Its rather dubbed by some as a weird way of playing football. But its the best way to wear down the opposition 'Tiki Taka'. Pass after pass after pass and patiently wait to split open the opposition defense with a beautiful ball and score out of nowhere. Thats what spain will look to do against the turks once again...... Their patience is amazing in passing the ball around, keeping possession at all costs. Spain had a staggering 70% possession against the Czechs and will look to replicate that against the turks. Spain will line up in the barcelona esque 4-1-2-3 formation with Real Madrid captain sergio ramos and barcelona center back Gerard Pique lining up in central defense backed by the best keeper in the world at the moment david degea.
With sergio busquets bossing the area in front of the back 4 Cesc fabregas and Andres Iniesta will look to create chances for spain. With Juventus center froward Alvaro Morata surely leading the line (considering half the world is trying to sign him for huge sums of money no wonder hes the only out and out striker in the squad) will be supported most likely by David silva of manchester city and it will be interesting to see if Vicente delbosque will select Nolito (Whos apparently wanted by Pep Guardiola at manchester city) or the more pacy Koke / Thiago alcantra.
On the other side of the pitch we have the turks lead by the barcelona winger Arda turan. Not to mention he was horrendous in his first game at the euros and even apologized to fans for it. Hakan Calhanoglu will be a vital cog in the team who will play behind the striker along with Arda. A year ago Hakan was linked to every major club in europe including Manchester United and his passing ability and eye for long range goals will come in handy for the turks considering they will hardly have possession.Ozan tufan the youngster will have a lot of responsibility on his shoulders to orchestrate the passes in midfield and intercept Spain's passing rythm, Alongside him will be the Turkish beckham Selcuk Inan whos briliant free kick was the reason Turkey qualified for the european championships. With solid attacking three and decent midfielders Turkey's ageing defense is the real issue and they will all they can to stop spain which i suspect will not still be enough and spain will come out on top. Especially if Turkey goes fro false 9 formation with Arda at the helm then they may end up flopping just like the last game. All in all i feel spain will continue their unbeaten streak since 2004 in the Euros and can progress to the next round with a win in this game.
Prediction : 2-0
With sergio busquets bossing the area in front of the back 4 Cesc fabregas and Andres Iniesta will look to create chances for spain. With Juventus center froward Alvaro Morata surely leading the line (considering half the world is trying to sign him for huge sums of money no wonder hes the only out and out striker in the squad) will be supported most likely by David silva of manchester city and it will be interesting to see if Vicente delbosque will select Nolito (Whos apparently wanted by Pep Guardiola at manchester city) or the more pacy Koke / Thiago alcantra.
On the other side of the pitch we have the turks lead by the barcelona winger Arda turan. Not to mention he was horrendous in his first game at the euros and even apologized to fans for it. Hakan Calhanoglu will be a vital cog in the team who will play behind the striker along with Arda. A year ago Hakan was linked to every major club in europe including Manchester United and his passing ability and eye for long range goals will come in handy for the turks considering they will hardly have possession.Ozan tufan the youngster will have a lot of responsibility on his shoulders to orchestrate the passes in midfield and intercept Spain's passing rythm, Alongside him will be the Turkish beckham Selcuk Inan whos briliant free kick was the reason Turkey qualified for the european championships. With solid attacking three and decent midfielders Turkey's ageing defense is the real issue and they will all they can to stop spain which i suspect will not still be enough and spain will come out on top. Especially if Turkey goes fro false 9 formation with Arda at the helm then they may end up flopping just like the last game. All in all i feel spain will continue their unbeaten streak since 2004 in the Euros and can progress to the next round with a win in this game.
Prediction : 2-0
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