07-07-2010, 11:07 PM
<!--quoteo(post=104424:date=Jul 7 2010, 08:55 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ Jul 7 2010, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=104423:date=Jul 7 2010, 08:43 PM:name=chitownwinninitall)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chitownwinninitall @ Jul 7 2010, 08:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=104412:date=Jul 7 2010, 07:10 PM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Jul 7 2010, 07:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=104373:date=Jul 7 2010, 03:23 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Jul 7 2010, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This sucks. Spain deserved it though, they played their best game, especially defensively. Just sucks that Puyol gets the winner, I really can't stand that guy.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why because he's good? Fuckin overhyped Germans...put up a ton of goals against a very average English team and an Argentina team with garbage defense and a mediocre keeper in Romero and everyone has them winning it all. I'm so glad they lost. They were completely dominated, with the exception of a couple of good chances they did absolutely nothing.
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Over hyped Germans? Going into the cup they had fairly low expectations and no real established stars on the team after Ballack got injured. They played a bunch of young guys and played really well over the tournament as a whole, and performed far better than anyone thought. If anything Spain had been the over hyped team, favorites going into the tourney with Brazil and didn't play a really complete game start to finish until this one.
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Yes they were overhyped after they thrashed Argentina. People had them in the final before they even got to the pitch after the quarters. They are a good team with good young players...but lets be realistic.
Yeah Spain is overhyped....ranked second in the world and lost only twice in almost fifty matches and won the European Championship in 2008. Only took them two years to be beaten and scored 73 goals while only conceding 11. Every team they've faced has gone in with a defensive game plan and this is why the scores have been so low. Not to mention one of their premiere strikers, Torres, still hasn't played the way he can because of his knee injury. They've played according to their strength...pass and keep possession until they find a hole in the defense and it works. I don't know what's going to happen in the finals, the Dutch are a good team, but you're just plain wrong if you think they are overhyped.
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Sorry, just barely getting out of the group and not playing a good game until the semifinals for a team that is either the best or second best team in the world equals over hyped. If they play like they did today against Holland then they will win, but we just haven't seen them play that way enough the last two years for anyone to be sure.
All the talent + Poor play = Over hyped.
Why because he's good? Fuckin overhyped Germans...put up a ton of goals against a very average English team and an Argentina team with garbage defense and a mediocre keeper in Romero and everyone has them winning it all. I'm so glad they lost. They were completely dominated, with the exception of a couple of good chances they did absolutely nothing.
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Over hyped Germans? Going into the cup they had fairly low expectations and no real established stars on the team after Ballack got injured. They played a bunch of young guys and played really well over the tournament as a whole, and performed far better than anyone thought. If anything Spain had been the over hyped team, favorites going into the tourney with Brazil and didn't play a really complete game start to finish until this one.
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Yes they were overhyped after they thrashed Argentina. People had them in the final before they even got to the pitch after the quarters. They are a good team with good young players...but lets be realistic.
Yeah Spain is overhyped....ranked second in the world and lost only twice in almost fifty matches and won the European Championship in 2008. Only took them two years to be beaten and scored 73 goals while only conceding 11. Every team they've faced has gone in with a defensive game plan and this is why the scores have been so low. Not to mention one of their premiere strikers, Torres, still hasn't played the way he can because of his knee injury. They've played according to their strength...pass and keep possession until they find a hole in the defense and it works. I don't know what's going to happen in the finals, the Dutch are a good team, but you're just plain wrong if you think they are overhyped.
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Sorry, just barely getting out of the group and not playing a good game until the semifinals for a team that is either the best or second best team in the world equals over hyped. If they play like they did today against Holland then they will win, but we just haven't seen them play that way enough the last two years for anyone to be sure.
All the talent + Poor play = Over hyped.