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warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2397 Posts
June 26 2012 12:03 GMT
#41
Pereira is not bad, and will be playing alongside Jordi Alba (if he stays at Valencia) next year.
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
June 26 2012 12:05 GMT
#42
I'm hoping for Portugal to beat Spain and meet Germany in the finals.
Dear Sixsmith...
mcimba42
Profile Joined October 2011
192 Posts
June 26 2012 12:06 GMT
#43
how to diferentiate between football fans and clueless euro newbies;

the way to beat Spain (like the way you beat Barcelona) is to /defend and /counter with pace. Nani and Ronaldo have the pace, and they have an ok back 3 (if u discount Periera ) Chelsea beat Barca the same way with Ramires Drogba Mata counter attacking. Russia posed a mini threat at one stage to Spain doing the same as well.
Also don't forget, this is a Semi Final, there wont be many goals in either game.

has actually watched the games, understands how the game is played, knows the players and the playstyles, etc.

You know when someone is massively biased if he says any team other than germany is even close to Spain..

"spain very fame they good all other is bad spain win all"
Goetzinho ftw
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany115 Posts
June 26 2012 12:07 GMT
#44
As expected Germany will beat Spain in the Finals.
Sonic Death Monkey
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden991 Posts
June 26 2012 12:25 GMT
#45
On June 26 2012 21:06 mcimba42 wrote:
how to diferentiate between football fans and clueless euro newbies;

Show nested quote +
the way to beat Spain (like the way you beat Barcelona) is to /defend and /counter with pace. Nani and Ronaldo have the pace, and they have an ok back 3 (if u discount Periera ) Chelsea beat Barca the same way with Ramires Drogba Mata counter attacking. Russia posed a mini threat at one stage to Spain doing the same as well.
Also don't forget, this is a Semi Final, there wont be many goals in either game.

has actually watched the games, understands how the game is played, knows the players and the playstyles, etc.

Show nested quote +
You know when someone is massively biased if he says any team other than germany is even close to Spain..

"spain very fame they good all other is bad spain win all"


When factoring in both organisation and quality of the players, Spain and Germany are on a different level. Doesn't mean they can't be beat, just that they are rightly the favorites to win.
mcimba42
Profile Joined October 2011
192 Posts
June 26 2012 12:33 GMT
#46
they are obviously the favourites, but to say that no other team is even close to them is pretty dumb
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2397 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-26 13:25:58
June 26 2012 13:25 GMT
#47
The best way to actually settle the argument of who's better and who's worse would be a football match over 90 minutes with 30 extra minutes in case of a tie, and then a penalty shootout at the end of everything if the teams remain tied.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-26 13:34:00
June 26 2012 13:33 GMT
#48
I agree Warding =P
Oh wait they actually play in the next two days, nice!
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6322 Posts
June 26 2012 14:10 GMT
#49
On June 26 2012 21:06 mcimba42 wrote:
how to diferentiate between football fans and clueless euro newbies;

Show nested quote +
the way to beat Spain (like the way you beat Barcelona) is to /defend and /counter with pace. Nani and Ronaldo have the pace, and they have an ok back 3 (if u discount Periera ) Chelsea beat Barca the same way with Ramires Drogba Mata counter attacking. Russia posed a mini threat at one stage to Spain doing the same as well.
Also don't forget, this is a Semi Final, there wont be many goals in either game.

has actually watched the games, understands how the game is played, knows the players and the playstyles, etc.

Show nested quote +
You know when someone is massively biased if he says any team other than germany is even close to Spain..

"spain very fame they good all other is bad spain win all"


Its funny because I already said that ronaldo in a counter is he key to win for Portugal but since you only read one of mine you don't know that.

And you're pretty clueless if you think Portugal has even close to the same quality as Spain has.
POrtugal is more like NL in that regard they have some class players I.e ronaldo nani pepe etc. complimented with some decent players I.e postiga.
While Spain just has top players on every position. Maybe it's not sparkling yet but I don't feel they've been playing 100% yet because they don't really have to.
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal864 Posts
June 26 2012 14:55 GMT
#50
RvB... Postiga is not Decent... Postiga is garbage... João Pereira, Rui Patricio, Miguel Veloso, Custódio, Varela... These are decent players... Postiga is just BAD...
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2397 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-26 15:31:01
June 26 2012 15:30 GMT
#51
It's funny that now one makes an argument downplaying the quality of the Portuguese team by comparing it to the Netherlands. Before the tournament everyone had the Netherlands cruising past the group stage ahead of Portugal.

Of course it would help the worldwide recognition of some of the Portuguese players if they played alongside Messi in club competitions.
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6322 Posts
June 26 2012 17:22 GMT
#52
@bobaz Thats not really the point...

@ warding the argument I made about the weakness of NL is widely known and has been there since before wc 2010 and it's probably something all small countries will have.

And in NL everybody was already worried and nobody really thought we were going to cruise past anyone..
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2397 Posts
June 26 2012 17:26 GMT
#53
I wasn't criticising you, just noticing that now even though you were criticising Portugal, to us it should sound like a compliment to be compared with the Dutch. Before the Euro few people believed we'd get past the group stage.
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-26 23:00:54
June 26 2012 22:57 GMT
#54
On June 27 2012 02:22 RvB wrote:
@bobaz Thats not really the point...

@ warding the argument I made about the weakness of NL is widely known and has been there since before wc 2010 and it's probably something all small countries will have.

And in NL everybody was already worried and nobody really thought we were going to cruise past anyone..

It may not have been your point but his was obviously that you are talking out of your crapper/being ignorant when it comes to the Portuguese team. It doesn't refute what you said but it makes you come off like someone not worth listening to, just throwing a few talking points out there without much behind it.
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