| Lol funny how history plays its tricks on England. Commentator also mentioned the Lampard no-goal back in the world cup and almost the exact same thing happened this time. Anybody else think Carroll is way too aggressive? Didn't see the sweden v france match, though I'm kind of disappointed france didn't do shit. If they had the right mindset I doubt they'd have lost. :/ But a through a through. |
| Lucky escape there for England. Ukraine played them out of the park, heh! Bring on Italy? Nah! Forza Italia. |
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| Ibra, class. England, luck. They play the refs and play boring football, hope they get thumped by Italy. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| If anyone has the England game statistics would you share them. Will be very interesting to see the possession stats. |
| Well England are through as are France though in a different order than I thought it would be. Ukraine played well but without Sheva they don't seem to have someone who will finish there nice build up play. As for Sweden they restored a little pride with that win over France and what a brilliant volley from ibra. Time for the 1/4 final predictions. Germany 2-0 Greece, Portugal 2-1 Czech, England 2-3 Italy and France 0-1 Spain. |
| I will do it with pleasure shots on target : 8 - 1 shots off target : 6 - 3 possession (%) : 60 - 40 (worst stats - England obvi) shots on target : 7 - 6 shots off target : 4 - 6 possession (%) : 48 - 52 (Sweden - England, tight game) shots on target : 3 - 3 shots off target : 6 - 12 possession (%) : 42 - 58 (England - Ukraine) Predictions for 1/4 Czech Republic - Portugal: 1-3 Germany - Greece: 2-0 Spain - France: 1-2 England - Italy: 1-2 |
TheWitcherJun 19, 2012 2:14 PM
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| 42/58, better than I thought, I was thinking it was more like 70/30 to Ukraine. We seemed to barely have the ball. As for the 1/4 final predictions. Germany 4 - 0 Greece Portugal 2 - 0 Czech Republic England 1 - 1 Italy (England lose on pens) Spain ? - ? France (Really can't predict this, I think France might surprise a few people against the champions) |
Nabi123 said: Pretty much the same for me in terms of who gets through: Germany, Portugal, and Spain. Unless they choke, which is possible. Not sure about the Italy v. England one, I'm pretty neutral on both teams.Well England are through as are France though in a different order than I thought it would be. Ukraine played well but without Sheva they don't seem to have someone who will finish there nice build up play. As for Sweden they restored a little pride with that win over France and what a brilliant volley from ibra. Time for the 1/4 final predictions. Germany 2-0 Greece, Portugal 2-1 Czech, England 2-3 Italy and France 0-1 Spain. |
| Good tourney so far, no goalless draws in all 24 matches. But what are byline referees doing, in today's Ukraine match it was the second time I saw one fuck up pretty bad. It's almost funny when they are staring intently from just few meters and yet not see the obvious. At least it was a missed offside this time so one could say two wrong decisions cancelled each other. |
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Zatoichi said: The Three Lions are taking that European Trophy home. Yeah baby. It's all on. |
| "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" |
corbenic said: It did kind of mindfuck the Ukranians though. They probably don't believe it was an offside and that the official was bribed or something. You could see that coach jumping around after that, lol.Good tourney so far, no goalless draws in all 24 matches. But what are byline referees doing, in today's Ukraine match it was the second time I saw one fuck up pretty bad. It's almost funny when they are staring intently from just few meters and yet not see the obvious. At least it was a missed offside this time so one could say two wrong decisions cancelled each other. |
TheWitcher said: want predictions: my predictions: Group A: Russia, Poland Group B: Netherlands, Germany Group C: Croatia Spain (ye, I reckon Croatia) Group D: France, Ukraine/Sweden my predictions before the groups well shit, except for Germany Spain and France, I guessed none always happens and it was obvious that Germany Spain and France were going to pass anyway. |
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| Quarter Final Predictions: Germany 2 - 1 Greece Portugal 1 - 1 Czech Republic (Portugal win on penalties) England 0 - 0 Italy (England extra time winner) Spain 3 - 2 France |
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| I doubt any quarter final this championship will score more than 3 goals. I'm guessing some 1:0s, 2:1s, and 0:0s. I'm predicting the Portugal game will be the most likely to have more goals than the rest. |
