we're officially back to the good old days, barcelona and real madrid starting line ups are mostly foreign and the spanish national team is an average team.
Spain NEVER take frendlies seriously... they were playing their 2nd or even 3rd string lineup in all but one or two positions, whereas France was playing near their strongest lineup. Oh yes, in Paris. With a bent ref. And a clear penalty denied. Need any more be said?
@alexreg :
You conveniently forgot the wrongly disallowed goal for France before that, the tackle from behind by Fagregas who received exactly zero card.
As for Spain "strongest lineup" it got tored a new one in Brazil. Casillas, Costa, Ramos, Alba, Busquet and Silva were starters in the WC, Azpilicueta played against Chile and Xavi & Alonso retired. The only new faces were Koke and Juanfran that everyone said should have been called, Fabregas who's a regular and was supposed to take over Xavi's role and Isco who was supposed to be the next big thing.
That's pretty much the best team they could field right now.
All in all, I think you're just bitter.
@commandozap A body without its head is useless. Sure Casillas absense came as morose , if the game is dry for starting few mins i might go to bed early i suppose.
Griezmann - Benz - Valbuena will connect well and win the game for France, They have more team chemistry than Spain at the moment, with Inesta out, Xavi and Xabi gone, I can see Fabregas and Costa connecting well, Silva is a magician as well, but Spain's midfield is in transition at the moment and will break down with Matuidi, Pogba and Cabaye having played together in Brazil. Finally this game will come down to the battle of the goalies, Casillas vs Lloris, two of the game's finest keepers. 1-1 seems like a reasonable prediction, but with France playing at home and wanting revenge for their last defeat to Spain during the last World Cup qualifiers in the famous Stade de France, I see France taking this game: 3-1 (Costa to score the first).
@Xsim Spain 2-0 or 3-0 ! Koke and Isco have great chemistry from their u21 win , silva would easily adapt to anything , costa is fitter than ever to smack in any chances presented. Fabregas and Albiol line is weakness , i dunno how it will match up but i think koke and fab will swap places and spain can run riot.
I agree, Koke and Isco have great chemistry, I do hope they get to play together, I really think Carvajal should start instead of Juanfran. This is by far the best friendly out of all the games! Albiol is the weakness yes, but he is a big guy, he may a little slow but has somewhat played with Ramos at Real Madrid before so it will be interesting to see if they can work together!
@Xsim@Xsim I like the candour you exhibit. Coming to the game , Juanfran deserves it more at this pt , but carva will be in during 2nd half. Carva was horrible against la real last week , del bosque surely dint miss that game. I dint watch much of albiol with napoli but vs bilbao he was nothing bt average. He is hit n miss kinda defender , mercurial with performance , not constant as far as i know. Lets see if ramos and iker manage him well. I'm excited to see alcacer and isco. Great game awaits as i like both sides.
we're officially back to the good old days, barcelona and real madrid starting line ups are mostly foreign and the spanish national team is an average team.
Spain NEVER take frendlies seriously... they were playing their 2nd or even 3rd string lineup in all but one or two positions, whereas France was playing near their strongest lineup. Oh yes, in Paris. With a bent ref. And a clear penalty denied. Need any more be said?
@alexreg they never take world cup seriously either?
@alexreg What are you crying about ?
@alexreg : You conveniently forgot the wrongly disallowed goal for France before that, the tackle from behind by Fagregas who received exactly zero card. As for Spain "strongest lineup" it got tored a new one in Brazil. Casillas, Costa, Ramos, Alba, Busquet and Silva were starters in the WC, Azpilicueta played against Chile and Xavi & Alonso retired. The only new faces were Koke and Juanfran that everyone said should have been called, Fabregas who's a regular and was supposed to take over Xavi's role and Isco who was supposed to be the next big thing. That's pretty much the best team they could field right now. All in all, I think you're just bitter.
Oh and Debuchy got the ball, watch the replays.
Spain has become a big joke and won't scare anybody anymore ...
Spain playing worse and worse.
Wasn't it penalty on Isco? I think debuchy fouled
@Sinaj Very clear penalty... but the ref was paid off by the Frenchman, so what do you expect?
@alexreg Benzema wasn't off side.
Spain zero shots on target ...ok
san jose looks good , might be a regular if he keeps it up
Carvajal was the best player of Spain
Not watching this game as Casillas aint playing. Let the best team win
@commandozap btw even buffon isnt starting.
@commandozap A body without its head is useless. Sure Casillas absense came as morose , if the game is dry for starting few mins i might go to bed early i suppose.
De gea starting? WTF
Lot of time to this game.
Carva gotta play
@321luftsr Juanfran deserves it more at this point/
@321luftsr he was our worst defender against sociedad.
@soul_snatcher Ramos was, but he was also our best attacker.
Albiol need to step up , if he does , spain can snatch this 3-0 or 2-0. Hoping for a great game.
@soul_snatcher I think he will, this is his chance to shine, Pique is not playing so Albiol will show the gaffer his qualities!
It smells like a 0-0 if we are being honest
@Murgen Well, almost !
1-1
Griezmann - Benz - Valbuena will connect well and win the game for France, They have more team chemistry than Spain at the moment, with Inesta out, Xavi and Xabi gone, I can see Fabregas and Costa connecting well, Silva is a magician as well, but Spain's midfield is in transition at the moment and will break down with Matuidi, Pogba and Cabaye having played together in Brazil. Finally this game will come down to the battle of the goalies, Casillas vs Lloris, two of the game's finest keepers. 1-1 seems like a reasonable prediction, but with France playing at home and wanting revenge for their last defeat to Spain during the last World Cup qualifiers in the famous Stade de France, I see France taking this game: 3-1 (Costa to score the first).
@Xsim Spain 2-0 or 3-0 ! Koke and Isco have great chemistry from their u21 win , silva would easily adapt to anything , costa is fitter than ever to smack in any chances presented. Fabregas and Albiol line is weakness , i dunno how it will match up but i think koke and fab will swap places and spain can run riot.
@soul_snatcher Spain has become a joke and won't scare anybody anymore ...
I agree, Koke and Isco have great chemistry, I do hope they get to play together, I really think Carvajal should start instead of Juanfran. This is by far the best friendly out of all the games! Albiol is the weakness yes, but he is a big guy, he may a little slow but has somewhat played with Ramos at Real Madrid before so it will be interesting to see if they can work together!
@Xsim @Xsim I like the candour you exhibit. Coming to the game , Juanfran deserves it more at this pt , but carva will be in during 2nd half. Carva was horrible against la real last week , del bosque surely dint miss that game. I dint watch much of albiol with napoli but vs bilbao he was nothing bt average. He is hit n miss kinda defender , mercurial with performance , not constant as far as i know. Lets see if ramos and iker manage him well. I'm excited to see alcacer and isco. Great game awaits as i like both sides.
@soul_snatcher I agree! A great game awaits, hopefully we will not be disappointed. Cheers mate!
Allez les bleus
Spains attack is crazy quality. Replacing pique with his clone is no improvement.
Giroud is injured guys
@Murgen Who cares? He's never taking Benzema's spot up top. He is a benchwarmer for France.
@Mike.PSG I don't care but they put him as a starter at first, that's why I said that.
@Mike.PSG Arrette mec Giroud est bon quand on fait appelle a lui
Isnt Iniesta injured?