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Jun. 17th, 2002 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
opengoalI knew all along it would be penalty shoot-out, because this is Ireland.
I just didn't know they would be performing like that. So little confidence. So many unforced errors. And so little pressure on the Spaniards in the midfield.
It was almost like they were just turning up. They weren't trying half as hard as they had been. They could've played better, much better but instead they were contented to lose, because they a "glorious" defeat would've been enough. Except I really don't think that was "glorious", I don't think they tried enough. & It pained me to see them like that. Granted, Spain may be superior in skill on average, but Ireland didn't play as disjointedly against Holland or Portugal, did they?
I just didn't know they would be performing like that. So little confidence. So many unforced errors. And so little pressure on the Spaniards in the midfield.
It was almost like they were just turning up. They weren't trying half as hard as they had been. They could've played better, much better but instead they were contented to lose, because they a "glorious" defeat would've been enough. Except I really don't think that was "glorious", I don't think they tried enough. & It pained me to see them like that. Granted, Spain may be superior in skill on average, but Ireland didn't play as disjointedly against Holland or Portugal, did they?
