GreecePwns wrote:I, for one, welcome the new-found parity in international football, which is a stark contrast to the growing gaps and concentration of talent in European club football. It's not like it's horrible football being played, just more evenly matched football.
there was nothing even about tonight's game.
we had an impotent france side that repeated the performance from the match against sweden.
and a spanish side that cares more about passing and keeping the ball than it cares about shooting and scoring.
i didn't see even one proper counter attack from the spanish team. each time they had the chance to catch the french on a counter they started with short parallel passes giving the french enough time to regroup. then they'd start passing over and over again 25-30 metres away from goal. boooooooring.
the game was over from the moment spain scored. it was clear then and there that spain will hold on to the ball as much as possible.
compared to how much they hold the ball, the spanish have probably the lowest offensive output. they simply don't create attacks and on the rare occasions that they finally decide to pass forward it often happens that they find themselves 10 metres away from goal and still prefer to pass instead of shoot.
i can't say it's a poor tactic. it obviously isn't since it produced results but i can surely say it's one of the least spectacular styles of play.
despite being totally trashed by the germans, the greeks put out a more spectacular performance yesterday than spain and france did today.
