EURO 2012 - Spain vs Italy


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Cheers, what about Italys..Balotelli you reckon?

Balotelli takes Italy's penalties. Pirlo and Balotelli will share the free kicks.

For Spain, it's harder. Their last two penalty takers were Cazorla and Soldado, with Villa the regular taker. None of them play today.

I would say Fabregas penalties. Xavi direct free kicks. Fabregas is the only danger in terms of taking free kicks from Xavi. Iniesta/Silva definitely won't.
 
I thought that last night when I settled down for Germany Portgual with a bottle of red.

I fancy Italy - can't be bothered to put a bet on though :neutral:

Am just looking forward to watching Spain trying to do a Barcelona/Arsenal and pass the Italians silly around the penalty box. Italian defenders don't have the best reputation for following Ray Wilkins' instructions to "stay on your feet young man".
 
Could be the game of the tournament. Looking forward to it.

I predict this will be the shiteest one. Spain bored their way to the World Cup and aren't even playing strikers today. Italy are just traditionally boring.

Hope I'm wrong like because both sides are full of top quality players. Still looking forward to it, weirdly, in the hope that they prove me wrong :lol:
 
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Be an interesting test of my theory about the spanish t cheating way of defending. They commit an unusually large amount of trivial fouls out wide near the halfway line, then just get everyone back and defend from there. Stops the opposition getting decent forward moves going. Happens so often that it has to be a deliberate tactic.
 
Balotelli takes Italy's penalties. Pirlo and Balotelli will share the free kicks.

For Spain, it's harder. Their last two penalty takers were Cazorla and Soldado, with Villa the regular taker. None of them play today.

I would say Fabregas penalties. Xavi direct free kicks. Fabregas is the only danger in terms of taking free kicks from Xavi. Iniesta/Silva definitely won't.

Hmm, thanks, will get a idea of how the game is going first but think will go for Balotelli with Pirlo and Cassano playing beside him.
 
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