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[Armada]

Silva's gonna eat under Pep...

 

[Trey Bantz]

What's stopping a Spain v. Italy rematch in the final?

 

[rolaholic]

 

[kanyeezy411]

What's stopping a Spain v. Italy rematch in the final?

Nada

 

[eracism]

How much did Barca pay for Arda Turan again?

 

[rolaholic]

Goodness Iniesta :x

 

[dvsonm]

How much did Barca pay for Arda Turan again?

I wanna say 40. I might be wrong tho

 

[eiddyfouw]

Goodness Iniesta :x

I've always said his footballing brain is absolutely incredible.....probably unmatched in the world...

 

[rolaholic]

Him and Xavi are the prototypical MF playmakers you'd want to emulate if you're a young player. They're not exactly the greatest athletes but both are geniuses with their vision and feel for the game. They see things developing long before they're there and are usually pin point in their deliveries. Spain's been beyond spoiled in the MF man these last 10 years it's ridiculous ,that all time caliber talent is unmatched even by Germany :x :x :x :x

 

[User 37837]

^Thiago seems to be in their mold also

 

[Trey Bantz]

Iniesta is one of my favorite footballers of all time. He's simply a magician at MF.

 

[eiddyfouw]

Yeah...I'm gonna be that guy now....(and I've said this before on and offline)


I know everyone will talk about Ronaldo and Messi, but if you were to ask me in their prime who's the the first person on my team sheet it would be Iniesta....

 

[rolaholic]

@utdreport: David De Gea has now gone 443 minutes without conceding for #esp, a new international record previously held by Gordon Banks [@ShamoonHafez]

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To be fair,he hasn't had to do much with the way Spain dominate games but still an impressive record to have

 

[eiddyfouw]

0 shots on target today.

De Gea could have basically sat on a chair throughout the 90...

 

[rolaholic]

Fact: Apparently DDG has actually never conceded a competitive goal for Spain so far

 

[northoaklandfc]

Him and Xavi are the prototypical MF playmakers you'd want to emulate if you're a young player. They're not exactly the greatest athletes but both are geniuses with their vision and feel for the game. They see things developing long before they're there and are usually pin point in their deliveries. Spain's been beyond spoiled in the MF man these last 10 years it's ridiculous ,that all time caliber talent is unmatched even by Germany :x :x :x :x

You can throw Pirlo, Riquelme and Paul Scholes into that cerebral group with Xavi and Iniesta for me.

I think Iniesta's athleticism is actually what differentiates him from the group. He's small and not the fastest in terms of linear speed but still an incredibly dynamic athlete. In his prime particularly, allowed him to do things with the ball at feet without releasing that separated him from the rest.

I gotta give a shout to my guy Kroos too. Maybe not quite at that all time great level but I get immense pleasure watching him all the same.

 

[rolaholic]

Damn everyone in the outfield but Pique touched the ball on that 2nd Morata goal :x,Iniesta touched it 6 times

Him and Xavi are the prototypical MF playmakers you'd want to emulate if you're a young player. They're not exactly the greatest athletes but both are geniuses with their vision and feel for the game. They see things developing long before they're there and are usually pin point in their deliveries. Spain's been beyond spoiled in the MF man these last 10 years it's ridiculous ,that all time caliber talent is unmatched even by Germany :x :x :x :x

You can throw Pirlo and Paul Scholes into that cerebral group with Xavi and Iniesta for me.

I think Iniesta's athleticism is actually what differentiates him from the group. He's small and not the fastest in terms of linear speed but still incredibly dynamic. In his prime particularly allowed him to do things with the ball at feet without releasing that seperates him.

I gotta give a shout to just guy Kroos too. Maybe not quite at that all time great level but I get immense pleasure watching him all the same.

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Pirlo and Scholesy were most definitely MF maestro's as well . I hear you on Iniesta's athleticism in his prime,when they won the WC in SA, you could honestly say that he was arguably the best player on the planet at that time imo

 

[arstyle27]

I miss Alexi Lalas's arrogance. Dude would be sitting next to legends like Ballack and Van Nistelrooy, constantly interrupting them or essentially telling them that their opinions were idiotic.

It was pure comedy

Those late night World Cup Aftershows with Lallas, Ballock, Tirico, Twellman, and Fordyce amongst others were terrific to watch

 

[sfc415]

Nothing worse than seeing Lalas' douche smirk when he's preparing himself to argue against people who know what they're talking about...he's like the real life DcAllAmerican. No matter what you say, he will ALWAYS go against it

 

[imasoleman18]

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[eracism]

Colombia/Peru 82,000 in attendance at MetLife.

USA/Ecuador did 47,000.

Insult to injury: Ecuador/Haiti 49,000

 

[sonoftony]

There's a lot of Peruvians and Colombians in NY/NJ. I know a handful of people that's in attendance

 

[Black Lotus]

They shoulda sold the tickets cheaper for those USA games [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[freshpairs]

Americans dont like soccer

 

[heggsy]

July 1st I'm off to Paris

England's QF game is on that day (providing we get through to that stage of course)

DONT TAKE ME HOMEEEEEE