Author Topic: England win 2017 FIFA World Cup U20 (Read 44854 times)

Xxavi · « **Reply #360 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:31:29 pm »

Jese misses a sitter. Both him and Delufeu have been Spain's worst players.

usernamefc · « **Reply #361 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:44:14 pm »

Suso is great with the ball, but his position off the ball seems lacking.

Xxavi · « **Reply #362 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:44:49 pm »

Delufeu is off for Suarez. I want Gerard to succeed, but no way he should go on loan to Everton, Spurs, Valencia etc. He will be so down in the pecking order, he won't see any game time. Extremely erratic and raw, terrible decision making in this tourney.

edge · « **Reply #363 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:50:57 pm »

Spain keeper looks like he broke his nose after saving a shot and hitting the bar with his face.

Looked bad, but he walked off so.. we'll see.

Xxavi · « **Reply #364 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:51:05 pm »

This Spanish team is much worse than the one in 2011. If they end up winning, it will be due to them being lucky many times during this tourney. Uruguay should have scored there.

Spain have been crap in the second half. They don't have a good striker even in this level.

SlowRap · « **Reply #365 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:52:39 pm »

Suso getting a good work out there

Eliit · « **Reply #366 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:53:28 pm »

Quote from: usernamefc on July 6, 2013, 08:44:14 pm

Suso is great with the ball, but his position off the ball seems lacking.

Came here to post something like this, but my thought was that he should just want the ball more. And that's the case with Suso all the time.

Xxavi · « **Reply #367 on:** July 6, 2013, 08:59:31 pm »

Superb play from Suso. Could have scored a wonder goal there.

RedHopper · « **Reply #368 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:04:45 pm »

delofelou reminds a bit of arjen robben. Not quite as fast or good at striking shots, but not as bad at making decisions either.

Xxavi · « **Reply #369 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:05:34 pm »

Jese is not even running any more.

HardworkDedication · « **Reply #370 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:07:38 pm »

1-0 Uruguay

Xxavi · « **Reply #371 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:08:34 pm »

Uruguay score from corner. Spain have been a bit shit with walking around the pitch, but they weren't worse than Uruguay. They feel it's unfair, but they had their chances.

trembles97 · « **Reply #372 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:10:29 pm »

That's Suso home early then. Will he link up with the squad in Australia with Reina, Suarez, and Coates?

Xxavi · « **Reply #373 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:11:09 pm »

Spain are now angry, complaining, running. Where was this before the goal?

Xxavi · « **Reply #374 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:12:47 pm »

Spanish coach Lopetegui is going crazy now. I don't understand this, they were playing better for 90 minutes and he was there standing doing nothing. Now he is going apeshit.

Xxavi · « **Reply #375 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:17:38 pm »

Haha Spanish CB has a free header he doesn't score.

edge · « **Reply #376 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:18:03 pm »

Spain no 5 misses a sitter there.

Xxavi · « **Reply #377 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:21:00 pm »

Another free header, this time, from Derik.

Hidegkuti · « **Reply #378 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:21:30 pm »

The Uruguayan left back that's at united looked very good before he went off.. Kept Gerard totally quiet...

Xxavi · « **Reply #379 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:23:21 pm »

Suso had some poor free kicks

Hidegkuti · « **Reply #380 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:24:00 pm »

Ps: and when did Oli Torres become French and change his name to Olivier?

Xxavi · « **Reply #381 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:30:08 pm »

Spain are out. They were decent in group stage games, but they were not good vs Mexico or Uruguay. Didn't deserve to win it anyway.

From Barca perspective, Delufeu is not anywhere near ready for the first team. Uncharacteristically poor on the ball and decision making wise. Second Tello.

edge · « **Reply #382 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:30:23 pm »

Done and dusted, Spain out!

jotirori · « **Reply #383 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:32:24 pm »

Quote from: Xxavi on July 6, 2013, 08:16:50 pm

Delufeu is ridiculous at the moment. Cannot play on the left wing, all he does is cut in and lose the ball.

I hate that kind of classical winger.They need to have their day.They are absolutely useless otherwise.

jotirori · « **Reply #384 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:35:44 pm »

This -the U20 is clearly the worse Spanish NT by a mile.

Lopetegui is really shit.

Oliver looked fantastic as usual.

JongWK · « **Reply #385 on:** July 6, 2013, 09:43:05 pm »

The goal:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgPs-tB5bI8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/MgPs-tB5bI8</a>

graaf_x · « **Reply #386 on:** July 6, 2013, 10:08:43 pm »

Quote from: jotirori on July 6, 2013, 09:35:44 pm

Lopetegui is really shit.

Didn't he win U21 Euros a couple of weeks ago?

Redaldinho · « **Reply #387 on:** July 6, 2013, 11:15:12 pm »

Congrats to Uruguay they have some excellent young defenders on their team.

Xxavi · « **Reply #388 on:** July 7, 2013, 03:55:18 am »

Quote from: graaf_x on July 6, 2013, 10:08:43 pm

Didn't he win U21 Euros a couple of weeks ago?

