Euro 2012 Qualifier: Spain-Liechtenstein 6 Sept. (R)

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  1. Pichi Moderator

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    Spain will be playing against Liechtenstein on 6 Sept. in Logroño at the Las Gaunas Stadium at 2200 hrs.

    Here is the group standings:

    Spain 5, 5-0-0=15 +10
    Czech Rep. 5, 3-0-2=9 +3
    Scotland 4, 1-1-2=4 -1
    Lithuania 5, 1-1-3=4 -5
    Liechtenstein 5, 1-0-4=3 -7

    The match will be streamed live on ESPN360 here in the US.

    Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja!
          
  2. Juanele Member

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    I wonder if we can win this game.
  3. Pichi Moderator

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    With the thriller 0-0 match played today between Lithuania and Liechtenstein the standings now look like this heading into Saturdays match.

    Spain 5, 5-0-0=15 +10
    Czech Rep. 5, 3-0-2=9 +3
    Lithuania 6, 1-2-3=5 -5
    Scotland 4, 1-1-2=4 -1
    Liechtenstein 5, 1-1-4=4 -7

    Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja
  4. minuscapita Member

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    Really, Liechtenstein? common!
  5. Juanele Member

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    It's gonna be a tough game.
  6. Pichi Moderator

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    I hear Torres will be punished for his lousy play of late (like last 2 years) and will be forced to play the entire 90 minutes! As for Arbeloa he will be forced to practice his diving techniques on the sidelines for the first half as a warm up before playing the second half and rumor has it will be given the game ball if he does dive in the box and the ref awards the PK!

    Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja!
  7. minuscapita Member

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    Everybody dives.. this is sadly now a part of the game and if your opponent is going to dive, you should level the game by diving too.

    Till Fifa enforces it via video technology + severe consequences, everyone will keep diving.
    Chileans (like everyone else) are big divers and I am always amused how the other team plays the victim when the diving goes the other way.

    I can not think of a single country/club that doesn't dive and we can thank fifa for it.
  8. Juanele Member

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    Well it's not just that Arbeloa dived, it's just that he's an awful football player in general.

    If there are two things we learned from yesterday it's that both Arbeloa and Albiol are not international caliber players. I'd say we already knew that but yesterday's performance reinforced it.
  9. minuscapita Member

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    From what I gather, if we win this we qualify?
  10. Pichi Moderator

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    Yes that is correct with Scotland and Czech Republic playing to a 2-2 tie the classification looks like this heading into this weeks match:

    Spain 5, 5-0-0=15 +10
    Czech Rep. 6, 3-1-2=10 +3
    Scotland 5, 1-2-2=5 -1
    Lithuania 6, 1-2-3=5 -5
    Liechtenstein 5, 1-1-4=4 -7

    Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja
  11. Pichi Moderator

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    Supposedly another 4-3-3 with the following starters:

    Casillas

    Ramos--Busquets--Albiol--Arbeloa

    Xavi--X. Alonso--Fabregas

    Iniesta--Llorente--Villa

    With this being an official match Del Bosque can only suit up 17 players for tonights match. It should be interesting the other 6 players will be sitting on the bench at the start.

    Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja!
  12. Socal Parent Member

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    Starting lineup:

    Casillas, Ramos, Busquets, Albiol, Arbeloa, Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Mata, Negredo, Villa
  13. Juanele Member

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    No Silva?
  14. minuscapita Member

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    Yay, Negredo! Its about time we give this man another chance.
    Negredo > Torres.
    Llorente should come in for Negredo if we need height.
  15. Juanele Member

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    Marca has Silva in place of Iniesta.

    Edit: Marca freaking useless. Iniesta is starting after all.

    The backline makes me cringe. Luckily it's only Liechtenstein.
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    Supposed line up is:

    [LINEUP-4-3-3]Villa, Negredo, Mata, Iniesta, Paquete, Xavi, Arbeloa, Albiol, Busquets, Ramos, Casillas[/LINEUP-4-3-3]
  17. minuscapita Member

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    Thiago in for Ramos... does that mean he can no longer play for brazil? me thinks dis iz it!
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