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Originally Posted by matt
what makes you say that?
apart from the romania game they've played pretty well so far - they were impressive against france and should really have been 3 goals up before the penalty was awarded.
and the 3 nil scoreline was a bit harsh in the dutch game as they hit the woodwork a few times and were hit by 2 (admittedly brilliant) counter attack goals after they'd almost scored themselves. so on another day that game could have had a totally different outcome.
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well i think they have flattered and faltered, i think they should have lost the Romania game - they were lucky, and the Dutch were awesome and Italy's defence was the reason they lost the two dutch goals, Spain are free scoring and free flowing so i reckon they will get totally outclassed...
just my opinion, but i really don't think that they have played well at all... and they beat a very weak, poor french side that had only 10 men...
they probably will get through as teams that scrape the groups often do, like the bloody Germans... but i'd like to see a team that has played well and won three games get to the final, like Holland or Spain - so i'm hoping that this year the trend of a shity lucky team doesn't do so well, and a team that plays well actually wins the tournament....