| Germany beat Greece Portugal beat Czech Republic Italy beat England Spain beat France Spain beat Portugal Germany beat Italy Germany beat Spain These are my predictions. |
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Cowabunga said: Germany beat Greece Portugal beat Czech Republic Italy beat England Spain beat France I'm gonna predict the total opposite. :D |
| Germany over Greece Portugal over Czech Rep. Italy over England Spain over France I expect all of them to be close and at least one of these will go to extra time, most likely Italy-England. |
seishi-sama said: Cowabunga said: Germany beat Greece Portugal beat Czech Republic Italy beat England Spain beat France I'm gonna predict the total opposite. :D Greece and Czech Republic to advance? That's quite bold. |
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Cowabunga said: Greece and Czech Republic to advance? That's quite bold. Well, to be honest, I expect our predictions to be 50/50 true. But it's more fun to vote for the underdogs. |
Cowabunga said: Germany beat Greece Portugal beat Czech Republic Italy beat England Spain beat France Spain beat Portugal Germany beat Italy Germany beat Spain These are my predictions. TravSavage said: Germany over Greece Portugal over Czech Rep. Italy over England Spain over France I expect all of them to be close and at least one of these will go to extra time, most likely Italy-England. thank you |
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Tachii said: I doubt any quarter final this championship will score more than 3 goals. I'm guessing some 1:0s, 2:1s, and 0:0s. I'm predicting the Portugal game will be the most likely to have more goals than the rest. Agree with all of this. No one has looked especially dangerous yet, but Portugal and Czech tend to be in more open matches. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| anybody else kinda disappointed with this tournament so far? Netherlands was disappointing, Russia was disappointing, Ukraine was disappointing, France was disappointing, Spain was a big disappointment as well, Italy also didn't meet my expectations and overall I haven't seen yet a team that would be something really, but really special, everything's random All my hopes go now towards Brazil 2014, they play wonderful at the moment. |
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| As a neutral spectator, I'm fine with this tournament. If anything it was a bit more exciting. I think the group qualifying matches in total had been one of the most high scoring qualifers in the history of this championship, if not the most. I also don't think Spain was a "big" disappointment. In the world cup they lost their first match with Switzerland, if memory serves me. In this one they first tied, then just blitzed Ireland with 4:0. So in comparison, definitely not. If anything I'm kind of disappointed David Villa have to sit out because of an injury, but not the way they've been playing. It just seems you're way too negative toward anything in this cup. There's no need to be that pessimistic, really. Just enjoy the game. |
| I think that this Euro tournament is pretty great. We saw almost everything - class football and unexpected turn outs (Russia's drop from the first 8). The teams I chear for are Germany, France, England, and Italy, but what makes me watch events like that are goals like the one Zlatan Ibrahimovich scored against France - A masterpiece. |
| Not disappointed at all really. So far it's been quite good. I would rather have the tourney as it as been with close matches and any team being able to beat any team rather than just one or two teams blitzing the rest. |
| Would convert if there was such thing as the religion of Zlatan Ibrahimovich. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Post-Josh said: Would convert if there was such thing as the religion of Zlatan Ibrahimovich. agreed, completely. He is now my favourite player from nowadays football, I'd rather him than Messi. That moment when he drank Hart's water and how he doesn't dive and everything about him is way too badass. |
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TheWitcher said: Post-Josh said: Would convert if there was such thing as the religion of Zlatan Ibrahimovich. agreed, completely. He is now my favourite player from nowadays football, I'd rather him than Messi. That moment when he drank Hart's water and how he doesn't dive and everything about him is way too badass. Did not know about that Hart thing, hilarious. But yeah agreed, when anyone else would dive he's like "get the fuck off me, I'm going through". I'll take him and Messi as my striking duo. Loved the fans who had a flag of Ibra as the hulk. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Post-Josh said: TheWitcher said: Post-Josh said: Would convert if there was such thing as the religion of Zlatan Ibrahimovich. agreed, completely. He is now my favourite player from nowadays football, I'd rather him than Messi. That moment when he drank Hart's water and how he doesn't dive and everything about him is way too badass. Did not know about that Hart thing, hilarious. But yeah agreed, when anyone else would dive he's like "get the fuck off me, I'm going through". I'll take him and Messi as my striking duo. Loved the fans who had a flag of Ibra as the hulk. a small compilation of this awesome person |
