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[brotkasten]

"BREAKING NEWS: England successfully avoid Germany in the semi-finals."

Sometimes I love Twitter.

 

[nick nacc]

Well he sucked for the whole game at least he redeemed himself.

You must be new to soccer

 

[Subliminal]

By far the worst game of the tournament, Italy were good but obviously don't have what it takes to beat Germany, England were awful after the first 20 minutes. England really don't have what it takes to play international football, There's too many super-egos.

 

[bjaelke]

on a separate note i'm surprised Balotelli put it in

He's scored on every penalty attempt for City since he arrived. He's by far the most consistent penalty taker around.

 

[soepje]

Seriously? Wow, what an asshole.

Yes, i felt bad about him having to go have heart surgery and all, but then he goes talking about rather not having 'queers' in his team..

 

[Raist]

What are they saying?

England's "highlights" (with stuff like Rooney's scissor kick going to orbit) with a cheesy cover of Linkin Park's "In the end".

 

[norinrad]

Their outro video had an acoustic cover of Linkin' Parks "In The End" over it.

Fucking BBC.

yeah that was hilarious, sounded like something you'd hear at a funeral

 

[Kyoufu]

Italy lack a world class goal-scorer otherwise they'd rolfstomp the opposition.

 

[Sickboy007]

 

[scarybore]

606: "They sent Michelangelo. We sent Bob the Builder."

Hahaha, great stuff. BBC TV sadly has been pretty much insufferable again with their coverage overall, wish they be more low key with their England promos, they are embarrassing bad.

 

[Brazil]

I'm still baffled at how he did this.

You guys seriously need to watch some South American football.

 

[Clegg]

By far the worst game of the tournament, Italy were good but obviously don't have what it takes to beat Germany, England were awful after the first 20 minutes. England really don't have what it takes to play international football, There's too many super-egos.

Spain/France was much worse.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

 

[Arjen]

Euro 2012 |OT2| boring ass game won by Buffon..
Euro 2012 |OT2| Pirlo all cheeky, while Buffon shits on England..

Give it a rest buddy

 

[EarsOfASnake]

yeah that was hilarious, sounded like something you'd hear at a funeral

I could feel the teenage angst. 606 is priceless to listen to if you have the ability.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Don't worry guys, dutch TV did the same when we got knocked out.
A slow-mo highlight reel with some sad piano music in the back, it was so dramatic.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Terrible. Tactics all wrong, performances nearly all bad. Would be delighted if Young never puts on an England shirt again

 

[bud]

Iniesta. Not even close.

iniesta and pirlo are the standouts for me, but pirlo has a bigger impact on italy than iniesta on spain, so i'd go with pirlo. :3

 

[feel]

Thanks, now I can stop wearing down the Rewind/Play buttons on my DVR's remote.

 

[Hieberrr]

Okay, I was watching with my family and we had a random argument about something.

When the ball crosses the goal line, but doesn't touch the net nor the ground, is it still counted as a goal?

 

[Smeghead]

Who are these jokers on 606? Hilarious.

 

[irriducibile87]

Fuck yeah !!!!

Great win !

Now against Germany it's gonna be really tough, imho they are the best team of the tournament.
Italy gave everything for 120 minutes and now only 4 days to rest.

 

[Subliminal]

Hahaha, great stuff. BBC TV sadly has been pretty much insufferable again with their coverage overall, wish they be more low key with their England promos, they are embarrassing bad.

Don't you love all the videos of England players in dark rooms acting 'ard and looking moody dubbed over with awful rap songs?

 

[Nevasleep]

I could feel the teenage angst. 606 is priceless to listen to if you have the ability.

Alan Green is great too IMO.

 

[Divius]

When the ball crosses the goal line, but doesn't touch the net nor the ground, is it still counted as a goal?

Yes.

 

[Lancehead]

You guys seriously need to watch some South American football.

I know Pirlo is quite capable of doing such stuff. Doesn't mean it takes anything away from what he did.

 

[Charles]

Yeah my Facebook feed is full of people claiming that England deserved to win because 'they stopped Italy from scoring' and hence Italy 'didn't dominate the game'.

I just love how these tournaments bring these experts out of the wood works.

 

[soepje]

Both people :O.. That´s a lot ot people.

