Plain ol' Spain vs Paraguay, Saturday 3rd July, 7:30pm (RTE & BBC HD)

dolliemix

Bye bye Paraguay!

KittyeeTrix

David Villa.........You sexy beast:D

Fowler87

Just about! Cmon Barca... i mean Spain :pac:

ragg

ragg wrote: »

I have villa as first goal scorer today, I cheered when he won the peno, raged when alonso went to take it, raged when alonso scored, cheered for the retake, raged when alonso retook it, lol'd when alonso missed...

Moral of the story, Gamling makes football much more fun

After all that I won :pac:

Boskowski

Actually several dings

Podge2k7

Iniesta done great to set Pedro up

razorblunt

Epic goal..defender looks left...phew...looks right....ah f**k!

JohnnyRyan99

Haha quality

Mr.Nice Guy

dolliemix wrote: »

:pac: Are you serious?

Except for the Serbia game I think Germany have been more than convincing this tournament.

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Paparazzo

There is no god

jaykay74

ragg wrote: »

I have villa as first goal scorer today, I cheered when he won the peno, raged when alonso went to take it, raged when alonso scored, cheered for the retake, raged when alonso retook it, lol'd when alonso missed...

Moral of the story, Gamling makes football much more fun

more cheers ?

KittyeeTrix

ragg wrote: »

After all that I won :pac:

Happy days ragg:D

_Bella_

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

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The Spanish defence haven't exactly covered themselves in glory either

DerekDGoldfish

ragg wrote: »

If he played in the premier league - the panel would call him

• A show pony
• not a real player
• A mé feiner
• Over rated
• A Farce
• A nothing player
• Borderline homosexual
• Not as good as roy keane

:rolleyes:

And every league apart from the Spainish and the English( and the germans for the last few days) is a "poor" league

pierrot

Podge2k7 wrote: »

Iniesta done great to set Pedro up

Iniesta will probably never get any baloon door or any of that ****e, but he really is a special player, in the top three of this generation.

dolliemix

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Technically England have a very strong defense but they fell apart against Germany

JohnnyRyan99

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Bananas!

They've still performed miles better than Spain.. The Dutch the only other team that deserve the credit Germany do.. And they havent played as well as Germany either!

Boskowski

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Lol. Even if they went out on Wednesday they absolutely are THE team of the tournament. What a boring contest it would be without germanys spark.

Podge2k7

Oooh, close there

Mr.Nice Guy

_Bella_ wrote: »

The Spanish defence haven't exactly covered themselves in glory either

Yeah that's true but I can see Spain dominating possession and no longer having to face teams that park the bus.

dolliemix wrote:

Technically England have a very strong defense but they fell apart against Germany

I wouldn't say they had a very strong defence personally.

JohnnyRyan99 wrote:

Bananas!

They've still performed miles better than Spain.. The Dutch the only other team that deserve the credit Germany do.. And they havent played as well as Germany either!

So what if they performed better? That doesn't mean they ARE better. You mention the Dutch, Brazil performed better than them and lost to them.

_Bella_

Jesus Paraguay could have equalised twice there!

dolliemix

F*** what a save!!

Mr.Nice Guy

Boskowski wrote: »

Lol. Even if they went out on Wednesday they absolutely are THE team of the tournament. What a boring contest it would be without germanys spark.

I agree 100 per cent. However I backed Spain to win and I stick by it. :cool:

noodler

Boskowski wrote: »

Only the German hype comes on the back of two 4 goal wins. I doht like the hype myself but in Germanys case at least it's based on performances shown not on past merits.

Is it still hype of they are backing it up with performances?

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Ah come on, there are plenty of excellent defenders in England's teams. Granted, they didn't play well as a team but let us not discount what the Germans did to them like that.

_Bella_

That looked really sore

dolliemix

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

So what if they performed better? That doesn't mean they ARE better. .

Oh c'mon!

Pro. F

Ah this game has been so mental!

ragg

Love RTE commentry...

Sergio ramos has just taken it in the face - its a world cup quarter final, you don't expect him to pull out....

Im sure they do it on purpose

KittyeeTrix

_Bella_ wrote: »

That looked really sore

That'll teach him:p

Mr.Nice Guy

noodler wrote: »

Ah come on, there are plenty of excellent defenders in England's teams. Granted, they didn't play well as a team but let us not discount what the Germans did to them like that.

The goals they conceded were laughably bad. I don't agree there were excellent defenders there (form-wise).

DJCR

really wish the game went to pennos

JohnnyRyan99

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

So what if they performed better? That doesn't mean they ARE better. You mention the Dutch, Brazil performed better than them and lost to them.

Ye i suppose..... Although the Dutch are the only team in the competition with an 100% record... Ah still they deserve no plaudits:rolleyes:

Pro. F

_Bella_ wrote: »

That looked really sore

Honestly that's not that sore.

Podge2k7

FT 1-0!


Spain vs Germany shall be interesting!

Mr.Nice Guy

Well done Spain. Villa is in with a shout of being player of the tournament.

noodler

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

The goals they conceded were laughably bad. I don't agree there were excellent defenders there (form-wise).

Well, I don't know then.

Maybe you will persist with that argument all the way to the final - e.g. that Germans haven't been impressive because they only beat the Aussie, English, Argentine defence......AND THEN PERHAPS....the Spanish and Dutch defences.

Headshot

Germany must be very confident they can beat this Spanish side

Nemanja91

From their performances germany shouldn't be worried but spain could still show up on the day and play them off the park, I think the germans deserve to win though, it should be a good match on wednesday night.

mike65

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I am serious. Of course they have looked good but hammering poor defences like England and Argentina doesn't make them world champs.

We will see how they get on in the semi-finals and whether they can make me a believer then.

Well we'll find out now cos they are playing a pretty dubious Spanish defence!

Del Bosque must be murder to be with at a casino

eagle eye

Credit to Paraguay for a brilliant performance, I always felt they would pay for 120 minutes the other night and so they did.

Headshot

Headshot wrote: »

Germany must be very confident they can beat this Spanish side

I would think so but Germany's style of play will suit the Spanish.

The odds will be interesting.

Mr.Nice Guy

If the Germans beat Spain I will be a believer. I think we can all agree though Spain are the biggest test the Germans will have faced in the competition.

Should be a fascinating game.

_Bella_

rarnes1 wrote: »

I would think so but Germany's style of play will suit the Spanish.

The odds will be interesting.

Ah but Spains style suits Germany!

Yakult

eagle eye wrote: »

Credit to Paraguay for a brilliant performance.

+1 they should be proud tbh

Nemanja91

I made myself an honorary Paraguayan as they were my last chance of me winning money.

Paparazzo

I'll be supporting Germany in the semis. Pity Muller will miss the game

Pro. F

David Villa has to start in the centre for the next game. They were so much better with him up front. He's easily the best striker in the world.

Well done Paraguay, they left absolutely nothing on the pitch.

mike65

happyoutscan wrote: »

Spain to romp this one. Money on a Torres hat-trick and Spain 4-0, 5-0, 6-0 and 7-0.

Ah well, close.

steelcityblues

I would be more confident of Uruguay beating Holland, than Spain beating Germany, thus preventing the 'dream final'!

noodler

RTE loving Iker's save from Roque but completely forgetting that it was him who spilled the ball in the first time.