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[charliepanayi]

It was quite funny though to see the BBC pundits talk about how 'average' Germany are as a team. That statement may bre true in terms on individual ability (Hansen saying they'd been poor through the whole tournament was a load of crap though) but that 'average' team has still made a World Cup final and semi-final and a European Championship final this decade. What does that say about England, BBC pundits?

Heath makes a good post about tonight above.

[Jess]

I wanted Spain to win, so yay for them. My brother is also happy because he had them to win on the sweep at his work, so he won.

also, I don't think England are going to win anything for years to come unless Capello is a miracle worker. which I hope he is. show us your magic, Fabio.

[champagne supernova]

I didn't think Germany played particularly well this entire tournament, with the exception of the Portugal match. And even then, the Portuguese defence made the German's job really easy.

Whereas Spain have been really good throughout this entire tournament. They had a slightly off day against the Italians, although Italy was playing some anti-football, and Panucci & Chiellini defended really well. Even in the final tonight, they dominated most of the game, and really could have scored 1 or 2 more.

So, I think Spain deserve their win. I was slightly biased towards them coming into the game, because they had been playing the more attractive football, but wasn't really bothered, because I was supporting the Russians.

I think England definitely do have the players to do well. It just seems that they get stage-fright whenever they play. What I also find is that there tends to be very little movement off the ball, which Mr Capello must get sorted. If England want to do well, they can no longer play long-ball rubbish. They need to play a good passing game (like the Spanish did tonight), and that means that the players off the ball need to be looking for space constantly. If they can get that sorted, and get themselves more comfortable on the ball, then England could do well. Otherwise, another disappointment.

Oh, and I reckon the Russians are going to do well in 2010.

[Cz]

Congratulations to Spain, who deserved their win tonight and deserved to take the whole tournament too.

And good news for England about the next tournament: UEFA look set to expand the number of teams in the European Championships to 24. We can't possibly fail to qualify now...can we?

[Heath]

Originally Posted by Cz ^

Congratulations to Spain, who deserved their win tonight and deserved to take the whole tournament too.

And good news for England about the next tournament: UEFA look set to expand the number of teams in the European Championships to 24. We can't possibly fail to qualify now...can we?

Please don't tempt fate. I was actually a little sad when the national anthems were playing that England weren't there. But then I don't really have much of an attachment to the English national team. I support them, but I care more about Everton. Must be something to do with living in Wales!

[charliepanayi]

Actually the expansion to 24 teams might not happen until the 2016 tournament I think.

[Cz]

Originally Posted by charliepanayi ^

Actually the expansion to 24 teams might not happen until the 2016 tournament I think.

Ah. Then we can still fail for a little while yet.

[Croyles]

Wow, the BBC moderators were idiots. You can tell they definitely enjoy it when Germany goes out. This is one thing I still hate about living in England.