EURO's

[checkyourprez]

Kicked off over the weekend. First round of big games is today. France ties Romania. Didn't really suprise me. Romania is underrated and France is overrated so that evened out.

Match of the Day, Italy v. holland. COME ON AZZURI!!! (pissed my boy super pippo didn't get the call up though, thats real weak. he finished the season is absolutely superb form. Plus he is a perfect super sub for luca)

[ToucanSpam]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ITALY


They are embarrassing themselves right now.

[TAL]

I really miss Cannavaro at the moment.

[ToucanSpam]

Italy will lose this game but will beat Romania and a crippled France to advance. So getting destroyed by the Dutch won't hurt too much...

[ToucanSpam]

GAME. OVER.

Italy looked horrid. Props to van Persie to popping in partways through the game, we know he's not 100%.

[TAL]

I really miss Cannavaro at the moment.

Yep.

[Guy Incognito]

it doesnt look good for italy but they never start well so you never know

[checkyourprez]

ehhhhhhhhhh not happy about that one.


good thing there are 2 more left. that goal was offsides. and a bit unlucky missing a couple chances. especially the pirlo free and having it go the other way.

donadoni needs to tinker with that lineup though thats for sure.

[ToucanSpam]

No doubt goal number one was offside. The wheels came off shortly after that one.

[roosta]

FIFA are claiming that goal was technically onside if you strictly follow the letter of the law. The Italian player was off the pitch, but that doesn't count. Now, that's horse-shit realistically since he was taken out of it, but technically it was the right decision they claim!

Either way, Holland were very impressive!

France were so dissapointing.

[hpdrifter]

EUROS. NO APOSTROPHE.

why is this so hard?

[Dorothy Wood]

ha ha, I was about to say, "wait until hpdrifter sees this!"

[ToucanSpam]

I want to ask everyone on Earth including you BBMBers and FIFA (who most certainly watch this site with a keen eye) how in the HELL is Romania ranked 13th in the world? They basically threw everything they had at preventing France from scoring and that was it.


This is not meant to be an assault on Romanians etc. but I have to wonder since they`ve missed so many previous major tournaments how did they get to be ranked so bloody high?

[roosta]

I want to ask everyone on Earth including you BBMBers and FIFA (who most certainly watch this site with a keen eye) how in the HELL is Romania ranked 13th in the world? They basically threw everything they had at preventing France from scoring and that was it.


This is not meant to be an assault on Romanians etc. but I have to wonder since they`ve missed so many previous major tournaments how did they get to be ranked so bloody high?

The world's greatest scientists cannot understand the FIFA ranking system. it's a law unto itself.

[Guy Incognito]

I want to ask everyone on Earth including you BBMBers and FIFA (who most certainly watch this site with a keen eye) how in the HELL is Romania ranked 13th in the world? They basically threw everything they had at preventing France from scoring and that was it.


This is not meant to be an assault on Romanians etc. but I have to wonder since they`ve missed so many previous major tournaments how did they get to be ranked so bloody high?

They probably have a good home record. They are hard to beat but i dont think they will make it out of this group.

[checkyourprez]

EUROS. NO APOSTROPHE.

why is this so hard?

its hard, very hard.

[TAL]

ZLATAN!

[paul jones]

there's a game on every 5 seconds...

I'm sick of Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer though

get off the telly you boring cunts!

[camo]

They had Gary 'Personality' Neville on there the other day. Top defender, but to frank in a boring fashion for punditary. Ian Wright, Hanson and whinging Lawro is where it's at.

[Guy Incognito]

tournament is warming up now. apart from the france romania game which was fucking dead there has been some good games and goals, ronaldo has just scored to make it 2-1 to portugal. I really think they will win this tournament but am cheering for the dutch.

[paul jones]

ITV's commentry was echoing early on in the first half of Czech republic vs Portugal

[ToucanSpam]

Petr Hannson scored the best goal of the tournament so far.

[TAL]

Water sports (y)

[paul jones]

Water sports (y)

(y)

[Guy Incognito]

Hmmm..not sure he is right man for the chelsea job

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7449627.stm


It was a good game once the rain stopped - the swiss had their chances but it could have been 4 each

[Lyman Zerga]

im wild fucking my austrian flag for the last very few hours cause tomorrow we are so going to fail so bad

maybe i should become a turk before it's too late

[paul jones]

im wild fucking my austrian flag

are austrian flags good lovers?:)

[Nygel]

I called Italy for WC06 and I called the Dutch for Euro's. I think the lack of Nesta and Cannavaro for Italy will throw them off a little but then the non-starting of Del Piero (favorite player of all time, the reason I like football) and De Rossi will sink them even more. Why Toni? He created like 2 chances in the entire game. Del arrives as a sub and shows how to play creatively within 2 minutes. Eh. Watever.

I was mad at Holland not subbing in Huntelaar, he impresses me.

The shitty US announcer keep saying Germany and Portugal are favorites for the tournament. I was kinda confused as to why, but maybe, who knows.

and as for the fifa ranking system.

1 Argentina
2 Brazil
3 Italy
4 Spain
5 Germany

Argentina didnt do too well in WC, then they lost to Brazil in Copa. idk. im so damn tired.

[checkyourprez]

I called Italy for WC06 and I called the Dutch for Euro's. I think the lack of Nesta and Cannavaro for Italy will throw them off a little but then the non-starting of Del Piero (favorite player of all time, the reason I like football) and De Rossi will sink them even more. Why Toni? He created like 2 chances in the entire game. Del arrives as a sub and shows how to play creatively within 2 minutes. Eh. Watever.

I was mad at Holland not subbing in Huntelaar, he impresses me.

The shitty US announcer keep saying Germany and Portugal are favorites for the tournament. I was kinda confused as to why, but maybe, who knows.

and as for the fifa ranking system.

1 Argentina
2 Brazil
3 Italy
4 Spain
5 Germany

Argentina didnt do too well in WC, then they lost to Brazil in Copa. idk. im so damn tired.

Toni doesn't create the chances. He finishes the chances. Can't finish any chances if you dont get any (he did get that one, but it was quite difficult).