 

[Hieberrr]

Yes.

My mom owes me $20 >

 

[jtb]

iniesta and pirlo are the standouts for me, but pirlo has a bigger impact on italy than iniesta on spain, so i'd go with pirlo. :3

agreed. Spain's success is shared between Alonso/Xavi/Iniesta/Busquets, whereas Italy revolves around Pirlo.

Ozil has been underwhelming, but he's no doubt exhausted from the campaign with Real. He's already notorious for his lack of stamina.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

What a match.

Just have one thing to say:

DAT PIRLO'S PENALTY

 

[feel]

Okay, I was watching with my family and we had a random argument about something.

When the ball crosses the goal line, but doesn't touch the net nor the ground, is it still counted as a goal?

Absolutely.

 

[snoopen]

I had a dream I was an ancient war hero and Natalie Portman was my wife. I made a good choice to not wake up to watch the game

 

[xbhaskarx]

Refuse to believe England completed 74% of their passes. They looked much worse than that.

3/4 passes were probably in their own half

 

[leadbelly]

Thank god England are out. I didn't want to watch any more of them after that performance.

Same old England. I knew exactly what was going to happen. England started off well and were the better side for the first 15 minutes, but I knew exactly what they would do. At some point I thought, "they are going to start sitting back and not pressurising the ball". Like clockwork that is exactly what they did.

I seriously don't understand what goes through their head. Italy started dominating possession. Obviously that is going to happen if you just stand off them a never pressurise the ball. It was like they were passing around traffic cones. lol

 

[fuenf]

Prediction League Standings:

 

[Meus Renaissance]

I dont think England strung 5 passes together

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I'm surprised that England's actually won on penalties before.

 

[reminder]

Okay, I was watching with my family and we had a random argument about something.

When the ball crosses the goal line, but doesn't touch the net nor the ground, is it still counted as a goal?

Yes, it is a goal as soon as the whole ball crosses the goal line.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Rooney played like somebody who knew his place was safe during and after the tournament.

England players who had a satisfactory tournament:

Hart
Lescott
Terry
Johnson
Cole
Gerrard
Walcott
Welbeck
Carroll

Satisfactory match:

Terry
Johnson

Awful throughout:

Young
Milner
Rooney

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Yes, it is a goal as soon as the whole ball crosses the goal line.

Not if you're Frank Lampard though!

Trolololol.

 

[scarybore]

Don't you love all the videos of England players in dark rooms acting 'ard and looking moody dubbed over with awful rap songs?

Nope but I am Scottish which I daresay doesn't help, but when even ITV make you look bad with your pandering, you know you have problems. Also incredibly annoying during other games when they have 3 minutes of shite punditry from Shearer and then 12 mins of news from the England camp or some crap, it's completely ridiculous.

 

[GetZ]

 

[criesofthepast]

Listening to bbc radio live 606 on the tunein iPhone app. This is...sad, yet entertaining.

 

[Future Foundation]

Pirlo made Hart look so fucking amateur.

Well they have been good too, but I was just giving my opinion. : )

Don't worry about it. I wasn't mad or anything.

 

[Cosmozone]

Just wanted to say at last that I enjoyed Hart's grimacing during the penalties. Good night, all of you.

 

[mxgt]

Man how fucking terrible were the Man Utd players in the squad. Not one of them had a good game the entire tournament.

 

[bjaelke]

Rooney played like somebody who knew his place was safe during and after the tournament.

England players who had a satisfactory tournament:

Hart
Lescott
Terry
Johnson
Cole
Gerrard
Walcott
Welbeck
Carroll

Satisfactory match:

Terry
Johnson

Awful throughout:

Young
Milner
Rooney

Scott Parker. You don't notice him until he does something stupid.

 

[wakajawaka]

iniesta and pirlo are the standouts for me, but pirlo has a bigger impact on italy than iniesta on spain, so i'd go with pirlo. :3

This ^

I'm happy Italy won, they are playing very good football and they deserve it. I hope they beat Germany too. But guys, if we both get the finals you should put Pirlo in the bench. We didn't biscotto you. Please?

 

[Korez]

Balotroll

Mario Balotelli ‏@OfficialMarioB

fun to see john terry cry, now you know what it feel like when abused by fan and players