Midfield wins.

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Anonymous wrote:A 16 year old(17 on Saturday) wow.

He and Dani Olmo just showed what happens when you're developed in environments allowing creativity

Yes but they also alway do everything under pressure. The practices are at such a high level vs here in the states.

Anonymous wrote:A 16 year old(17 on Saturday) wow.

He and Dani Olmo just showed what happens when you're developed in environments allowing creativity

A 16 year old(17 on Saturday) wow.

Would like to see Spain go through. They are so fun to watch. In the build up you see the wing player open but the player with the ball cuts it inside and passes to a player with a defender two feet away from him. For Spain a defender two feet away is open.
Then their movement off the ball and after making a pass is outstanding. They find the space so naturally. This allows them to escape pressure so easily. With three passes they are out of pressure. With 5-6 passes they are in the final third.

France is far from toothless but Deschamps conservative style won them one WC so you cant argue too much, but its hard to see so much talent being misused for a second striaght tournment by him. Spain has been the team since the beginning I said after their first game and DCUM clowns came at me. Spain will win a very tight one vs France, winner of this game takes the cup. Lots of suspensions but Spain like their womens team is super deep and they have plug and play players throughout roster. I am concerned with Carvajal not playing RB though because his backup Navas is like 48 years old would have much rather seen Vasquez on the roster for this exact scenario but the rest of the roster is interchangeable, so Spain prevails but it will be tight.

Solid but not spectacular Holland team continues to roll with Memphis' class showing out and he will major part of Dutch beating England late with England's luck finally running out. Dutch attackers will expose England back three, Simons will be huge too. Poor footy all summer by Southgate, he gets the axe finally and new coach leads England on to win 2026 WC, watch this team is stacked someone has to unlock them.

France is toothless despite Mbappe, Spain should push through 2-0

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Anonymous wrote:Prediction for tomorrow and Wednesday.

England 2-1 over Holland and Spain loses to France on penalties after 0-0. Spain is missing way too many players from the yellow card suspensions to be at their best. Otherwise they'd take the whole thing easily.

I'll take that back. I thought Spain had lost Morata and Ruiz as well as Le Normand, Carvajal and Pedri (injury). With both of them available, they'll win 1-0.

Anonymous wrote:Prediction for tomorrow and Wednesday.

England 2-1 over Holland and Spain loses to France on penalties after 0-0. Spain is missing way too many players from the yellow card suspensions to be at their best. Otherwise they'd take the whole thing easily.

Prediction for tomorrow and Wednesday.

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Anonymous wrote:Germany vs Spain is essentially the final too bad its happening so soon. Winner of this game beats England in the final!

Yep. Two best teams. Bummer they met in quarter finals.

My son is the biggest Germany fan. Sad day.

They were robbed on the no call handball.

If you want to criticize the referee, that foul by Kroos on Pedri in the first 5 minutes should have been a yellow or red(Kroos f#&ked Pedri’s knee and he is out of the tournament). Later at the 66 minutes, Kroos takes down Olmo on a break away and is issued a yellow. That should have been Kroos second. Germany should have been down a man from the 66 minute. If that happens Spain scores in regulation. There were 4-5 fouls by Kroos that should have been a yellow.

I will never understand how a foul that will draw a yellow or red card in the 15-90 minute does not warrant a card in the first 15 minutes of a game. Clearly Spain was disadvantaged by Kroos foul. As for the hand ball. According to the rules if the arm is behind the body and/or down at the side in a nature position it is not a hand ball. They changed the interpretation of hand ball so defenders do not have to play with their hands behind their backs. That is a pretty sensible interpretation of the rule.

Spain was the much better team. Germany recognize this and had to muck it up from the start to even have a chance.

100% agree. Kroos had multiple fouls like this throughout the match that made a difference. I do think it was a handball, however, even as he tried to draw his arm closer to his body.

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Anonymous wrote:Germany vs Spain is essentially the final too bad its happening so soon. Winner of this game beats England in the final!

Yep. Two best teams. Bummer they met in quarter finals.

My son is the biggest Germany fan. Sad day.

They were robbed on the no call handball.

If you want to criticize the referee, that foul by Kroos on Pedri in the first 5 minutes should have been a yellow or red(Kroos f#&ked Pedri’s knee and he is out of the tournament). Later at the 66 minutes, Kroos takes down Olmo on a break away and is issued a yellow. That should have been Kroos second. Germany should have been down a man from the 66 minute. If that happens Spain scores in regulation. There were 4-5 fouls by Kroos that should have been a yellow.

I will never understand how a foul that will draw a yellow or red card in the 15-90 minute does not warrant a card in the first 15 minutes of a game. Clearly Spain was disadvantaged by Kroos foul. As for the hand ball. According to the rules if the arm is behind the body and/or down at the side in a nature position it is not a hand ball. They changed the interpretation of hand ball so defenders do not have to play with their hands behind their backs. That is a pretty sensible interpretation of the rule.

Spain was the much better team. Germany recognize this and had to muck it up from the start to even have a chance.

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Anonymous wrote:Germany vs Spain is essentially the final too bad its happening so soon. Winner of this game beats England in the final!

Yep. Two best teams. Bummer they met in quarter finals.

My son is the biggest Germany fan. Sad day.

They were robbed on the no call handball.

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Anonymous wrote:Germany vs Spain is essentially the final too bad its happening so soon. Winner of this game beats England in the final!

Yep. Two best teams. Bummer they met in quarter finals.

My son is the biggest Germany fan. Sad day.

Anonymous wrote:Germany vs Spain is essentially the final too bad its happening so soon. Winner of this game beats England in the final!

Yep. Two best teams. Bummer they met in quarter finals.