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| Lol I just saw some of Ibra's highlights from 1999-2011. That last goal was pure win. When I was a kid I always wondered what'll be like if martial artists played sports instead of fighting. Well I did saw Shaolin Soccer but, they'd be so awesome in some sports. |
| Zlatan just reeks of Awesomeness. |
| "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" |
| so while at it, we are not going to have matches today/tomorrow (depends on where you live) so why not post yt videos with your favourite players anyway, if you don't mind. if you mind I'll delete the comment |
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| Man, I was late for the Champion's League thread and don't want to necro it. But damn, Chelsea. They had one hell of a run this year overcoming Napoli and Barcelona. |
| Damn it guys...Germany has such a tough path to get to the semi-finals, I'm kind of nervous. ... Wait a second...They're playing Greece! That's the semis right there easy Heil Deutschland |
| The group phase is finally over, now the real tournament starts. Looking forward to it. |
| Agreed about Spain's play. They need a ruthless and consistent finisher (ie. Messi on Barca), and they just haven't found one yet. That said, they are still my favourites. All it takes is one striker to find form and Spain have the potential to start putting goals away like nothin'. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Really excited now that group phase is over. I'm pulling for the Czechs tomorrow. No particular reason, I just like to see underdogs win rather than traditional powers. I'm sure it'll be Spain vs Germany in the final probably :D |
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Joe00123 said: Really excited now that group phase is over. I'm pulling for the Czechs tomorrow. No particular reason, I just like to see underdogs win rather than traditional powers. I'm sure it'll be Spain vs Germany in the final probably :D Portugal isn't exactly a "traditional power" considering they have yet to win their first Euro or world cup. They're more like a small county that punches well above their weight in football/soccer (kinda like Uruguay but to a lesser extent). Most people didn't even expect them to advance past the group stages (myself included) and yet I've been impressed by all 3 of their games! They had double the amount of shots on goal than all 3 of the teams they faced despite less possession in all 3 games. Having watched England, Spain, Italy and Greece play, I think Portugal should defeat any one of those teams this year. We'll see how the Czech Rep game goes.... maybe I'll be eating my words later xD That said, it still looks like Germany will win Euro 2012 to me ;) |
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| I really see Germany taking it all this year. They may have a tough path, but they play with a sort of resilience that I don't think can be matched. Well, maybe the Spaniards could, but even that may be a long shot. Go Deutschland! |
| Germany~ <3 |
| In the 4 days since I bothered checking, this thread has gone just about as expected. |
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Jack_Rav said: In the 4 days since I bothered checking, this thread has gone just about as expected. What does that mean? Haha. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| I will be supporting Portugal, but I hate, I detest their aggressive style football. One of the dirtiest football national teams |
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| Portugal in the first half only began looking good near the end. Czech republic was definitely outplaying Portugal in the first 20 minutes howr! Ronaldo's attitude pisses me off though! You have one great game and you think you're God again? |
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| Great goal from C. Ronaldo, but Portugal should have scored more honestly and it wasn't all that great of a game. Cech was fantastic for the Czechs. |
| Good job, Portugal. Nice play |
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| What was the final shot tally? 22 to 3? Really, that style of defensive play (also looking at you Greece) makes for incredibly boring games! If it weren't for Portugal's pressure during the second half, this would've put me to sleep! edit: 20-2 shots 5-0 on goal... Portugal vs Spain/France should be good, but at this point I predict Portugal - Germany final with Germany winning it all. |
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