feeling Torres will be the starting striker.
SunhiLegend
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Can someone please make a gif of Balotelli casusally spitting out his bottled water on the bench? I thought that was awesome
Phoenician_Viking
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I disagree. It´s not an upset since Italy is as powerful as Germany. The game would have always ended with either team winning.
Also this.
nope. he looked bad in this game too.
he had one good game. guess the opponent.
you mean against greece. yeah. should have played with klose and reus instead. that was germany's reaon to conceade two goals.
PdotMichael
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He has too many darlings in the team. Podolski, Gomez, Schweinsteiger some other guys. Löw is too long coach (+Co-trainer).
criesofthepast
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I'm still pissed we got 4 mins of ET and a penalty. And the missed chances. Should have been 5-0 final. The history books will show the final score and people will think this was a close game; it wasn't close. Italy dominated
But I knew that penalty was coming. Somehow I just knew. Fuck this ref.
I know it's 30 seconds per sub but how many subs did we get?
But I knew that penalty was coming. Somehow I just knew. Fuck this ref.
I know it's 30 seconds per sub but how many subs did we get?
At the jump an italian player touched the ball with his hand, the gif just does not show it.
I hope so, I actually like Torres. I'm not a fan of the 6 midfielder setup Spain use sometimes.
Buffon happened, if it wasn't for his saves Germany could win.
mocolostrocolos
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gundamkyoukai
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It was stupid as hell by the time he bring in the right players it was to late.
Still Germany defense was crap .
Khedira is asking for hand before it happened
There was some sort of handball just prior to that one apparently.
You're forgetting Mario's cramp?
Neuer during the last minutes was just so freaking awesome. I love it when the keeper plays on the field.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
That is almost amazing, if you loop it just right itll look like eternal never ending spit
FootballFan
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Confused as to why Schweinsteiger didn't hoof the ball into the box with that last free kick...
Anyways, was a pretty good game and Italy definitely deserved it. So congrats to them. Bad defending from Hummels on Cassano for the first goal. 2nd goal was just great stuff from Balo.
Also, something that has been bugging me last couple of matches. The jeering/whistling when teams complete 3 passes at the back.. Seriously, do those people in the stadium really want these teams to play like Stoke and just keep hoofing it ? :S
Anyways, was a pretty good game and Italy definitely deserved it. So congrats to them. Bad defending from Hummels on Cassano for the first goal. 2nd goal was just great stuff from Balo.
Also, something that has been bugging me last couple of matches. The jeering/whistling when teams complete 3 passes at the back.. Seriously, do those people in the stadium really want these teams to play like Stoke and just keep hoofing it ? :S
Lars Bender could also be a good candidate for Schweinsteiger. The Bender twins run like 20 km every match without sweating.
Hmm I disagree fully. I think he was one of the best players tonight, played like he does for Madrid.
Germany wants that title.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Lahm's still not comfortable at left back.
If only Schmelzer can actually perform up to par.
Torres should start, I think. VDB values loyalty and it'd be a nice shot at redemption with the Euro 08 goal and all that. At the very least, the Negredo experiment will be considered a failure (and Llorente won't get a shot anyways, so who cares about him). Plus, they drew in the opening game, VDB might be looking for that extra edge with an actual number 9.
Sickboy007
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I think that's the reason Buffon was so pissed off at the end, he wanted to end it goalless.
It's our biggest problem right now, we can't convert the chances. Same with England.
Yeah against Greece. But this was still the best performance of them in the whole tournament.
Baconsaurus Rex
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of Der Untergang, featuring Super Mario
I don't think it would have mattered personally, what Italy had going for them is that they had to fight their way out of their group and adapt, they've proven that they've done it better than other teams imo. I think that Germany just got too comfortable/cocky with the games they've had coming into this, many things from the Italians were obvious but they refused to address them and got punished. I think that even though this might not be the best Italian side, they have the tools to dismantle their opponents and counter, they've gotten progressively better at it through the tournament.
Winnie the Pimp
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Starfish_Oxide
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Italy=Spain> Croatia >Ireland>>>>>12 other teams.
on the one hand i hope so, but on the other hand who could follow?
hitzfeld :| coaching switzerland was a wrong choice in the first place.
Buffon really wanted his clean sheet.
criesofthepast
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Ah yeah. Guess so.
My German neighbors are scaring me. They're outside drinking and keep looking at my house with the Italian flag blowing in the wind and I feel they are plotting something. :/
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