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Euro 2016 |OT2| Portugal eurowns France + Moths to become champions!
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dragonbane
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Awesome. Dude is just all around great. Hopefully they get further next time
Apparently the "experts" also told him to change tactics in 2014 from the quarter finals to the final but he refused every time. Seems like that worked out quite well. The experts aren't always right and so is Löw. But overall he does a good job I think. Consistent team performance is not something you can take for granted. Maybe consider that the things he does offscreen are likely quite good to foster that team spirit and play that's very evidently on display here.
Aceofspades
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He is playing mindgames with Neur, I see nothing disrespectful at all tbh.
One can argue this kind of mindgames should not be part of Football.
Nothing disrespectful, just makes him look like an even bigger jack ass after he missed everything.
And it backfired. Karma!
il Diavolo
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Zaza.....gesù
Gutted but proud of this team. Expectations were low going in but they went above and beyond. Going out to the world champions on penalties is nothing to be ashamed of.
Hopefully Buffon gets a proper sendoff in 2018
Gutted but proud of this team. Expectations were low going in but they went above and beyond. Going out to the world champions on penalties is nothing to be ashamed of.
Hopefully Buffon gets a proper sendoff in 2018
Wow. Some high level German hate in this thread.
Which team did you follow before Bayern won CL?
MrPing1000
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3 mass bannings can't stop that train
The salt is exactly what is needed for our fries.
hala madrid
Frustrated_me
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Oh wow, he taunted Neuer of all goal keepers.
Haunted
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Man, these are the best kind of hangovers.
I don't always agree with him, but the results do speak for themselves. 6 Euros and World Cups with Löw on the bench (1 as the tactical brain at Klinsmann's side and 5 with him as the head coach) and the worst result Germany has had was third place. Though arguably not as significant as Brazil's golden era (1958-1970) and Spain's tiki-taka (2008-2012) with three major tournament wins each, that's a historically unprecedented stretch of consistency in the top 3 without messing up and going out earlier even once over a full decade of tournaments.
Pretty much.
I don't always agree with him, but the results do speak for themselves. 6 Euros and World Cups with Löw on the bench (1 as the tactical brain at Klinsmann's side and 5 with him as the head coach) and the worst result Germany has had was third place. Though arguably not as significant as Brazil's golden era (1958-1970) and Spain's tiki-taka (2008-2012) with three major tournament wins each, that's a historically unprecedented stretch of consistency in the top 3 without messing up and going out earlier even once over a full decade of tournaments.
hobblygobbly
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True I don't think it's disrespectful but I mean the pitch had two of the best goalkeepers in the world on, I don't think you can play mindgames with them.
ZanzibarBreeze
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Zaza please post if you're okay. Worried about what Conte might have done to you in the locker room after the game
Stiflers Mom
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What makes this embarrassing is that he even looks kind of scared when he makes this "taunt" move. You should look self confident if you do this, instead Pelle almost looks like he is going to cry.
I guess Neuer, didn't care anyway...
Happy to see the curse lifted..
PdotMichael
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I'm not a big Scholl fan but nice to see that he basically criticize the same points than me.
Some people just want to see the world burn.
Sadly I was only able to see the last 30 minutes and the penalties. Man Schweini had to make this shit way more excruciating than it needed to be.
Dat Kimmich
Sensation of the year.
Kimmich looked so nervous. I had him missing his PK 100% but he fucking nailed it.
Muller's having a shitstorm of a tournament. I guess that means he'll show up now when they really need it.
Was this Buffon's last major tournament? What a legend.
FootballFan
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Zaza had no touch of the ball, the first touch was that one shot he had for the penalty. This does not excuse his terrible run-up but Conte definitely shares some of the blame here.
Orniletter
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I absolutely love how this post reads like it was written by the crying, angry baby-avatar.
Booh hooh. I don't like how these players look wah wah.
Edit: I watched the game with some friends at a bar, there was a group of Italians in the far right corner. The word "Schadenfreude" was invented for situations like this.
Apparently Buffon wants to play the next WC!
John Dunbar
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i agree. if a team at this level has multiple people doing this nonsense (and one apparently subbed in just to take a penalty), then the coach is to blame for not curbing this shit from his team.
i wanted italy to win, but seeing those penalties, eh.
FootballFan
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Buffon still has it in abundance.
No it isn't, he's the one holding the defense together, see the lapses against Ukraine that haven't happen since he came back.
Dat Kimmich
Sensation of the year.
Putting Lahm in midfield
But put Kimmich in defense
God knows why
Phantast2k
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Pretty nice (& lucky) victory.
Italy fought well, but were not proactive enough and nowhere near as dangerous on the counter as in the game vs Spain.