I think he will start de rossi and perotta implace of gattuso and ambrosini next game. I wouldn't be suprised if del perio and or cassano started as well. Gross NEEDS to be on. Slide panucci in the middle in place of the Matrix.


Huntelaar is real good, that is a bit of a shock he didn't make the squad. Especially when Clarence pulled out, he replaced him with Kalid, who promply started the first game. Didn't get that.

[roosta]

Croatia 2 - Germany 1

Shocker there...but Croatia were good and Germany didn't look sharp at all, they had no playmaker.

[bigblu89]

Agreed. I just watched the 2nd half of that game while on my lunch break, and Croatia was running circles around them.

[Lyman Zerga]

are austrian flags good lovers?:)

i have to fuck flags of other countries to really know

[Lyman Zerga]

Croatia 2 - Germany 1





hahahahaaahaah

best game so far

[ToucanSpam]

Poland 1 Austria 0


If this keeps up I'd like it to be Poland to move past Germany.

[Lyman Zerga]

better turn off the tv now

[ToucanSpam]

Just sit in your rocking chair murmuring 'it didnt happen', etc.

[Nygel]

Toni doesn't create the chances. He finishes the chances. Can't finish any chances if you dont get any (he did get that one, but it was quite difficult).

I think he will start de rossi and perotta implace of gattuso and ambrosini next game. I wouldn't be suprised if del perio and or cassano started as well. Gross NEEDS to be on. Slide panucci in the middle in place of the Matrix.


Huntelaar is real good, that is a bit of a shock he didn't make the squad. Especially when Clarence pulled out, he replaced him with Kalid, who promply started the first game. Didn't get that.

Huntelaar made the squad, (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/netherlands/squad.html) unless you mean the starting squad. then yeah, surprising to me too.

and toni barely finishes chances, i guess thats what i meant to convey earlier. I think his glory days were of 06, he had a short climax of power. Cassano SOMETIMES can get the job done. He's done well wiht Sampdoria, but I really think Del should start. He is always the sub. He came on and had 3 decent attempts within the first few minutes on the field. He did that against Germany in 06 and scored them.

[Lyman Zerga]

Just sit in your rocking chair murmuring 'it didnt happen', etc.

im used to it that austrians got no soccer luck but i dont want others to see us getting owned so turn it off cuz it aint your business!

[Lyman Zerga]

no wonder vastic is my fav playa! (y)

[Guy Incognito]

im used to it that austrians got no soccer luck but i dont want others to see us getting owned so turn it off cuz it aint your business!

Austria still in it and it should be a good game against the germans, its always good for tournament when hosts stay in but the germans only need a point.

Typical english referee in a tournament tho. But not as bad as what Graham Poll did with his 3 yellow cards.

[Lyman Zerga]

i hope vastic shoots ballacks head off and goals with it

but a girl can only dream..

[TAL]

I'm always happy when Germany doesn't win.

:D

[ToucanSpam]

Tomorrow's fixtures today:

0-0

3-0 Netherlands

[checkyourprez]

Huntelaar made the squad, (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/netherlands/squad.html) unless you mean the starting squad. then yeah, surprising to me too.

and toni barely finishes chances, i guess thats what i meant to convey earlier. I think his glory days were of 06, he had a short climax of power. Cassano SOMETIMES can get the job done. He's done well wiht Sampdoria, but I really think Del should start. He is always the sub. He came on and had 3 decent attempts within the first few minutes on the field. He did that against Germany in 06 and scored them.

You've gotta be kidding me. He was the first person to score over 30 goals in the serie A (a league known for its low goal scoring and tough defense, 3 years ago) in over 40 years. He hit around 20/30 the couple before that. Hit 16 two years ago when Mutu was starting to come into his own, than scored 39 at Bayern last year. If Toni barely finishes, I'd like you to point out someone who defiantly finishes.

[Nygel]

i meant since WC . He scored 24 for Bayern this year but... who cares, Bundesliga isn't the hardest in the world, especially when your on its only really good team (SUPER STACKED!)

also
"2007-08 Luca Toni Bayern München 24"
When he gets a ball he likes, he can put it away, but really, all I'm saying is Del plays better. He was top goal scorer this year for Juve (though only 21 goals, followed right behind Trezeguet, who SHOULD be playing for France right now)

Anyway, He's a great player, sorry to make it sound like hes not, but I think he should be playing beside Del, the two worked wonders for the short time they spent together on the pitch at WC, and Del has had his best form in many years.

[Junker]

Today I'm gonna see the Netherlands* kick Les Bleus' stinky asses!!!

Go Ruud!!!! You lucky bastard!!!


* what's the difference between Holland and Netherlands??? In Brazil we use to refer to them as Holland.

[TAL]

what's the difference between Holland and Netherlands??? In Brazil we use to refer to them as Holland.

Holland is a region in the western part of the Netherlands.

The proper name of the area in both Dutch and English is "Holland". "Holland" is a part of the Netherlands. "Holland" is informally
and quite incorrectly used in English and other languages, including sometimes the Dutch language itself, to mean the whole of
the modern country of the Netherlands.
Yeah!

[paul jones]

Nice clash of heads Romania

[TAL]

That goal wasn't offside!

[Guy Incognito]

That goal wasn't offside!

What a cock up the italians just made. 1-0 to romania - who wouldve thunk it?


Incidentally, TAL, what country are you supporting, where are you from and what club do you support - you seem to be a football fan but i cant work out who you follow?

[Guy Incognito]

equalizer!

A draw isnt good enough for italy imo - its out of their hands if that happens, but i think they will win this game now

[roosta]

The Dutch were awesome.

First half, France outplayed them, but overall the Netherlands were great. Team of the tournament so far. The addition of Robben and Van Persie transformed them.

[Guy Incognito]

The Dutch were awesome.

First half, France outplayed them, but overall the Netherlands were great. Team of the tournament so far. The addition of Robben and Van Persie transformed them.

robbens goal wa fuckin brilliant - it was a mad minute that.

