OT: euro 2012 tournament thread

[pixburgher66]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH> PLAYYYY FREAKING DEFFFFENSEEEEE!

 

[devils30mb]

He really hasn't. One guy who does, and I really enjoy: Torres. I love that guy.

Torres plays very well with David Villa....but then again it is Spain and a lot of great players.

 

[pixburgher66]

He saved that with his nuts. Nearly nutmeg'd him though.

 

[devils30mb]

That was Portugal's chance there.

 

[pixburgher66]

He literally dove there. He just leaped forward and got a call. Gosh.

 

[SLY]

wtf is the added time? doesnt say.

 

[pixburgher66]

And a huge freaking block. Oh my gosh.

 

[pixburgher66]

Is it stoppage time? I don't see the number yet. My screen is really small.

 

[devils30mb]

germans defending well.....nice block to deny Nani

 

[devils30mb]

we're in the 94th minute.
How many minutes of stopage time 5?

 

[pixburgher66]

Seriously...it's the 95th minute. What's happening?

 

[pixburgher66]

THERE IT IS! WOOT!

 

[puckhead]

my goodness, what a timely save

I was the athletic trainer for a very physical, competitive Men's Soccer team. And they never pulled this type of stuff. They got up. We went on that field twice that year, once was a shredded hamstring in the playoffs, the other? A torn ACL.

the play at 2:26.... how long do you think Ronaldo or any of these clowns would have stayed down for?

 

[pixburgher66]

my goodness, what a timely save



the play at 2:26.... how long do you think Ronaldo or any of these clowns would have stayed down for?

HAH, in the box? Over/under at say, 90 seconds.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

George Best was the Mickey Mantle of soccer. Should've/could've been the greatest but he let his lifestyle get in the way.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

The Dutch better get their act together on defense or Germany is going to TORCH them.

 

[SLY]

So... The Devils won, The Celtics lost, Pacman got robbed...

At least Germany won.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

So... The Devils won, The Celtics lost, Pacman got robbed...

At least Germany won.

You forgot the Red Sox, they lost as well.

 

[Ties5o11]

off to a rip roaring start

oh boy

/although i need to ask ... have they ruled out the possibility that actual monkeys were watching netherlands train



Euro 2012 has yet to begin, but the fears of fan racism have already begun to be realized.

During an open training session in Krakow, Poland, the Netherlands national team was reportedly subjected to monkey noises and chants from fans in the crowd. The Dutch FA is not submitting a formal complaint, so no action will be taken, but the incident highlights a bigger issue with the tournament's opening games just hours away.

UEFA has claimed to have instituted a no-tolerance policy for fan racism, anticipating some issues in Poland and Ukraine. Thursday's incident puts UEFA under immediate pressure to follow through, and the governing body of European soccer released a statement regarding the Dutch training session.

"Should such behaviour happen at further training sessions, UEFA would evaluate the operational measures to be taken to protect players," UEFA said in a statement. "UEFA has now been made aware that there were some isolated incidents of racist chanting that occurred at the open training session of the Dutch team. UEFA has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to discriminatory behavior and has given the power to referees to stop matches in case of any repeated racist behavior."

Is there anything more annoying than people crying racism every chance they get? Leave it to Europe. Who cares, let idiots be idiots and move on, worse things are happening... like all your governments providing an unsustainable amount of entitlements (you now DESERVE retirement at age 60!!).

Anyways... Im drunk, and international soccer is the best sporting experience on the planet.

 

[Ties5o11]

The Dutch better get their act together on defense or Germany is going to TORCH them.

Germany is the best team in the group, but the Dutch should have won today. Denmark stole 3 points.