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Euro 2008 - (Football) - Who will you support
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Soccer is for babies this is football, and who forced you to come to this thread and post a pointless post?
Edit: Why are you calling it Soccer if your Spanish/French and live in Spain...It's called football in the EU or are you lying about your location
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Well, it's 2-0 now..!
Will be nice to meet the Russians at the Quarters. They have a Dutch coach: Guus Hiddink.
That guy never ceases to amaze me... remember South Korea? Australia? and now this young Russian side.... Never expected them to qualify for the finals, and now on the verge of being in the quarter finals!!
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And they're through!
So, It's Guus vs. Marco
Oh poor you, for two or so weeks every two years something happens that other people are interested in and your not.
I think it's more like:
Portugal vs. Germany
Croatia vs. Turkey
Netherlands vs. Russia
Spain vs. Italy
That's my vote woop, Italy will win, they will.
As a big Germany fan, obviously I don't agree. That said, it depends which German side shows up tomorrow. I hope Gomez does not start... Also, Low has been banned from the touchline
. I don't know if that will impact the game badly for Germany. Nevertheless, since the beginning of the tournament, Germany has had some very sloppy moments that they can't allow against Portugal. Whatever the outcome, there won't be a goal difference greater than 1.
Ukraine.Oh. Wait.
They aren't in it.
Pointless
I wonder why they aen't in the Euro 08? because they suck maybe!
Any thoughts/ insights on Löw's suspension? I can't garner from any of the articles I've read (I've been admittedly lazy and not read any of the German papers) what he did to deserve the suspension. Is it just that they're treating his sending off as a red card? It doesn't sound like the sending off was justified in the first place.
Turkey's Vulcan is out for 2 games too. Has UEFA gone mad?
Turkey's Vulcan is out for 2 games too. Has UEFA gone mad?
Well, you can't garner anything from reading German newspapers, too. In fact, they mostly agree that the suspension wasn't justified. The way I understand it, Löw had to leave the field in the match against Austria because he left the coaching zone and complained, the 4th official would constrain the coaches in their work. Well, now this wouldn't even be enough to be sent off the field IMHO, but it in no way justifies another suspension for the next match. Perhaps it's in fact treated like a red card, but the UEFA didn't explain anything unfortunately.
Well, we have to accept it and make the best out of this situation.
i always assumed that red cards on the field and off the field are equal (either to coach/players on the bench, or even to players after the end of a game).
in that case there is an automatic one game suspension.
i agree that it is ridiculous in this case, but it doesn't seem that common sense or flexibility in applying rules and sanctions is high in uefa's agenda (see the decision on 'onside' goal by van nistelrooy: it's fine to confirm that the decision on the field stands -as it should-, but they could have admit it was the wrong decision and said that from now it would be considered offside -as it should-)
that said, i don't think it will have much of an effect on the game
in that case there is an automatic one game suspension.
i agree that it is ridiculous in this case, but it doesn't seem that common sense or flexibility in applying rules and sanctions is high in uefa's agenda (see the decision on 'onside' goal by van nistelrooy: it's fine to confirm that the decision on the field stands -as it should-, but they could have admit it was the wrong decision and said that from now it would be considered offside -as it should-)
that said, i don't think it will have much of an effect on the game
I think the same.. But Italy is going to have a tough time against Spain I guess..
.... I can't believe I will miss the first half!
Thanks for the perspective on Löw. Really frustrating situation.
Thanks for the perspective on Löw. Really frustrating situation.
Germany have been playing appallingly at this tournament - so they're certainties for the Semis at least.
Prophetic post, this one.
So far the Germans are really laying it on the Portuguese 2-0 after 28 minutes.