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tbh, Mycon, it appears your bringing what happened over there here looks liable to cause the same thing all over.
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I'm strictly going with the verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.Originally Posted by The Return of Dado
What the heck do you know about what is a war criminal?
Do yourself a favor and don't take this primal thing too far.
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tbh, Mycon, it appears your bringing what happened over there here looks liable to cause the same thing all over.
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They're capable but Germany is too strong. Italy is a sloppy mess, the way I see it. I don't understand how they got this far, Croatia should have put them away in that second half.
Last edited by The Return of Dado; 06-24-2012 at 06:17 PM.
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why the frack can England not make freaking penalty kicks? How the hell hard is it? *head into desk. repeat for last god knows how many International competitions* F*CK.
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Enough bearing in reality to put the likes of Mladić, Milošević, Gotovina etc. in front of a court and into prison should they be found guilty. Gotovina got 24 years if I remember correctly?
So whatever you may think of the court, a certain "bearing in reality" is not one of the things you could deny.
Aaaaanyway.
England were surprisingly difficult to defeat for Italy. Italy really need to come to terms with their finishing ability if they actually want to have a shot at advancing to the finals.
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Had my head in my hands last night, so many chances missed/fumbled!
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Ok all, SG is back after a long weekend. Yes I did get to watch games, but no access to internet. Let me start with my thoughts:
Portugal v Czechs was what I expected(but not hoped:-). Can't see them beating the Spanish
Germany v Greece was what it should have been, aside from Boateng having a howler of a day. Both goals were just carelessness on the part of him. Credit to Greece though for taking their chances. Germany however should have put it away much earlier with the chances they had.
Spain v France was well, what can you say. France looked about as good as they did against Sweden and got their just rewards. Spain were deserved of their win, and still play some pretty futbol!
England v Italy well, I was right up to the end. Sorry England. I really thought you would break this curse once and for all. Although I will say that their efforts were noble and worthy. Italians just do what they have done forever in tournaments. Find a way to the end.
On to the semis and my picks/predictions:
Portugal v Spain There will be no love lost between these two countries, and I think Spain are still a separate class from Portugal. Too many attacking weapons, as opposed to Portugal who have relied heavily on what Whine-Aldo and Fanni can drum up. And lets be real, St. Iker in goal. yeah, Spain 2-0
Germany v Italy From day one, I'm sticking with the Germans as I think they are superior from top to bottom (hoping that was Boatengs mulligan day:-) Two great keepers in Nuer and of course Gigi, but if Germany attack like they have been, the Italians are done. Haven't been too impressed with Italy, and it seems they have done just enough to get there.
Germany v Spain final! Soccergrok out!!!!!
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Spain's style of play gets to the point of being really annoying at times. It may just have been the French though not being able to come up with a good gameplan like Italy did in the opener.
Portugal will be Spain's toughest test yet. Portugal demonstrated in their opener against Germany how well they can play ultra-defensively against a side with more ball possession, and they even got more scoring opportunities out of it than Germany.
We can expect a similar match here. Spain will have more possession than Germany did, but also less punching power up front.
There's a very good chance in my eyes for Portugal to drag this game to extra-time and maybe even win. Especially since they are a threat on the counterattack. And should Portugal trail, they also showed in their games against Denmark and Germany that they can play ultra-aggressively very well too if need be.
If anyone is going to stop Spain, it will be Portugal. Germany will beat Italy (and probably with relative ease given the last performances), but Germany's style of play just isn't going well with that of Spain. Unless Germany cooks up an entirely different gameplan to what we have seen in this tournament, they would lose against Spain.
I hope I am wrong though with this. But I have high hopes for Portugal, so my prediction is Germany vs. Portugal in the final. Germany wins the whole thing - but only if they don't have to play Spain.
Last edited by mycon; 06-26-2012 at 03:24 AM.
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The Germans are way more solid in their performance. They always are. That is what makes them so boring.
I find the Italians way more exciting when they are on form. They are always lazy and do the bare minimum in the early stages and perform best when challenged to make a comeback in the later stages.
Italy could win, Germany probably will. I would love to see an Italy-Spain final. So I call (pray) 2-1 to Italy.
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