| my next predictions btw, forgot to mention Germany Italy 2-1/2-0, even though Italy never lost to Germany in EUROs/World cup, I think this might be the year Spain Portugal 1-2, I'll be for Portugal on this one ... it's just intuition |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| I'm half English, half Italian. Born and grew up in Italy, spending my adult life in England. So, on the night, I was rooting a touch more for Italy than I was for England. To be honest, England's performance was/has been a major disappointment for most of the tourney. Bring on Germany! |
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| "American sports", lol, shut up. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
ichigo03 said: Lol, so why is England celebrated so much as a "dominant" soccer country? because they are usually seen as the country where football originates. Too bad this is worth shit when it comes to winning a tournament. ichigo03 said: BTW, the England fans that are saying "Oh well, we weren't supposed to go that far anyways".... What a cop out, they went to penalties, at that point it's anybody's game. If there's one thing I can't stand in sports is when fans pretend they don't care or they use excuses to justify their failures. Do you even read what you write? Or think about it? Because you totally contradicted yourself here. What's wrong with admitting that a team did not deserve to advance when they played bad? That's at least way better than trying to blame someone elese, like the ref or bad luck. Because THAT would be finding excuses. If the team wasn't good enough, then why not admit it? Also what makes you think that all the people complaining here are even England fans and should therefore not criticize "their" team? ichigo03 said: That type of shit is not tolerated in American sports, it's just not. Whatever the point of that statement was. |
grandy_UiDJun 24, 2012 11:59 PM
| For once I wanted Italy to win at football. I expected both teams to play quite defensive, but I am glad I was wrong, thanks to Italy this was quite a good game. For a moment there I thought England might get lucky again and score at the end of the first 90 minutes. btw one of my favorite moments was at the penalty kicks, Hart was all smiling and somewhat cocky, pretending like there's no pressure on him, he exchanged a few words with Balotelli, kinda made him smile and then came Pirlo hahaha |
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| I am always glad when England lose. Never fails to make me smile. |
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| Well the two day break is nearly over and has left me excited for the two semi finals. Tonight's game should be a good one depending if Ronaldo turns up and is supported by his teammates. Spain of course will be Spain and do what they do, the only question being if they play without a cf or start with Torres. Hopefully this will be a decent game with Portugal having some decent chances rather than Spain just passing them into submission which is what I fear will happen. |
| I think/hope it will be an entertaining match. Spain's possession game hasn't been the best and that should open things up. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| The odds tell me Germany and Spain will win. I will support Portugal on today's match and tomorrow I will be happy whoever wins, but I'd love to, I'd really love to have Italy win the match, even though seems mission impossible. Why I'd like Italy to win is because I want Pirlo to get the Ballon d'or this year. Also for Buffon, De Rossi and Cassano. But that won't happen. I'll be extremely happy if Germany wins as well. My predictions: DE - IT 2:0 SP - POR 2:0/ 2:1 |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| Not sure why Germany is heavily favoured to be honest. They got scored on easily by Greece when it 1-0 (if it had been 4-0 at that point I can understand), and haven't really been tested yet (they played a weak Netherlands and Portugal). It'll take this next game to convince me. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Karpman said: Don't really care today who is going to win today, don't like either of them, Spain with their endless passing going nowhere and Portugal with Pepe and some other divers. Excited for tomorrow's match though, hoping Italy can surprise us. Btw, Did C.Ronaldo dive a lot this Euro, didn't seem him falling over pointlessly too much or I am just blind. There were some small attempt, but he had more a less the reason to fall. To give you a proper answer, we haven't seen yet the shining appearance of Divenaldo and that's good. He's still playing as Christina |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| Kurrrissstina! |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Yay! Spain's starting a striker for once! And it's not Torres! But yet it's not Llorente. |
TravSavageJun 27, 2012 11:17 AM
| I want to see a Portugal - Italy final. I want one of the two to win it. |
| "Every man shall reap what he has sown, from the highest lord to the lowest gutter rat. And some will lose more than the tips off their fingers, I promise you. They have made my kingdom bleed, and I do not forget that" |
| I predict a Spain-Germany final. I wonder how intimidated these players get when they face Spain. |
| "Today was a good day." -O'Shea Jackson |
| 30 mins gone and Portugal are looking the better side! Ronaldo looks really up for this and his teammates are doing really well. Spain look rattled, they don't look their usual composed self, hopefully Portugal came keep this up for 90 mins |
| Portugal's pressing has really forced Spain off their game so far. I agree about the refereeing in this game so far. It's been pretty inconsistent. |
| What a game, Portugal simply is not letting Spain play, I was afraid initially, but now I rly belive Pottugal can out one more in the bag. To the final! |
