Spain v Croatia

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Re: Spain v Croatia

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WCpete wrote:So is Slav looking at any of these Croats? They've got some impressive players.
Croat players on the whole give plenty and have plenty of ability imo
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WCpete wrote:So is Slav looking at any of these Croats? They've got some impressive players.
Perisic, hopefully.
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I wish we'd get Slav's post match here in the States. He's going to burst.
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Well done Croatia - Outplayed Spain on the night
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Bet Slavs going nuts, well done Croats
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Spain v Italy on Monday as a warm up for England that follows. Should be a good night.
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Really like this Croatian side. Played very well tonight.
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Great stuff from Croatia.
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I bet Billic went absolutely mental :D
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Very well played Croatia.
Wide open tournement!
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He put Ian Wright back in his box!
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Pjaca looked a right handful , very decent player. Still with Dinamo Zagreb
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Slav telling Lotha the score in 98 :lol:
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wolf359 wrote:Spain v Italy on Monday as a warm up for England that follows. Should be a good night.
game of thrones finale that day too. Better book a day off!
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norse wrote:I bet Billic went absolutely mental :D
He should go for Jedvaj, still not 21 and playing for Leverkusen even though he is Roma player. Perišić would be imense.
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61dicksey wrote:Pjaca looked a right handful , very decent player. Still with Dinamo Zagreb
And Pjaca is on the market actualy, that is why he played. Remember that Rog is also only 20 years old.
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Great game, best of the tournament so far, two very good sides both wanting to attack and win. So different from the attack against defence we've been getting used to.
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How do we know that Italy will play Spain? If Italy lose tonight and Belgium win, then Belgium win the group (they'll both have 6pts but Belg will have a better GD). Won't they?
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Denbighammer wrote:How do we know that Italy will play Spain? If Italy lose tonight and Belgium win, then Belgium win the group (they'll both have 6pts but Belg will have a better GD). Won't they?
It goes on head to head record not goal difference
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I thought Croatia were excellent last night .

The pundits called it "pressing", 10 years ago it was "application" and 10 years before that, work rate .

That's two teams, the other being Italy, where work ethic and organisation has trumped players of superior individual technical ability .Don't get me wrong, they can all play, but it's the team work that impresses most .

Refreshing .
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