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Postby guy07 » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:23 pm

Germany VS Spain, i never would have guessed that ... i'm voting for German. My German blood made me do it. :amv:
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Postby Otohiko » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:23 pm

guy07 wrote:Germany VS Spain, i never would have guessed that ... i'm voting for German. My German blood made me do it. :amv:


I'm "voting" for Spain for much more logical reasons. If you notice, Germany have put on a very cautious game, to put it mildly - they only won their first game against Poland with a lead of more than 1. Otherwise they never got to penalties and all through, they pretty much played an annoyingly cautious game where they'd score and then hang on to their lead instead of continuing attack, wearing down the other team gradually through relatively organized defense.

The problem is that as we saw - especially in this last game - Spain can put on offensive pressure and keep it. They managed to wear down the Russians even though the game was constantly in their (Russians') own zone - and I'm afraid the same thing will happen to Germany unless they realize this.
One thing for sure, they won't be able to win against Spain the way they've been playing up to now.

I'll be going for Germany too, but as with Russia, I'm skeptical. Russia just fell apart against Spain's game. Not shamefully, but in a way that was completely obvious and showed their team's lack of organized offensive cooperation. They were counting on "Arshavin magic" and other individual talents on their team, and it didn't work at all. They weren't playing well together on the attack - and Spain's goal-scoring attacks were all brilliantly set up by comparison. The Russians did admirably on defense and the goalkeeping was top-notch. Just that if one team is completely dominating the ball in the opponent's zone, probability will eventually do its job.
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Postby guy07 » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:01 am

Non-believer! You shall pay for your blasphemy! :twisted:
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Postby Mithroch » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:20 am

Given Spain's history of self destructing... Germany.
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Postby Fall_Child42 » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:55 am

Why was Russia in the Euro 2008 cup in the first place?,

They didn't let China or any other asian country in.
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Postby Otohiko » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:02 am

Fall_Child42 wrote:Why was Russia in the Euro 2008 cup in the first place?,

They didn't let China or any other asian country in.


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Postby guy07 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:15 am

ITS TODAY! ITS TODAY ....wait, what time is it on? 0-0;
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Postby Jnzk » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:09 am

2:30 PM Toronto time.
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Postby guy07 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:37 am

sweet, thanks janzki :3
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Postby guy07 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:42 pm

IT HAS BEGUN. :P
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Postby dwchang » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:10 pm

Janzki wrote:2:30 PM Toronto time.


Wait you're in Toronto? I thought you lived in Finland or something?

(unrelated, but one of my previous grad. advisers is from Finland and his father goes swimming in the ice water every week to keep 'healthy.')

Anyway, congrats to Spain. I have a few lab mates who are from Spain so I imagine they're happy right now.
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Postby guy07 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:11 pm

Yeah, janzki is Finnish. Just a very helpful Finnish. :D
Yeah, i wanted Germany to win so bad ... but after about five minutes of watching them play, i knew Germany was doomed. It was like they weren't even putting any heart into it and their aim really sucked.
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Postby Jnzk » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:12 am

dwchang wrote:
Janzki wrote:2:30 PM Toronto time.

Wait you're in Toronto? I thought you lived in Finland or something?

(unrelated, but one of my previous grad. advisers is from Finland and his father goes swimming in the ice water every week to keep 'healthy.')

No, I don't live in Toronto and never dipped myself in freezing water. I'm afraid it would lead to a heart attack or something. :|

Anyway I was happy to see Spain get a deserved win. Their game was the best of all the teams in the tournament.
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