Football --- Euro '08, Transfers, etc.

Tokyo Slim · Jun 19, 2008

I have Germany and the Netherlands in the finals in my pool.

Texasmade · Jun 20, 2008

Maybe now Ronaldo can finally come out and say whether he's leaving or staying and all this media speculation.

alan · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by Omar1223

no way germany did not kick ass. portugal had two solid chances that should have been goals.

two goals by the germans were blown coverage on free kicks. the first goal however was beautiful.

all in all though it was a great match.

Id take good old German efficiency over playing well and losing out any day

However, i think Germany played a very good second half, played a good start to the match, their midfield was strong and kept possession, even though at first it wasnt converting that possession into chances while Portugal was.

Plus the line-up was an improvement over the past ones, and the players were much more confident in their individual abilities as far as dribbling and geting the ball out were concerned.

Portugal was defending high just like Croatia did, Germany choked against Croatia but managed to pull through in this one.

mishon · Jun 20, 2008

Alrights gents, predictions fot today's match between Croatia and Turkey?

Croatia has been the revelation of this tournament for me. They play fast, agressive football and are quite skilled. They also had over a week of rest (played their B squad against the Poles) while Turkey battled for life against the Czech Republic in what's been THE BEST match of the tournament thus far. I think Croats take it, 2:1.

feynmix · Jun 20, 2008

i say turks 2:1. If the Turks win, I am officially in a moral dilemma on who to root for in the semis. i really like both teams.

as for the germany portugal game yesterday, Big Phil predicted that they would have problems covering tall German players, and he was right. 2 goals on free kicks, both partially due to the height advantage of the german players.

fritzl · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by feynmix

as for the germany portugal game yesterday, Big Phil predicted that they would have problems covering tall German players, and he was right. 2 goals on free kicks, both partially due to the height advantage of the german players.
It was not their first encounter. Don't they learn from history? Two goals from a free kick. Where was the defense? Nearly every team has problems with the german athletics and Kampfgeist. For tonight. I think croatia has some advantages. Turkey "lost" their goalie and has some injured players. You'll never know. For sure it'll be an exciting match.

rdawson808 · Jun 20, 2008

How will the loss of their GK affect Turkey? Do they have a good back-up?

I think the travails of getting through the first round will have tired out the Turks and Croatia takes the game. Or maybe the Croats have had too much time off and Turkey takes it. Ah hell, I don't know.

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romafan · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by Texasmade

Maybe now Ronaldo can finally come out and say whether he's leaving or staying and all this media speculation.

Ronaldo, in addition to his usual whining, revealed himslef to be an utterly classless piece of sh!t. Yes, there are too many 'injuries' and in general players of past generations are appalled at the diving and grimacing that goes on in the modern (latin?) game. But come on - the guy is the best player in the world and he has the nerve to pull that act on the international stage?! I thought the guy has matured some this year. Truly unbelievable....

Croatia today, and then the humdinger tomorrow....

fritzl · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by romafan

Ronaldo, in addition to his usual whining, revealed himslef to be an utterly classless piece of sh!t. Yes, there are too many 'injuries' and in general players of past generations are appalled at the diving and grimacing that goes on in the modern (latin?) game. But come on - the guy is the best player in the world and he has the nerve to pull that act on the international stage?! I thought the guy has matured some this year. Truly unbelievable....

Strong words

Btw, dawson reminded me on a question I dropped. Does anybody know, why Milan Baros did not play the EM?

mishon · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by romafan

Croatia today, and then the humdinger tomorrow....
So, are you giving the Russians a chance tomorrow?

mishon · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by fritzl

Strong words

Btw, dawson reminded me on a question I dropped. Does anybody know, why Milan Baros did not play the EM?
I figured that since he practically saw no playing time at Portsmouth, it made it difficult to make a starting line up for the national team.

fritzl · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by mishon

I figured that since he practically saw no playing time at Portsmouth, it made it difficult to make a starting line up for the national team.

Thanks mishon.

I googled him after the yellow card, but no avail. Just found an article from April, where they said, he wants to return to the National Squad and score. Anyway He was top scorer in 2004 and in the semifinals.

rdawson808 · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by romafan

Ronaldo, in addition to his usual whining, revealed himslef to be an utterly classless piece of sh!t. Yes, there are too many 'injuries' and in general players of past generations are appalled at the diving and grimacing that goes on in the modern (latin?) game. But come on - the guy is the best player in the world and he has the nerve to pull that act on the international stage?! I thought the guy has matured some this year. Truly unbelievable....

Croatia today, and then the humdinger tomorrow....

Romafan, what "act" are you talking about? I didn't see most of the game yesterday (only caught about 20 min) so didn't see anything. Frankly, I thought people were just mad that he hasn't said anything about his club. And apparently he's having foot surgery now. Did he do something during the game?

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Tokyo Slim · Jun 20, 2008

Originally Posted by rdawson808

Romafan, what "act" are you talking about? I didn't see most of the game yesterday (only caught about 20 min) so didn't see anything. Frankly, I thought people were just mad that he hasn't said anything about his club. And apparently he's having foot surgery now. Did he do something during the game?

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He fell over with minimal contact, opposing player stepped on his foot on the way past him while he was down, Ronaldo looked around, made sure someone was watching, and then started having serious spasming contorted pains for about 30 seconds. He was literally clutching his ankle, screaming, and flopping around uncontrollably like a fish. When it became obvious that he wasn't going to get a stoppage and no foul would be called, he opened his eyes, shrugged his shoulder, popped back up, and resumed play. From his acting, you'd have thought his ankle was broken. By a steamroller.

Disgusting, and everything that I HATE about soccer all rolled up into one pretty package.

Omar1223 · Jun 20, 2008

tokyo there was a lot of flopping on both sides. there was one play i remember when ballack got "knocked" over by a guy half his size. andy gray called him out on it too. speaking of c. ronaldo, it looks like he is leaving Man U. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...49498&&cc=3888 btw rdawson, the backup goalie i think has the most international appearences for the turkish national team, i think about 115, 116 caps. i heard it on espn, i dont think the GK issue will be that big.

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