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Subject: EURO 2012 - Poland & Ukraine
Oh come on guy, you totally miss the point...
"Team dominating" does not necessarily mean "Better Team" or "Winning Team". Spain is also clearly dominated Portugal but imo it would not have been an undeserved victory if Ronaldo scored with his final attempt. Of course, this example is extreme since Germany didn't had the possession nor the chances Spain had but still it reflects the tendence of the game ITA-GER.
14 to 0 corners (though most of them were simply horrible) is a clear indicator. Or 44 attempted clearances versus 7.
I'm not quite sure what you want to point out with your NED-GER-example. NED had slightly more possession, chances were slightly more on the German side. But once again, just like in the ITA-GER example, the better team won. (just to make that point clear!)
Chances: just check out any youtube-vid. It's nonsense to say Germany didn't had chances. As I already said, Buffon did a very well job.
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"Team dominating" does not necessarily mean "Better Team" or "Winning Team". Spain is also clearly dominated Portugal but imo it would not have been an undeserved victory if Ronaldo scored with his final attempt. Of course, this example is extreme since Germany didn't had the possession nor the chances Spain had but still it reflects the tendence of the game ITA-GER.
14 to 0 corners (though most of them were simply horrible) is a clear indicator. Or 44 attempted clearances versus 7.
I'm not quite sure what you want to point out with your NED-GER-example. NED had slightly more possession, chances were slightly more on the German side. But once again, just like in the ITA-GER example, the better team won. (just to make that point clear!)
Chances: just check out any youtube-vid. It's nonsense to say Germany didn't had chances. As I already said, Buffon did a very well job.
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I believe that the statistics you're focus on are just sons of the way the match went...
It's undeniable you shot much more times at our goal, you collected more corners, you played more in our half....But we scored twice in the first half, and that was the natural evolution of a match where a good team (Us) is two goals up over a monster team (you). Should the situation be the opposite, I'm sure the statitics would have been different :)
Actually I thought that we would have suffered much more, in the second half you seemed to be high confused and without a clear playinin' idea, and most of the chances you had are enclosed in those corners and into a couple of other freekicks or long-shots...I expected more range in your action..
Anyway, all the teams in the semifinal were more or less equally strong...sometimes it's just a matter of events :)
It's undeniable you shot much more times at our goal, you collected more corners, you played more in our half....But we scored twice in the first half, and that was the natural evolution of a match where a good team (Us) is two goals up over a monster team (you). Should the situation be the opposite, I'm sure the statitics would have been different :)
Actually I thought that we would have suffered much more, in the second half you seemed to be high confused and without a clear playinin' idea, and most of the chances you had are enclosed in those corners and into a couple of other freekicks or long-shots...I expected more range in your action..
Anyway, all the teams in the semifinal were more or less equally strong...sometimes it's just a matter of events :)
I'm absolutely with you and I don't think that our opinions exclude each other.
Just one point:
Germany was everything but a monster team. Schweinsteiger who used to be one of the best (maybe even the best, I'm sorry Pirlo ;-) ) CM simply failed. Players like Podolski, Lahm, Boateng or Müller didn't convince at all.
Just one point:
Germany was everything but a monster team. Schweinsteiger who used to be one of the best (maybe even the best, I'm sorry Pirlo ;-) ) CM simply failed. Players like Podolski, Lahm, Boateng or Müller didn't convince at all.
I will bet on Italy tommorow.Italy plays with heart for their country! ;)
Spain will win again the euro and will became the first team to do it 2 times on a row.
1-0 Spain, goal Iniesta 78th minute.
Hope Italy wins though.
Hope Italy wins though.
I thought that this was the official anthem of EURO 2012...