Its going to take some performance to knock the dutch out

[Lyman Zerga]

Today I'm gonna see the Netherlands* kick Les Bleus' stinky asses!!!



no clue about the smelly part but the rest is pretty much true

[paul jones]

Holland will win the tournament if they keep that form up

[checkyourprez]

Italy got fucked, Luca was onsides.

Who saw that Buffon pk save? That was fucking awsome.

[Junker]

no clue about the smelly part but the rest is pretty much true

You know...because people say French people doesn't take baths very often. And that's the reason they have the best perfumes and stuff...
Actually I don't know if it's true but I always hear this.

And on topic, 4 x 1. Damn! That was nice!

[Lyman Zerga]

im never eating french cheese again, it could be genital cheese

[paul jones]

nice goal Torres

[checkyourprez]

thats something you dont see everyday.

ramos fucks up not following ibra into position in the first place. than him diving in and not winning the ball letting ibra slot home (with a slight deflection but still)

[Lyman Zerga]

i never noticed how cute the russian soccer players look like! maybe they only do compared to the greecy grandpas

[checkyourprez]

anyone looks good compaired to those mules.

[TAL]

How about that for a second half?

[checkyourprez]

WOWOWWIWAAAA.

that was great viewing.

[paul jones]

Petr Cech will be doing the new Pizza Hut commercial then...

[TAL]

Ballsack (n)

[Junker]

I putting my hopes on the Portugueses, Dutches and Spanishes.

[Lyman Zerga]

glad the germans won tonight.



youre so on my ignore list!!!


i was pretty sure we would lose, afterwards it was still quite bitter to see those anal licks win

i was so nervous all day i couldnt even watch the game but im still letting my austrian flag hang out for the world to see and today i bought a red/white/red mug!

[Nygel]

I putting my hopes on the Portugueses, Dutches and Spanishes.
ill go ahead and just say Netherlands. I called them before the tournament, I'm obviously still hoping for them.

i hope croatia doesnt do shit, i fucking hate them.

[checkyourprez]

PEACE BEAAATCH PENAL HOLLA HOLLA HOLLA


COME ON ITALIA

[checkyourprez]

GOLA DI PIRLO

[Guy Incognito]

so riberry gets injured - they chuck a sub on, then a defender gets a red card and they sub the sub after 15 minutes play! Mental. France are fucked it seems but you never know.

[checkyourprez]

so riberry gets injured - they chuck a sub on, then a defender gets a red card and they sub the sub after 15 minutes play! Mental. France are fucked it seems but you never know.

They basically subbed riberry for boumsong. and just took a guy off. thats a sick joke.

[na§tee]

if france don't get through, i want it to be romania. sorry, italy/italians.

i at least want france to equalise and really put the pressure on for one of them to win.

i cannot stand to see wee raymond domenech upset! it will crush my poor little astrology-reading heart, haha.

[roosta]

if france don't get through, i want it to be romania. sorry, italy/italians.

i at least want france to equalise and really put the pressure on for one of them to win.

i cannot stand to see wee raymond domenech upset! it will crush my poor little astrology-reading heart, haha.

Domenach's days are numbered....he didn't read that in the stars did he?

Anyways, time for him to go. he's made some poor choices. Italy through at this stage... * sniff *

[checkyourprez]

IF YOU DONT BUY A TICKET YOU DONT WIN THE LOTTERY SON!!!!!!!

thanks henry.

[na§tee]

:( :( :(

[TAL]

Excellent!

[checkyourprez]

bring on the spanish.

[Nygel]

A lot of opportunities Toni put away today.... a lot ;)
good to see them through though. Hopefully it'll be Del and Toni next match (though really I'd prefer Del and Cassano, but Italians seem to hope Toni will put one away soon)

Huntelaar finally making an appearance
and scores. . . . hmmm

[ToucanSpam]

That spot was Romanias' to lose and to be honest they came out completely flat today. Italy improved when they need to. I know it's bad sportsmanship but if I were the Dutch I would have started third string or worse players and let Romania go through.


I will be laughing if the Anzurri roll over the Spanish then beat the Dutch.

[checkyourprez]

A lot of opportunities Toni put away today.... a lot ;)
good to see them through though. Hopefully it'll be Del and Toni next match (though really I'd prefer Del and Cassano, but Italians seem to hope Toni will put one away soon)

Huntelaar finally making an appearance
and scores. . . . hmmm

hah i honestly thought of your previous post mid game when he had missed like his 4th chance. i honestly have never seen him have such a poor day finishing, and i watched every italy game i can plus almost all of his bayern games this year in league and cup. but even if he doesnt score his size poses such a problem for defences he has to be in there. he is a threat on any set peice and holds up the play very well. a bit unlucky again, a couple nice stops by coupet, hit the bar as well. plus a great control to earn the penalty and get abidal sent off, which just turned the game on its head.

cassano was italys best player. the most creative italian on the pitch. great vision, great touch, some tricky passes as well. i think he needs to be on. the italians have lacked a play maker since totti left, i think cassano is there to fill the void. and honestly i have never been a fan of his until this year, watching him at samp and the past to games in euros has changed my opinion of him.


but anyway, on the dutch. huntelaar is no doubt a good player, and would play in almost anyones team. but who is he going to replace? rudd? snieder? i mean van persie and robben and babel can barley get on the pitch with out coming on as subs (or starting in a meaningless game) , that tells you something right there.

spain v. italy is a great qrt final match up, as is germany v. portugal. im really looking forward to those.

[Nygel]

huntelaar should be the sub with the two Van Persie and Ruud up top. Robben and Van Der Vart sorta attacking mids but layered on the outside, with Sneijder in the middle.

i guess i have one more mid i can put in there... hmm de Jong I suppose.

But I'm a very attacking player and would want my team to have many players in attack as well (de Jong would play more defensive than sneijder obviously)

I like Cassano, but idk bout the comparison to Totti. But how bout the lack of Gattuso and Pirlo in the next match?

[paul jones]

I'm flying into Germany when the Germany/Portugal game is on.

