Glad Spain won. yes they are good, but so were Portugal, Holland and at times Russia.
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The difference with Spain is that apart from vs Italy where they were all nerves, Spain effectively shut down the gameplan of every team they played. Russia tried to get their backs forward however Spain was faster and more adept at it so they rarely got the chance. Germany tried to use the left channel they were so successful through however Spain shut them down to the extent they only had one shot on target.
Runs of confidence, team spirit, luck etc make a lot of difference and so all we can read from this is what we knew already that there are five or six teams that could do well in the World Cup plus a couple that may come through later....
Unless the replacement coach does something drastic, Spain are feeling good and have a tendency to win all their non-competitive games, so I would imagine they'll once again have a good run into the WC.
[quote]Also goals change games....Torres could have just missed, Lehman could have blocked....game might have finished differently as a result. Spain pushing forward might have been caught on the break by Podolski....
I see your point but at the same time this doesn't change the fact that if Torres missed there's a good chance that one of the others wouldn't have. Germany were shut down and with only one shot on goal deserved to lose against a dominant Spanish side. Yes it could have gone the other way, but Spain had a lot more near misses than Germany so chances are they would still have won.
Still Casillas conceded only 3 goals in the entire tournament, and NONE in the knockout stages. That kind of defense is what wins games, it just so happens Spain have a lot of attack as well.
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