Villa out of final

http://www.skysports.com/football/euro2008...3743874,00.html

Russia was outplayed. Fabregas and Ramos was on form tonight. Wicked game!

yeap ! spain just rocked the world in the 2nd half. i could see the people celebrating after the 2nd goal, and when the third came, it was time to take a hot shower.

ive to say that fabregas was brilliant tonight!with villa out injured for the finals..aragones better let him start..the game changed once he was introduced..

Russia can't even get past Spain tight midfield.

i said initially that xavi should stay in the 1st eleven, bcoz i have my reason

i said initially that villa-torres partnership is not that good, also bcoz i have own reason

i said cesc could do better if he take over iniesta's role, also bcoz i have my own reason

i said torres has not impressed me, also bcoz i have my own reason

xavi scored this morning (a typical xavi goal, he arrived late into the penalty box), and assisted by iniesta --> 2 of my most favourite player btw

about the partnership, juz compare spain's performance in the 1st half (when the partnership was used), and in the 2nd half (this one really demostrate spain's true potential, which lie on its players' creativity)

and about cesc, he was forced to replace villa..and juz look how well cesc combined with iniesta..remember it was iniesta who picked cesc up beautifully before he crossed to silva..

and juz look at how well guiza controlled the ball before he scored his goal, and more importantly, how intelligent he is when he did that smart diagonal run behind the defenders, without been caught offside, and compare that with torres' touches while he was on the field

imo, with the system used in the 2nd half, ramos played a lot lot better than he did in entire tournament

marchena has been solid in defence

2nd half spain performance is a joy to behold, my friends

and now villa is injured, i think i rather give guiza the nod to start in the final as a lone striker

This post has been edited by matyrze: Jun 27 2008, 10:12 AM

wat hiddink said before the game was spot on..`russia wont get beaten 4-1 again'..they got beaten 3-0!!!

This post has been edited by leftist: Jun 27 2008, 09:15 AM

congratulation to SPAIN...
coz they already in final EURO 2008..
hope we will the final game against German..
go SPAIN..

It was a good performance from Spain last night. Marchena and Puyol was solid at the back as they negate all of the Russian attack. While Ramos has improved significantly and played really well as he defended well against Zhirkov. Capdevilla and Ramos provide the width for the Spanish. While Xavi had a better game than his previous one and taken his goal well. Iniesta was impressive as well in the width position. His intelligent through ball carve open the Russian defense on numerous occasion. Senna once again had a solid game as he provided the cover in front of the defense. Silva also had an excellent game as his probing pass was a constant threat. Fabregas role was influential when he replaced Villa. It is unusual role for him as he doesn't play that far forward for his club but did exceptionally well. Torres has another game to forget. Wasted several good chances. Overall I think Aragones will stick with the same lineup in the final and Fabregas to replace Villa if he is ruled out with the injury.

Yay!Spain won!Now,really hope they go beat the Germans.

to be precised,fabregas didnt played behind the striker when he came on...he only played there when xavi was taken off..when he came on for villa,he's playing as an attacking mid in a 4-1-3-1-1 formation..with xavi behind torres..only after xabi alonso and danny guiza on he played off the striker..but true he's excelled in that unfamiliar role though..credit to him

Villa cannot play at the final... something that need to be worried about!!!

Vamos Espana,with Villa out this Sunday i hope Aragones put Guiza in 1st eleven,he lot better than Torres
this is 1st time i can watch Spain in final,befor ethis only can watch Spain play in final Olympic

ramos played really well last night , russia have to attack from the left side

i really like the way sergio ramos playin..since sevilla time edi

agree..i hope spain will continue to use 5 midfielders and let guiza be the lone striker..already used the tiki-taka play as the key to unlock russian defence, now its time to use it on the germans

fab is good last nite .. russia was like sleeping la .. that arshavin fella .. boring la hahah a..

i dun think torres work by being played as a support striker le ... anyways .. spain won me some cash ahaha

iniesta was the man of the match for last night game

me got some cash too...hope spain wont disappoint me in the finals.

fabregas is my hero. the moment he he was subbed in, i felt the game change. without him, it mite have been like the first half. he really deserves a place in the finals. but i am worried about villa. we need him against spain.