Portugal v Spain 21:00

CR 7

Nani and Ronaldo looking very sharp so far.

Both sides have strong teams out, Spain practically their first team.

daithijjj

High tempo, portugal in spains face in the midfield, good game so far.

CR 7

Portugal take the lead, deservedly too. Ronaldo with a fierce shot, Casillas could only parry into the path of Martins, who slots it in.

Insect Overlord

Any TV stations showing this one?

Manc-Red

Ireland & Portugal not filling their respective stadiums....

Jesus ye'd swear we were as bad as Iceland lol

Johner

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Portugal take the lead, deservedly too. Ronaldo with a fierce shot, Casillas could only parry into the path of Martins, who slots it in.

The shot in the end wasn't great but the skill before it to make space for the shot was sublime.

Manc-Red

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Any TV stations showing this one?

Setanta 1...

Setanta Ireland also (2nd half only)

Dolph Starbeam

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Any TV stations showing this one?

2nd half is on Setanta after the England - France game afaik.

CR 7

Johner wrote: »

The shot in the end wasn't great but the skill before it to make space for the shot was sublime.

Yeah the skill was nice, but he got some power on it from such a tight angle.

2-0 now, Postiga.

CR 7

:pac:

Shocking miss by Nani, gently chipped it into Casillas' hands.

Paul Tergat

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

:pac:

Shocking miss by Nani, gently chipped it into Casillas' hands.

was quite funny. only picked this up from half time but portugal look really dangerous on the break as spain push players forward.

How has Nani played?

Beefy78

p_larkin99 wrote: »

How has Nani played?

Other than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XW1UOAG4gg

Not sure why the tag isn't working....

Raskolnikov

Nani has done quite well, most impressed by his work rate. All the Pork and Cheesers have been working hard.

Postiga, 3-0. Desperate defending.

ollie1

3-0 Game Over For Spain

Raskolnikov

Sergio bleedin' Ramos is so completely useless, it amazes me how he is first choice for both Real and Spain.

Paleface

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Sergio bleedin' Ramos is so completely useless, it amazes me how he is first choice for both Real and Spain.

I can't understand why Mourinho hasn't gotten rid of him yet.

Raskolnikov

Poor Sergio caught out of position again :pac:

4-0.

Warper

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Sergio bleedin' Ramos is so completely useless, it amazes me how he is first choice for both Real and Spain.

Sergio Ramos is one of the best right-backs in the world. He had a great World Cup. Who cares about friendlies.

Morzadec

Very impressed with Portugal tonight

L'prof

Morzadec wrote: »

Very impressed with Portugal tonight

Just don't expect them to build on that result!

Raskolnikov

Warper wrote: »

Sergio Ramos is one of the best right-backs in the world. He had a great World Cup. Who cares about friendlies.

Sergio Ramos did have a good World Cup, but he is consistently a weak link in any team he plays in.

flahavaj

Warper wrote: »

Sergio Ramos is one of the best right-backs in the world. He had a great World Cup. Who cares about friendlies.

Didn't Jose try to replace him with Maicon in the Summer?

curry-muff

Warper wrote: »

Sergio Ramos is one of the best right-backs in the world. He had a great World Cup. Who cares about friendlies.

Ah come on, he has quality going forward alright, but one of the best right backs in the world, never. Play him in midfield and I might rate him higher, but he certainly isn't a defender. Similar to Glenn Johnson.

smokedeels

Beefy78 wrote: »

Other than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XW1UOAG4gg

Not sure why the tag isn't working....

Ronaldo wasn't happy with that.

L'prof

Beefy78 wrote: »

Other than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XW1UOAG4gg

Not sure why the tag isn't working....

Was that flagged as offside? Surely common sense could have been used here, it was going in anyway and as such, Nani wasn't interfering with play.

eigrod

L'prof wrote: »

Was that flagged as offside? Surely common sense could have been used here, it was going in anyway and as such, Nani wasn't interfering with play.

Yeah, common sense should've been used but not by the lino, but by Nani. What an idiotic thing to do knowing the ball was going in anyway.

Soby

curry-muff wrote: »

Ah come on, he has quality going forward alright, but one of the best right backs in the world, never. Play him in midfield and I might rate him higher, but he certainly isn't a defender. Similar to Glenn Johnson.

Or Bale.Although Bale can defend a bit better than Sergio

flas

Warper wrote: »

Sergio Ramos is one of the best right-backs in the world. He had a great World Cup. Who cares about friendlies.

philip lahm...

inforfun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaX8NTtkllw

smokedeels wrote: »

Ronaldo wasn't happy with that.

First time ever i actually felt sorry for Ronaldo.
Fantastic goal disallowed for no reason whatsoever, ball had crossed the line already.

Adamcp898

Anyone know if you'll be able to buy that new Spain shirt? Looks damn good

curry-muff

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Anyone know if you'll be able to buy that new Spain shirt? Looks damn good

As far as I know its coming out in december, advert for it was pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M5D0p5tW8Q

How Soon Is Now

curry-muff wrote: »

As far as I know its coming out in december, advert for it was pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M5D0p5tW8Q

Would they ever feck off bringing out new jerseys. I only bought the world cup one during the summer how many times do they need to change the collar or arm :pac:

CorkMan

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Anyone know if you'll be able to buy that new Spain shirt? Looks damn good

I know a fella who goes out to Thailand, he can gets you 10 of them for €4...

tolosenc

So that should have been 5-0 to Portugal (except for the combo of Nani and the lino) against a nearly full strength Spain. Coupled with the result in Argentina, I say this: Best team in the world, my arse.

Ronaldo can really give Messi a run for his money.