I hope Air traffic control are not watching the game and I hope Germany win as bars may be giving away free booze or something after,well you never know

[checkyourprez]

huntelaar should be the sub with the two Van Persie and Ruud up top. Robben and Van Der Vart sorta attacking mids but layered on the outside, with Sneijder in the middle.

i guess i have one more mid i can put in there... hmm de Jong I suppose.

But I'm a very attacking player and would want my team to have many players in attack as well (de Jong would play more defensive than sneijder obviously)

I like Cassano, but idk bout the comparison to Totti. But how bout the lack of Gattuso and Pirlo in the next match?

The comparison to Totti in the sense that Italy has a lot of great players, but they lack a creative playmaker. Im not saying Cassano is better or anything, just that he would plays a role Totti once did. Pirlo is a creative player, but he is more of a deep laying play maker.

Ambrosini can play instead of Gattuso. And quite frankly, as much as I love Pirlo because of him being a Milanista, he has been very dissapointing to me the whole year. Hes been holding the ball to long, and looking for the home run ball almost every time he gets it. I wouldn't mind seeing Aqualina start, with Ambrosini and De rossi in the mid (and Perotta if he deciedes to play 4).

[Junker]

bring on the spanish.

Sorry but Italy won't make through Spain just like Germany won't make through Portugal.
Torres and Villa will crush La Azzurra and Ronaldo and Deco will smash..... Is there a nickname for the German team??

Vamos España!
Avante Portugal!

:cool:

[Junker]

Plus, Italy doesn't have Pirlo and Gattuso for the next match. And they'll depend on Toni to score.... hahaha
Seriously, he sucks!!!

[Calimero jr.]

Sorry but I think that Spain will fail as usual when things get serious. Against Sweden they weren't that impressive.

[na§tee]

if spain don't win against the italians, i will eat my fist. i promise. i will document said eating of fist and put it in the family album.

sweden v russia tonight.
i got sweden in my office sweepstakes :/ uh, i mean.. yay! GO SVERIGE! so it's paramount that they win. i don't fancy their chances against the netherlands though if they go through :( i'd get more money if i went to an actual bookies and placed a bet on them than with this sweepstake.

[icy manipulator]

i've totally changed my attitude on soccer. i really cant stand it now. there's too many wankers that dive and just spoil the game for me. i came to this conclusion watching a motogp race. a soccer player will get hit by a stray feather and act like his ankle shattered into 1000 pieces. a motogp racer will fall off at 200mph, run over to his bike, then fuck up his ankle from kicking his bike coz the bloody thing wont start up again. i know's it's mainly italian's and the spanish that are soft wankers but i've just lost all respect for the game

oh and nastee, sweden has Zlatan, and he's the shit.

[roosta]

I will be laughing if the Anzurri roll over the Spanish then beat the Dutch.

Ha...that would be kind of funny. But fair fucks to the Dutch, it was a professional display.

But in the name of football Holland or Spain have to win this tournament!

[roosta]

i've totally changed my attitude on soccer. i really cant stand it now. there's too many wankers that dive and just spoil the game for me. i came to this conclusion watching a motogp race. a soccer player will get hit by a stray feather and act like his ankle shattered into 1000 pieces. a motogp racer will fall off at 200mph, run over to his bike, then fuck up his ankle from kicking his bike coz the bloody thing wont start up again. i know's it's mainly italian's and the spanish that are soft wankers but i've just lost all respect for the game

oh and nastee, sweden has Zlatan, and he's the shit.

yeah, but the reason they do it is to try and get something out of the ref. Cheats they may be, but not pansys. Thats what people need to understand.

[icy manipulator]

yeah i'll pay that. sucks that diving for a penalty is a taught tactic these days

they need something like a third umpire to sort these dickheads out

[camo]

i've totally changed my attitude on soccer. i really cant stand it now. there's too many wankers that dive and just spoil the game for me.

You derided this from this tournament!!!? Didn't you see the last world cup? It was divetastic! (n)

[icy manipulator]

You derided this from this tournament!!!? Didn't you see the last world cup? It was divetastic! (n)

have you forgotten that i'm australian?

[icy manipulator]

DIRTY FUCKING GROSSO! BLOODY ITIE SHITE!

see, soccer brings out the worst in me

[camo]

have you forgotten that i'm australian?

no dude :confused::confused::confused::confused:

[Lyman Zerga]

i thought you were german :confused:




youre just making me angrier and angrier! do i look like mofockin ballack or what

[Junker]

do i look like mofockin ballack or what

No way. You're 1 million times hotter than ballack. :D

[Nygel]

Sorry but Italy won't make through Spain just like Germany won't make through Portugal.
Torres and Villa will crush La Azzurra and Ronaldo and Deco will smash..... Is there a nickname for the German team??



thatd surprise me

[checkyourprez]

DIRTY FUCKING GROSSO! BLOODY ITIE SHITE!

see, soccer brings out the worst in me


Grosso is a legend.

[checkyourprez]

Plus, Italy doesn't have Pirlo and Gattuso for the next match. And they'll depend on Toni to score.... hahaha
Seriously, he sucks!!!


That is such a joke of a post its not even funny.

He scored 39 goals last year. Are you kidding me? The guy legitimately has over 100 goals the past 5 years, what kind of comment is that.

[na§tee]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOoO!

[Lyman Zerga]

No way. You're 1 million times hotter than ballack. :D

only 1 million times? :(




sorry man, honest mistake.

i was only half serious but doesnt matter cause the germans get slaughtered tonight which will cheer me up for miles

[na§tee]

now that my beloved, uh, sweden are out, i am going to transfer my support to the netherlands to win. if not the netherlands, spain. if not spain, uh, germany.

i sort of want germany to win tonight. sorry, randy. only because the portugeezers are a bunch of slimy motherfuckers and i want to watch ronaldo cry again. even if they are all pretty, pretty boys.

[na§tee]

bastian schweinsteiger. now that's a fucking germanic name.

EDIT: two goals in four minutes! not too shabby. not too shabby at all.

[Lyman Zerga]

i dont like ronaldo either but still more than the germans

well meanwhile i want the germans to win this match so the own is even bigger when they fail close to the finish, like it happened at the WM


AND i should be a trainer cause i would pick a goalkeeper who so fat that he fills up the whole goal with his wobbles

[checkyourprez]

C.Ronaldo is so over hyped its not even funny. He is very good no doubt. Not even close to the same player once he leaves the EPL (BPL).

