Football (EU)/Soccer(USA) Thread

dont know if here are some who would post her, but i just had to make it here.

and great new on sundays night:

Inter Milan 1:2 Juventus (Maniche / Camoranezi, Trezeguet)

awesome game from Del Piero, Camoranezi and Buffon.

ITS NOT FOOTBALL ITS SOCCER STOP CONFUSING ME IM AMERICAN!!!
Gosh.

I changed the title because I rather like it called "Football" since it is indeed football.

Well, I support of course Hannover 96, but I'm not so into sports. But hey, they became better!

pff man, amercian football really sucks. theres no wonder that there are so much girls raped, if on tv is something like that. so i wont even try to call this kind of sport in so beautiful and sexy name - football.

heh, Hannover really is higher than ever. its nice. also Bundesliga becomes really interesting since teams like Werder, Schalke and Leverkusen are playing so well. im really glad about Leverkusen, hope they will get on 3rd position. but sad about what is happening to Borussia.

For me the whole Bundesliga is a bit boring.
But when it is about international caps, than I watch it...
And soon will be the European Championship. I am very excited about that =)

^^ agree with Marina. Bundesliga, pfff.. but WC or EC are interesting... at least kind of...

well, Bundesliga was really boring some time ago. dictators Bayern and nothing interesting. but now i can say, level is grown really much. and even weakest club can win leader with result 2:0. so i think it is very interesting. however in my opinion best is Italy, but most interesting and exciting French league.
anyway, this Euro will be awesome. hope on Italy, Portugal and Russia. but i wish there would be surprises like in 2004.

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but most interesting and exciting French league.

exactly!
I am gonna support this year again: Sweden(!), France, Argentina, Portugal (in part) and Russia.
If there would be a surprise than it would be for sure better. And who would be a better surprise than Russia?^^

in France there are about 16 teams from 20 which are really same strong. and it makes it so interesting. you cant predict what will happen in next gaming round. awesome.

yeah, Russia has strong team and great coach. and they can do a lot things. and they are in pretty... not very difficult and hard group. so they will show good game, i really hope.
and by the way Olimpic games... and yeah, there my favourite is Argentina, the winner of previous ones.

A good coach, that's it! Russia is good at football (remembering their success during the USSR times).
I am kinda sure they will be good.

Argentina will show in next World Cup that they are definite better than Italy. Sorry, but if you think back of the WC, you notice that they cheated a LOT! It is unfair.. falling down and crying because of every love tap.

I hope this year Sweden finally plays more with the good players like Ibrahimovic, who also needs to work more on his reaction..

yeah, Russia was strong some time ago, really strong, not only as USSR. and i think that now Russia has strongest team ever.

hey! Italy cheated?? look on footbal! everyone did so. if talk about that Grosso's fall... damn, every Crespo would do same. nowadays football is more like artistical sport. so no wonder. and that you all say shit on Italy is unfair. look on Buffon, is he cheating and simulating too?? dont think so... because goalkeepers cant dare to do that and play so well. so even if team wouldnt cheat, all goals were deserved, all saves were made by best. yeah, that penalty in last minute was unfair, agree. but who cares? its refferees fault! noone gives penalty on 93rd minute! and WC is not place where you can buy result.

Sweden will not be so strong... but i like this team. Ibra is great player. but seems Inter is cheating a lot this season. and Ibra even is not so good playing... he scored 16 goals which is much??? look, from 16 he scored 8 from penalties. so as a player he scored only rest 8. i dont think its good result for Ibra. and maybe 2 of these penalties were really deserved.

I love Football,and i support REAL MADRID

oh nice, they lost yesterday to Valencia which is destroyed this season. Raul is god, thats why i like RM. well and Guti too. but seems Arragoness head coach of Spain, is real clown and hates Real Madrid.

None says shit on Italy. They cheat a lot and that's a fact.
They cheat to use the time. They fall down, cry and the time passes by, right? They do it so often, so you even cannot add so much stoppage time afterwards.
Yes, goals were deserved, but didn't you notice that they didn't even give a playing chance to other team? Everytime the others have the ball, an Italian falls down and cries. They don't want the others to have more goals (understandable). But I see it as cheating.

well, i cant say you are right. during WC i saw that same Brazil, Argentina and Germany simulates a lot more. well yeah, italians are too little emotional and simulates much, but not more as others. really not more. and what can we do? this is footbal today and noone can change anything. you should win like this too. i see it as cheating too, but i dont blame one team. and its unfair to blame Italy.

