QF | Spain vs Germany | Portugal vs France

Ole'sgunnarwin said:
Hugely, there are not enough goals in the side. They'll rely on Morata in a big match and he'll mess up.
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It’ll certainly not look as it has done, with players across the attack having a gazillion chances to score, and as great as Lamine is, his proficiency in front of goal is not clinical yet, and neither is Williams’, so we’ll see what happens under more stifling conditions with nobody in the side who is a sharpshooter in pressure situations.
 
Portuguese wine is better than French wine.
Portuguese cheese is better than French cheese.
Portuguese football is better than French football.
1-0 France:(
 
Looking forward to tonights games, Spain have been great to watch and Germany are always strong, I like both teams really so may the best team win.
France v Portugal is a tough one to call, if France turn it on you gotta fancy them for the win. Enjoyed watching Cron make a right cnut of himself in the last game so hopefully more of that too.
 
Spain Germany 2-0.
Germany press and attack for the first 10 minutes, then Spain take control of the game and take a deserved 1-0 lead at the end of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Germany take more risks (unsuccessfully) and in the 70th minute, they concede the 2-0. Then it's over.

France Portugal will be boring. 1-0 France by own goal, penalty or deflected shot.
 
Bwuk said:
Hugely, there are not enough goals in the side. They'll rely on Morata in a big match and he'll mess up.
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I'd be surprised if there is a team that has as many different scorers . Morata, Ruiz , carvahal, torres, olmo, Rodri , Williams have all bagged .

Morata isn't individually prolific , but it doesn't stop them scoring .
 
Acrobat7 said:
Spain Germany 2-0.
Germany press and attack for the first 10 minutes, then Spain take control of the game and take a deserved 1-0 lead at the end of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Germany take more risks (unsuccessfully) and in the 70th minute, they concede the 2-0. Then it's over.

France Portugal will be boring. 1-0 France by own goal, penalty or deflected shot.
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I dunno mate. Germany being Germany always does wel against teams that are considered aesthetically the best by the fans. They like shattering young one's dreams. Plus they play at home.
 
Kirk lazarus said:
I'd be surprised if there is a team that has as many different scorers . Morata, Ruiz , carvahal, torres, olmo, Rodri , Williams have all bagged .
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Be surprised.
Switzerland has also 7

Germany, Austria and Turkey have 6.

So two of the highest and most versatile scoring teams of the tournament play each other later, that should guarantee goals.
 
Rapsel said:
I dunno mate. Germany being Germany always does wel against teams that are considered aesthetically the best by the fans. They like shattering young one's dreams. Plus they play at home.
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We were only convincing against Scottland.
 
stefan92 said:
Be surprised.
Switzerland has also 7

Germany, Austria and Turkey have 6.

So two of the highest and most versatile scoring teams of the tournament play each other later, that should guarantee goals.
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I'm a nervous England fan , thankyou for terrifying me with that Switzerland stat .

Seriously though , I'm really looking forward to the upcoming games .

Spain , Germany . I tipped Germany at the start , edged over towards Spain after the draw , and now I'm just not sure . The midfield match up is interesting , who wins that is going to be key , both teams will want to play .
 
Spain vs Germany should theoretically be an open, 2-way game where we get to see how both teams cope against an opponent that can not only fight back, but really stretch them. We’ll get answers on their actual quality and potential to go on and win the competition as well as their genuine strengths and weaknesses.

It’ll be particularly interesting if someone scores early, forcing the other to take more risk. I don’t think either team will look to shut up shop over trying to kill the game with a second, either.
 
Acrobat7 said:
We were only convincing against Scottland.
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We'll see but my money is (literally) on you guys. In NL we are already having the discussion if we'd rather lose the final to Spain or to Germany.
 
Fortitude said:
Spain vs Germany should theoretically be an open, 2-way game where we get to see how both teams cope against an opponent that can not only fight back, but really stretch them. We’ll get answers on their actual quality and potential to go on and win the competition as well as their genuine strengths and weaknesses.

It’ll be particularly interesting if someone scores early, forcing the other to take more risk. I don’t think either team will look to shut up shop over trying to kill the game with a second, either.
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I'm wondering if Germany will start Sane . Is he Germany's fastest player ? . I know musiala is also quick .

I watched Spain the other day and I don't think I've seen a cb consistently as high as Laporte .

I don't think Germany will set out to sit back , but they are smart enough to know there will be times when Spain push . Georgia broke on them numerous times .
 
Acrobat7 said:
We were only convincing against Scottland.
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True. On the other hand we have played against four teams playing a different approach against us already, and especially Switzerland's defending should be close to what Spain does. Spain however has only played against teams that tried to sit back against them. I do think it is possible to unsettle them and beat them this time.
 
Kirk lazarus said:
I'm wondering if Germany will start Sane . Is he Germany's fastest player ? . I know musiala is also quick .

I watched Spain the other day and I don't think I've seen a cb consistently as high as Laporte .

I don't think Germany will set out to sit back , but they are smart enough to know there will be times when Spain push . Georgia broke on them numerous times .
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Yep; Spain have also been making a big impression by overloading the oppo defensive third and being quite overzealous in terms of bodies committing to the attack. They are going to have to decide on how they approach that element against a side who can thunder up the pitch in a flash in more devastating ways than Georgia did.

There are various factors that make me think Spain are the ones who will have to decide how their approach play will be and whether they modify or simply go for it. If it’s the latter, and they impress, they’ll certainly be worthy of more of the praise that has been heaped on them somewhat prematurely.

Eagerly awaiting that particular game.
 
Fortitude said:
Yep; Spain have also been making a big impression by overloading the oppo defensive third and being quite overzealous in terms of bodies committing to the attack. They are going to have to decide on how they approach that element against a side who can thunder up the pitch in a flash in more devastating ways than Georgia did.

There are various factors that make me think Spain are the ones who will have to decide how their approach play will be and whether they modify or simply go for it. If it’s the latter, and they impress, they’ll certainly be worthy of more of the praise that has been heaped on them somewhat prematurely.

Eagerly awaiting that particular game.
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It should be a great day of football. Somebody said this competition really starts at round of 16. To me, it feels like it starts today, everything previous was the build up.

Bring on the fireworks.
 
antohan said:
Is there a discussion to be had?
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The Netherlands lost big matches to both countries and on a wider historical perspective was part of both at some times in their history. I think you can have that discussion.
 
stefan92 said:
The Netherlands lost big matches to both countries and on a wider historical perspective was part of both at some times in their history. I think you can have that discussion.
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It's self deprecating humor. We have proven to be able to reach finals 4 times and only winning one. Probably the least important one as well since the other three were world cups and yes: Would we rather repeat a 74 or a 2010 defeat since winning finals is not a thing we're known for. ;)
 
lexisonfire said:
You get the feeling French players are perhaps more concerned about politics and the far right getting support over football. All the headlines surrounding the French squad pertain to elections when usually there'd be rumors of infighting if France wasn't scoring and clicking by this stage.
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Nah.
 
Kirk lazarus said:
From a media perspective, there are only 2 possible outcomes if Ronaldo starts and plays the whole game. Ronaldo hero, Ronaldo, the end.
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He will play the 2026 World Cup surely?
 
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