Spain coach concedes: We never had it so tough
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Spain vs Paraguay
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3 penalties..
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wah lao eh.
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spain machiam w/o villa will die liddat.
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no torres to rely mah..
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Spain won....will not be easy now for them...their semi will be germary right?
Spain will not make it to final if ger hit top form now.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Spain won....will not be easy now for them...their semi will be germary right?
Spain will not make it to final if ger hit top form now.
Germany has already hit top form. Their destruction of Argentina was pure class.
The only question now is how well will Germany play without Thomas Mueller.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Germany has already hit top form. Their destruction of Argentina was pure class.
The only question now is how well will Germany play without Thomas Mueller.
I only watch 1st half, too tired, keeps on nodding...Without Mueller, I am sure there are others can easily fill up his position.
Real surprising to have such a score line....unbelievable.
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after 15 mins i retired to bed.
spain suck. their style just isnt direct like germany.
i pick germany to tear them apart like they did to argentina.
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Spain coach Del Bosque concedes: We never had it so tough
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque admits they were lucky to see off Paraguay in last night's World Cup quarterfinal.
David Villa's late goal - after both sides had missed penalties - secured victory over a brave Paraguay team who had matched the European champions all the way.
Spain are in the semi-finals for the first time ever - not since 1950, where they were part of a four-team final group, have they had such an opportunity to go all the way.
Del Bosque admitted that Spain's passing game had been disrupted by the South Americans but he remains confident of overcoming Germany on Wednesday.
He said: "It has been a very tough, very uncomfortable match but this is what we expected - they didn't let us play our game.
"In my time a Spanish side never felt so uncomfortable or passed the ball so inaccurately.
"But now it's an absolutely marvellous moment for Spanish football and our game is at the very top.
"We didn't play a terribly good match today but we are happy and we know we have the necessary resources to face any rival including Germany.
"It's a great moment for Spanish football. We beat Germany in the final of the Euros but they are among the elite teams and I think that speaks volumes for European football."
Del Bosque also paid tribute to Spain's keeper Iker Casillas and to Villa, who is now the tournament's leading scorer with five goals and, on 43 for the national team, just one behind Raul.
He added: "Casillas has been extraordinary and he made two magnificent stops tonight.
"Villa is at the top of his form and was right there again - perhaps we could have scored earlier but Villa had the hunger."
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i believe spain will hold on the possesion at the mouth of germany goal passing n passing...waiting for a good thru ball... and the only fear is germany intercepts and launch an counter attack...
spain score so little goals always win with 1 or 2 goals really very worrying... lol.
very tough match.
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Originally posted by SGporkz:
i believe spain will hold on the possesion at the mouth of germany goal passing n passing...waiting for a good thru ball... and the only fear is germany intercepts and launch an counter attack...
spain score so little goals always win with 1 or 2 goals really very worrying... lol.
very tough match.
There is no doubt on German's counter attack and seriously, I doubt Spain can break Germany's defense so easily.
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All things remaining constant, Germany will rip Spain apart.
Spain's passing game is not going to work against a team like Germany. In the Argentina match Germany scored all four goals by running into gaps in the Argentine defence.
Spain's passing game is beautiful, but it is going to play right into Germany's hands by creating wide open spaces. And the Spain vs Switzerland game has shown that beautiful passing can be undone by simply trying to catch Spain on the break.
To defeat Germany, Spain has got to play Germany's game: play fast, play tight, and have good spatial awareness. The last two points are especially important: both Argentina and England lost to Germany because their defenders left wide open spaces for the Germans to run into.
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Everyone knows how Germany plays already, once they take caution, it'll be hard to shake them. I'm pretty sure Germany knows that everyone else knows as well.
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spain can keep the ball for 89mins, but once they lose the ball for even a single min, they should expect massive destruction coming for the germans. nice game to watch.
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Spain playing without wingers, eh ?
if depend on fullbacks to double as wingers, then they're dead.
only Villa can score, another reason for disaster !
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so sad paraguay din't get through...i guess now will support uruguay and germ..
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
Spain playing without wingers, eh ?
if depend on fullbacks to double as wingers, then they're dead.
only Villa can score, another reason for disaster !
i tink Spain will play ugly and hope Villa scores wadever passes he gets from his midfielders.