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Hyarmenion

Hyarmenion

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Re: >>> The "ETF Gathering on 17.-19. Sep in Prague" OT Tread: See post 1 for details

Germany 0 - 1 Spain.... Nice one :jig::jig::jig::jig::jig:
 
BRKO

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Tim B said:
tough race
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Tough guy .)

Hyarmenion said:
Germany 0 - 1 Spain.... Nice one :jig::jig::jig::jig::jig:
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Not nice at all. This match was absolutely boring with only one goal. I was not entertained at all compared to NL-URG. As I posted on FB - such poor perfomance is exactly why I and many others watch football so little.

However what was with the Germans yesterday?
If the Spaniards keep playing ugly like this they gonna win the title :(


 
Hyarmenion

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BRKO said:
Not nice at all. This match was absolutely boring with only one goal. I was not entertained at all compared to NL-URG. As I posted on FB - such poor perfomance is exactly why I and many others watch football so little.
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Well yeah you didn't see many goals. But the game was very interesting. Tactical football at it's best :smug:



 
Rawness

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Hyarmenion said:
Well yeah you didn't see many goals. But the game was very interesting. Tactical football at it's best :smug:
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I do hate to see that Ramos guy get away with a smile... 2 times there should've been penalties for the germans.... and that Ramos guy should've had his head kicked in too.



 
MagpieLee

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Yeah actually the match yesterday was pretty good, if you're knowledge of football is upto scratch. Germany know that their best tactics are to sit deep and counter attach in numbers which is what they tried to do (they did the same when they crushed England and destroyed the Argies).
Thing is, they tried to do what Paraguay and Portugal did...defend and counter attack vs Spain. They did this better than the other teams because they counter attacked with more numbers (not like Portugal who tried to do it only with Ronaldo).
They also singled out Villa and tried to keep him quiet and for the most part they got their tactics correct, only to be outdone by an excellent set piece. Had that not gone in, and the game went into extra time, I think it would have suited the Germans (knowing that they would probably edge it in penalties).
Spain knew that they would sit deep and told their players to pressure the Germans who surrendered possession somewhat easily. Overall I think Germany were outclassed by a far superior team that can pass pass pass and retain possession from ze (the) Germans.
Germany were amazing though, they weren't expected to go that far into the competition, until Paul the Psychic Octopus predicted their downfall.

I MUST give a shoutout to New Zealand though. You have to think about this objectively. Here's a side - part timers, bankers, farmers, postmen and they went through the group stages UNDEFEATED and within ONE point of qualification into the last 16!

All in all, I am hoping for Holland. Not to badmouth Spain or anything I just fancy the Netherlands just that extra 1%
 
Rawness

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Good fotball. Germany won. Hope the final is as good.
 
krischan

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Which final? The championship is over. Please move on, nothing to see here :whistling:
 
Fish

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I'll be cheering on the Dutch, but if Spain wins then fair play, I don't mind as they play really good football! I've been supporting Oranje on every tournament they participated at since 1998 World Cup. This is the time for glory :)
 
Rawness

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On the topic of Graveyards:



 
IncubatorJones

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I have Garth Marenghi's Darkplace on my computer, haven't yet gotten myself into watching it though :scratchchin:

Wth was that last one? :D Reminded me of this:

 
Chairnick

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Piss poor refereeing, spaniards play like sissies, totally didn't deserve to win. In words of Drogba: F*****g disgrace.
 
krischan

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From what I've seen, Spain had twice as many chances and Holland was very lucky that de Jong's hasn't seen red for the most brutal foul I can recall in the championship. Holland had to make a lot of tactical fouls and because the Spanish players usually pass the ball before going into a tackle, they Dutch made so many brutal sliding tackles.

I agree that the referee made a couple of bad decisions, but not because of showing so much yellow, but (among other bad decisions) because of not showing enough of it. Holland should have got another 1-2 reds, Spain one as well and Spain should have received a penalty.

What I didn't like in particular were the endless debates with the referee, even after most obvious fouls, it looked a lot like an attempt to brainwash the referee. I hate that nearly as much as rolling. Also, it was ridiculous to freak out because Spain scored a goal after Holland didn't get an obvious corner a minute before. The ball had to go over the complete field afterwards, so they received a goal because they didn't pay enough attention, not because they didn't get a corner.

