Spain v Russia, 15:00 BST, BBC.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Mother Russia. :bow:

That is, unless Monreal plays.

[Marc Overmars]

Spain will probably give them a good pumping.

[Mac76]

Really hope Nacho gets a run-out but either way i think Spain have too much for Russia

I hope Russia decide to get tasty and deal some out to Ramos though... :satan:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain: De Gea; Nacho, Pique, Ramos, Alba; Busquets, Koke; Asensio, Isco, Silva; Costa.

Russia: Akinfeev; Kutepov, Ignashevich, Kudryashov; Fernandes, Zobnin, Kuzyaev, Samedov, Zhirkov; Golovkin; Dzyuba.

Iniesta. :rose:

Asensio. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer, Ferdinand and Cesc in the studio. :blink:

[SMatthews]

He always was a lazy fucker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spanish players not singing their anthem again. :lol:

[SMatthews]

Just realised how 2D de Gea’s face is

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Russian national anthem. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Silva pubs it out of play.

[SMatthews]

Ramos you cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Get up Nacho.

[Letters]

Comedy og :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Spain, Old Man OG's it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton has to pit again :rose:

Comes out behind Ricciardo!

[SMatthews]

Make a game of it please Russia

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Hamilton has to pit again :rose:

Comes out behind Ricciardo!

Can't believe they played Ricciardo over Iniesta.

Ricciardo has done his hamstring!

[Letters]

Looking at it again, seems to me the Russian player was bundled over before it him him and went into the net

[SMatthews]

Good decision

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can't believe they played Ricciardo over Iniesta.

Ricciardo has done his hamstring!

Me. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Koke fancies an OG.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Penalty Russia!

Pique :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Russia!

Nelson Pique. :haha:

Putin. :bow:

[Letters]

Pel to Russia!

[SMatthews]

Pique you donkey. Brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 1-1 Russia, ZUBER DRIVER!!!!!

[Letters]

1-1 :lol:

No Gulag for that chap.

[SMatthews]

That’s saved the FSB a trip to the ref’s room at half time

[SMatthews]

Good tackle

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jordi Alba jumps in to the foul happening.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akinfeev shuts Diego Costa down.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diego Costa header, easy for Akinfeev.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akinfeev must be due to fumble one in soon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 1-1 Russia, HT! :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Spain's football has devolved into a self-congratulatory, back-patting, directionless black hole of nothingness.

[Letters]

Spanish player tried to belly flop it into the net :lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Spain are like one of the worst iteration of Wenger's team. Sterile possession and then get done on a set piece.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Putin. :bow:

:redcard:

Let's not celebrate that authoritarian kleoptacrat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:redcard:

Let's not celebrate that authoritarian kleoptacrat.

What evidence is there for him endorsing Cleopatra?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Busquets scuffs the volley!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kutepov booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramos diving.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Ramos :haha:

Great pass you turd.

[Master Splinter]

Fernandes keeps doing the pointless extra touch thing rather than instantly crossing. Thinks he's Brazilian.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Baddiel off, Cheryshev on.

[SMatthews]

Clear red

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dzyuba off, Smolov on.

[Goonermerree]

Will this be the first game to go to extra time or even penalties?

[Goonermerree]

No, Iniesta to save the day.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Will this be the first game to go to extra time or even penalties?

Hopefully not. As much as Spain have been dire, to protect the integrity of this sport they have to win this. We can't have blatant cheats prospering.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Golovin falls over, probably feared for his shoulder.

David Silva hauled off, Iniesta on. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Turns out Spain v Portugal was just two crap teams out-pubbing each other.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful touch from Isco but gets a foul somehow.

Nacho off, Carvajal on.

[SMatthews]

Hopefully not. As much as Spain have been dire, to protect the integrity of this sport they have to win this. We can't have blatant cheats prospering.

If it’s left to Spain to save the integrity of football we really are fucked

[Master Splinter]

Koke playing well for Russia.

[Master Splinter]

If it’s left to Spain to save the integrity of football we really are fucked

Harvey Weinstein is concurrently saving the integrity of men.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

If it’s left to Spain to save the integrity of football we really are fucked

Well if FIFA weren't such cucks to Putin then perhaps they'd do something about the clearly juiced up Russian players.

[Marc Overmars]

Spain have no intensity to their play. Dull as fuck.

[Letters]

Worst game of the last 16 :sleep:

[Cripps]

It's incredible to see how ineffective this style of play is for Spain when they aren't doping.

[Goonermerree]

No team has stood out at all in the tournament. As good as France were yesterday, they still conceded 3, which could be their undoing on another day.

[Cripps]

Worst game of the last 16 :sleep:

Zim was right :bow:

[Goonermerree]

Worst game of the last 16 :sleep:

Aint that the truth.

