http://www.runofplay.com/2008/06/27/russia-0-3-spain-mercury-parallel-parks/ Attacking Football Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.runofplay.com/2008/06/27/russia-0-3-spain-mercury-parallel-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 A. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:11:23 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1011#comment-1670 The Spaniards raised their game a fair bit in the second half. They had started to deprive the Russians of possession and once they got the goal they played the rest of the half with astute tactics, defending and dropping back as a unit and then counterattacking with precision and making sure to keep possession of the ball for as long as possible. The likes of Iniesta, Silva and Fabregas started to play their best football of the tournament in the face of which the Russians simply froze. The Spaniards raised their game a fair bit in the second half. They had started to deprive the Russians of possession and once they got the goal they played the rest of the half with astute tactics, defending and dropping back as a unit and then counterattacking with precision and making sure to keep possession of the ball for as long as possible. The likes of Iniesta, Silva and Fabregas started to play their best football of the tournament in the face of which the Russians simply froze.

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