It was a rather boring game, but Spain deserved to win. Congratulations! I didn't favour any of the two teams BTW.
 
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Chairnick said:
Piss poor refereeing, spaniards play like sissies, totally didn't deserve to win. In words of Drogba: F*****g disgrace.
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I can agree with the poor refereeing, Netherlands didn't get enough red cards.

example :

This didn't get a red card while his leg was clearly nowhere near the ball and Xavi Alonso can be happy no ribs broke. (not exactly a soft kick...)



 
Hyarmenion

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krischan said:
From what I've seen, Spain had twice as many chances and Holland was very lucky that de Jong's hasn't seen red for the most brutal foul I can recall in the championship. Holland had to make a lot of tactical fouls and because the Spanish players usually pass the ball before going into a tackle, they Dutch made so many brutal sliding tackles.

I agree that the referee made a couple of bad decisions, but not because of showing so much yellow, but (among other bad decisions) because of not showing enough of it. Holland should have got another 1-2 reds, Spain one as well and Spain should have received a penalty.

What I didn't like in particular were the endless debates with the referee, even after most obvious fouls, it looked a lot like an attempt to brainwash the referee. I hate that nearly as much as rolling. Also, it was ridiculous to freak out because Spain scored a goal after Holland didn't get an obvious corner a minute before. The ball had to go over the complete field afterwards, so they received a goal because they didn't pay enough attention, not because they didn't get a corner.

It was a rather boring game, but Spain deserved to win. Congratulations! I didn't favour any of the two teams BTW.
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This sums it up pretty good. :thumbsup:
I'm happy Spain won :jig:



 
Chairnick

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krischan said:
I agree that the referee made a couple of bad decisions, but not because of showing so much yellow, but (among other bad decisions) because of not showing enough of it. Holland should have got another 1-2 reds, Spain one as well and Spain should have received a penalty.
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If he showed more yellow, or whistle every foul or dive made by spaniards (a few of them resulting in unjustified yellow for the Dutch) there would be more than one red for Spain, and maybe we'd even see a nice game, not that dive and complain fest that took place yesterday, because they knew they'll get away with it.

And what penalty? Defender went after the ball and Xavi tripped mostly on his own foot. This wouldn't even be a foul, let alone penalty kick.

krischan said:
Also, it was ridiculous to freak out because Spain scored a goal after Holland didn't get an obvious corner a minute before. The ball had to go over the complete field afterwards, so they received a goal because they didn't pay enough attention, not because they didn't get a corner.
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It was corner and immediately after a foul against Elia, both of them were deemed unworthy of whistle from Webb, and the Dutch went into uproar and in the mean time Spain made counter-attack against confused defense so Holland and scored (and there even might've been an offside).

Dahmer said:
I can agree with the poor refereeing, Netherlands didn't get enough red cards.
This didn't get a red card while his leg was clearly nowhere near the ball and Xavi Alonso can be happy no ribs broke. (not exactly a soft kick...)
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It's funny how Iniesta's assault on dutch player after ref's whistle for some foul (which was not unlike Zidane's on last WC) goes unmentioned by spanish fans. That should've been a red card too and then there would be no goal in 118. minute


EDIT: Also, 800th post rant.


 
Hyarmenion

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Chairnick said:
It's funny how Iniesta's assault on dutch player after ref's whistle for some foul (which was not unlike Zidane's on last WC) goes unmentioned by spanish fans. That should've been a red card too and then there would be no goal in 118. minute
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Krishan actually mentioned that one. But then again if De Jong would have gotten the dark red card he deserved I don't think it would have gotten this far. Holland would never have been able to defend the remaining 65 minutes against Spain with 1 man less. So I really don't see how the Dutch fans can blame this on the ref. If anything they should thank him for not taking them out of the game when Alonso got karatekicked. And you can't blame the ref either for Robbens inability to score.



 
BRKO

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So even "the best" ref chosen for finals made weak impression? Whats wrong with the refs in this tournament then?

Luckily footbal is only a silly game performed by 22 half-retarded guys so none really cares once the WC is over. Nice summer is here :)
 
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