[TAL]

That should've been a freekick!

Ballsack!

[Lyman Zerga]

C.Ronaldo is so over hyped its not even funny. He is very good no doubt. Not even close to the same player once he leaves the EPL (BPL).

he shaves his legs :(

[Guy Incognito]

I still think the croatians are gonna get thru from that side of the draw.

[checkyourprez]

he shaves his legs :(

thats why hes so fast, more areodynamic.

I still think the croatians are gonna get thru from that side of the draw.

i dont. hard to beat the same team twice. especially ze germans.

[Mr. Smacktackle]

I still think the croatians are gonna get thru from that side of the draw.

Slaven Bilić is one of the best trainers today. And Croatia is his first team he's leading.
Every defense should be scared of Olić, he may not have great technique, but his will and fight is incredible!
Hoping to see Croatia - Germany match again, it will be very ineresting

[roosta]

OFF THE GERMANS

[Drederick Tatum]

(Toni) scored 39 goals last year. Are you kidding me? The guy legitimately has over 100 goals the past 5 years, what kind of comment is that.

C.Ronaldo is so over hyped its not even funny. He is very good no doubt. Not even close to the same player once he leaves the EPL (BPL).

I think you'll find that Toni is in fact the one that is overrated. yeah he scores for fun in the Bundesliga, but it's the Bundesliga; he hardly comes up against anyone remotely his size let alone any world-class defenders.
now at Euro2008 his lack of a decent first touch and reliable finishing is being exposed. he could've had 5 goals against the French if he'd just shot straight.

Ronaldo on the other hand scored 31 goals in the best league in the world. that by itself is amazing, but he did it FROM THE WING. the closest midfielder to that total was Gerrard with...12. and he was the top scorer in the Champions League. he's been kicked about in this tournament. see Freidrich's stamp tonight.
sure he may be a bit of a crybaby sometimes, but he's the best player in the world. only Messi comes close at the moment.

[Drederick Tatum]

anyway, good game from the Germans. can't say I was backing them from the start, but with some slick football rather than their usual Kampfschwein style they've won me over. in saying that, I hope they meet the Dutch in the final and get torn up.

[checkyourprez]

I think you'll find that Toni is in fact the one that is overrated. yeah he scores for fun in the Bundesliga, but it's the Bundesliga; he hardly comes up against anyone remotely his size let alone any world-class defenders.
now at Euro2008 his lack of a decent first touch and reliable finishing is being exposed. he could've had 5 goals against the French if he'd just shot straight.

Ronaldo on the other hand scored 31 goals in the best league in the world. that by itself is amazing, but he did it FROM THE WING. the closest midfielder to that total was Gerrard with...12. and he was the top scorer in the Champions League. he's been kicked about in this tournament. see Freidrich's stamp tonight.
sure he may be a bit of a crybaby sometimes, but he's the best player in the world. only Messi comes close at the moment.


totally disagree. toni had 31 goals just in league play in the serie A 3 years ago. the first person to score 30 in the league in over 40 years. that really tells you something. and lets be honest with ronaldo being "a winger". he for the most part is the teams second forward. he takes all the free kicks and penalty kicks. truth is he wouldnt score over 30 in serie A no doubt about it. i doubt he could even do it when he goes to real madrid this year or next.

how many does ronaldo have this euros? 1?

and to say tony has no touch is stupid. did you see the touch he had that lead to the penalty against the french? earned the penalty and got them the red card in one play, the turning point of the game.

im not defending his finishing this tourny. although in reality he has as many goals as ronaldo, poor officiating however took that 1 away. this tournement he hasnt been good with the finish, but that happens to the best strikers in the world at times. and if the Bundesliga is such cake why is he the one who moves to the league and leads it in goals? there are a lot other good offensive players in the league, yet he scored more goals in his debut season at bayern than any other bayern débutante ever to boot.

[Nygel]

Bayern is the top team there, no question. Stacked . . . as much as a German team can be. And I more than assume toni is there for money. Because I doubt its a big deal for him to go to Germany, I think we all know its like... 5th in the top european leagues, and thats the truth. England right now is easily top choice. Woudl be crazy not to consider them top. Cronaldo scoring a shit ton, doesnt even effect me though, I hate the crybaby bitch, but he can finish. Good thing he has a hell of a talented squad helping him do that shit. Put his ass at Blackburn and see what he can do.

Toni was impressive in the good ol' Fiorentina days, but he IS dwindling. My fear? Noone to replace him come national team. Amuari (who is brazillian, 28, but is dual-citizen of Italy, thus making him an available call up, and Donadoni IS interested in him if he continues as coach) would be a good replacement for a while, but who are the young guns for Italy in the future? Lupoli? Since coming to Italy hasn't done anything. Rossi? I don't see him doing fantastic in Spain. Quagliarella isnt impressive. Aqualini, De Rossi, Amelia and Chiellini are the only younger players Italy really have.

Damn I rant about things that have nothing to do with eachother.

sum it up, Toni is god, but fading, Italy is god, but fading with partial promise, and Ronaldo is good, but a bitch, therefore, not cool.

[ToucanSpam]

Well fuck.


Germany picked the right time to go on a scoring binge. Portugal did not play well and were lucky they weren't humiliated. Another dissapointing end to a tournament for Los Conquistadores.


Gooooooooooo Dutch goooooo!

[Drederick Tatum]

totally disagree. toni had 31 goals just in league play in the serie A 3 years ago. the first person to score 30 in the league in over 40 years. that really tells you something. and lets be honest with ronaldo being "a winger". he for the most part is the teams second forward. he takes all the free kicks and penalty kicks. truth is he wouldnt score over 30 in serie A no doubt about it. i doubt he could even do it when he goes to real madrid this year or next.

how many does ronaldo have this euros? 1?

and to say tony has no touch is stupid. did you see the touch he had that lead to the penalty against the french? earned the penalty and got them the red card in one play, the turning point of the game.

im not defending his finishing this tourny. although in reality he has as many goals as ronaldo, poor officiating however took that 1 away. this tournement he hasnt been good with the finish, but that happens to the best strikers in the world at times. and if the Bundesliga is such cake why is he the one who moves to the league and leads it in goals? there are a lot other good offensive players in the league, yet he scored more goals in his debut season at bayern than any other bayern débutante ever to boot.

thought this was kinda funny. (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/06/20/his_name_is_luca_he_has_a_vagu.html)

[roosta]

Luca Toni had a shit tournament.

