Well you're right about that. I don't expect your teams to score much goals though. If any ;p
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Euro 2012 |OT| of England? You're having Olaff
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Well you're right about that. I don't expect your teams to score much goals though. If any ;p
criesofthepast
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Ireland beat Italy 2-0 the last time they played each other.
They also drew with them in the qualifiers of the 2010 world cup.
Face it. Ireland are favourites for this game.
Grover Cleveland
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Judderman said:
bone_and_sinew said:
I just think that the vuvzuelas added a certain unique character and flavor to watching WC matches. They weren't even THAT annoying IMO, after watching the Confederations Cup the previous year and the few warm-up matches in the run up to the World Cup, I was fully used to them.
Chuckie
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Sneijder is ready!
Holy shit.
Imagine you'd make a goal like that during the tournament.... or better yet...in the final haha. You'd be remembered forever.
I don't know, but russian TF2 (only MP game I play) players can't write a word of english.
Against Italy? Really? Wut
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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Haha! is this the new Ribéry 2.0.1? with the faster A5X chip? I think they should've just gone with a brand new A6 chip instead of going from A5 to A5X
GTP_Daverytimes
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Those heartbreaking and enjoyable moments including the controversies is what makes the WC the greatest sporting event in the world.
Baconsaurus Rex
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I don't see what was wrong with my statement.
We have a very good record in recent games against Italy.
Italy are playing poorly at the moment and are in the midst of another match fixing crisis. I'd be very surprised if Ireland don't win.
Italy have a geriatric midfielder and an idiot striker. Ireland will exploit these weaknesses.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just surprised.
Honestly I don't have a clue who's favorite and who's not. I only watch football during WC and EC!
Winnie the Pimp
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would be awesome for sure, unfortunately in actual play no one is EVER courageous enough to try something like this nowadays anymore... they'd get destroyed by their teammates/coaches/fans if it went wrong and if they could have otherwise scored an easy and potentially super important goal!
criesofthepast
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Key words being "friendly" and "qualifying". A qualifying match, by the way, that was almost meaningless for Italy because they had already basically secured a spot in World Cup '10 by that point. Italy also tied against freakin' Bulgaria so world cup qualifying doesn't mean much to me. Ireland have done jack on the big stage so calling them favorites is a bit much.
Having said all this, I've mentioned before that Ireland do scare me the most in this group.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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I was about to write the exact same thing, that would be a stupid move to do and miss the goal, unless you are already winning by 4-5 goals already and it's the last 5 minutes of the match.
I'm Russian.
Being honest, I would expect Italy to win by at least 2 goals. Ireland are a very technically limited side. We have some good players but our game is more about being hard to beat rather than actually trying to dominate the opponent. We have a decent record against Italy in recent games but I expect we'll lose every game in this tournament.
We rank amongst the worst teams in this tournament. I'm honestly just happy that we're actually involved.
At least we're better than England.
Meus Renaissance
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Sneijder is ready!
Isn't this from South Africa 2010?
Baconsaurus Rex
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I see Stekelenburg, Krul and Vorm. WC2010 Keepers were Stekelenburg, Boschker and Vorm.
GroteSmurf
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Chuckie
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Grover Cleveland
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Majine said:
And today we saw one of the perceived "less glorious" groups.
Germany-Portugal and Netherlands-Denmark tomorrow ought to be fantastic.
Meus Renaissance
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Denmark at 21/4 odds. I reckon a few people will fancy their chances at those numbers. The Dutch are unpredictable in my eyes, you just don't know what to expect from them
Fuck I hate PTI. They covered EURO 2012 on its opening day... but only discussed some Balotelli/racism-that-hasnt-happened-yet story. They know what gets people's attention, I guess.
There we go! Born and raised?
Born in Moscow and currently in Moscow!
FootballFan
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Thats on at the same time as Argentina - Brazil right ? Guess I will be flicking through channels and watch a bit of both.
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Le Greeks are gonna win.
Lol, I love PTI but I always chuckle when I hear them discussing football. They obviously have no fucking clue what they're talking about.
criesofthepast
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Living next to both German and Portuguese neighbors is surely to provide me with some lulz tomorrow.
Cerebral Assassin
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Don't take this the wrong way, but I have to ask;
Why are most Russians oblivious to English?
PrematureQuiche
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<3 Zola!
Was a great start to the tournament and can't wait for tomorrows games.
Arjen
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Was it a good date at least?
meh...could have been better.
I'm guessing because they're barely exposed to it. Also, history.
SovietStriker
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/\ I hope so but it could turn out that the group everyone thought to be boring turns out great and fantastic group does a let down
He has a habit of being AWESOME more like. Especially on the national team.
He plays LB/RB... but shows himself juggling the ball for several minutes. k
Chuckie
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You could be right, especially regarding tomorrow.
Oranje - Danmark: Danmark will play very defensive, Oranje will be very nervous because they 'must' win this game otherwise chances are the tournament is over.
Germany-Portugal: Expectations will be really high, but both teams won't give their all because they are too afraid to lose because losing means you will have to win against Danmark AND Holland.
Hopefully I am wrong and we will get to see two great matches, but this is what I expect.
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