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Portugal Just OWNED Spain (Soccer)

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Furor Teutonicus:

--- Quote from: IRAN iz Gangsta! on November 18, 2010, 09:16:57 AM ---and ur right, worst thing u can do is let spain hold the ball and control midfield, they will kill u with short passes...u gotta press them and throw them out of their game, biggest mistake germany made in WC was letting spain dictate the game

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Yeah, this is true. We were way to passive that game,  they really had a bad day. It seemed like they had too much repect. But I'm pretty confident Germany can beat Spain and will win one of the next tournaments. If only a few of the talents we have  blow up, we'll have a crazy team for the next decade.




--- Quote from: Lunatic on November 18, 2010, 03:17:12 PM ---And they hardly suck in major tourneys. 2nd in Euro 04 and 4th in World Cup 06. Lost to the eventual runner ups in Euro 08 & lost to the eventual WC champs in 2010. They've been much better than powerhouses like England and Argentina in these last few major tourneys

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That's true. Portugal has played a good role the last 10-15 years. Not good enough for the best teams, but still a challenge and way better than teams like England. Their only problem was that they always lacked a good striker, which is still a problem to this day.  But apart from a few exceptions like Ronaldo, the new generation still has to prove if they can hold against their 'golden generation'.

Lunatic:
Germany should have a very good team indeed

Exactly, Portugal have been great the last 10-15 years. I forgot to mention a semi-final appearance in 2000 Euro. That's two semi final appearances in 2000 & 2006 and a finals appearance in 2004. So to me, we are a powerhouse team, definitely a top 7 in the world. We've always lacked a striker and that's still a problem. Our best bet is to ride whichever striker is in form at the moment (like we did vs Spain with Helder Postiga who scored 2 goals).

I wish this team can enter one tournament healthy. The Spain world cup game may have been different with a healthy Nani

Elano:
spain>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>portugal.

IRAN iz Gangsta!:

--- Quote from: Lunatic on November 18, 2010, 03:17:12 PM ---
And they hardly suck in major tourneys. 2nd in Euro 04 and 4th in World Cup 06. Lost to the eventual runner ups in Euro 08 & lost to the eventual WC champs in 2010. They've been much better than powerhouses like England and Argentina in these last few major tourneys

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before WC 2002 they were non-existant so that statement is not true


and their opponents havent been much of a danger, they would win in penalties or 1-0 they have hardly been a dangerous team to fear...their only win  this last world cup was 7-0 over north korea

Lunatic:

--- Quote from: IRAN iz Gangsta! on November 22, 2010, 04:58:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lunatic on November 18, 2010, 03:17:12 PM ---
And they hardly suck in major tourneys. 2nd in Euro 04 and 4th in World Cup 06. Lost to the eventual runner ups in Euro 08 & lost to the eventual WC champs in 2010. They've been much better than powerhouses like England and Argentina in these last few major tourneys

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before WC 2002 they were non-existant so that statement is not true


and their opponents havent been much of a danger, they would win in penalties or 1-0 they have hardly been a dangerous team to fear...their only win  this last world cup was 7-0 over north korea

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U say before 2002 they were non-existent but they went to the semi finals in Euro 2000 actually

I said last "few" tourneys - 04,06,08,10 - Last 4 tournaments.

In 04 they defeated England & Holland in a major tourney..Same in 06..

They had a difficult group with Ivory Coast & Brazil..and tied both 0-0.. They were one of few teams to enter the elimination stage without allowing a single goal.

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