Pookie

Jun 13 2012, 01:20 AM

Mc Esse

Jun 11 2012, 08:01 PM

Pookie, admit it, you almost shat yourself at the end of the Italy vs Spain game when Marchisio made that run through the middle and shot right on Casillas. haha Spain had me scared the whole from the 64th minute onward though . Italys defense was getting me nervous though. De Rossi was playing as a CB and made a few bad give aways, and all the denfensemen got carded.

Italy did have me scared quite a few times when they played Spain. However, I think Spain would have won if they had a striker in from the beginning. Italy played a great game, but I think the reason why del bosque put all midfielders on the field because Italy is notoriously known for putting 10 people back to play defense especially if they are up 1-0. I think he wanted to tire the Italy defense up which almost worked because towards the end the Italian defenders were getting tired. You could see the chances Spain were getting.

@Viddy- I have been saying it this whole eurocup. These commentators on ESPN are the worst. When England was playing against France, they gave little credit to France and kept comparing England to Spain. France was doing great and should have got much more credit instead of them talking about how England plays just as good as Spain. The game wasn't even about Spain, it was England vs France. They kept pinpointing how France's defense was weak and critiquing their players. They did not do that at all for England. England is a team in their own right and they are a team with plenty of talent, but it's hypocritical to say they played like Spain when in the Spain game those very same announcers were constantly criticizing the Spanish.

Mc Esse

Jun 13 2012, 05:07 AM

Del Bosque put all midfielders because Italy was playing a 3-5-2 and would have ultimatley outweighed the Spanish midfield. Both teams tried something deifferent, Spain sacrificed a striker and Italy sacrificed their traditionally defensive formation.