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effing ref won’t give a penalty 
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That is sad...sad...sad :(
My shabaabs lost. Will they still play spain ?
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If the coach is a foreigner he will be sacked, because it will be his fault. Saudis can never make a mistake.
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LoL 
sighs Saudis can still make second round but it is going to be miraculous. Anyways.
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The commentator on matchcast has to be too much into cricket…he’s making comments like “this one is an out swinger” for a corner kick 
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Rahul scored.
Tun 1
SPA 1
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The ones for TUn-SPA match on ESPN2 seem pretty good. One has an irish accent and other brit accent. Dunno their names tho.
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Fernando with another goal for Spain. 2-0
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Saudi's were outplayed but the wet conditions had a lot to do with the outcome of the came. All of the Saudi players are used to playing in conditions back home where its hot and dry. The conditions were totally opposite of that. It was wet and cool and both goals in the first half were due to Saudi players slipping and losing balance. Ukraine had a very weak defense....Im sure had the conditions been different the result would have been different as well...but sadly the luck wasn't on the Saudi side today.
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Fernando scores his 2nd goal with a penalty kick.
Spain advances to 2nd round with win over Tunisia 3-1.
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This apanish team is awsome. Man they way they attacked after conceding the goal is awsome. They looked fast and hungry. This is a team to watch for along with Argentina.
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I didn't watch Spain's first match, so this was the first time I saw them, and honestly I am not much impressed. Of course the way they fought back and won the match is praiseworthy, but you could clearly see they have only one pattern of play. Try to combine your way through the heart of the defense. And in the latter stages it will be very difficult to keep up: the only way you can manage to do that is to play with wingers who keep the field of play very wide. You could clearly see that Spain lacked in that department. Because noone is on the flanks it will become very very crowded in the middle of the pitch.
So Spain will have to improve on their tactics and have wingers who stay wide on the pitch, if they want to win against the likes of Holland, Argentina, Brazil.
btw, they gave way to much space away at the back
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So Spain will have to improve on their tactics and have wingers who stay wide on the pitch, if they want to win against the likes of Holland, Argentina, Brazil.
btw, they gave way to much space away at the back
That wasnt the reason
It was raining heavily....
And Spain is a passing attack team...
but when it rains, their passes are not accurate
It took them almost 1 hour but they finally learned to pass in wet conditions
and they scored 3 goals in 30 minutes
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^it started to rain after 30 mins of play, and even in those 30 mins Tunesia were all over them. Actually I would say Tunesia suffered more from the rain because they are not used to it.
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spain has to open with Raul and Fabregas against stronger teams. maybe bring in Joaquin earlier too if Villa isnt proving fruitful. ive still got to see any other team match the calibre of spain and argentina. Viva Espania!!
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Spain had another great game, they were just off target in the first half, but started directnig shots to goalmouth in the second half. Puyol made a few uncharacteristic mistakes during the brief time Tunisia had the ball near or in Spain's penatly area, one of them lead to the goal.
So the Saudis are more or less done. They would need Tunisia to beat Ukraine, and they would need to make up 2 goals on them while beating Spain in the process. The second spot in the group will be the winner or loser of Tunisia vs. Ukraine. If it's a draw, Sheva and the debutants go to the round of 16.
I think taking Marcos Senna and Garcia out and replacing them with Cesc and Joaquin will do Spain a lot of good. However it works though, Aragones has this team looking good and they came back from what would've been a undeserved and heartbreaking loss
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Spain played decent enough but lacked the calm at the back. I really believe Puyol is over-rated and commits too many mistakes to be a so called worldclass defender. Spain's attack is good enough though and should be able to challenge any defence. They are slated to meet Brazil in the quarters should things go ahead according to the plan and that should be a real cracket with two attacking teams with weird defences.
It was a really stupid decision by Saudi coach to appoint Zaid Mabrood in place of Al daiya. Two of the goals he conceded were absolutely ridiculous.
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Even if Saudi wins they won't make it to the next round. The other game if Tunisia wins they will be able to make it to the next round I hope they win.
Currently Tunisia and Ukraine 0:0