Ronaldo is about to become the worlds most expensive player ever.

[Junker]

That is such a joke of a post its not even funny.

He scored 39 goals last year. Are you kidding me? The guy legitimately has over 100 goals the past 5 years, what kind of comment is that.

Yeah, he scored 39 goals on Bundesliga :rolleyes:.
Whatever....he sucks. He's better assisting his teammates.

On topic. I can't believe Portugal lost to Germany. (n)

[Junker]

I think you'll find that Toni is in fact the one that is overrated. yeah he scores for fun in the Bundesliga, but it's the Bundesliga; he hardly comes up against anyone remotely his size let alone any world-class defenders.
now at Euro2008 his lack of a decent first touch and reliable finishing is being exposed. he could've had 5 goals against the French if he'd just shot straight.

Ronaldo on the other hand scored 31 goals in the best league in the world. that by itself is amazing, but he did it FROM THE WING. the closest midfielder to that total was Gerrard with...12. and he was the top scorer in the Champions League. he's been kicked about in this tournament. see Freidrich's stamp tonight.
sure he may be a bit of a crybaby sometimes, but he's the best player in the world. only Messi comes close at the moment.

Now I'm oficially reading all your posts concerning football. You know this shit. (y)

[Junker]

Portugal was my first support choice. Now I have to go with Spain.

Arriba muchachos!!!

[ToucanSpam]

Luca Toni had a shit tournament.

Ronaldo is about to become the worlds most expensive player ever.

For true. Toni still has a chance to turn it around....

[Lyman Zerga]

the germans need to die but that one goal pass was kick ass


i hope the turks wont win tonight or i cant sleep tonight because of their car honkage

[na§tee]

this game is incredibly entertaining.

[TAL]

*honk honk*

[na§tee]

i'm so glad turkey won! underdogs ftw!

oh man, crying croatian men. it is breaking my heart. OH WELL TOO BAD!

[Freebasser]

Slaven Bilic is a cunt, is a cunt, is a cunt.
Slaven Bilic is a cunt.
Bye bye, Bilic.

[Guy Incognito]

i dont think i should make any more predictions - all my tips are falling over!

Turkey have got loads of suspensions and injuries but still in with a shout.

[Junker]

Man, the best game so far.
Turkey is the luckiest underdog team I've ever seen.

[roosta]

I hope Turkey don't pull a "Greece" this year.

[Lyman Zerga]

last night i was so tired and hayfever owned me real bad so i turned off the tv after croatia goaled and fell asleep till some neighbors yelled GOAL and i turned it on again and was like wtf!

i cant believe i almost missed a penalty shooting! the last croatian guy who missed the goal was kinda hot, i think.. well yeah falling asleep was a pain in the ass cause the turks celebrate like they never did anything else

[ToucanSpam]

The Dutch are going to win this tournament. There's no way Turkey is going to pull a Greece.

[roosta]

The Dutch are going to win this tournament. There's no way Turkey is going to pull a Greece.

Hopefully!

I'd love to see the Dutch win.

[Lyman Zerga]

i would bet my mother's money on the dutchies

[na§tee]

so russia just scored.

all these people who finished second in their groups are going through to the semis, it appears. c'mon holland scooooreee, score!

[TAL]

They did.

[Lyman Zerga]

the russians are the new turks!

[na§tee]

jesus. what the crap is going on?!

[TAL]

The Russians are showing just how good they are.

[na§tee]

oh it was only a matter of time before a commentator said "it's a 21st century russian revolution!", wasn't it? haha.

year of the (under)dogs.

[Lyman Zerga]

vodka explosion!

[TAL]

I have 3 bottles of Stoli at home.

[Lyman Zerga]

I have 3 bottles of Stoli at home.

perv

[checkyourprez]

The Dutch are going to win this tournament. There's no way Turkey is going to pull a Greece.

i would bet my mother's money on the dutchies


:p

[roosta]

The Russians are showing just how good they are.

Seriously. I was a Dutch fan due to the players and their earlier performances, but god damn it, Russia were worthy winners.

I love attacking football, and the Russians brought it. so great to watch.

Whats happening is what has happened at the last World Cup, Group phase teams who were amazing, start to get nervous at the knock out rounds and arn't the same team.

CMON SPAIN THO!

[Drederick Tatum]

hopefully either Russia or Spain take it out. but I'll take anyone besides the Italians.

[Lyman Zerga]

:p

who cares, it was just my mother's money

[roosta]

hopefully either Russia or Spain take it out. but I'll take anyone besides the Italians.

Same here.

[Planetary]

since the last game of the group stages i've said germany will beat italy in the final. and i still stand by it!!

[Lyman Zerga]

genitalyia for the win!


atleast tonight

[na§tee]

no way!

¡viva españa!

[checkyourprez]

hopefully either Russia or Spain take it out. but I'll take anyone besides the Italians.

Same here.


Looks like we've got ourselfs a couple of racists.

[roosta]

Looks like we've got ourselfs a couple of racists.

I'm a mad racist I am.

[Drederick Tatum]

seriously, death to gelato.

[na§tee]

down with pizzerias! scopa tua mamma!

the italians are either fascists or communists. no middle ground. but mostly fascists. 9.7 out of 10 italians.

[Lyman Zerga]

whatever, the italian food is much better, their trainer is hotter, their language sounds better and communism is the coolest!

[na§tee]

their manager is a hottie, yes. when italy beat france i got a text from my friend saying ".. but at least we can still look at donadoni and his slim fitting suits. ooh top model, as they say in italia".

i don't really think communism is the coolest thing ever, but scientific surveys reveal only 0.3 percent of the country are communists, and they're all kept underground producing socialist newsletters with their own blood. which they then sell for five euros to tourists.

