chris79 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Oh, and about the game itself. I felt that the first half was dominated by the Czechs even if you forget about the goals. Of course, conceding twice so early can kill any team, but it was clear that they were a better, more balanced team with Greece only relying on set pieces and long balls. What changed after the HT was not Greece playing better (as was the case on Friday) but the Czechs losing their brain - Rosicky. As an Arsenal fan and a fan of him specifically, I was observing his movement and play closely and almost everything relied on him, his decisions, passes or positioning. When he was gone, the Czechs had no idea how to play. The decision to take Baros off and let Pekhart on was a very good one, but mostly because he is taller and Czechs started playing long balls as well. For a long time it was like both teams were just launching high balls into the other half hoping something would happen. Only Pilar was a real threat from positional attack. In the end, Greece scored one goal gifted to them by the GK (again!) and failed to do anything else but bombard the Czech area with high balls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Those pointless long balls with Samaras trying to play target man will haunt me tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkas Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 No offside both games against Poland and Czech against Greece.Yes all the stupid referee's decision against Greece... First game Papastathopoulos got a red card due to marking which is not even considered a faoul in football. Refs might not want Greece to qualify but we will with a win in the next game against Russia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The offside decision against Poland was the correct decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris79 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The offside decision against Poland was the correct decision. Anyone claiming otherwise?? :confused: Didn't read or hear a single comment here it was wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Arkas in the post above me. Unless I'm misinterpreting "No offside both games against Poland and Czech against Greece." ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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