Official Euro 2008 Grp. D - GRE, SPA, SWE, RUS

Post #61 » by **BlackMamba** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:00 pm

sorry, we can't post any direct link but google i'm sure you'll find a site.

kromoszoma · Post #62 » by **kromoszoma** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:29 pm

This is a great game so far, but the Russian central defenders are really outmatched here.

Point forward · Post #63 » by **Point forward** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:46 pm

2-0!! DAVID VILLA!!

Good to see that guy get some love. Torres is great, but Villa is one of the most underrated strikers IMHO.

kromoszoma · Post #64 » by **kromoszoma** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:28 pm

Poor Bystrov, that must have been embarrassing.

NBA Cares · Post #65 » by **NBA Cares** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:53 pm

Goalfest!!! Poor showing by Russia, who finally tried to take advantage of their height in towards the end. The midfield for Spain was fun to watch.

Post #66 » by **5DOM** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:09 pm

I don't think Spain can win it all with that kind of defence.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #67 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:38 pm

wow, Spains precision passing was superb!

GS Warriors 1 · Post #68 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:40 pm

Spain's midfield and Villa were excellent.

Defenders looked shaky at the end there.

El Turco · Post #69 » by **El Turco** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:44 pm

Villa just quadrupled his price, great performance. Spain obviously have a very talented team but because of shaky defense and their coach, i am pessimistic for them to win it all.

NBA Cares · Post #70 » by **NBA Cares** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:32 pm

Ibrahimovic took a shot to the ding dong. Larson trying to hard to be the setup man, he could have taken two good shot opportunities.

NBA Cares · Post #71 » by **NBA Cares** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:13 pm

Goal of the tourney by Ibrahimovic!!! What a strike. This one is as special as the one he had four years ago.

Nuzzo · Post #72 » by **Nuzzo** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:18 pm

Yesss
Football - 2
Anti-football- 0.
Great second goal - that guy scored on pure guts against 2 greek defenders who tried to gangbang him.

Captain_Obvious · Post #73 » by **Captain_Obvious** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:28 pm

Some reporter ask Rehagel after the game how he feels after wasting the time for .... everyone

Post #74 » by **BlackMamba** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:42 pm

Captain_Obvious wrote:Some reporter ask Rehagel after the game how he feels after wasting the time for .... everyone

really?

and good for spain, but they always have a game like so don't get all excited.

and it's obvious greece won't win even a point!

El Turco · Post #75 » by **El Turco** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:58 pm

Captain_Obvious wrote:Some reporter ask Rehagel after the game how he feels after wasting the time for .... everyone

lmao.

well deserved win by Swedes, hopefully this result will prevent Greece from taking football three quarters of a century back.

Point forward · Post #76 » by **Point forward** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:17 pm

Nuzzo wrote:Yesss
Football - 2
Anti-football- 0.
Great second goal - that guy scored on pure guts against 2 greek defenders who tried to gangbang him.

That Petter Hansson goal is the funniest thing which I have seen in a long time :lol:

Whiteman · Post #77 » by **Whiteman** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:24 pm

NBA Cares wrote:Goalfest!!! Poor showing by Russia, who finally tried to take advantage of their height in towards the end. The midfield for Spain was fun to watch.

I guess betting on Russia to win it all wasn't such a bright idea after all...

Post #78 » by **Basti** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:00 pm

Point forward wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

That Petter Hansson goal is the funniest thing which I have seen in a long time

yeah and I turned the TV in moments after the last replay... damn bad timing.

Erik Eleven · Post #79 » by **Erik Eleven** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:15 pm

the_incredible_basti wrote:why?

I sort of already answered why in my original post, but I'll elaborate;

Lagerback is a dead-beat, unemotional, dry, boring coach who makes his team play defense and no offense, as soon as they score a goal. I can't count how many times that has come back to haunt the Swedish national team. Go back and watch all their games since he became a coach, and you'll see what I mean.

In my opinion, if you score a goal, you keep playing the way that got you that goal, in order to extend the lead and improve your goal differential stats, get some burn for the bench players, keep your starters out of harms way etc. His philosophy is to "protect" the lead by playing "cautiously", which of course leads to a lot of losses in games where Sweden started off strong and aggressive and got the lead.

These guys can really play. Too bad his piss-poor tactics won't allow them to. I was worried as hell today when they got the lead. Fortunately, they seemed to remain surprisingly assertive.

If Sweden gets a lead on Spain or any other good team, watch him make his team hide under the covers and lose the game.

j-far,

:wave:

Thanks for the welcome, buddy.

Post #80 » by **5DOM** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:26 pm

NBA Cares wrote:Goal of the tourney by Ibrahimovic!!! What a strike. This one is as special as the one he had four years ago.

I like Podolski's second much better.

Xavi's attempt before Fabregas' goal would have been another good one.