[Letters]

No team has stood out at all in the tournament. As good as France were yesterday, they still conceded 3, which could be their undoing on another day.

It’s coming home! :dance:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diego Costa hauled off, Iago Aspas on.

[Master Splinter]

Russia need another footballer on the pitch. Golovin has no-one to pass to.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Spain are exactly like that Simpsons parody of football.

[Marc Overmars]

Spain are exactly like that Simpsons parody of football.

:haha:

Great shout.

Does anyone actually rate Spain’s football? It sucks balls.

[Master Splinter]

Why does Aspas look like Troy Deeney?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Busquets completely fluffs it!

[Letters]

Spain are like one of the worst iteration of Wenger's team. Sterile possession and then get done on a set piece.

Annoyingly accurate.
Spain have more sideways movement than a crab

[Power n Glory]

I'm not sitting through extra time. Somebody better score.

[SMatthews]

:haha:

Great shout.

Does anyone actually rate Spain’s football? It sucks balls.

The last rites of tiki taka

[Cripps]

:haha:

Great shout.

Does anyone actually rate Spain’s football? It sucks balls.

Zim's been saying it since day 1. Another one the master got right :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I know a few Americans who said that wanted to get into football after that France vs Argentina game yesterday.


This game will have probably convinced them to reconsider. :rose:

[Letters]

I'm not sitting through extra time. Somebody better score.

:lol: innit. Can we just go straight to pels?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Double save from Akinfeev off Iniesta and Aspas!

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Shame that Spain came up against a doped up Akinfeev. Would have ordinarily been a goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shame that Spain came up against a doped up Akinfeev. Would have ordinarily been a goal.

Akinfeev has always been on dope tbf.

Allegedly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good freekick routine.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

>88th minute and they need a goal
>Still passing it sideways

Never change Spain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramos heads it over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[Master Splinter]

4 minutes of extra torture.

[Coney]

I'm losing the will to live.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT, on to AET.

[Coney]

:sleep:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

It's pure cowardice from the Spanish. Too afraid too take risks to score - instead they'll take the easy option of a sideways pass.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

"90 absorbing minutes"

You tripping Mowbrey?

[Goonermerree]

A passing game can be entertaining as long as the passes are decisive and lead to efforts on goal. Sideways passing in yer own half, not so much.

[Goonermerree]

Anyhoo, Russians going down with cramp, will they cope with another 30 minutes? What? One more substitution, just get those on playing, it would be waay more fun.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain close to doing something.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Anyhoo, Russians going down with cramp, will they cope with another 30 minutes? What? One more substitution, just get those on playing, it would be waay more fun.

Seems like the drugs are starting to wear off.

Hopefully this means that Spain can capitalise.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

https://i.imgur.com/4xUwZO8.jpg

845 passes :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Isco dives on Aspas' challenge. :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

We lose exciting teams like Peru & Senegal from thus tournament and instead these two boring pubbers go through? Football's not fair.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Asensio off, Rodrigo on.

[Goonermerree]

Why do the Spain players just keep hoofing the ball at the defenders and hoping? It's never going to get through a packed defence.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT in ET!

[Master Splinter]

TEG might be right about the doping. I've never seen Akinfeev being so calm.

[Goonermerree]

Get the ball into the box with a cross Spain, but make sure you have players in there first.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akinfeev saves from Rodrigo, Carvajal can't follow it up.

Monreal would've smashed it in.

[Letters]

Spain ran with some pace and had a decent chance. Who knew that would work?

[Goonermerree]

TEG might be right about the doping. I've never seen Akinfeev being so calm.

I don't know who is doping most, Spain or Russia according to some on here.:shrug:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't know who is doping most, Spain or Russia according to some on here.:shrug:

Probably us watching this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Massive appeal for a pelanty!

Cunt brigade in on the ref.

[SMatthews]

TEG might be right about the doping. I've never seen Akinfeev being so calm.

Dr Fuentes walked into the wrong dressing for once

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's so stupid from Methuselah!

Putin might have a word...

[Master Splinter]

Ignashevich you stupid old bastard.

[Marc Overmars]

Not given :bow:

[Letters]

Could be a VAR pel!

Not given :haha:

No corruption here!

[Master Splinter]

Putin made the call in time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty not given. :haha:

It couldn't be more blatant.

[SMatthews]

A few guns were cocked in that VAR room

[Goonermerree]

Spain haven't got a clue how to break out with pace. They only needed to run at Russia then, but no, they couldn't.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Are the VAR checkers located in the Kremlin?

[Goonermerree]

A few guns were cocked in that VAR room

They didn't need that, they had their orders!

[Globalgunner]

Riot averted

[Letters]

War averted

:gp:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One added minute!

