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Euro 2012 |OT| of England? You're having Olaff
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Johnny Cage In The Shower
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Yes, This!
Thank you!
Ahaha! took me a second to figure out what I was lookin at, one of the many reasons why I love this sport!
I know this is from two days ago, but this will make a perfect.."Thank you, my job here is done." gif
LFMartins86
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And Eduardo is any better? A guy who isn´t good enough to play in that European giant that is Genoa?
Brazilian here, I agree with you (sort of) though Portugal Portuguese sounds way worse than Brazilian Portuguese.
Also Brazil exceeded my expectations today, I thought the game would be pretty one sided in Argentina's favor but Brazil put up a good fight. The defense still kind of sucks, especially since Lucio isn't there anymore, but I enjoyed the game way more than the Netherland game, that was a pretty bad upset.
Taken in 2010 or earlier presumably? Given the nice weather and all.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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The flag almost looks photoshopped to be honest but I could be wrong.
Yeah, Google confirms it's Euro 2008 and the flag was originally a German one.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/German-Dutch_rivalry.jpg
Also how the hell is there a wikipedia page for the German - Dutch football rivalry lol
Sorry for that. I was off my face when I posted that yesterday. No excuse but you can probably relate. And thanks Karud for stepping in!
The game was tense because it looked so ridiculously cumbersome. I was afraid they wouldn't be in their best form but they will catch on after the group stage.
http://www.marca.com/en/sports/football/euro-schedule.htmlWhere can I find the schedule in PST? I really wanna catch the italy/spain game and all future epicness, so please help
Pick your timezone in top right corner
Winnie the Pimp
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that's got nothing to do with them losing though...
They had the clear chances to win this thing at LEAST 4-1 but they didn't
HarryHengst
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Hey Robben, this is how you cut inside and shoot at the goal.
Messi's third goal tonight!
Edit: Full credit to Sunhilegend for the gif of course!
Gen.Grievous
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I feel worse than yesterday. Dutch team created 28 chances, only 8 on target and zero goals. How did we lose this game?
football is not a game of "could have's" hehe
Were just unlucky..9/10 games that handball is a penalty too .. it sucks but I'm sure we can get results from Portugal and Germany to progress
You'd think different given the pathetic media response here to yesterday's defeat. (Which was deserved to begin with)
HarryHengst
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The Dutch match reminded me of some Football Manager matches where you fumble chance after chance only to lose 1-0. Unfortunately there is no reset option in real life. :lol
Phantast2k
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As for the GER-POR game: it's Portugal's fault!
They were supposed to go out guns blazing and maybe score 1-2 goals while exposing themselves in the back. Instead, they were all tactical and defensive & barely ever outnumbered the German defense when attacking. Only when they conceded the goal they began to attack full force.
An early goal would have done wonders for the entertainment value of the game (like the one that was disallowed because the ref wouldn't let Germany keep the advantage).
/edit for more clarity
Boozeroony
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At least we may get another epic Netherlands - Germany match.
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Or not and we lose 0-3.
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Or not and we lose 0-3.
not euro related but very funny if you ask me
https://twitter.com/aguerosergiokun/status/211576690185478144/photo/1
https://twitter.com/aguerosergiokun/status/211576690185478144/photo/1
Bah there should be no reset option in FM either that's just plain cheating.
Bad finishing is not bad luck. Van Persie was shocking in front of goal yesterday. The penalty should have been given but the goal Holland gave away was criminal. They didn't deserve to win.
I think Holland can get out of the group but they have to defend better. They did not work hard enough.
Sadly it isn't.
Also time to represent my colors in here.
Kind of disappointing that I don#t see a lot of custom avatars for the Euro. That was different during the World Cup...
I thought Portugal looked pretty dangerous going forward from time to time.
Onto Holland, don't know where to start. I really don't understand why van der Wiel even bothers to join the attack when van Persie is our striker. When van der Wiel finally gets to the back line there is no one to cross the ball to in the sixteen. Just give up already with putting Robben right. Let the backs focus on defending and lose one of the CDM's.