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| Well, as I said I have a personal reason behind this matches. I'd love Italy to win the EUROs in order for Pirlo to get the ballon d'or And I'd love Ronaldo to get the ballon d'or for winning as well. That's a childish reason, but fuck you Messi, revenge for Sneijder 2010. That's why I'll be cheering on Portugal for sure, Italy - Germany, I wouldn't mind any of them winning, but preferably Pirlo. With all my love for Germany, this will be Pirlo's last tournament and I'd like him to get that achievement at least this year. Ye, you got me right, I judged by players now and I don't give a damn about it even if it's irrational. |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| It's kind of boring. |
| Meh, the match was boring and Christina's four or how many chances he's got ... three free kicks and 1 freaking easy opportunity .... |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| Crappy game! I expected a lot more from this matchup! |
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| The match was not that bad, I quite enjoyed it. But then again that's maybe because I thought that Spain would just pass Portugal into submission and the game has been a lot more open then that. |
| Portugal is making Spain work for possession... they're playing a lot better than I expected |
| "Today was a good day." -O'Shea Jackson |
| so, now we got this way Fabregaz misses or better said the goalkeeper saaves Alonso scores Ramos misses Xavi scores Iniesta scores Ronaldo MISSES rest score except one player which will be ... hm ... dno who's gonna miss as well |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
TheWitcher said: Xavi scores Except he was substituted in the 2nd half. ;) |
| Ronaldo misses. Casillas comes up big. Spain wins. Calling it now. |
| "Today was a good day." -O'Shea Jackson |
| Ramos just swagger jacked Pirlo. |
| Fuck. |
| so... I guess I was wrong? How the hell does their best player NOT shoot!!?? |
| "Today was a good day." -O'Shea Jackson |
| Went almost exactly like the Italy-England shootout and C. Ronaldo not even getting the chance to take a PK. Wow. |
| Meh, I was kinda wrong ... Xabi Alonso not to score a penalty, that's funny and ye: I forgot about Xavi as well anyway: they shouldn't have let Bruno Alves ... should have been Penaldo and Ramos panenka wasn't even half as cool as Pirlo's. |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
| Damn it. Portugal was better today, except for the 2nd extra half maybe. |
seishi-sama said: Damn it. Portugal was better today, except for the 2nd extra half maybe. No they weren't lol, what game were you watching? Neither team deserved it in regular time, but Spain dominated both halves in extra. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Post-Josh said: seishi-sama said: Damn it. Portugal was better today, except for the 2nd extra half maybe. No they weren't lol, what game were you watching? Neither team deserved it in regular time, but Spain dominated both halves in extra. What game were you watching, Portugal had like, 4 or even 5 clear scoring opportunities while Spain had 2 at most. |
| I'm disappointed Torres was sidelined again. Is there a health issue or something? |
| I think it's safe to say that Spain clearly misses David Villa. |
seishi-sama said: Post-Josh said: seishi-sama said: Damn it. Portugal was better today, except for the 2nd extra half maybe. No they weren't lol, what game were you watching? Neither team deserved it in regular time, but Spain dominated both halves in extra. What game were you watching, Portugal had like, 4 or even 5 clear scoring opportunities while Spain had 2 at most. I'd say the match was pretty much balanced at its two halves, with phases of dominance of both teams, till the extra time which was clearly dominated by Spain. I liked the game. Here the Spanish commenters were getting alarmist at everything, saying it was a bad match by Spain... I guess they have to say that every time the thing doesn't work as against Ireland and France. So the game was difficult for both teams, and both teams had a relatively great day. I prefer that to an easy win as it happened with the two mentioned above and a totally undeserved one like the match against Croatia. It was really thrilling, it's been a long time since I didn't have this fun watching a football match. |
TravSavage said: I think it's safe to say that Spain clearly misses David Villa. absolutely, but I don't like Spain. I want this tournament to be won by anybody but Spain. There were three teams in this whole EURO I didn't want them to win (from those who would have chances): Denmark, Spain, England. anybody, be it even Greece, except these three |
| Sore Wa Himitsu Desu |
vivaLA said: so... I guess I was wrong? How the hell does their best player NOT shoot!!?? Because Ronaldo is a huge pussy. He should have been the first one to shoot, not the last. Waiting to hear if it was the coaches decision or if it was his. If it was his, he's going to catch a TON of shit for it. I thought in extra time Spain completely dominated, but that was more because Portugal took a defensive stance to allow it to go into PK's. The game itself was boring, per usual for Spain games. Ramos' PK was disgusting. Awesome stuff from him. Le' go Germany! |
Legendre said: vivaLA said: so... I guess I was wrong? How the hell does their best player NOT shoot!!?? Because Ronaldo is a huge pussy. He should have been the first one to shoot, not the last. Waiting to hear if it was the coaches decision or if it was his. If it was his, he's going to catch a TON of shit for it. I thought in extra time Spain completely dominated, but that was more because Portugal took a defensive stance to allow it to go into PK's. The game itself was boring, per usual for Spain games. Ramos' PK was disgusting. Awesome stuff from him. Le' go Germany! Pretty sure it was a mutual decision, since Ronaldo always shoots last for Portugal (glory hunter?). Anyway, I didn't think the game was boring, and if so, certainly not because of Spain's style. They didn't make many unnecessary passes. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
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