bwin Sportsblog - Football - I hope that Spain win it

I have nothing against the Dutch because they are really nice people but I hope that Spain win the World Cup.......they are the best team in the world and their philosophy and style of football is better than anyone else's. Even though they have largely failed to fire in front of goal, they have still been the best team. Germany have looked good in the games that they have played but they were made to look ordinary alongside Spain. When a team retains possession to the level that Spain do and plays so far up the pitch to win it back when they lose it then that is a style that is difficult to combat. You may say, why don't more teams play that way? Well I think that it stems from grass roots coaching and even though many of the players play different styles in other countries, they still retain the ability to play that way. But in the win over Germany then seven of that team played for Barcelona and that is a huge advantage. That can never happen with England because there are too few English players in our Premier League. Holland have the capability to upset Spain and we saw in Spain's opening group game against Switzerland what can happen when a team nick a goal and then defends it. I cannot say that I have enjoyed this World Cup over previous tournaments, I think many of the games have been too defensive and I really hope that this isn't a sign of things to come. I do not think that there will be many goals in the final tomorrow. The clear sign here is that Spain have played 6 games so far and four have ended 1-0. They won 2-0 but that was against Honduras and 2-1 against Chile who were down to ten men. This reflects just how much teams fear and respect Spain. May be worth having a punt on the under 2.5 goals tomorrow.