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[norinrad]

Whats this with the constant "actors" references?

You can't compare him to the Portuguese.

 

[neorej]

Whats this with the constant "actors" references?

things like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLHd7dzuis

 

[Arjen]

My city has tons of German exchange students, hope it will al stay friendly tonight.

 

[Danielsan]

It's going to be crazy day today when the Holland-Germany starts. Where I live, there this one street where one side of the street is in Holland and the other side in Germany (De nieuwstraat). half an hour before the match till half an hour after the match, it's not allowed to drive through that street and everybody that looks suspicious can be arrested. There's been lots of fighting over the years there so it's understandable but it's still kinda crazy for me.

Sad to hear that. I love the rivalry between us and the Germans and I thoroughly enjoy all the friendly stabs we take at each other, but it should always remain a friendly rivalry. Too bad too many people take football either too seriously, or use it as an excuse to start fights.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again, if the Germans end up killing it tonight I'll be supporting them throughout the tournament. Got to give our neighbours some love.

 

[WJD]

You can't compare him to the Portuguese.

You most certainly can.

 

[Gen.Grievous]

If you have a hard on for Infographics and can read Dutch this is pretty cool, http://issuu.com/bartcorre/docs/nr39.

You can still look at the pretty graphics if you do not understand a word of Dutch though.

 

[neorej]

ah, I see we have started with the "Portugese are not actors, but you guys are" already?

 

[FeD.nL]

My city has tons of German exchange students, hope it will al stay friendly tonight.

Groningen?

 

[Wessiej]

http://www.gsoranje.nl/archives/images/statsnedui.pdf

This is the best thing ever. Only for Dutch people I guess.

 

[neorej]

You most certainly can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pQAAghiZRbQ

quite an actor, yes.

 

[n0n44m]

My city has tons of German exchange students, hope it will al stay friendly tonight.

around 60% of the students at my faculty are German, so next week is going to be fun if either team fucks up

 

[norinrad]

http://www.gsoranje.nl/archives/images/statsnedui.pdf

This is the best thing ever. Only for Dutch people I guess.

pretty cool

 

[Chuckie]

You most certainly can.

Nice example.

 

[Broder Salsa]

You can't compare him to the Portuguese.

Robben is just as bad as anyone on the Portuguese team, actually probably worse, I remember Ronaldo diving a lot, usually he was at least touched though, which makes it slightly better than shit like :

For more hilarity

 

[WJD]

Nice example.

Wasn't used as an example of his "acting", merely as an iconic image from the last World Cup.

edit: plus it's funny as fuck

 

[Arjen]

Groningen?

Leeuwarden.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I'm scared guys. I'm so scared... It's only football but... I'm so freaking scared. When do we hear the lineup for Holland?

 

[2San]

3-1 for us to win. I'm dutch btw.

 

[norinrad]

Robben is just as bad as anyone on the Portuguese team, actually probably worse, I remember Ronaldo diving a lot, usually he was at least touched though, which makes it slightly better than shit like :

How is that not an attack? He went in too late for the ball

 

[WJD]

How is that not an attack? He went in too late for the ball

wat

 

[Chuckie]

Wasn't used as an example of his "acting", merely as an iconic image from the last World Cup.

Not your greatest post then.

Posting text: You certainly can! (compare him to portugese actors)
Posting photo of him not acting but actually injured

 

[Broder Salsa]

How is that not an attack? He went in too late for the ball

He pulls back his legs/doesn't go all in when he sees he can't reach it and Robben takes another touch and then decides to dive without being touched... Are you really defending that?

 

[FeD.nL]

Leeuwarden.

Mate of mine wants to watch at stenden with the germans.. not gonna happen.

Still pumped for the match, Sneijder at the training yesterday was looking very sharp. Wouldnt surprise me if he is the captain for tonight *pray*.

 

[norinrad]

He pulls back his legs/doesn't go all in when he sees he can't reach it and Robben takes another touch and then decides to dive without being touched... Are you really defending that?

You can see in the vid, he slightly touched him which threw him off balance. That was not a dive but a mere reaction to an attack

 

[FillerB]

From the frontpage of todays Spits. (Terrible free newspaper distributed at trainstations.) Nice.

On the prediction side: Netherlands to score the only goal of first half of the match but they'll get cocky resulting in a 2-1 victory for Germany.

 

[WJD]

Not your greatest post then.

Posting text: You certainly can! (compare him to portugese actors)
Posting photo of him not acting but actually injured

Fine, with the help of WoodenLung I'll rephrase my post:

You certainly can!

