On June 10 2012 20:39 Imbattable wrote:
"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win."

Gary Lineker, 4 July 1990

But when they play Italy in tournaments, it's the other way around.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

June 15 2012 08:15 GMT

#122

Spain now they have started to play a Striker.

Stimp

South Africa780 Posts

June 15 2012 08:33 GMT

#123

On June 10 2012 20:33 Yaotzin wrote:
Spain have easily the best team, but as Chelsea illustrated - if you have a ton of luck even a bad team can win it all.

Yeah it was just pure luck. Zero tactics, playing to strengths or countering your opposition. Just 100% luck.

Ps. Chelsea aren't a 'bad team'.

Kleinmuuhg

Vanuatu4091 Posts

June 15 2012 08:41 GMT

#124

On June 15 2012 17:33 Stimp wrote:

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Yeah it was just pure luck. Zero tactics, playing to strengths or countering your opposition. Just 100% luck.

Ps. Chelsea aren't a 'bad team'.

Yes they are a bad team. Fuck Chelsea.

Germany and Spain will probably fight for the trophy. Maybe France or Russia can do it as well.

Acrofales

Spain18464 Posts

June 15 2012 08:55 GMT

#125

Spain looked pretty dominating yesterday. I don't know how the brackets work out and whether they have to face Russia in the finals, or semis, but I'd say this is between three teams: Spain, Germany and Russia. France looked strong against England, but not as strong as they were in 1998/2000. Italy disappointed yesterday and Holland has been playing terribly and will be knocked out, either by Portugal or in the quarter finals.

MadNeSs

Denmark1507 Posts

June 15 2012 09:21 GMT

#126

Spain will win imo, they've played very well so far, and they'll most likely meet Germany in the finals (if possible), and germans dont seem to happy to play against teams that has as much posession as Spain, so I think that Spain will take it, they played so well against Ireland, they look very promising. They could use Villa though, but Torres looks like he's in good shape atm, and they'll just get better and better as the tournament progresses.

bikefrog

Norway451 Posts

June 15 2012 09:29 GMT

#127

Germany or Spain for sure. Russia is my dark horse pick.

ForgottenOne

Romania236 Posts

June 15 2012 09:43 GMT

#128

Italy, hopefully...

Embir

Poland567 Posts

June 15 2012 11:18 GMT

#129

Spain first, Germany as the contender.

Technique

Netherlands1542 Posts

June 15 2012 11:22 GMT

#130

Netherlands will win, they are gonna get a huge boost by qualifying in a very close fashion and then run through the rest of the games.

arbiter_md

Moldova1219 Posts

June 15 2012 11:41 GMT

#131

Never write out Italy. Even though the 12 years cycle has not passed yet. (It will be at next euro).

TSBspartacus

England1046 Posts

June 15 2012 11:48 GMT

#132

On June 15 2012 17:41 Kleinmuuhg wrote:

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Yes they are a bad team. Fuck Chelsea.

Germany and Spain will probably fight for the trophy. Maybe France or Russia can do it as well.

My bad sorry

elagrion

Ukraine422 Posts

June 17 2012 00:17 GMT

#133

France or Italy seems like teams that able to improve along with tournament progress, so my bet is on them. It is too boring to bet on Spain or Germany anyway.

Jinsho

United Kingdom3101 Posts

June 17 2012 01:21 GMT

#134

Germany will win.

CarlMikael

Sweden1043 Posts

June 17 2012 01:31 GMT

#135

On June 15 2012 17:41 Kleinmuuhg wrote:

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Yes they are a bad team. Fuck Chelsea.

Germany and Spain will probably fight for the trophy. Maybe France or Russia can do it as well.

Yes Chelsea is the worst team for winning CL, Get over it.

Pads

England3228 Posts

June 17 2012 01:32 GMT

#136

Germany win all day long.

andReslic

216 Posts

June 17 2012 01:44 GMT

#137

I feel like Italy has a good chance if they can get to the next phase

Mallidon

Scotland557 Posts

June 19 2012 13:23 GMT

#138

Nice to see I got Holland right then, I didn't see them beating Portugal, even won a few quid on Ronaldo scoring and Portugal winning, get in!

Spain didn't look amazing going forward against Croatia but it was a Croatian team that set out to have as many bodies inbetween the goal and the Spaniards as possible and just counter when they had a chance. I'd still have Spain as favs.

Portugal should beat Czech Rep, Spain should beat either France, England or Ukraine so SF 1 would be Portugal v Spain.
Germany to beat Greece, Italy could be vs England, Ukraine or France and that one is a coin toss imo if it is France. I'll take a punt and say France to win through from this side.

So Predicted SF's:

Portugal v Spain
Germany v France

Not sure out of Germany v France tbh. France either go out in the group stages or get to the final, so they could upset the odds and book another runners up spot at least. This is assuming they don't implode today and actually just go out in the group stages ofc lol!

kvn_

Germany22 Posts

June 19 2012 14:37 GMT

#139

Hopefully its either Germany vs Italy or Germany vs Spain finals, with Germany taking it all.

Kahlgar

411 Posts

June 19 2012 15:02 GMT

#140

Germany matches up really bad against Spain tho, they can't play the possession game because spain's midfield is just too good and they're not good enough defensively to let Spain have the ball and counter attack. France will also have a tough time in that matchup for the same reasons.

Portugal and Italy, on the other hand, should have a decent shot against Spain.