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to sum up the match:spain really deserved to win although i dont like them....ok i hate them!
Villa should have been substituted way earlier than that,he played bad and was attempting to get a goal by himself without thinking about his team or the win,every chance he got infront of the goal he lost it because he didnt want to pass it to the other players.
i like Torres way more.
Pedro shouldnt play the next match because of what he did and not passing to Torres.
Puyol goal was one of the finest in this worldcup,he was so determined to get it in the goal.
Anyone else feel that Holland doesnt deserve to be in the final?i feel their worldcup path was smooth and they didnt play with strong teams except maybe Brazil(but they were bad in that match).
I love Spain, but fell asleep after 20 minutes though I was really tired and ended up sleeping for 10 hours.
Villa has always always needed someone to act as foil for him e.g. Llorente and Torres. This sounds similar to the match against the Swiss where the Spanish lacked the bite, but then again, they did look better going forward in this match compared to against the Swiss.
Pedro was probably trying to justify why he should start ahead of Torres by shooting and trying to score. Had he scored, there wouldn't be this issue I suppose.
If they had employed the same type of game today with Torres in and probably even Llorente, I am fairly certain they could have scored more (but who knows with Torres in the form he is in). For the first 20 minutes, they looked more like the Spain of old, willing to attempt through passes which never happened with Torres on the team (in this World cup) except for the first match where Torres missed a few and his team mates just never bothered trying ever again, be it tactics or not.
This is the primary reason why Villa performs for Spain and Torres doesn't. They don't thread the passes through for Torres and he really just acts as foil for Spain more than anything else. I'm willing to debate this point because it is all I've seen this WC. But I'm also willing to concede that Torres had a rubbish campaign so far. Look at it this way, all the time when they couldn't score or they felt Torres was ineffective, he was taken off before the 60th minute. This match, they waited till Puyol scored (73rd minute) and the 80th minute for the first substitution. How do you give Torres a chance if you neither pass him the ball nor play him in the right position?
I have to admit that Pedro does more running than Torres though. Torres has really really looked off colour though whether it is from his lack of confidence or other factors, I will not speculate any further.
Anyway, just a gripe I see happening.