Fact of the matter is, Robben dives and feigns/over exaggerates as much - if not, more - than most of the Portugese squad (Pepe being the absolute worst of course) so it's a little bit rich to be calling them actors.

Then again, we have Ashley Young

 

[Kenka]

Dirty and quick, sorry I lack skills.

 

[Danielsan]

Shit, my excitement is reaching critical levels. Eight more hours to go.

 

[norinrad]

Dirty and quick, sorry I lack skills.

[West]Germany has had more divers over the years going back to Gerd Muller,

i also remember Italia 90 very well as a kid back then when [west]Germany got a penalty against Argentina due to a dive. lets face it The English may have invented hooligans but [west] Germany invented modern day diving which has ruined once a great game.

 

[Wessiej]

Germans are blaming us for diving now? How the world has changed.

 

[Oxx]

I believe the proper term is 'flopping', bros / USA USA USA

 

[Broder Salsa]

Germans are blaming us for diving now? How the world has changed.

I'm not German. Just hilarious that the dutch supporters would call the Portuguese actors when they got one of the worst of the game, Robben himself, as their leading actor. Even more hilarious when that dive above is defended, good thing Robben didn't get injuried from it. :lol

 

[Xater]

Germany 2:1 Netherlands

Portugal 1:0 Denmark

 

[Pikmindictator]

Dutch Facebook friends have been going mental all morning!
If we win, great! If we lose we will be almost certainly be out of the tournament but at least I can go on with my life.
I am going to watch the match with some German friends so that's going to be interesting...

 

[The perfect Dark]

Have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AreVY6JGnPA

 

[HarryHengst]

 

[Phantast2k]

He hasn't reached this level of "Let's pretend I'm injured" yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDpuaZGcmPE

Ronaldo got steped on there, of course that hurts.
Robben is much more of a diver, he's outright laughable in that regard. Probably the only player I hate in the Bundesliga..

 

[GasProblem]

Going to watch the match in a cinema on a big screen tonight

 

[Chuckie]

That's a bunch of nonsense. Hey, sure hooligans and the violence and deaths they've caused are bad, but diving, oh my, diving is ruining the game. Also it's the Germans that invented its modern form, even if I have no clear proof other than something I don't remember quite correctly from 1990.

While I agree hooliganism is much worse and I agree that 1990 wasn't the starting point of diving, he does remember very correctly that Germany was awarded a penalty in 1990 by diving.

 

[Gummifaust]

I believe the proper term is 'flopping', bros / USA USA USA

Soccer Schmoccer.

 

[Gummifaust]

i also remember Italia 90 very well as a kid back then when [west]Germany got a penalty against Argentina due to a dive. lets face it The English may have invented hooligans but [west] Germany invented modern day diving which has ruined once a great game.

 

[Pachimari]

DENMARK tonight!!!

I think we'll win 2-1.

 

[Arjen]

We even use a german name for diving/flopping

 

[Chuckie]

As a German I disagree on that (but it probably wasn't a penalty-worthy foul), though even if it hypothetically had been diving, let's not forget Germany didn't get a crystal clear penalty earlier in that match.

It's ridiculous to claim that Germany invented modern diving.

I am mixing things up. I meant the Klinsmann dive that got the Argentinian player sent off.

 

[fuenf]

When was the last time he scored one of those goals?
Still, if the Bayern players who will be covering his side and who have to deal with his trick in training all the time allow that to happen then fuck them big time..

thats what i meant, the irony that would come with such a goal after he single-handedly started demolishing the Allianz Arena with all of his shots into the stands but most likely he'll just be diving all over the pitch and spend most of his time one the ground... athletically he shouldnt stand a chance against Boateng, even if he catches him out of position Boateng should be able to catch up again.

 

[Gummifaust]

We even use a german name for diving/flopping

It's a Schwalbe [noun].

 

[norinrad]

It's ridiculous to claim that Germany invented modern diving.

14 minutes but worth watching The Germans were diving all over the place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj5I44nBnE&feature=related

 

[Kiraly]

HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAND

EINS

DEUTSCHLAAAAAAAAND

NULL!!!!!

 

[Oxx]

Oh dear @ Rooney's hair.

http://twitpic.com/9vy02u

 

[zonezeus]

Fun fact: almost half of Poland's population (16 234 000 people) watched Pol - Rus game yesterday, setting a new record for the most watched sport event in polish TV.