Euro 2012 knockout stage predictions | 132 comments (132 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Spain - Portugal (none / 0)

It's taken 100 minutes for the Portuguese to get tired enough to let Spain play...

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 05:06:03 PM EST
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Re: Spain - Portugal (none / 0)

Game over- only the silly pot shots left to play.

Since Ronaldo only gets one shot (over the bar), I guess that makes the odds 60:40 in favour of Spain.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 05:18:41 PM EST
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Re: Spain - Portugal (none / 0)

Cesc denied Ronaldo his penalty kick.

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 05:27:02 PM EST
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Re: Spain - Portugal (4.00 / 2)

Well, what was Ronaldo doing waiting till the end for his penalty ? He should have been number 1, but I suspect he wanted to be the glory boy, scoring the penalty that took them into the final.

Instead he's the goat who didn't get to take his penalty.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 05:33:49 PM EST
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Re: Spain - Portugal (none / 0)

Apparently Cecs wasn't feeling very good tonight so when they offered him to go second he asked to go last.

If you are not convinced, try it on someone who has not been entirely debauched by economics. — Piero Sraffa

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 05:35:02 PM EST
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Re: Spain - Portugal (none / 0)

Ronaldo is no Pirlo?

The fourth Spanish penalty - a high volley to a top corner - looks like a pragmatic version of Panenko. And it was followed by a crossbar miss just as well ;-) The last two shots were decided by fractions.

by das monde on Wed Jun 27th, 2012 at 08:31:42 PM EST
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Euro 2012 knockout stage predictions | 132 comments (132 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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