Feel sorry for Spain but I started to detect the cracks emerging last week, after they lost to Japan. Henrique seemed incredibly wound up during a Q&A press conference last night too.
Day 17: Morocco vs Spain | Portugal vs Switzerland (Last 16 7&8)
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France is different level. I don't see that anybody can beat them. But England and Brasil only two who can scrape a win there
Congrats to Morocco! Amazing result! Good chance at being 1st African team to reach the semis now
love it - hate their type of boring football. Well done BONO and a magnificent team performance.
Screw Enrique, thought he was too smart, lost being arrogant against Japan and his sub for the first peno failed miserably.
Screw Enrique, thought he was too smart, lost being arrogant against Japan and his sub for the first peno failed miserably.
They should have started the game the way they finished it in extra time. All that sustained attacks would have paid off I'm sure in the end. Too cautious for nearly 90 mins with all the talent they have..
What an achievement for Morocco! Congratulations!
Bono! Morocco is through, fully deserved. Very happy for them
Route one into the box football would have created way more chances for Spain.
Brazil and Portugal have got it so easy towards the semi's compared to the other side of the knockouts
Makes the quarter very interesting. Can see any of the Morocco/Portugal/Switzerland winning.
Portugal heard the rumours of Southgate apparently having too many easy runs to the deep end of tournaments....
Spain should focus on producing some goalscoring forwards instead of so many technical midfielders.
They missed a Torres/Villa so much in this game.
They missed a Torres/Villa so much in this game.
1000 passes, 1000 pens each.
EDIT: You're right. Thought they were the other side of the group.
Now we need that egotistical twat Ronaldo to go out too. Would love to see him cry one more time before he leaves to Saudi Arabia.
Respect Morocco. Respect Bounou
Some atmosphere this
YES! Congrats to Morocco!
Morocco have had some great results in this WC. They have great fans too.
Wow. Well done Morocco!
What a win for Morocco! Spain are one of the worst teams in the world to watch when they play without any penetration.
Same problem as Germany
It's not easy in the Iberian peninsula. See Portugal as well
Well done, Morocco!
it’s incredibly difficult to pass your way through a massed defence. Only when Nico Williams came on did Spain start to penetrate the backline.
it’s incredibly difficult to pass your way through a massed defence. Only when Nico Williams came on did Spain start to penetrate the backline.
Morocco deserved to win and have a great shot at going even further.
Croatia is anything but easy.
Hoping for a Switzerland win. Let's get another upset.
Yesterday, I watched the worst penalties I had ever seen. I didn't expect that record to hold just 1 day.
dude you are so weirdly obsessed with him, its really, really odd. all of your posts revolve around CR7
Not to get on them, but having more possession in a game doesn't make you Xavi. There's far more to a game than knowing how to retain possession yourself. Neither Pedri or Gavi have dictated the tempo of any game, yet people see them having the ball and assume their doing what Xavi was doing. People comparing them with a young Fabregas
Their manager was recently appointed too. He worked on bringing back the likes Ziyech. He deserves a lot of credit
What a beautiful day.
Someone tell me why cancelo is on the bench?
Wide open for
What we saw from Spain is an absolute collapse in the penalty shootout. I don't recall a top team missing like that in a big game.The commentator said that Spain's players practiced their pens a lot. However, you cannot recreate this moment in training. No one can prepare you for the pressure in this scenario.
In the end Morocco had the right tactics, Bore everyone with all the defending and then get into the next round by winning their pen shootout
This is also the second game with one team having a nightmare shootout.
Passing the ball between your centre backs and midfielders for 80 minutes of a game doesn't seem as potent without Iniesta and David Silva around.
Yes Morocco !!
Happy to see an African nation in WC QF.
Happy to see an African nation in WC QF.
Portugal in semis if they beat Switzerland today
Santos would park the bus against Morocco, and that would feck all Morocco's plan of sitting and counter.
Santos would park the bus against Morocco, and that would feck all Morocco's plan of sitting and counter.