During WC their cheating was just so obvious. It annoyed me so much. I see the other team having the ball (no matter what team) and you think, yeees finally! And what happens? The referee blows the whistle cause an player felt down again.

But I know that there are many italian football players who know how to play fair..
I think it all was the stupid idea of their coach.

well no, not coach. you know, you cant talk like this when you dont know how players feel on field. its completely different situation. now you think you can control yourself and so on. its so easy. but when you are on field and you played already 30 minutes you are in other world, dimension. you think they are doing that because want? sometimes its enough just to touch and he is down. sometimes it is simulation, but sometimes its really like reflex of tiredness. anyway, i dont say that Italy are angels, but they are not evils too. and not at all they were such a simulants that got trophee so easy. if they really would get all this through simulations, noone would give them cup.

vitaminfromthesky wrote:

oh nice, they lost yesterday to Valencia which is destroyed this season. Raul is god, thats why i like RM. well and Guti too. but seems Arragoness head coach of Spain, is real clown and hates Real Madrid.

yes,they lost yesterday,but they're still leaders of the spanish league..and,yes,Raul is one of the best players,but he's not a God,Casillas is a God

no no... Casillias is far not so good. really, he makes a lot of mistakes during the season and he is from these who has form or not. when he is not in form, he can concede such a goals... well like against Sweden in 2007. Raul is best player that played in Real in all times. and about keepers... theres noone like Gigi of course. but its impossible to rate who is best.

Will see how they all play this year. I'm gonna observe it again and then we discuss about Italians^^.
But yeah, I know it myself that it is completely other situation when you are active involved in a play.
Btw I dreamed today that I was in football stadium and Germany played against Spain.
Germany won.

Anyway, I hope some of my favourite football players will be active this year, not like in the last EC.

well, what i can say surely that players like Luca Toni and Filippo Inzaghi are biggest simulants i have ever seen. after C.Ronaldo for sure. and i agree that italians usually are more emotional.

and who are these your fav players?

I have a lot of favourite players^^.
For Sweden I hope Ibra will play more often and hope he will work more on his reactions. Then Tobias Linderoth and Fredrik Ljungberg.
For Portugal I hope Deco, Luís Figo. I think he played too less..
And C. Ronaldo... (not because of talent, but of nice view^^)
For Germany Gerald Asamoah, he's such a good player, but some people are blind.
England doesn't play this year, right? Anyway: Frank Lampard!!
And I hate (!) Wayne Rooney

Well, there are a lot more, but I remember when I see them again^^

mm... Deco is also my favourite player. and he plays a lot and best for Portugal. you can see beautifulness of Ronaldo, but Deco does everything to make it beautiful. i hope on Portugal and Italy thjis year. Maniche also is awesome player.
Asamoah... i agree... some say he has too much weight... but damn, he plays like god, wheres the matter? he really does great. better than some players who are always in squad. same with Jens Lehmann. he is ass in goal. nothing more. he was good in 2005 Champions League, but nothing more. Timo Hildebrand is a lot better for years.
the best for sure is Buffon. also i hope on Pirlo, Gattuso and Oddo. same as hope that Inzaghi will get in national team.
England sucks... i really hope they will naturalize Almunia... then they will have one great goalkeeper. insipte that James right now is one of the best keepers in Europe, he is 37.
Rooney is too much overrated.
and Figo finished his carrier in 2006, and said that now he wont be back anymore. i would like to see these four players play together again Figo - Deco - Maniche - Rui Costa - these were kick ass players.

jeez, how you can know so much? awesome.

all I know is...that today Lithuania's team plays with Azerbaijan
and I always was for Brazil's national team, dont know why.

I heard that Figo will play again.. I am confused now :S
Yeah, Gattuso is an awesome player, very able..
You think Timo Hildebrandt is better? Don't know, I saw him often playing, in my opinion he is not better than Lehmann.