I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Henry said that after FIFA already rejected the request for a replay. Btw Holgerius in my experience most England supporters are very aware of how much their national team sucks.
On November 21 2009 04:03 Telemako wrote: I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Damn, Zidane kicked BOTH Brazil and Spain twice in big tournaments?
When you look at isolated incidents it might appear like the line is really thin, but when certain things happen systematically time after time, the line widens a lot when looking at the big picture IMO. It is NOT a coincidence that Germany almost always end up on the right side of the line and Spain doesn't.
On November 21 2009 04:03 Telemako wrote: I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Damn, Zidane kicked BOTH Brazil and Spain twice in big tournaments?
Zidane Bonjwa.
The most epic Zidane moment was group stage vs England EC 2004 imo.
On November 21 2009 04:03 Telemako wrote: I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Damn, Zidane kicked BOTH Brazil and Spain twice in big tournaments?
Zidane Bonjwa.
The most epic Zidane moment was group stage vs England EC 2004 imo.
oh my god yes the crazy thing is that when he lined up for the freekick I was expecting a goal, you just knew it was coming because he is so great at the most important moments.
On November 21 2009 04:03 Telemako wrote: I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Damn, Zidane kicked BOTH Brazil and Spain twice in big tournaments?
Zidane Bonjwa.
The most epic Zidane moment was group stage vs England EC 2004 imo.
oh my god yes the crazy thing is that when he lined up for the freekick I was expecting a goal, you just knew it was coming because he is so great at the most important moments.
Indeed. Great players are characterized by exactly that; performing at their best when it matters the most. The same thing also goes for teams, such as Italy and GermaGoddamnit, why can't I just let that go? You didn't even say anything about that.
On November 21 2009 04:03 Telemako wrote: I'm surely biased but I'm going to make a recap on Spain history on the last years to try to show you how the "luck" or as I prefer to call it, the thin line between success and failure has appeared:
1984 Eurocup On the last qualifying match Spain needs 11 goals to qualify over Netherlands. The match was against Malta.On the first half they were wining 2-1 but They did it! Spain won the semifinal against Denmark on the penalty shootout and in the Final, their star of the tournament, the goalkeeper Arconada, let an easy ball go in and lost to Platini's France, the host. That's quite a lucky run with an unlucky finish xD
1986 World Cup Out in quarter finals, vs Belgium, lost at a Penalty shootout (4-5) thin line
1988 Eurocup Out in the first round, nothing to mark except a weird match against Italy (1-0) but meh.
1990 World Cup Out in 1/8 finals, 2-1 vs Yugoslavia so close...
1992 Eurocup Not qualified.
1994 World Cup Spain was the scoring leader at the moment and had won every single match. Quarter finals vs Italy. With 1-1 on the scoreboard and under the spanish siege, Roberto Baggio manages to score on a counter attack and set the 2-1. On the 93 minute, during a cross Tassoti hits with his elbow Luis Enrique's nose and breaks it. The penalty would be the 2-2 and therefore overtime against 10 men but never got called. The thin line was painted with blood this time. Italy lost at the finals.
1996 Eurocup Out in quarterfinals after losing a penalty shootout against England (4-2). Again so close... so thin...
1998 World Cup Out in the group stage, the line was thick this time xD
2000 Eurocup With 2-1 on the scoreboard Raúl misses a penalty against Zidane's France, who end up wining the title. So close again >_<
2002 World Cup One of my favourites, kicked out by South Korea at the penalty shootout after scoring two legal goals cancelled by the refs. SK eliminated also Italy with the same ref support. A MUST WATCH xD
2004 Eurocup Out in the first round because of the loss against Portugal on the third match. The two teams going trough, POR and GRE end up playing the final. So thin...
2006 World Cup Lost against France 3-1, the runner ups. Damn Zizou...
2008 Eurocup After a bad qualifying round, struggled to qualify playing the repechage vs Eslovakia. Won the quarter finals against Italy in a penalty shootout and won the final by 1-0 against Germany. SO SO SO THIN LINE
Damn, Zidane kicked BOTH Brazil and Spain twice in big tournaments?
Zidane Bonjwa.
The most epic Zidane moment was group stage vs England EC 2004 imo.
Speaking of Zidane I immediatly recall this video:
everytime I think of 1990... i think of how argentina got robbed...remember maradona... erhm argentina just knocked out italy in the semis.
everytime i think southkorea... i think of how bad host countries where fifa wants to develop soccer get everything going for them I wonder what will happen in south africa next year.
EPT