[Lyman Zerga]

AND.. they also treat ugly and fat women like good bitches (y)

[Lyman Zerga]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqp64q7kHmw

after all he was the best (y)

[Lyman Zerga]

buffon is dead to me! so is italy! damn communistic swines!

[roosta]

I guess justice is done....Italy were so negative.

[Lyman Zerga]

aslong as the germans dont win ONCE AGAIN im happy

this was just peanuts

[Drederick Tatum]

I guess justice is done....Italy were so negative.

exactly. a victory for football.

Torres should never have been taken off. Guiza did nothing with his time. ref was awful, he let the Italians get away with all sorts.

[roosta]

exactly. a victory for football.

Torres should never have been taken off. Guiza did nothing with his time. ref was awful, he let the Italians get away with all sorts.

yeah, taking Torres off was ridiculous.

[na§tee]

can you heeaaarrr the drums fernandooooo.

he got me second place in the fantasy football this year :cool:

[Nygel]

ive been gone for two days

my euro hopes have all gone to shit

turkey is my new hopefuls. as long as the fuckin germans or spain win ill be good. russia would be weird too.

[na§tee]

I hope Turkey don't pull a "Greece" this year.
whodafunk?

[Junker]

I think we have an Austrian babe very happy right now.

Turkey 1 x 0 German (y)


EDIT: They fucking tied the match. Damn it!

[Lyman Zerga]

I think we have an Austrian babe very happy right now.

Turkey 1 x 0 German (y)

...

[na§tee]

ooh you spoke too soon! they just equalised. lol bastian schweinsteiger. now that's a fucking name.

[Lyman Zerga]

as more goals the germans shoot as more i hate them (n)

luck of the idiots

[Junker]

...

Not so happy anymore..... =(

The Germans tied before I finish my post. =P

[Junker]

ooh you spoke too soon! they just equalised. lol bastian schweinsteiger. now that's a fucking name.

Word! I wish my parents had had this idea for my name.
I would be even more bad ass than I am now!!

[Lyman Zerga]

i still have a bit of hope that the austrians win this shit..

[Junker]

i still have a bit of hope that the austrians win this shit..

That's what I call a positive thought (y)

[Lyman Zerga]

:)

[roosta]

this is a cracker of a game.

[TAL]

Klose scored, so 2-1 for Germany at the moment.

[TAL]

2-2

[Funky Pepp]

Türkiye, Türkiye :)

Oh, I hate football and hope we get kicked out now.

[Guy Incognito]

2 each! Come on the turks - what a game.

BBC have lost tv commentary sound and we are listening to the radio 5 commentary which is about 1 second ahead of the pictures.strange

[TAL]

Power was out in Basel, so no one had picture.

[Lyman Zerga]

Türkiye, Türkiye :)

Oh, I hate football and hope we get kicked out now.

lol, patriotic 4 life



we have that murder thunderstorm here too

[Guy Incognito]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. 3-2. bollocks

[Funky Pepp]

We have a Turkish-vs.-German-Suckers-Thunderstorm down in the street and now the Germans go and scream their fuckin heads off and they played so bad...

[Lyman Zerga]

paddy was right, theres no god :(

[Funky Pepp]

And still one more boring tv-evening to come :(

[Lyman Zerga]

i was gonna buy the turkish goalkeeper for our team but now he can suck me off

[Funky Pepp]

At least this means that the whole city will not be blocked by some stupid turkish car-convoy all night - only by a bunch of drunk screaming germans on foot. You should hear the noise here - unbelievable. I think every single inhabitant of berlin is screaming and/or starting fire crackers... :rolleyes:

[roosta]

What a classic match.

What a classic tournament so far.

[Lyman Zerga]

here, crickets in the background.

yay for german free zone!

[checkyourprez]

nutty game. shame the dirty turks lost. second goal, what was that goalie doing. and third goal that one guy waaay over committed on the sideline and slipped. left that huge gap and the central defender was a half second to late to get over to cover and the rest is history.


go russia is all i got left. arshavin is dirty as a bitch.

[roosta]

I hope Turkey don't pull a "Greece" this year.

I wouldn't have begrudged them a win tonight, they gave it their all.

But seeing as though they've lead for about a sum total of 4 minutes for the whole tournament, its probably fair enough they aren't in the final.

[Drederick Tatum]

At least this means that the whole city will not be blocked by some stupid turkish car-convoy all night - only by a bunch of drunk screaming germans on foot. You should hear the noise here - unbelievable. I think every single inhabitant of berlin is screaming and/or starting fire crackers... :rolleyes:

I'm in Kreuzuberg and I can say that the Turks are partying like they won the thing. working those car horns hard. there's also riot police everywhere.

it was a strange game. tv interruptions, streakers, eccentric keepers. somewhere in there they managed to score 5 goals between them. not sure if it was a classic, but interesting nonetheless.

[Nygel]

fuck, now i dont even care who wins. I'll pull for Spain. Germany I've always hated and Russia . . . idk, I like Russia as a country, but for some reason have no respect for their football.

[paul jones]

At least this means that the whole city will not be blocked by some stupid turkish car-convoy all night - only by a bunch of drunk screaming germans on foot. You should hear the noise here - unbelievable. I think every single inhabitant of berlin is screaming and/or starting fire crackers... :rolleyes:

I was in Hamburg last weekend and saw about a million turkish flags hanging from windows

[checkyourprez]

fuck, now i dont even care who wins. I'll pull for Spain. Germany I've always hated and Russia . . . idk, I like Russia as a country, but for some reason have no respect for their football.

ive never cared for it much either but between Arshavin and how they have been playing latley you should. one of the goals they scored against holland the ball traveled 60 yards, with 4 guys touching it in like 5 seconds and they scored. no player taking more than 2 touchs. they showed the dutch how to play total soccer.

