Spain vs Slovakia UEFA EURO Qualifiers Group stage SEP/05, 11:45 AM Pacific Time Estadio Carlos Tartiere Must win obviously. Costa is playing.. only DB knows why. Who should be our #1? Can Silva and Iniesta play together? I am predicting a boring goalless game... we can't score and Slovakia will surely park the bus.
I think Iniesta and Silva can play together. That is the least of the worries. If anyone is scoring it will be Silva. Even Rooney for England is better than what we have for options up front.
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I get why he started with Costa during the world cup.. but now? At best he should be a sub. We basically have to depend on Pedro and Silva to score.
Silva you son of a gun you! He is messi like.. Costa looks lost.. poor guy. Ramos insists on scoring against us or maybe he is just testing Casillas. Edit: Penalty!! (didn't look like a penalty to me) Edit: 2-0 iniesta! Common.. 2 more goals to widen the goal differential.
Decent first half. Silva, Iniesta, and Busquets running the show. Not the best half from Ramos. Costa just doesn't fit into this team but he did win the penalty. Thought Cesc was the weakest of the midfielders.
Halftime Spain 2-0 Slovakia 1-0 Jordi Alba 5' 2-0 Iniesta (pen) 30' Result Luxembourg 1-0 Macedonia 1-0 S. Thill 90+2 Result Ukraine 3-1 Belarus 1-0 Kravets 7' 2-0 Yarmolenko 30' 3-0 Konoplyanka (pen) 40' 3-1 Kornilenko (pen) 62' Group C Slovakia .............. 18 pts Spain ................... 15 Ukraine ............... 15 Belarus ................. 4 Luxembourg ........ 4 FYR Macedonia ... 3
Actually, I liked the direct passes Cesc Gave us... He had a couple of nice ones. It's a nice alternative to have IMO. Costa is sadly useless. I really hope we try someone else in the 2nd half.
Well. We got the result we wanted. I thought Paco looked pretty good... I Just wish he got more time. Costa should never start. Our problem remains the same. we need a good #9 and or a #7
Fulltime Spain 2-0 Slovakia 1-0 Alba 5' 2-0 Iniesta (pen) 30' Group C Spain ................... 18 pts Slovakia .............. 18 Ukraine ............... 15 Belarus ................. 4 Luxembourg ........ 4 Macedonia ............ 3 Tuesday 8 September Belarus -v- Luxembourg Macedonia -v- Spain Slovakia -v- Ukraine
Are we going to play in Ukraine? Is it safe to play there or are they playing their games in a different country?