*** Official Match Thread : Spain v Chile ***

[Paris]

Ahem, still confident of that? 

I wonder if not having to play any qualifiers and the pressure of being current champions with perhaps a slice of complacency has made Spain a shadow of their former selves?

They did have to qualify. They were in a small group with France which they topped. The days of World Cup winners getting an automatic place in the next tournament finished a while back.

 

[TomandJerry]

What a miss!

 

[The Wizard]

Game changer, what a miss

What's doing on with the keepers in this WC?

 

[Pavilionaire]

I've seen some misses but that takes the busquets.

 

[banjo]

He should of tippy tapped that one in.

 

[1066familyman]

Bring on Torres

And that's exactly what I mean about them not having any decent strikers to call on.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

They did have to qualify. They were in a small group with France which they topped. The days of World Cup winners getting an automatic place in the next tournament finished a while back.

Yes it's the hosts who don't have to qualify? France don't have to qualify for euro 16 but they're still in a group for practice...

 

[Pavilionaire]

Dave House would have bagged a couple by now.

 

[Hyperion]

Another bloody awful punch by the keeper. Catch the the f*****g thing. Is Ankergren out in Brazil coaching?

 

[Driver8]

****ing hell Spain are going home here.

 

[basque seagull]

Another bloody awful punch by the keeper. Catch the the f*****g thing. Is Ankergren out in Brazil coaching?

Like

 

[Mowgli37]

They're going home, they're going home, they're going, Spain are going home...

 

[The Wizard]

Impressed by the co-commentator(Danny Murphy??) in this game, very knowledgable & talks a lot of sense.

 

[carteater]

Torres coming on, I thought they needed to score?

 

[banjo]

And that's exactly what I mean about them not having any decent strikers to call on.

Here he comes. Hat trick

 

[TomandJerry]

Torres on

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Time to concentrate on the Euro qualifiers for Spain.

 

[Driver8]

Torres on

It's like bringing on Joe Gatting.

 

[TomandJerry]

It's like bringing on Joe Gatting.

Or Obika

 

[carteater]

jeez this is like france in 2002...