Whilst I don't think Lopetegui is "pure shit", he is a bit average. Has done nothing to change the games throughout the competition.

As for the titles, Spanish youth teams are usually really good. Last U21 manager was Luis Milla, who won the Euro U21 competition in 2011. Then went into Olympic Games 2012 as a big favorite, but his team was ridiculously bad and they got embarrassed. Lopetegui is better than Milla, but just how good he is? When you are managing sides with Mata, Martinez, Thiago, Isco, De Gea etc., it's difficult to judge.

But what everybody clearly saw in this FIFA U20 world cup is that Spain were very fortunate to beat Mexico. They were poor vs Ghana and USA, too. He had about 4 warnings, but he didn't fix anything. Of course it is not his fault that Spain didn't score after so many chances vs Uruguay. Unlucky, yes, but his team was superior and a better manager could have got a better result.

testies · « **Reply #389 on:** July 7, 2013, 04:05:03 am »

Can we all agree that Spain isn't the best thing since sliced bread now?

I could care less for U21 Euro championships.. they haven't won the most important youth tournament.. Spain is just a case of feeding off their best generation ever. People think its easy to breed another Xavi, Iniesta, etc. Another 20 years without any major Spanish title ahead

Xxavi · « **Reply #390 on:** July 7, 2013, 04:08:00 am »

Quote from: testies on July 7, 2013, 04:05:03 am

Can we all agree that Spain isn't the best thing since sliced bread now?

I could care less for U21 Euro championships.. they haven't won the most important youth tournament.. Spain is just a case of feeding off their best generation ever. People think its easy to breed another Xavi, Iniesta, etc. Another 20 years without any major Spanish title ahead

Mate, you are repetitive, and then complain it's Marca who tire you.

You have "most important" in your head

Confed Cup is most important for you

kopitecrash · « **Reply #391 on:** July 7, 2013, 06:25:09 am »

Quote from: testies on July 7, 2013, 04:05:03 am

Can we all agree that Spain isn't the best thing since sliced bread now?

I could care less for U21 Euro championships.. they haven't won the most important youth tournament.. Spain is just a case of feeding off their best generation ever. People think its easy to breed another Xavi, Iniesta, etc. Another 20 years without any major Spanish title ahead

Ignore u21's completely. Claim Spain won't win anything for 20 years. At best, your argument is incomplete.

turambar · « **Reply #392 on:** July 7, 2013, 08:58:52 am »

Of all the players in the u-20 squad only Oliver looks like he's nailed on to make it at the highest level as of now.Suso was decent.Don't get the hype surrounding Jese.Don't want to be too critical though, all very young and raw.But the Uruguayans surely do have some proper defenders.Some of those last ditch blocks were superb.Impressed with the kid Laxalt.France look the favourite now.

afc tukrish · « **Reply #393 on:** July 7, 2013, 06:39:08 pm »

I understand the urge to write it all off as shit because it's only Iraq and South Korea...

But what an exciting match!

Reasonable technical standards from both sides, and plenty of commitment to winning matches rather than attempting to look good to get a big contract...

Koreans looked awfully confident and well-practised against Colombia when it went to pennos, pretty sure the Koreans will move on. Well done by the Iraqis, though, for certain...

afc tukrish · « **Reply #394 on:** July 7, 2013, 06:49:02 pm »

Whoops...

Xxavi · « **Reply #395 on:** July 7, 2013, 07:44:13 pm »

Respect for Iraq. They are in the semis. Unbelievable.

Advil · « **Reply #396 on:** July 7, 2013, 07:53:11 pm »

Quote from: Xxavi on July 7, 2013, 07:44:13 pm

Respect for Iraq. They are in the semis. Unbelievable.

True, unbelieavable how well they have performed. Nobody gave them a chance when they were in the same Group as Ingerlund. They managed to top the group with relative ease and have not look back since then. Hope they can go all the way.

child-in-time · « **Reply #397 on:** July 8, 2013, 07:37:55 am »

Quote from: Suaroll on July 7, 2013, 07:53:11 pm

True, unbelieavable how well they have performed. Nobody gave them a chance when they were in the same Group as Ingerlund. They managed to top the group with relative ease and have not look back since then. Hope they can go all the way.

Despite repeatedly overlooked by the media, the Iraqi senior side won the Asian Cup not that long ago, I am happy to see them making their way up to the final stages.

pa · « **Reply #398 on:** July 9, 2013, 05:31:57 pm »

Great for them and for a country going through difficult times.
Their football teams seem to have an amazing ability to unite a country
with so many conflicts.

DanA · « **Reply #399 on:** July 10, 2013, 05:32:52 am »

Quote from: Suaroll on July 7, 2013, 07:53:11 pm

True, unbelieavable how well they have performed. Nobody gave them a chance when they were in the same Group as Ingerlund. They managed to top the group with relative ease and have not look back since then. Hope they can go all the way.

I remember seeing Iraq play Australia with largely an U21 side. They looked pretty good so not surprised those players have done well here.