Kimmchi was exposed quite a few times, as I predicted, even though Italy didn't do all that much to threaten the German goal. Although Löw's sudden change of formation™ may have benefited that and almost cost us again. I just hope he will fuck off after the tournament, no matter its outcome.
Schweine should just retire after the tournament. Can would easily be a better sub to bring on after Khedira's inury. And it's not like he did captain_y things either (e.g. not missing his pen).
Boateng had a brain fart reminiscent of the ones he produced on a regular basis 4-5 years ago.
Müller continues to suck and is still fielded no matter what.
Gomez' pre-assist was superb.
Now, without Hummels and possibly without Khedira & Gomez we're most likely fucked vs. France (Island is fun and all, but it's going to be France).
Löw is probably going to go back to the standard formation, replace Hummels with Höwedes (who will probably do well), but Löw will also start Schweine and replace Gomez with either Götze or Müller. This will hamper our ability to score (& cause a ruckus in the box) and make our midfield porous.
Italy fought well, but were not proactive enough and nowhere near as dangerous on the counter as in the game vs Spain.
Kimmchi was exposed quite a few times, as I predicted, even though Italy didn't do all that much to threaten the German goal. Although Löw's sudden change of formation™ may have benefited that and almost cost us again. I just hope he will fuck off after the tournament, no matter its outcome.
Schweine should just retire after the tournament. Can would easily be a better sub to bring on after Khedira's inury. And it's not like he did captain_y things either (e.g. not missing his pen).
Boateng had a brain fart reminiscent of the ones he produced on a regular basis 4-5 years ago.
Müller continues to suck and is still fielded no matter what.
Gomez' pre-assist was superb.
Now, without Hummels and possibly without Khedira & Gomez we're most likely fucked vs. France (Island is fun and all, but it's going to be France).
Löw is probably going to go back to the standard formation, replace Hummels with Höwedes (who will probably do well), but Löw will also start Schweine and replace Gomez with either Götze or Müller. This will hamper our ability to score (& cause a ruckus in the box) and make our midfield porous.
Haunted
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I'm super happy that the inexcusable acts of the violent Russian, English, Croatian and German hooligans at the beginning of the tournament were countered so hard by the friendliness, passion and love of real football fans during the course of the tournament.
The amazing Irish and Northern Irish songs, the good vibes everyone feels when following the Welsh and Icelandic success stories and and just good, clean fan behaviour like the above made this tournament fun to watch after the initial shocks and middling match quality.
Good stuff.
Haunted
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Kimmich is definitely a weakness, defensively. But such an important part of the offensive efforts along with Özil.
Schweinsteiger was a solid replacement for Khedira, lots of contacts, lots of passes. If he can't make the full 90 minutes, we have another excellent defensive midfielder in the wings with Can. I'm not worried.
Mustafi made a good match when he started against Ukraine - yeah, he's not Hummels, but I think he's going to do just fine. Höwedes would do the same. Together with Boateng and Neuer, our central defense is another position I'm not worried about.
Now, I'm not sure if Gomez is out for the semis, but that would weaken us since Götze and Müller haven't performed up to their standards yet. Maybe he'll give Sanè a shot.
Zaza penalty, the gift that keeps on giving
I'm mostly neutral but I want Iceland to go after their keeper told Neuer to stop playing defence and sticking to the goal like a "decent keeper". Fuck that. And it's my GF's last day in Paris after 6 months, so it'd be nice to have a jubilant city as her last impression.
PS: Aters, is that Orko in your avatar? I'd like that picture in a higher res, anyway, but Google failed me
PS: Aters, is that Orko in your avatar? I'd like that picture in a higher res, anyway, but Google failed me
1.21Gigawatts
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Gutted for Hummels. Misses next match because of two unjustified yellows.
On average the ref performance this tournament is quite good, but there have been some very unfortunately wrong calls.
On average the ref performance this tournament is quite good, but there have been some very unfortunately wrong calls.
paperboywriter
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I'm mostly neutral but I want Iceland to go after their keeper told Neuer to stop playing defence and sticking to the goal like a "decent keeper". Fuck that. And it's my GF's last day in Paris after 6 months, so it'd be nice to have a jubilant city as her last impression.
PS: Aters, is that Orko in your avatar? I'd like that picture in a higher res, anyway, but Google failed me
He said that? Really? Any source?
I'm mostly neutral but I want Iceland to go after their keeper told Neuer to stop playing defence and sticking to the goal like a "decent keeper". Fuck that. And it's my GF's last day in Paris after 6 months, so it'd be nice to have a jubilant city as her last impression.
PS: Aters, is that Orko in your avatar? I'd like that picture in a higher res, anyway, but Google failed me
Taking the liberty to respond: It's from tactics ogre
It was shown yesterday in German television. Not sure if he was serious though.
He fucked up on Hummels' PK.
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