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ontd_footballTo pretty much everyone's shock, England managed to beat Spain at Wembley today :oooo It was an decent game I thought, Spain had all the possession and the tika-taka, but England had a lot going for them too, Phil Jones did very well on his debut, the defence was generally well marshalled and Scott Parker gave one of those quintessential no guts no glory performances that he gave week in week out for West Ham. England were captained by Frank Lampard, it was only the second time he's led England out, but wasn't he a good capitan, scoring the win and generally giving an assured performance. I'll stop talking now and post some pretty pictures *___*
dawwww
In the tunnel, the England team wearing their specially designed jackets with the poppy on.
That man *___*
Two very dishy captains :33333
John Terry was benched
He was BOSS today, making some great interceptions and then running after the ones he missed, even if they seemed like lost causes. His defensive nous really stifled Spain's potency today, and he managed to make some great attacking runs too. Take a bow, son. Take a bow.
The minute's silence was impeccably observed
Spain's hobbits XD
Flaws? I see none :333
OK, so the first half, Spain bossed it, the possession stats were insane. But there wasn't that much end product so the first half ended goalless.
At the startof the first half though, Lampard did well to head a Darren Bent shot into the open goal.
It was flawless, plus his last three goals now have all been with his head! Not bad for someone who only ~scores shitty goals with his fat arse~~~
JT's reaction to Lamps' goal was as close a visual definition to GLEE I've ever seen!
Ashley Cole and Sergio Busquets fighting for da ball. Busquets dived a lot today. I was really shocked, I thought he never dived. #trollface
Obligatory mention of the onrunning Xabi vs Lampard fued ;)
Despite having a horrendous kit, Joe Hart just effortlessly emulates swag. He and Joleon Lescott combined well on several occasions in the first half to snuff out Man City teammate David Silva's threat.
lol Cesc's hair. No words tbqh
For those who are inclined to never walk alone down memory lane ;)
We'll see if Torres will be smiling so much at the end of December when 'Arry sends Parker out to man-mark this bad boy :-p.
btw Torres got booed a lot at Wembley today. SMH.
Not gonna go into the politics, but aesthetically, I do think the armbands looked very beautiful. Unfortunately they kept falling off so some players played on without them.
Random pic of Joe Hart and Ashley Cole heh heh
Obligatory Chelseabunging
I love how this says "Frank Lampard, Captain". #mylyfe I know I say this a lot and reptetition (especially that of the fangirly, LAMPSYBUNG 4-LYFE genre) is not annoying, not one bit ;), but I really have to say it, this man is a BEAST. Only a month ago, established football writers were not-so-politely voicing their opinions that Lampard should hang up his boots for England, and possibly even Chelsea. The man's response? The train harder, work harder and be even more boss than he already is. That is a mighty healthy mentality, and just goes to show what a profession Lampsybung is.
The Fernando Torres/Juan Mata bromance gets more real and real every day. To paraphrase Britney, "Gimme MORRES" :p
Yeah, so that's it really! Let's not make this more than what it is, which is a morale-boosting, hard-earned win over an excellent Spain side. We got lucky, but you make your own luck, so. What it most certainly is NOT is an sign that "INgurland are gna win da Eurossss okay and den Rooney willb preiddent 4-lyf!!!!" Moderation. Is. Key.
But for now, I'mma cherish this :))))))
dawwww
In the tunnel, the England team wearing their specially designed jackets with the poppy on.
That man *___*
Two very dishy captains :33333
John Terry was benched
He was BOSS today, making some great interceptions and then running after the ones he missed, even if they seemed like lost causes. His defensive nous really stifled Spain's potency today, and he managed to make some great attacking runs too. Take a bow, son. Take a bow.
The minute's silence was impeccably observed
Spain's hobbits XD
Flaws? I see none :333
OK, so the first half, Spain bossed it, the possession stats were insane. But there wasn't that much end product so the first half ended goalless.
At the startof the first half though, Lampard did well to head a Darren Bent shot into the open goal.
It was flawless, plus his last three goals now have all been with his head! Not bad for someone who only ~scores shitty goals with his fat arse~~~
JT's reaction to Lamps' goal was as close a visual definition to GLEE I've ever seen!