Crab it in to the mixer!

[Master Splinter]

Fernandes might be a bit shit going forward, but he has had Spain on a leash at the back.

[Master Splinter]

One added minute!

Crab it in to the mixer!

There's nothing in the mixer, though.

[Letters]

Pels it is!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanties it is!

[Master Splinter]

Pelanties time!!

[Goonermerree]

This might be more exciting than the match.

[Globalgunner]

Hierro asking his players
"Are you gay"?

[Letters]

This might be more exciting than the match.

It had want to be :sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/14/vladimir_putin_reportedly_personally_involved_in_o rchestrating_hack_and/123986160-russian-prime-minister-vladimir-putin-gazprom-chief.jpg.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.jpg

:ninja:

[Letters]

1-0 Spain

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iniesta makes it 1-0!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Smolov just gets it in!

[Letters]

1-1, ‘keeper got a hand to it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Gea chucks it in. :haha:

[Mac76]

First russian one only just in

[Letters]

2-1 Spain

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain 2-1, Pique belts it in off the post.

[Mac76]

Hope ramos misses the crucial one

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Tollund Man somehow puts it in!

[Letters]

2-2. Good pel.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Koke has it saved! :haha:

[Letters]

Saved!

[Master Splinter]

Koke :haha:.

[SMatthews]

Don’t balls this up

[Mac76]

Saves!

[Letters]

2-3!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-3 GOLOVIN!!

[Marc Overmars]

Come on!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-3 Sergio Ramos.

[Mac76]

Ramos scores :(

[Letters]

3-3. Russia have a pel in hand

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cheryshev up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-4 Russia!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aspas up. :lol:

[Letters]

3-4. Spain have to score

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SPAIN ARE OUT!!

:haha:

[Marc Overmars]

SPAIN OUT!!!!! :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Aspas :haha:.

Spain :haha:.

[Letters]

Saved :haha:

Russia through!

[SMatthews]

Fuck off Spain!

[Master Splinter]

Akinfeev :bow: :bow:.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck off you tippy tappy dullards.

[Letters]

The families of the VAR ref live to fight another day...

[Coney]

Spain paid the pelanty

[Marc Overmars]

It’s coming home :bow:

[Letters]

Cesc :haha:

[SMatthews]

Clears out the best team on England’s side of the draw

[Power n Glory]

Thank fuck that's over! Spain's reign of terror is over. Hopefully, we won't have to sit through shit like that again.

[Globalgunner]

Aint sorry to see them go

Ramos please retire

[Mac76]

Spain :haha:

Ramos :haha:

Tapas :haha:

Bullfighting :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stanislav Cherchesov.

That name couldn't be any more Soviet. :bow:

Reacted to the win like a boss too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spain paid the pelanty

Russia did probably.

[Marc Overmars]

Monreal is another one we don’t have to worry about for pre-season.

What a fresh squad Unai is going to have. :bow:

[Letters]

Clears out the best team on England’s side of the draw

Now watch us lose to Colombia :lol:

[Goonermerree]

I go marching on!!!!!:ladynana::satan::cheer:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There's a guaranteed finalist from being in the final at least 52 years ago, if not a new finalist altogether.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

If England beat Colombia now .......

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cesc. :haha:

Went back out to Russia for this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lineker suddenly forgetting all his defending of pub teams in the Premier League now his beloved Spain are out.

[Marc Overmars]

Just a pubbed win over Iran for Spain. Not quite as bad as 4 years ago but still a shocker.

Tiki-taka well and truly dead and buried.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sacking Lopetegui might have been a mistake. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://i65.tinypic.com/29qh4wk.jpg

Ballbag should just focus on being the Arsenal ITK.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Speaking of De Gea, it was an abysmal tournament for the supposed number one keeper in the world. Shocker against Portugal and didn't save a pelanty.

Not sure if that's a good or bad thing in our case.

[Cripps]

Spain :haha:

Cesc :haha:

De Gea :haha:

Tippy tappy :haha:

Tapas :haha:

Salsa :haha:

Costa :haha: :haha: :haha:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Salsa :haha:


:unsure:

Salsa is Mexican cuisine you mong!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Spain :lol:

That was atrocious.

Dare I say it, but this might be England's best chance for years. Well no, this is Engand's best chance for years.

And I nearly forgot. Fuck Ramos.

[Cripps]

I meant spanish salsa :doh:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Spain should have subbed on Monreal to take a pelanty.

[Niall_Quinn]

Marvellous. The Boremeisters are out. Just Brazil to go and the hype machine will have taken a brutal beating. If these European based superstars are so great, what's happened to them on the biggest stage? The pundits and agents and spoilt brat players will all have to pretend none of this ever happened when then sit down to renegotiate their wheelbarrow loads.