UEFA Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine: Germans Glowing with Anticipation

[Iormlund]

We need a 9 there.

[edit] Llorente warming up.

[Pedrito]

Better than I expected, till now.

Balotelli better be subbed between halves, because otherwise he'll surely get a red card.

L.

[Pedrito]

We need a 9 there.

[edit] Llorente warming up.

Yeah, and we have Di Natale wrming up.    Good player, but completely unable to stand the pressure, and always severly underperformed with the national team.

L.

[FunkMonk]

Good game so far. Italy will win unless del Bosque puts on someone who will actually shoot. Balotelli to get a red in the 80' unless subbed off.

[FunkMonk]

LOL Balotelli just froze 

[Pedrito]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU BALOTELLI FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!


L.

[Cecil]

Well this just turned interesting. 

[FunkMonk]

Two great goals. 

[Viking]

ESPN says Italy will play 3-5-2 and Spain with no formal strikers.

Excellent. 

If you play with no strikers, are you hoping to bore the other team to death? Is this a common strategy?

It is traditional for Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenaccio

[Iormlund]

FFS, why Torres?

[FunkMonk]

FFS, why Torres?

He's a parody of himself now. Maybe now Llorente will get a look in???

[Iormlund]

We need a 9 there.

[edit] Llorente warming up.

Yeah, and we have Di Natale wrming up.    Good player, but completely unable to stand the pressure, and always severly underperformed with the national team.

L.

I liked him.

Of course 90% of the goal was Pirlo's (), but all in all, Di Natale was great getting behind the defense and finishing.

[Iormlund]

FFS, why Torres?

He's a parody of himself now. Maybe now Llorente will get a look in???

He's always been like that at the National team. He could be the greatest player in the world if only he got a lobotomy. As long as he operates on instinct alone he can do anything. But once he has time to think, he always fucks up.

[Liep]

Torres.

[Josephus]

An unexpectedly good game between two teams who 20 years ago would have bored us to death. Best game of the tournie so far, I think. Italy had the better first half, I thought, taking the game to Spain but in the second half  felt they let off a bit and no longer threatened Spain's weak left flank. Even before Italy scored I thought Spain were starting to control the game. 1-1 fair score.