So the Costa Ricans were drunk or something. This is the same Spain from last summer.
Day 17: Morocco vs Spain | Portugal vs Switzerland (Last 16 7&8)
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They tooook ma rock....Someone said that they are joyless and it seems spot on. They are very mechanical, technically impressive but lack flair and enthusiasm.
They beat Japan with their only shot, and let in 7 v Spain and 4 v Germany
Sounds like an insult
He’s dead sexy but I’d still rate him only 8.5.
The same reason why Spain is ESP
They have been arguably second best in every game with the exception of that 1st game.People went nuts over Costa Rica game
Can we just kick todays four teams out of the tournament and abandon their QF?
Because the countries name is 'Maroc'. Morocco is just the anglisized version. Similarly it's Espana and not 'spain'
That was a better answer with the whole answer a question with a question :PThe same reason why Spain is ESP
Morata is only 30? WHAT? Hes been around for ages. Thought he would be 34 or something especially the way he moves.
West Ham could have used Aguerd this season tbh. Such a good CB
Morocco way too defensive, they are just parking the bus now.
Do they? Spain generally just epitomise keepball most of the time and the only way to really counter it is to shut up shop and hope for the counter or overwhelm them. The latter is suicide if you have a vastly inferior team. It's a philosophy built on the notion of if you have the ball, the opponent doesn't. They have a lot of technical ability and they purposely use it to suffocate the opposition and the game.
Compared to the strikers we've bought and been heavily linked to in the past few years he's actually a spring chicken.
Spain have the ball in the final third and all of Moroccos players are behind the ball.
You could throw a net over them
You could throw a net over them
Haha thought the same, was too lazy to edit
What does the "in contest" stat mean that ITV have been using?
I don't see what so special about Gavi. He makes so many fouls. So clumsy. He is a mini Gattuso
Maroc is every small team vs Ole's United
Let another teenager do it thenYou want to violent a teenager?
Somebody score for goodness sake.
Morocco have lost any ability to attack in the 2nd half.
I can’t believe people in this thread blaming Morocco for Spains boring football. I watched a passage of play in which 5 Spanish players completed around 20 passes close to the halfway line only to move the ball 15 yards sideways. In the whole passage of play I didn’t see one of them even look forward for a passing option, they are just happy padding their stats and doing their training drills. It is joyless, soulless crap and it needs to stop. They are a far more technically gifted side, play with tempo and impose themselves and they can blow Morocco away by 3 or 4 goals but they actually don’t seem to care about attacking. It is mind blowing in its dullness.
I suppose we should look forward to extra time cause ain't none of these teams want to score
That's it I'm bumping is this the worst world cup ever thread
OK, so teams are turtling up because they're afraid. Yet Spain are to blame for game being one sided and cagey. It makes no sense. It would be difficult for any team to break this kind of bus, and Spain simply don't have enough quality.
Set my alarm in case I doze off
Second time in 2 mins that #15 good Morocco has left the ball
I hope they are not hanging on for a pen shoot out....that could go very badly
The best bit about the Spanish approach here is that they're totally going to start lumping it with 5 minutes left.
Fullbacks are the best from Morocco, the rest aren't looking good with the ball on their feet.
Replay shows that should have been a foul. Morocco getting away with a few things
It reminds me the story of that teacher who paid kids from her class to beat up an other kid.
Olmo collapses to the floor holding his ankle, realises no free kick and then kips up like prime HBK.
Spain games are better than any sleeping pills to cure insomnia
Spain 's antifootball ball suffocation stuff being heralded as something to be admired is a great joke.
Hakimi looks a shadow of the player he once was. I know he's just come back from injury recently but he's been one of Morocco's worst players in the games I've watched in the World Cup.