Euro: Group E: Spain vs. Sweden, 6/14/2021

[Eisen]

kenneth andersson must have been one of the best players ever with his head.

other players i think should be mention aswell is roger ljung (better winger than edman and agustinsson) and håkan mild who was bat shit crazy on the pitch. hard not like a player playing with high grit. jesper blomqvist was a good one too, but too much injuries. Anders Limpar was a magican.

i never got the hype about ravelli thought. Isaksson and ronnie Hellström is the best we had.

It's because he held two penalties. He was a decent goalie but you are right, Hellström was better.

 

[AB13]

what do you think of robin olsen? is he close to isaksson/ravelli level?

When he plays for the national team he is absolutely on that level. Maybe not for his club teams.

 

[koyvoo]

Sure, if you're lucky enough to draft a generational talent or rich enough to develop/buy one.

And if you’re not, just bend over for those teams, playing a style that will almost always see a less talented team lose, so as not to kill the sport. If your a 2nd division club playing any of the money giant clubs in a cup match just open it up and lose 5-0, for the good of game and the fans. Whatever you do, don’t try negate that money clubs effectiveness on the field. Just bend over and know your role.

 

[cgf]

And if you’re not, just bend over for those teams, playing a style that will almost always see a less talented team lose, so as not to kill the sport. If your a 2nd division club playing any of the money giant clubs in a cup match just open it up and lose 5-0, for the good of game and the fans. Whatever you do, don’t try negate that money clubs effectiveness on the field. Just bend over and know your role.

Or you can beat their individual class with cohesion, fluidity & self-belief. This is football, teams beat better teams playing in all sorts of different ways...trying to kill the game is just the easiest way to do so; you can use player types that better teams don't want so your scouts don't have to be as good and it doesn't take as long (or as much work) for a coach to implement.

Sorry but you're not going to get a Union & Gladbach fan to buy into this myth that the only way we can punch above our finances is to play negatively when the previous decade have repeatedly proven that not to be true.

The easiest road isn't the only road.

 

[Evilo]

Not sure if it was e.g the heat, but I think almost every team at WC 1994 was entertaining. Don't really remember the Greek play, but other countries had entertaining games despite the difference in skill level between them,

The final was the worst in WC history though IMO.

 

[koyvoo]

I loved it just for Baresi’s performance

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The final was the worst in WC history though IMO.

False the worst final in history is 2014..

 

[koyvoo]

I loved it just for Higuain’s performance...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I loved it just for Higuain’s performance...

Someone’s itching for a ban

 

[cgf]

I loved it just for Higuain’s performance...

It was certainly the kind of performance that argentines are sure to tell their grandchildren about...

 

[koyvoo]

It was certainly the kind of performance that argentines are sure to tell their grandchildren about...

“Daddy, why is that every year on July 14th you burn a picture of that bearded, chubby footballer”?

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

People make too much of Higuain in that final. It's not like he was burning chance after chance.

 

[koyvoo]

People make too much of Higuain in that final. It's not like he was burning chance after chance.

Ya, but it’s a meme now. And yes, there were others who missed good chances that day other than Higuain.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

People make too much of Higuain in that final. It's not like he was burning chance after chance.

Someone needs to watch the game again along with 2015 and 2016 finals

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Ya, but it’s a meme now. And yes, there were others who missed good chances that day other than Higuain.

All wore blue and white too

 

[cgf]

Someone needs to watch the game again along with 2015 and 2016 finals

We know, but we understand that it's too painful for you

 

[koyvoo]

All wore blue and white too

His was the clearest though for sure, and the miss is a lasting image of that final.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

We know, but we understand that it's too painful for you

I actually watched it again during the lockdown last summer

reaffirmed my thoughts the best team lost that day. Best in the tournament really.

 

[cgf]

I actually watched it again during the lockdown last summer

reaffirmed my thoughts the best team lost that day. Best in the tournament really.

One of these days we'll actually deserve one of the stars on our shirts.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

One of these days we'll actually deserve one of the stars on our shirts.

I never said they didn’t tbh. Germany could be deserving of their trophy and Argentina could still be considered the best team in that tournament/game

I thought you were going to say one of those days we need a kit swap which I would agree

 

[Albatros]

I never said they didn’t tbh. Germany could be deserving of their trophy and Argentina could still be considered the best team in that tournament/game

After scoring two goals in the entire knockout phase? Defensively impressive maybe, but the best team in the tournament not.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

After scoring two goals in the entire knockout phase? Defensively impressive maybe, but the best team in the tournament not.

You’re the original ab13

 

[cgf]

You’re the original ab13

While true, he's not wrong

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

While true, he's not wrong

How so they came head to head and Argentina played better. That’s a fact.

next time I’m in Chicago we can play the game again

 

[Evilo]

Germany was awful until the semis though so maybe Argentina by default.