Let's see how Portugal is doing against Spain. Assuming Spain will send France home of course...
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Euro 2012 |OT2| of Spain celebrating victory with younger, mixed gender squad
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Funky Papa
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Torres will rise above the haters and shit on their obscenely gaping mouths.
EURO 2012, BELIEVE.
EURO 2012, BELIEVE.
Better to be arrogant in the soccer field than to lack confidence.
Still, Portugal managed to beat you 4-0, not a reserve team but a full strength Spanish team. England managed to win as well.
Depth and quality of players means shit if you play poorly... like Spain has done this entire tournament.
Humm sometimes his arrogance is a bit too much. It's like his own team mates are an hindrance to his show. He was right about Postiga today though. Our strikers are meat bags with a pair of eyes.
Navas is so average, I don't know why you'd put him in your starting lineup. Torres is more than capable for Spain, he understands the system and can finish, as we've seen. He's the best option with Villa injured, primarily because Llorente isn't made for the position Spain like to use at the tip of their attack.
friendlies don't mean shit. Especially for this spain team
edit: and they haven't really played poorly yet. not to their own lofty standards? maybe. But they only won most games in 2010 by 1-0. dat posession.
No. Filho=Son in Portuguese.
He would be smart though if he just stop talking about Messi completely. I'm sure these guys have personal advisers for communication with press, if so the guy that advises Ronaldo is a turd that doesn't have the balls to tell him to shut up about Messi.
gutter_trash
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Messi talk should go to the OT Community Footy thread
Why would Ronaldo keep mentioning Messi? That's like Superman shouting 'kryptonite' in defiance after saving a woman from a burning building.
And the skeletons should go in the closet.
Yep, that's Ronaldo.
He is not very smart handling the press. They keep asking him about Messi as they know they'll get something out of him. Even in a totally unrelated competition he keeps falling in that trap.
cyen
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Did i missed something?
Ughh.. Ronaldo rarely talks about Messi unless reporters bring him up in interviews.
i think Messi is just as arrogant - the same with Xavi and Iniesta. you can't be a great player without having a level of arrogance and belief that your defender(s) can't stop you. they all just handle it differently, and to each their own.
i never thought Ronaldo would eclipse his play at MFC, then i thought he'd forever be a shrinking violet in international play. he continues to impress, as Messi did when he scored 3 a few weeks back in that scorching friendly vs. Brazil.
we should all be thankful for watching two of the best that have ever played the game right now. for me, it's the same as seeing the competition and comparisons between Nadal - Djoker.
i never thought Ronaldo would eclipse his play at MFC, then i thought he'd forever be a shrinking violet in international play. he continues to impress, as Messi did when he scored 3 a few weeks back in that scorching friendly vs. Brazil.
we should all be thankful for watching two of the best that have ever played the game right now. for me, it's the same as seeing the competition and comparisons between Nadal - Djoker.
FootballFan
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Because people start talking about balon d'Or/best player and you are guaranteed that Messi(being the best) will be brought up by someone. It is probably the most boring discussion and never gets anywhere.
That's right. He should just answer those questions with a standard: "I'm focused on my own performance and on the success of my team. Messi is an excellent player that is not involved in this competition." Then they'll stop asking him about Messi. Simple as that.
Apparently he said "For you" in reference to his son.
What? He barely mentions Messi, and when he does it's because he's pressured into answering something and he does it with a lot of class and respect. Don't believe all the Ronaldo openly hating Messi stupidity the press puts out there.
I'd probably agree with that from an attitude point of view; quite simply they all know they're excellent players. The difference comes on the pitch because Ronaldo's a much more arrogant player in his own game; he's had a career whereby he's been encouraged to adopt this one man mentality whereby it's his job to pull something magical out of his ass. Messi's grown up in the Barca system; he's a complete team player. Sure, he goes on runs, but he's far more integrated in the team and puts a greater emphasis on spreading his magic out to other teammates, rather than running into 5 players when there are plenty of other options available.
As I say, whilst that's my honest assessment, it's not Ronaldo's fault. That's just the way he's been coached, and he does it excellently. Messi's without doubt in a class of his own for his ability to work as a team however.
lolol I'm a supporter of Portugal. I can see how you got confused.
I don't think Spain was at full strength for that game. When I see spain this tournament and their passing ability it scares me how we'll match up to them. :/ Sure they haven't played at their fullest potential, but they have the ability to break through a defense at any moment which always provides a good heart attack.
By the way, what to guys think of the comments that Platini made by saying that he hoped for a Germany vs Spain final and was disappointed to see the Netherlands drop out at the group stages?
Personally I think he's a dumb fuck for saying something like that considering he's UEFA's president.
Personally I think he's a dumb fuck for saying something like that considering he's UEFA's president.
Funky Papa
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Platini is a git, what else?
John Dunbar
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He's also a football player and everyone would know some "neutral" answer would be bullshit. Unless you're silly enough to think UEFA might try to rig the tournament, who gives a shit what Platini would like to see happen?
He's a troll that wants to give an image of himself as an independent and outspoken figure but forgets his place and should reserve himself from making those comments while the competition is still running.
Q
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cant wait for the tears on here if spain lose to france. anything is possible
gutter_trash
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not sure if I want to watch Greeks play tomorrow.. but I will sure watch Spain France and England Italy for sure
Actually I heard that Tim Gunn is going to invite Ireland back for another chance in the quarters. Ireland vs Greece final. Make it woooork.
Benzema has to score sometime, right? France have the individual talent to pull it off, but not the team.
the portuguese radio commentators are crazy!!!! haha...love it!!!
http://soc.li/iT3n9lT
http://soc.li/iT3n9lT
Because he shouldn't voice his opinion. Dude is the President, and bullshit or not, should present a neutral stance. We all know he hates countries like England. Doesn't mean he has to tell people about it for example.
You are also kidding yourself if you think there isn't some form of corruption or favoritism in these competitions.
<3 <3
gutter_trash
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hahahaha radio guy
Andrefpvs
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That's some heavy stuff right there.
I would be ok with all of this.
With an handball goal against England in the final.
ThaneKrios
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haha
This one is even better (the second goal against Holland): http://soundcloud.com/tabonito/relato
Dutch Gronk
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Ronaldo is such an amazing specimen. Dude is amazing, I wouldn't even mind to see him win it for his team.
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