Portugal getting squeezed in the middle now
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:11 (fourteen years ago)
cheap free kick
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:13 (fourteen years ago)
xabi alonso is v handsomegame recognize game
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:16 (fourteen years ago)
also all the flopping in this game makes me feel at home watching Manu ginobili, only there's like 7 of him
Cool insight bro
― boxall, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
Portugal need to put a lid on this petulant, niggly shit, it's so often their undoing
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:28 (fourteen years ago)
i know we have done it before but 'flopping' is such an ugly (and non-football) word
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
Argh, that was it
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
bad pass, shit finish
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
What's up with Ronaldo's shooting this game?
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
cronny?ronny!oh, ronald...
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
'flopping' is perfect though, it should be used
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
That would have been incredible.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
Coentrao is player of the tournament imo.
no one can give a good end pass
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:33 (fourteen years ago)
not like this
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:34 (fourteen years ago)
no it shouldnt
xps
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:34 (fourteen years ago)
this ref really wishes this is portugal-holland06
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
I love cracking 0-0s
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
what a thriller
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
wtf, the pundits really think that was shit?!
fuck off lineker, christ
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
"it's...a bit like chess" - Martin Keown
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (fourteen years ago)
He's been really solid
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (fourteen years ago)
oh fuck off lineker. i hate hate HATE this BBC 'there were no goals so it was shit' mentality. that was an intense game of tactics. spain didn't have an off day (bar negredo), they were played out of the game.
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:37 (fourteen years ago)
"portugal come out and they play and they wanted to play and i'll tell you something tactically they played better not as good as spain did but well, they did well"
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:38 (fourteen years ago)
How was that shit?! Spain's tiki-taka has been neutralized for once by a country with the temerity to actually not only mess with their possession game but run at them. If football isn't chess then it's just a bunch of guys kicking a ball stupidly.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
No way are Portugal finishing with eleven men imo, that'll be what settles it
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
spain didn't have an off day (bar negredo), they were played out of the game.
I'm not watching BBC but Spain are having an off day to an extent, even though Portugal have been very good
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:39 (fourteen years ago)
MW – Spain still kept possession like 60% of the time, didn't they?
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
It's precisely Lineker's attitutde that makes the English nat'l side tend to play below top standards
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:40 (fourteen years ago)
Sure, remy but to what effect?
Holding Spain to 60% is an achievement xxp.
― boxall, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
If I thought any side was more likely to score in this game it would have been Portugal. It ain't over and Spain may nick one in the end but this isn't the dumbest tactical approach to take to Spain.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:42 (fourteen years ago)
This hasn't actually been that entertaining though has it?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:42 (fourteen years ago)
Second half at least.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:43 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, 60% is actually pretty damn low if I think about the rest of the cup. Typed before I thought it out.
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
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oh this is wipespread on tv and in papers, bar the guardian with their michael cox's and jonathon wilson's.
matt this has been one of the most entertaining games of the tournament imo.
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
It got bitty but was always compelling.
I thought Lineker was being sarcastic at first, 'til the full horror dawned.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
second half less so because the ref upped the crazy
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:45 (fourteen years ago)
If Portugal's attacking players had been better over the last 45 this could have been so much better. "Intense tactics" don't mean much when your attackers fluff their chances.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:46 (fourteen years ago)
Iniesta did well there but that's so not a free kick
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:46 (fourteen years ago)
lol <3 pepe
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:50 (fourteen years ago)
I know it was observed when APOEL was making its Champions League run that "Ivan Trickovski" is the ideal name for a clever, pacy Eastern European winger. I think "Custodio" is the equivalent for a no-nonsense Latin/Luso defensive midfielder.
― boxall, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:52 (fourteen years ago)
nominative determinism
― reflexing cozen stail (cozen), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:53 (fourteen years ago)
what a save
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
aw poor alba, that deserved a goal
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
wow
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:54 (fourteen years ago)
spain really hate corners don't they
― kid steel (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:55 (fourteen years ago)
not sure it'll go to gerards
― reflexing cozen stail (cozen), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:56 (fourteen years ago)