2011-12 Football/Soccer Thread

[keelhauled]

that france great wall is really holding up isnt it?...

 

[sharkz]

This is why we got rid of Clichy.

Unfortunately, Gibbs and Santos are even worse defenders.

 

[phalanx]

pass pass pass pass pass pass pass... yawn :P

 

[Sayonara]

Laurent Blanc is a bad coach
whatever, go france!

 

[Lee]

Don't know why Spain fans always take the moral high ground about teams playing negative football when their favourite tactic is the old FIFA classic of 'score an early goal and then pass the ball around for 70 minutes.'

they're an amazing team and so disciplined - they look unbeatable at times. But my god they're boring to watch.

 

[phalanx]

park the bus = gg spain by the looks of it
the French do what they do best..... surrendered

 

[Zoro]

they're an amazing team and so disciplined - they look unbeatable at times. But my god they're boring to watch.

yup thats basically it

However, Italy has shown that you can beat them as long as you just try to play along and not just defend.

 

[keelhauled]

Italy didn't beat them though...

 

[Nosferalto]

 

[phalanx]

Last team to beat boring spain was England >.>

 

[sharkz]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/socce...ournalists-france-knocked-224628134--sow.html

According to 20minutes.fr and Reuters, a journalist asked for Nasri's reaction to the loss, which Nasri at first refused, before storming back over to the reporter and saying, "You're always writing s*** stories about us." This is the exchange that followed:
Reporter: "Well get lost, then ..."
Nasri: "You tell me to get lost? Come and we'll sort it out over there. ..."
Reporter: "That's it ..."
Nasri: "F*** you, go f*** your mother, you son of a b****. F*** you, that way you can say I'm rude. "

The City dressing room must be fun.

 

[phalanx]

well Nasri only went there for cash anyway

 

[gsninja]

Italy didn't beat them though...

They've certainly had the most success against Spain so far, though. Hell, Italy's the only team to have scored against them this entire tournament thus far.

 

[WaterBomb]

Who changed the thread title? This is lol

 

[Badal]

Also, how severely do you think Schweinsteiger's injury is going to affect Germany's campaign?

 

[latinoheat]

good half for both teams, don't know why the Italians insist on starting Balotelli though, Di Natale would have buried at least 2 of the chances Balotelli had.

 

[sharkz]

Rooney and Young look like 40 year olds whos legs are gone. Young in particular has done jack this entire tourney.

Cant believe I'm saying this but they could use an injection of urgency from Walcott now.

 

[reyscarface]

JUSTICE FINALLY

LETS GO ITALY, FINALLY NO MORE BUS PARKING

 

[Stallion]

OH MY GOD WHAT A WIN!

 

[gsninja]

FORZA ITALIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

My family and I just jumped and started screaming, oh my God what a heart stopper.

 

[latinoheat]

Pirlo player of the tournament so far? Absolute Class.

 

[reyscarface]

Also whoever thinks playing Balotelli over Di Natale is a good idea should be fired. Fucks sake, Pirlo got tired of such beautiful passes being thrown away like nothing.

 

[Atticus]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

 

[Blue_Tornado]

yeah rofl balotelli was such a dunce

justice has been served so it's all good

 

[phalanx]

nah justice would have balotelli stuffing his up