I know Spain's football history very well, so I do know what you're talking about (hypehypehypehypehypehype--->FAIL). However, this is the team that went all the way and won the Euro 2008. They're a bunch of winner. And I personally think that they have never had a team as strong as this one. Just look at their players; Casillas is one of the top 3 GK's in the world, Ramos, Puyol, and Pique are absolutely top notch, their midfield is by far the strongest of all the nations (Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Senna, Xabi Alonso, etc), and up front they have fucking Villa and Torres. It's insane how powerful they are on paper, and for once they have been showing it on the pitch as well.

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But ya, in the end Totti will make a comeback to Gli Azzurri and Italy will win the WC. Football bonjwa FTW!

Garnet

Vietnam9021 Posts

November 15 2009 14:53 GMT

#824

Arsene Wenger should rage shits on the holland team for letting Persie get injured that bad. Fuck this is such bad luck.

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

November 15 2009 14:54 GMT

#825

Congrats to Kiwiland for making it to the WC ...

white_box921

United Kingdom967 Posts

November 15 2009 16:07 GMT

#826

this spain team is like different man, they won the euro and got over this no-win barrier. sometimes it is all in the brain, but once they don't have this mental block about performing when it counts, spain is imo the favourite.

I can't believe france won, generally a shitty game, probably give up watching on wednesday night.

bObaZ

Portugal862 Posts

November 15 2009 16:39 GMT

#827

1 and a half month away from the reopening of the transfer market, moves are being made... Strong rumour saying that Robinho will move to Barcelona and Man. City is thinking on buying Di Maria from Benfica paying his Contractual fee (i don't know how you say it in english

, The value that's on the contract that one must pay to break the contract and take the player) wich is 40M€. INSANE!

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

November 15 2009 16:59 GMT

#828

Man City is just a lamer version of Real Madrid. They can't get anywhere far with just money. When Roman bought Chelsea, the team started off playing like shit. Only when Mourinho arrived, they began to win titles and actually became a giant in European football. Man City needs another two or three years imo to reach there, provided they are moving on the right track.

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

November 15 2009 16:59 GMT

#829

I want to see the best player ever (Ronaldo) return to Europe. He's been kicking ass in Brazil.

UbRi

Italy603 Posts

November 15 2009 17:18 GMT

#830

i saw the spain vs argentina match, spain plays just ridicolously good, maybe even better than barcellona, their passing is amazing, it's like a net for the opponents, i love seeing 4 or 5 first hand passages straight and backheels, that's what football is about imho; passing and vision

SuperArc

Austria7781 Posts

November 15 2009 21:40 GMT

#831

On November 15 2009 23:39 Holgerius wrote:
I know Spain's football history very well, so I do know what you're talking about (hypehypehypehypehypehype--->FAIL). However, this is the team that went all the way and won the Euro 2008. They're a bunch of winner. And I personally think that they have never had a team as strong as this one. Just look at their players; Casillas is one of the top 3 GK's in the world, Ramos, Puyol, and Pique are absolutely top notch, their midfield is by far the strongest of all the nations (Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Senna, Xabi Alonso, etc), and up front they have fucking Villa and Torres. It's insane how powerful they are on paper, and for once they have been showing it on the pitch as well.

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But ya, in the end Totti will make a comeback to Gli Azzurri and Italy will win the WC. Football bonjwa FTW!

I don't know about Casillas...
Lately his play hasn't been as safe as it used to (both in Spain and Real Madrid) I think atm its Spain's weakest position (he still is better than 90% than most gks).

imperfect

Canada1652 Posts

November 15 2009 22:09 GMT

#832

what the fuck

van persie tore his ankle ligaments

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

how long does this type of injury take?

Liquid`Drone

Norway28675 Posts

November 16 2009 01:05 GMT

#833

at least 3 months usually, could be longer but very unlikely that it'll be less.

Freaky[x]

Canada995 Posts

November 16 2009 01:48 GMT

#834

actually it's good news... 4-6 weeks according to a report here http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=699080&sec=england&cc=5901

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

November 16 2009 01:49 GMT

#835

VPS has always been injury prone

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

November 16 2009 02:20 GMT

#836

On November 16 2009 06:40 SuperArc wrote:

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I don't know about Casillas...
Lately his play hasn't been as safe as it used to (both in Spain and Real Madrid) I think atm its Spain's weakest position (he still is better than 90% than most gks).

Ya, he hasn't exactly been in top form lately. But I mean, who would you rank as better? Buffon is of course always No1, but after that?

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

November 16 2009 03:07 GMT

#837

Sebastian Frey

probably the most underrated keeper in the world imo.

Waxangel

United States33408 Posts

November 16 2009 03:11 GMT

#838

don't follow much la liga, but isn't puyol in the "all-heart, but declining skill" period of his career (ala jamie carragher), while ramos plays like a wing player most of the time -_-?

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

November 16 2009 15:13 GMT

#839

na Puyol has always been consistent, to me his the same now as some years ago

SuperArc

Austria7781 Posts

November 16 2009 15:25 GMT

#840

On November 16 2009 11:20 Holgerius wrote:

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Ya, he hasn't exactly been in top form lately. But I mean, who would you rank as better? Buffon is of course always No1, but after that?

German Rene Adler has been performing damn well lately. And I think Julio Cesar is even better than Buffon nowadays.

But yeah even an out of form Casillas is a top5 goal keeper lol.