Congrats Adarq
thnx :f
I didn't want to comment yesterday while still salty lol! I had my Germany jersey on too and listened to the first half on radio and watched the second half.
eek... sucks man (salty + jersey on). hehe
While listening I was confident that Germany was going to win since France came on strong in the beginning and left themselves open a bit (the Brazil comparison I made) but Germany just couldn't convert their play into goals. Tactically, they're the best side in the world I believe because they mix in those long diagonal balls from their back line to their wing backs out wide but also play a lot of Barcelona influenced tiki taka with the short secure passing through the middle of the pitch with the aim of drawing in defenders then you try and either switch the field or play in through balls to get opportunities back on goal. It sounded like they kept doing this in waves first half but just couldn't finish. They missed their big central forward Mario Gomez a lot. He's quite poor on the ball lol but he can hold back center defenders and just hold the ball long enough to allow other players to get into good position. Then he can also just tap in balls in the box by out powering players and running through them lol. Not pretty but useful.
Everything changed with that France penalty though. It took all the pressure off France so they could sit back on their half and counter attack. From what I saw they just had a lot of athletes out on the pitch and were shutting down the German players. Sissoko was amazing with his strength and power. And yea man Griezmann has been a hero, always at the right spot at the right time. His ability to win balls in the air is just rediculous. He just has great hops plus amazing technique in the air. We need to find a highlight reel of his goals. Then like seidullaah73 mentioned the other Germany center back got hurt and that made them even more volnurable. 2-0 game over congrats to France.
The only thing with Portugal is that they're going to make the game ugly and hard for France to win. They've done it all tournament and gone this far so it's not easy to beat a team with an identity even not the prettiest one lol. They won't take many risks and will make it hard for France to get through and Portugal will hope for one of their stars to step up and make something happen. You never in soccer matches honestly but France is obviously the favorite.
ya griezmann is just so smooth with the ball, being in the right spot, excellent passing, and so calm/under composure when he's on goal.. he doesn't just spaz out and kick a dud into the air.
<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aim2JDVd54" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aim2JDVd54</a>]]>I was really worried in the first half of that game.. but, even though Germany was dominating, France had some great opportunities in that first half.. so they had chances while still being outplayed, and then bam, goal in what, the 44th minute?
i love the all blue jerseys with red high socks.
SUNDAY!!!
