Pre-match: WC2018 Match 36 Spain-Morocco 25 June

To be honest I feel one match thread for all games is the best option rather than seperate pre/pbp/post match threads. More convenient when posting and less clutter throughout the forum. Activity in this forum isn't that high anyway. Sometimes less can be better in more ways than one.

 

There will definitely be scoreboard watching but the team need to just focus on the task at hand, which is achieving the three points.
A draw will be enough to advance out of the group but winning the group does appear (at the moment) to have its advantages.
The group winner's road to lifting the Cup, from Round of 16 to the final, would be Luzhniki - Sochi - Luzhniki - Luzhniki.

 

Preparados! 👟⚽️🇪🇸 #HagamosQueOcurra pic.twitter.com/duAmRIkPgy

— César Azpilicueta (@CesarAzpi) June 24, 2018

Puesta a punto ya en #Kaliningrado. Listos para mañana, ¡a por los octavos, señores!
All set to go in #Kaliningrad. Ready for tomorrow. On to the last 16, men!#VamosEspaña🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/6ozzYQdL0g

— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) June 24, 2018

💪🏼🇪🇸 #HagamosQueOcurra pic.twitter.com/K3hZHM5GJR

— Saúl Ñiguez (@saulniguez) June 24, 2018

🇪🇸⚽️ pic.twitter.com/tE6piGYPQL

— Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) June 24, 2018

 

🚨 OFICIAL | ¡Ya tenemos ONCE de España! Estos son los elegidos por Fernando Hierro para buscar la victoria y el primer puesto del grupo.

¡VAMOS, ESPAÑA!#HagamosQueOcurra #Rusia2018 pic.twitter.com/Jv23vn7DcM

— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) June 25, 2018

 

Vamos!

 

Isco needs to fine tune his through pass, that's the 2nd one that doesn't end up right

 

I felt Pique was lucky not to be shown red on that two-footed tackle on Boutaib.

 

wow. What a give-away.

 

Wow 0-1 after a blunder by Iniesta and Ramos

 

Costa should have passed to Isco, Iniesta wastes a shot

 

Gol!!! Iniesta with the assist to Isco

 

Wasn't a yellow imo, but I'll take it.

 

That was great stuff: Isco to Silva to Iniesta to Isco. We need more of that.

 

Defence is a shambles.

 

Was that De Gea's first save of the tournament?

 

What was that from Costa? A shot a pass nobody knows

 

Costa back to his 2014 clumsy self.

 

It's so weird to see a bad pass from Iniesta. It happens often these days though

 

Should have been a yellow for the ref

 

Come on Busquets, should do better with so much freedom

 

Think it's time for Aspas instead of Costa, I'm worried Rodrigo has become the 2nd striker with Hierro though

 

Portugal take the lead.

 

What a chance