[Funky Pepp]

I'm in Kreuzuberg and I can say that the Turks are partying like they won the thing. working those car horns hard. there's also riot police everywhere.

it was a strange game. tv interruptions, streakers, eccentric keepers. somewhere in there they managed to score 5 goals between them. not sure if it was a classic, but interesting nonetheless.

Did you hear that the only problems in Berlin have been some Kurds fighting against some Turks? Strange too... Anyway, I live in the Simon-Dach-Str. and everyone partied like mad until dawn - Germans and Turks together - also in cars and on foot :)

I still don't care who wins...

[Nygel]

ive never cared for it much either but between Arshavin and how they have been playing latley you should. one of the goals they scored against holland the ball traveled 60 yards, with 4 guys touching it in like 5 seconds and they scored. no player taking more than 2 touchs. they showed the dutch how to play total soccer.

arshavin is overrated, he truly is. Everyone has been talking like hes some new superstar than noone saw coming, but Newcastle has been following him well before Euros (he wont go there mind you) but he's going to dwindle away, or be one of those who are great for national but suck at club IF he moves to a new club. They have bursts of impressiveness, but fuck them, i still dont want them to win. I like Fabregas, Silva, and Villa. So Spain is still my hopeful. As long as it isnt Germany.

[Lyman Zerga]

the team whos able to beat up the germans should win tonight

[checkyourprez]

arshavin is overrated, he truly is. Everyone has been talking like hes some new superstar than noone saw coming, but Newcastle has been following him well before Euros (he wont go there mind you) but he's going to dwindle away, or be one of those who are great for national but suck at club IF he moves to a new club. They have bursts of impressiveness, but fuck them, i still dont want them to win. I like Fabregas, Silva, and Villa. So Spain is still my hopeful. As long as it isnt Germany.



nah dude. im not just basing this on his couple games in euros (which have been great), every uefa cup game i saw for Zenit this year the guy was killing it. put the boom stick to a loaded bayern munich squad and than brought home the cup. i read something about possibly him pipping ronaldo for european player of the year if he does well in the euros. although it probably wont happen, it would be cool to see.

[Lyman Zerga]

bye bye you cute lil pokemon guys

[roosta]

Cesc Fabregas is the man

[paul jones]

Russia were so out of the game.Holland would have given Spain a better game.

[Drederick Tatum]

Arshavin was rubbish tonight. Farbregas was awesome. I wonder if Aragones will start him and play 5 in the middle instead of just putting on Guiza in Villa's place if the Valencia player can't play. I hope he does play Cesc since he's played well every time he's come on, especially tonight where he was lethal.

Torres could've had about 4 goals tonight. but it looks like he might have a case of Tonitiss.

the final should be good. I think Spain will win it. too many weapons. Ramos could have a field day against the German left. both Lahm and Podolski are much better going forward than defending, and Ramos has the speed to match them both and loves to get forward. however, if the German midfield kicks the Spanish about a bit then it might be a different game. Ballack should knock some heads and really dominate things. Spanish back four should have no problem with Klose who has played terrible this tournament. absolutely no movement or work-rate, and only dangerous in the air and from set-pieces.

[Guy Incognito]

i'd like spain to win but i think germany will win because they have been pretty lucky on the way to final plus everyone i tip keeps losing so i am tipping the germans

[TAL]

I like Germany less than Spain.

[Nygel]

i read something about possibly him pipping ronaldo for european player of the year if he does well in the euros. although it probably wont happen, it would be cool to see.
come on, you cant believe that. You have to be in a real league to win that kind of shit. He IS a good player, but all I've read is where he and Turan are going (Turan is going to Newcastle, I'll be pissed if he doesnt, they've been on him for years, But Juve wants him too, who knows) My point is they act like he's some future great, but he isnt young and wouldnt be a key player to any squad better than Portsmouth.

[Junker]

España España España España España España

[na§tee]

españa PODEMOS!

[camo]

Viva la Diva!?!

[checkyourprez]

come on, you cant believe that. You have to be in a real league to win that kind of shit. He IS a good player, but all I've read is where he and Turan are going (Turan is going to Newcastle, I'll be pissed if he doesnt, they've been on him for years, But Juve wants him too, who knows) My point is they act like he's some future great, but he isnt young and wouldnt be a key player to any squad better than Portsmouth.

yea i know, i just threw that out there to get a reaction. i do think he could make it at a big club however.

[TAL]

It's that time again.

[na§tee]

to celebrate this momentous occasion i am going to combine THESE (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/nastee/euros.jpg).

not really. that beer stein is fucking heavy. plus i don't want to put all that tasty spanish beer in it and just wait til it gets warm/flat. normal-sized glasses it is.

[Freebasser]

Hooray for moderation!

[Lyman Zerga]

it ain't over until it's over

[Lyman Zerga]

IM SO HAPPY I COULD SHIT MYSELF WITH PISS!!!1 :D:D:D(y)(y)



well paddy was wrong, theres a god!!!

[TAL]

I'm always happy when Germany doesn't win.

:D

Yep!

[na§tee]

españa PODEMOS!
olé!

[na§tee]

they're holding that cup to the music from gladiator. classy.

[TAL]

It's over then.

World Cup starts on June 11, 2010.

[Drederick Tatum]

victory for football.

[AceFace]

i actually watched the last match today. it was rather boring and i guess it wasn't my lack of soccer knowledge. my hubs is a big soccer fan and he lfet in the middle of it b/c he was bored.

i liked the trophy ceremony though.

[paul jones]

that was freaky shit at the end on BBC where there was a montage of the event as told by a fly who lived for one month and saw all the games without paying and shitting in people's hot dogs

[Junker]

Muy bien Espanã! Mas yo sabia que ustedes ganarian facil.
Viva La Furia!!!

Spain owned 'Zee Germans'!!!

[checkyourprez]

It's over then.

World Cup starts on June 11, 2010.


Italy for the cup.

[Nygel]

Argentina or Holland for me. I love Italy, but Lippi doesn't like Del. Oh well, I guess Toni can miss some more and Cassano can... idk, set people up. Maybe Rossi will be good by then? get some young blood.

[Junker]

Well, we have the olimpic games in a month. I know the level is not the same but is football anyway.