Germany vs. Spain
by edwzipper on Saturday, June 28th, 2008 at 10:09am
The intramural World War II teammates Euro final is tomorrow, and Grant Wahl, per usual has the must read at si.com.
Spain’s been the better team in the tournament, and Wahl notes that they are on paper, the clear favorites.
And then he proceeds to pick Germany. A taste of why:
“Germany knows how to convert set-pieces. How many times have we seen the Germans be outplayed on the field, only to win the game on a ruthlessly converted set-piece goal? It happened again in the quarterfinals against Portugal, and this Spanish team reminds me a lot of its Iberian counterpart. Marchena and Puyol are not nearly as tall as Germany’s Miroslav Klose, Schweinsteiger and Christoph Metzelder, and the goals that Spain has allowed in this tournament have come on balls in the air. Spain may outplay the Germans, but they will not out-set-piece them.”
True enough.
But I think Spain having finally gotten over the Italian hurdle will finish the job. Give me the Spaniards 3-1.