(06-29-2012, 04:13 PM)JuanShoe Wrote: Spain were in the same group and had to face Portugal and France. But I agree Italian players are hugely underrated.
Yes but spain is always spain, everyone knows they are complete world class and rate them highly regardless, I even rate them very highly, Iniesta imho is top 3 in the world
1.messi
2.ronaldo
3.iniesta
4.ibra
Us and spain deserve the final imo, Spain eliminating france who I'd make an honest comparison to england, england and france are in a similar state right now, young talents and experienced but they have no concrete form or tactics yet, the team needs growth and re assesment over the next few years to figure themselves out. Portugal and Germany are more established teams both with big names and were harder opponents then england and france, italy beat england in the quarters in penalties having completely outplayed them, spain beat portugal in the semis in penalties having also outplayed them(not by a long shot but still),ontop of italy and spain having already faced each other in a great game that ended all square. so over all I think the competition has been fairly as difficult for both italy and spain, and they've both played equally as amazing so this will be a great final, fingers crossed!
but, people always talk oh walcott this, oh ashley young, rooney blablalba, or germany and their stars..
Where italian players have never got an inch of praise no matter what they do, right now in the euros people are keeping their mouths shut because of italian players performances, but after this euro people will go back to critisizing them.
Spain are favourites imo for the final, but fingers crossed because italy is in the same category how they've been playing as a unit.
Hummels is a good defender don't get me wrong, but he is over rated imo, until he proves himself on the big stage (not making huge errors and getting outclassed by cassano against italy) then i'll call him one of the best defenders in the world. I guarentee sergio ramos, pique and silva wouldn't have been in so much difficulty against any player in the world, messi is arguable but even he can be stopped by defenders like i just mentioned^ hummels still has a long way to go bottom line, he could be great but he isn't right now.