[ms] · Est. May 2002
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Re: Euro 2008
franve/romania was a bit disappointing, hope the next match is better.
I honestly dont get how people can switch nationality to play for a country.. especially when Podolski is clearly good enough to play for Poland, and could have really helped them.
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[quote=Steve Graham;612069]franve/romania was a bit disappointing, hope the next match is better.
I honestly dont get how people can switch nationality to play for a country.. especially when Podolski is clearly good enough to play for Poland, and could have really helped them.[/quote]
easy... more $ and also opportunities to get farther... bs imo
edit: i lol'ed at this
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hahahaha, thats good :) though it should have been an italian car IMO, lol
i want to know when the pics of the fit birds in the stands are going to start popping up!
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wow, Italy got screwed on that first goal.. but the second, what a brilliant counter attack!
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yeah they got robbed there... doubt italy and france are making it out of the groups tho :D
dutch are playing best football ive seen this euro so far
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^^ I agree, they look very fluid and confident.. maybe Cannavaro not being there is a bigger impact than they thought
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i agree, they missed cannavaro. altho in the 2nd half the italians played much better, just couldnt seem to score..
like i said, italy and france, out?
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wow, guess that non call on the 1st goal doesnt really matter. Nice to see the Dutch continue to attack even after being up 2-0. Might Italy not make it out of the group?
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yeah there have been a couple of bad calls already at this euro...
yeah i think italy is stuck. even if they beat romania, the dutch will definitely beat france, and holland will play their reserves with romania -> they'd rather see romania advance because they might play the runner-up in the semis and im sure they'd rather play romania than france or italy...
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Fantastic performance by the Dutch ... 2 classic counter attacking moves - total football !
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btw, is it just me or the romanian fans were the loudest and strongest out of all so far? they were loud and chanting till the very end...
EDIT: the first dutch goal was 100% legit. Fifa Rule 11 says a player cannot create an offside position by going out of bounds. One of the Italian defenders (Panucci) was behind the goal line, to the right of the Italian goal (from Buffon's perspective) at the moment Van Nistelrooy scored the 1-0. He was injured from a contact with Buffon following a "head-ball".
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i was wondering about that.. thats a good call then and the italians jsut got their arses handed to them for 90 minutes, jsut about completely outclassed.. and yes the Dutch counter attack and Van Der Sar are going to be tough to beat.
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SHIT!! Italy lost big time!!!!! 3-0
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bout time the dutch backed up their potential
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looks like todays matches should be pretty good.. I wonder if Torres is going make people forget that Raul was left home :)
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[quote=Steve Graham;612342]looks like todays matches should be pretty good.. I wonder if Torres is going make people forget that Raul was left home :)[/quote]
well i guess he already has... russia cannot keep up with torres and david villa
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Spain plays actually pretty good..I am sure the 2:0 isn't the last goal in this match.
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david villa.. wow, some quality football by two typically under achieving countries in Holland and Spain.. very well done!
I love to see Hiddink get his arse handed to him
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russians look exhausted, they barely managed to score just now against spains weak defense. russians played well in the first 15-20 minutes and then they went downhill...
lets see how far spain gets this time before they choke :D
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^^That would be the quaterfinals
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Russians could play better. They underestimate one's opponents. Spain is a strong team showed a good game today.
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[quote=Troklo;612413]^^That would be the quaterfinals[/quote]
lol... sad but true...
the greeks are playing like shit, swedes are going to have their way with them in the 2nd half
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although portugal won 3-1, they didnt impress me. defense looked weak, dont think they can win it all
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I somewhat agree.. the Czechs definitely had their chances, and I dont see Portugal at this point getting past Germany if they meet in the quarters, which they should you would think,
But this match definitely turned almost immediately within the minute or so the Czechs missed that golden chance and then at the other end Ronaldo buried his shot to go 2-1
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wow what an ending for the turks. that was the first goal that i was actually happy for, what a game has been set up for sunday: czechs - turks... cant wait
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fanzones,
here in vienna there is nothing going on in the fanzone. except for the austrian and german games there are no people and a very chilling atmosphere.
the salesmen are blaming the city of vienna, because they are up to 90% under the expected gain. they have to pay like 40.000€ for hiring a stand and they are selling nothing (ok...one beer costs 4,50€). the funny thing is, the zone is opening at 9 o clock in the morning and there were thousands of crazy supporters expected to drink loads of beer from the morning to the evening. fact is: midday you see 5 other people there and nothing more. i think it would be quite a difference if england would have taken part in the cup:p.
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^^ that's a shame, Drucki. Having the World Championship here in Germany in 2006 was one of the best experiences I ever had. Four weeks, whole Frankfurt (and each other citiy in Germany) was in a state of emergency and you saw partying people everywhere..1000s of them...all nations together and all here for the same reason...fantastic and I still get shivers when I think back.
Yesterday's evening game was FANTASTIC. What a fight..that's how football should be. I am already waiting for our next Game against Croatia because they are the best opponent in our group.
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ready for the Gerrys v Croats =)
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Yikes. Germany gets hit hard by the Croatians.
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tom, tom, tom... wtf happened man?
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one team wanted to win the other thought they were supposed to win
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so poland will def beat austria, who just like the swiss will be out of the competition. however they will not play spoilers to their buddies, ze germans and germany will beat austria and play purtugal in ze 1/4 finals with cheese
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next time they should pick a host nation(s) that actually has a chance to win a match at least
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[quote=Steve Graham;613234]next time they should pick a host nation(s) that actually has a chance to win a match at least[/quote]
well lets see... WC 2010 - South Africa - FAIL Euro 2012 - Poland & Ukraine - FAIL WC - 2014 - Brazil - WIN
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^^ my point exactly, well for the Euro tourney at least
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what a hell of a save on that penalty.. shouldnt have even been a penalty imo
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[quote=Steve Graham;613352]what a hell of a save on that penalty.. shouldnt have even been a penalty imo[/quote]
dunno man, i'm kinda biased here, but he did grab him... still surprised the refs didnt go against romania as they usually do. hell of a match, if that fuckin cokehead mutu would have just shot better on that pk. the romanian GK played fantastic, saved at least 3-4 goals.
now as long as the dutch beet the fuckin french pussies, we're good!
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Italy sucks this year.. worst Italian team put together in years
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after replays, it looks a bit closer to a pk i agree.. still a great save tho.. most goalies would have already been out of the way but to get a hand and a foot on it.. if it werent for that "cokehead" they wouldnt have even got a point out of it.. they shouldnt have got a point anyway, that disallowed goal was NOT offside
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[quote=Steve Graham;613364]after replays, it looks a bit closer to a pk i agree.. still a great save tho.. most goalies would have already been out of the way but to get a hand and a foot on it.. if it werent for that "cokehead" they wouldnt have even got a point out of it.. they shouldnt have got a point anyway, that disallowed goal was NOT offside[/quote]
mutu should have not taken the pk, he was too tired and sometimes chokes. but altruism is a word he doesnt know, so he took it. im glad he got subbed afterward as he wasnt playing much.
as far as the disallowed goal goes, i thought it was an offside, but i'll have to look at the replays again.