Ashley Cole and Sergio Busquets fighting for da ball. Busquets dived a lot today. I was really shocked, I thought he never dived. #trollface
Obligatory mention of the onrunning Xabi vs Lampard fued ;)
Despite having a horrendous kit, Joe Hart just effortlessly emulates swag. He and Joleon Lescott combined well on several occasions in the first half to snuff out Man City teammate David Silva's threat.
lol Cesc's hair. No words tbqh
For those who are inclined to never walk alone down memory lane ;)
We'll see if Torres will be smiling so much at the end of December when 'Arry sends Parker out to man-mark this bad boy :-p.
btw Torres got booed a lot at Wembley today. SMH.
Not gonna go into the politics, but aesthetically, I do think the armbands looked very beautiful. Unfortunately they kept falling off so some players played on without them.
Random pic of Joe Hart and Ashley Cole heh heh
Obligatory Chelseabunging
I love how this says "Frank Lampard, Captain". #mylyfe I know I say this a lot and reptetition (especially that of the fangirly, LAMPSYBUNG 4-LYFE genre) is not annoying, not one bit ;), but I really have to say it, this man is a BEAST. Only a month ago, established football writers were not-so-politely voicing their opinions that Lampard should hang up his boots for England, and possibly even Chelsea. The man's response? The train harder, work harder and be even more boss than he already is. That is a mighty healthy mentality, and just goes to show what a profession Lampsybung is.
The Fernando Torres/Juan Mata bromance gets more real and real every day. To paraphrase Britney, "Gimme MORRES" :p
Yeah, so that's it really! Let's not make this more than what it is, which is a morale-boosting, hard-earned win over an excellent Spain side. We got lucky, but you make your own luck, so. What it most certainly is NOT is an sign that "INgurland are gna win da Eurossss okay and den Rooney willb preiddent 4-lyf!!!!" Moderation. Is. Key.
But for now, I'mma cherish this :))))))
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Date: 2011-11-13 04:32 am (UTC)GET IT, ENGLAND!!!
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Date: 2011-11-13 04:48 am (UTC)I'M KINDA MAD.
Date: 2011-11-13 06:25 am (UTC)Spain was SHITTASTIC, the players had a half assed effort most of the time, the false 9 tactic is a complete fail against big teams, VDB gets TORRES to play instead of Llorente who's bigger and could have fought with the English defense.
Silva had a bad match, Xavi had a bad match, Villa had a bad match.
The subs were *facepalm* I mean: Puyol for Ramos, Mata for Xavi? THE FUCK?
VDB doesn't call Soldado and in his place he gets the guy that makes us play with 10 when he's in the field: Fernando "I miss goals" Torres.
Every day I am more convinced that we won the WC in SPITE of VDB and no thanks to him, he has to wake up and smell the coffee, friendly or not this shit was so bad...
BTW: I wanted to get #PelucaDeCesc trending again but I'm too lazy to do so XDDD
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Date: 2011-11-13 07:55 am (UTC)As for the subs, I don't know why you're complaining. Ramos could have been sent off, and Mata added more to attack, and certainly a lot more than Xavi did in the match.
I don't think it's Torres who keeps Soldado away. This time negredo and Pedro are both out but VDB still chose not to call him so maybe he just doesn't rate him.
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Date: 2011-11-13 12:54 pm (UTC)BTW, I know you're big Llorente fan, so you didn't criticize him even when he was terrible against Lichtenstein and Italy cause he was in a very bad form during that period (which thankfully he seems to be getting out of), but at least you can admit that VdB supported him during the horrible run and not only Torres.
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Date: 2011-11-13 02:53 pm (UTC)Puyol for Ramos was probably to prevent another yellow cause my little pony was making some bad decisions last night. Mata for Xavi seemed experimental, kinda like let's see what will work for when Xavi retires situation.
Both Villa and Torres look off form, so VdB needs to sort out that situation, ASAP.
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Date: 2011-11-13 06:56 am (UTC)didn't watch the game since I was on beer duty, but good on England. Spain are traditionally weak in friendlies but yeah, it's refreshing to see England win :)
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Date: 2011-11-13 12:56 pm (UTC)BONUS PIX.
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Date: 2011-11-13 01:42 pm (UTC)and a couple of terry & lampard moments
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Date: 2011-11-13 04:41 pm (UTC)that gif is so hilarious xD what is Cesc trying to do there?
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Date: 2011-11-13 05:05 pm (UTC)Just to balance out the Chealsea-ness in this post :)
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