Spain vs. Ukraine, the preview

I too think it will be a tie.

No, Spain will win 3 – 0.

España 2-1 Ukraine, or even
España 2-0 Ukriane!

But even 1-0 will do just fine with me!

Roland,
That shows that you are very knowleagable of the game.
Definately Spain will win no doubt.

There are two other teams in the group too, who came to play lets not forget that. Teams don’t come for picnic and certainly, tunisia is a much stronger team than Ukraine if you know anything about football. Because schevchenko in the team does not make it favorite, football in a team sport not and individual sport.

Spain and Tunisa will advance, mark my words.

Welsh, I see you have displayed your utter knowledge of football, Sheva is not the only player on the team, furthermore, Sheva might not play and if he does not, Ukraine will still fair well because it plays just as good without Shevchenko. Tunisia ? how have they displayed that they are a better team ? Ukraine qualified from the most difficult group and was the first country to qualify from Europe on top of that. Tunisia had a pretty rocky qualification process I would say, Im not saying they are a bad team, because I think they are better than people view, but they are still not better than Ukraine.

Tunisia could easily vie for second place. They were defeated just once in the qualifiers, 2-1 by Guinea, and they ended up with six wins and three draws. They also played well at the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005.

of course spain will win..maybe Xabi Alonso or Luis Garcia will scored one..
why? simply because they’re REDS.lol.

YNWA

I won’t be surprised if the previous post was made by Aragones

Sheva probably wont play tomorrow…. and if he does it will probably only be a few minutes… Raul wont play either…

So i dont know who will win, hopfully ukraine.

Everyone that made it this far is quite a talanted group, but looking back at ukraines qualifying group, turkey, greece and denmark (all in top 20) with only ukraine comming out of the group and only one loss to turkey… that has to mean something.

Raul not in playing 11, am sure it will be goal less till the point he is brought in….

0 -0 till Raul comes in and then 2-0 (Luis Garcia )

Andriy I can see your point, the group that Ukraine qualified from was strong and that is if we go by reputation or the shaky fifa ranking system. Denmark wasn’t in their best form for years and took this danish team until it was too late to find its form, and Turkey are in transition after most of the ahging players quit the team. The Ukraine team peaked before any team, I wonder if that is the case now.
We shall after todays performances and we can take it from there. Until then I still think Spain will emerge as the winner 3-1.

It’s be a draw or a Ukraine WIN. I’m sorry, but Spain couldn’t even beat Russia, who’re not even “in it”. Good team, good players, but as always, Spain will crack under pressure to perform.

I’m putting my money on a team who’s got nothing to lose.

Good luck to Spain. I hope you guys do well. I have supported them at all other competitions but now they are my second team behind the Aussies. Put my Arsenal mate Reyes on, and you are sure to score

This match is about which team want to win more…,in fact the Spanish do not even have to win to progress to the next round from their abnoxiously easy group H.After yesterday’s LOUSY,PATHETIC performance by group G(except Koreans),Spain don’t even have to worry about finishing top of their group!!Facts aside,for me,Spain will always play the beautiful game..,BEAUTIFULLY!!!

A Shame Reyes and Fabregas is on the bench. I think they would have done better with some fresh young blood in the team. The combination Reyes/Torres also seem to work out. If Spain cant win all their matches in this group Fabregas and Reyes on the Bench is the Reason!!

Spain will win 2-0 though I think that they will be a bit nervous like they always are in their first game. Ukraine will have their chances as well but they wont put them away just like croatia did against brazil. Nevertheless it will be a tough game but Spain will edge past them.

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It may be 92 degrees in Leipzig, but this game has started fiercely for both sides, fabulously for fans: we need a good game, after a run of somewhat sub-par performances (including yesterday’s overweight and underperforming Brazil debut). One advantage in this match: neither team is the overwhelming favorite, both teams have a chance at dark-horse status.
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For Ukraine, here’s the question: where’s Rusol (other than landing himself yellows?) Where’s Gusin? For that matter, where has Shevchenko been all game? Yes they’re being outplayed by a wonderful display of on-point football the likes of which Iberia hasn’t produced in the last, oh, half millennium, but since when have you heard of Ukrainians being intimidayed by anything, and anyone? That’s the surprise in this match: the unevenness–not to take anything away from the superior beauty of the Spaniards.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

A cloud is wafting over the Ukrainian side, and it’s got the Chernenko effect colored all over it…
Pierre Uncensored… http://www.pierretristam.com

The game is out of reach for Ukraine, advancing into the second round isn’t–if the Ukranians think the battle of the Muezzins, between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, will allow them to divide and conquer. But they may be surprised: Tunisia, now Africa’s last hope, are no push-overs, and the Saudis can be unpredictable despite having a man older than the dunes in goal.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

What a terrific run of football in this game. Leipzig was once known as the Communist world’s capital of gymnastics; today it’s the capital of the beautiful game: three of the four goals in this game deserve to hang at the Louvre, even if Ukraine haven’t put up much of a worthy opposition.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

How symbollic of this game: Shevchenko takes his one and only true shot all match in injury time, slams against a Spain defender, and hears the whistle calling an end to this big, big defeat for Ukraine. This was the Match of Death they would have rather avoided. Wonderful Spain, but Ukraine ain’t done yet.

Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

4-0 now the critics can shut the hell up!!!

AMAZINGGG!!!! Spainnn ruless!!! They played really greatt!!! I hope they go on great!!!!

espana, played amazin!! had a wiked team lined up, n showed how good they are, still only there first game, we have more to see!! ESPANA TO WIN!!

I was off by one goal. Even better than expected. See you in the second round!

I underestimated Spain by two goals, but i’m quite happy to be proven wrong!

¡Vamos España!

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