Van Persie, love him as a player for Arsenal but for Oranje he just fails to perform. Sneijder played well but he did some amazing stuff when he fell back a line. The pass on Huntelaar was from Nigel de Jong's position. I'd really like to see Narsingh get a chance with Huntelaar as striker and van Persie close behind him. Something like this:
-------------------------- Stekelenburg -------------------------
v/d Wiel ---- Heitinga ----------- Matthijsen ---------- Willems
------------------- van Bommel -- Sneijder --------------------
Narsingh --------------- van Persie -------------------- Robben
-------------------------- Huntelaar ------------------------------
Because I don't see van Marwijk dropping 4231.
Onto Holland, don't know where to start. I really don't understand why van der Wiel even bothers to join the attack when van Persie is our striker. When van der Wiel finally gets to the back line there is no one to cross the ball to in the sixteen. Just give up already with putting Robben right. Let the backs focus on defending and lose one of the CDM's.
Van Persie, love him as a player for Arsenal but for Oranje he just fails to perform. Sneijder played well but he did some amazing stuff when he fell back a line. The pass on Huntelaar was from Nigel de Jong's position. I'd really like to see Narsingh get a chance with Huntelaar as striker and van Persie close behind him. Something like this:
-------------------------- Stekelenburg -------------------------
v/d Wiel ---- Heitinga ----------- Matthijsen ---------- Willems
------------------- van Bommel -- Sneijder --------------------
Narsingh --------------- van Persie -------------------- Robben
-------------------------- Huntelaar ------------------------------
Because I don't see van Marwijk dropping 4231.
Boozeroony
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Every fucking time the Danes had possession of the ball on our half, our defenders just let them come to our goal. No pressure on the ball. Me and my mates were begging for someone to walk TO the ball instead of walking back. Absolutely no confidence. We need the likes of Stam and De Boer back :/.
Roude Leiw
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Sadly it isn't.
Also time to represent my colors in here.
Kind of disappointing that I don#t see a lot of custom avatars for the Euro. That was different during the World Cup...
if someone would turn mine into a customized German avatar i would be forever grateful
Sadly it isn't.
Also time to represent my colors in here.
Kind of disappointing that I don#t see a lot of custom avatars for the Euro. That was different during the World Cup...
This is all you get from me...
Yesterday's game wasn't that good, imo. I hope they get their act together but I don't see how they stand a chance if they keep playing like this. But now that some of the pressure has gone I hope they start playing better.
Boozeroony
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if someone would turn mine into a customized German avatar i would be forever grateful
I'd like to have an orange mustache.
if someone would turn mine into a customized German avatar i would be forever grateful
Quick and dirty:
Roude Leiw
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Quick and dirty:
thanks!
Meus Renaissance
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A penalty is only a penalty by law when it is deliberate. Just because some referees do not understand this and give a foul whenever a ball hits an arm, as it did yesterday from close range, doesn't mean it should be given in every scenario regardless of intent.
Broder Salsa
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Even most Danish players (and commentators) has said it was a penalty against Lars Jacobsen. He's deliberately making himself bigger there and ruins Huntelars chance because his arms are protecting the area around the ball. Look at his arm movement up there just when he is about to hit it... Yeah.
Even Lars Jacobsen just kind of laughed when asked if it was a penalty and said "Well... I am glad he didn't call it". Deliberate doesn't only mean during like Suarez at the world cup.
I'd like to have an orange mustache.
More than just the mustache I think it looks funnier:
MMaRsu
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I'm not saying we deserved a win because we didn't but still that was clearly a handsball.
Ah, forgot about the euro match format. So you only play each country once? Damn I didn't really care losing against Denmark once, since we'd probably make it right anway in the rematch. Only playing against a team once, is pretty harsh. :x Having to win against Germany is going to be though. I think we'll manage Portugal fine.
It was clearly a hand ball.
Exactly. While it's now obvious the ref should have given a penalty, it won't make us forget how Holland dominated outrageously this match yet failed to score.
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