RIP Spain

The signs were there at the Confederations Cup and now it seems even more apparent. There were cries for some change in players and change in style by some fans and those calls seem justified now. Discuss. How did things go so horribly wrong? Where do the problems lie? And how to bounce back?

Can't believe I'm bandwaggoning this shit.

Oh well, there is still Germany, Argentina and Brazil then.

RIP Tiki Taka
2008-2014

Revert back to false 9 imo.
Don't know if there is a solution for that defense though.

wow... spain got so butchered!!!!!! it could have been worse... easily should have scored 8 goals

Early jinx   

Premature thread - but I still like it

Beautiful thread. Not going to lie, I've been looking forward to this thread since 2009

Diego Costa looked like a fish trying desperately to swim on the sand...
what a beating to VdB's strategy. Hopefully they will never recover from this and hopefully Chileans will finish the job.

RIP in Peace Spain. GG no re.

Watch them win the whole thing. The jinx is out of control   

I still think Spain can rebound and do very well in this competition. There were signs of that Spain we know and love, a second-half meltdown shouldn't fool you. Del Bosque just needs to grow some serious balls and change things up quite a bit , because there is talent on the bench.

Iniesta looked great as always.. and the link up play was pretty good.

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The look on his face ... priceless.   

On a serious note I would like to know why and how they lost it so much in the 2nd half. One of the weirdest games I've seen as they were quite dominant in the first half. Should have easily made it 2-0 when Silva choked infront of goal. How do they go on to concede 5 in about 45 minutes?

Feel bad for Negredo and Llorente.

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zarola wrote:I still think Spain can rebound and do very well in this competition. There were signs of that Spain we know and love, a second-half meltdown shouldn't fool you. Del Bosque just needs to grow some serious balls and change things up quite a bit , because there is talent on the bench.

Iniesta looked great as always.. and the link up play was pretty good.

a.k.a DDG

Selecting a declining Casillas over De Gea is nothing but inviting trouble.

For them to rebound now they need to assassinate Australia by at least a margin of 5 goals to even get to level terms as far as GD is concerned.
Dutch even if they loose to Chile will beat Socceroos and Chile too will get 6 points.

So if those 2 avoid a thrashing in the next 2 games, Spain wont go through

Spain have themselves to blame, as they could've had 2-3 goals in the first half, fell asleep in the second once they went down 2-1 they panicked and VdB made a bad sub by taking Alonso off, which allowed counter attack after counter attack. Never the less that was a fine performances by the dutch.

Silva was non-existent, as was Xavi and Alonso. Torres    

That was beautiful viewing. Loved every minute of it from the moment Blind delivered that exquisite pass to RVP.

Dat RVP equalizer One of the best headers Ive ever sen

Arbeloa is not there anymore, no more scapegoating him

Winter is Coming wrote:Spain have themselves to blame, as they could've had 2-3 goals in the first half, fell asleep in the second once they went down 2-1 they panicked and VdB made a bad sub by taking Alonso off, which allowed counter attack after counter attack. Never the less that was a fine performances by the dutch.

you made it sound like it's a classic case of " the team that misses  chances will get  punished in the end "   

holland could've easily scored early when sneijder was one on one with casillas .
and needless to mention that spain's only goal came from a nonexistent penalty .
the only clear chance they missed in the first half was silva's.

they don't have " themselves " to blame , they got thrashed by the better team , simple as that.

M99 wrote:Feel bad for Negredo and Llorente.

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lmao exactly my thoughts, golden moment   

farfan wrote:

Winter is Coming wrote:Spain have themselves to blame, as they could've had 2-3 goals in the first half, fell asleep in the second once they went down 2-1 they panicked and VdB made a bad sub by taking Alonso off, which allowed counter attack after counter attack. Never the less that was a fine performances by the dutch.

you made it sound like it's a classic case of " the team that misses  chances will get  punished in the end "   

holland could've easily scored early when sneijder was one on one with casillas .
and needless to mention that spain's only goal came from a nonexistent penalty .
the only clear chance they missed in the first half was silva's.

they don't have " themselves " to blame , they got thrashed by the better team , simple as that.

Exactly   

Spain conceded 2 goals in the 2010 World Cup. They've conceded 5 goals in 80 minutes in 2014