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Originally Posted by troutman
Everyone seems to forget than GER lost 1-0 to SER too.
GER has been very impressive, but they are not invincible. If they beat SPA and NED, then full credit to them.
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And Spain lost 1-0 to Switzerland while playing the whole game with 11 men. I think Spain's loss to the Swiss is more indicative of their tournament form than Germany's loss to Serbia where the Germans were still the better team even being a man down.
Spain havent been very impressive at all despite playing weaker opposition and Germany's road to the Semi has been vastly harder than Spain's and they've looked better doing it, obviously a German collapse or a Spanish reversion to past form could change everything in a real hurry.
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Originally Posted by Matty81
The weakest link for me in Spain has been Puyol - largely on the basis of pace. The guy is an absolute warrior but he is slowing down. When you've got a possession team like Spain where many of the attacks they face come on the counter footspeed is vital in a defender.
That said on their night Spain's offensive talent could render defending an after thought.
Should be another r.a.d.d. dandy today!
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Very true. Lets not forget, they entered this tournament as the favourites to win. Their form has been sandwiched somewhere between poor and unimpressive, but all it takes is for it all to click and then all thats happened in the past is forgotten.
This is going to be a very tense game.