Soccer

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Originally Posted by Socrates92

Barca are simply incredible, 21 games played and they are on 58 points, that's unheard of.

Looking forward to seeing them dominated Arsenal next month.

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yeah its insane, Real lost on the weekend and its like they have lost the title cause it aint lik Barca gonna give up any points.

Torres to Chelsea apparently, not a done deal yet but that sucks for Liverpool. we got Suarez and are gonna sign Andy Carroll for £35million which is just crazy. English football is ridiculous, it was madness that Bent got sold for £24million but Carroll worth £35million. lol.

anyway Freddy Adu fell from grace quickly didnt he? the Great American Hype, he now got loaned out to a Turkish second division side.

Fernando Tores just moved to chelsea and in return liverpool brought Suarez and Andy Carrol. Great choice, liverpool finally brought some decent player to the club. Torres is in a class of his own, but since he got injured he hasn't been the same player and it was good choice to sell him cause suarez and carrol are more than enough to replace him.

Milan:Tottenham is going to be funny. A lot of people injured...

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Originally Posted by wera

Milan:Tottenham is going to be funny. A lot of people injured...

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yea milan was without like 12 first teamers the other day bc of injury. hopefully bale misses the first leg.

Was at Charlton v Colchester on Tuesday night. An hour in Colchester scored. The ref blew his whistle just before the shot, so all our (Charlton) players stopped. The ref assumed the lino was putting his flag up for offside but he didn't, so he had to disallow the goal. Then the Colchester players went nuts as there was nothing wrong with the goal so he allowed it. Then the 4th official said that because he had blown his whistle he couldn't allow the goal to stand so he disallowed it AGAIN. Never seen anything like it before.

Watch it here...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ed/9385022.stm

We won 1-0 in the end :)

leo messi on 40 goals for the season at the start of February!!!!

idk if it is messi (and in turn barca, it makes life easy to play with awesome teammates) is that good or the rest of la liga is shit and quite easy for him to score.

i think its somewhere in between. but more leaning to the fact that messi is really really good.


however, he needs to do this in the world cup and a CL final or two or there will always be some doubters.

Ronaldo has retired from football. the greatest striker of our generation without a doubt sad to see him hang up his boots but its probably the right decision.

so sad, he was the greatest

Dunno if anyone watched the AC Milan Tottenham game last night, was pretty comical.

Gattuso nutted one of the Spurs staff, LAD.

Arsenal Barca last night should be a great game.

I watched it, Gattuso fiasco was hilarious

Lol at Arsenal today, major screw up between the keeper and centre back in the last minute gifting Birmingham the winner.

should have put money on Birmingham today, fucking missed out.

odd news i read about the other day, shocking in the football world. Del Piero has offered to sign a 'blank' contract with Juve so he can end his playing career there. meaning he will play for no money.

Well done to Del boy, must say all these years with Juve. back in the day he had the chance to make big money moves to Real or Man U. while most players would have left after Juve got demoted he stayed on. now he has offered to play for free.

milan dusted napoli today 3-0. woooooo kiiiid.

This dude got some real issues.


--Mascot owl in Colombia goes into shock and dies

BOGOTA, Colombia – The mascot owl that was kicked by a soccer player is dead, with the apologetic perpetrator ordered to pay the bird's medical bills and do volunteer work at a zoo.

The owl, a good-luck charm for the Colombian team Atletico Junior, was kicked by an opposing player during a game Sunday in Barranquilla.

The bird had been expected to recover from what were thought minor injuries, including a small fracture of its right leg. But Veterinarian Camilo Tapia said the owl went into shock after it was brought in for treatment.

The owl had the bad luck to be hit by a ball and landed near the corner of the field. Deportivo Pereira defender Luis Moreno walked over and kicked the bird about three yards to get it off the field. He did not know it was the home team's mascot. Fans at the game responded with cries of "murderer, murderer."

"I want to apologize to the fans," Moreno said after the game, a 2-1 victory by Atletico Junior. "I was not trying to hurt the owl. I did it to see if it would fly. What I wanted to do was get it off the field. The kick was a product of tension on the field at the time."

Humberto Mendoza, the director of agency overseeing environmental issues in Barranquilla, said he was investigating possible sanctions against Moreno.

"We are gathering information to determine the level of aggression," Mendoza said.

Mendoza said Moreno would have to pay the cost of treating the owl and visit a local zoo for volunteer work.

Officials for Deportivo Pereira and Colombia's soccer federation said Moreno also could face a suspension or fine.

hahhahahhahahha

http://www.shrani.si/f/16/Tr/251oxor2/france-owned.jpg

haha.

those real?

yup. big up to all the irish people making fun out there

was that before or after henry's handball?

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Originally Posted by whitey

leo messi on 40 goals for the season at the start of February!!!!

idk if it is messi (and in turn barca, it makes life easy to play with awesome teammates) is that good or the rest of la liga is shit and quite easy for him to score.

i think its somewhere in between. but more leaning to the fact that messi is really really good.

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It'a mostly Messi. Greatest player on earth!

He definitely wouldn't have scored that much in premier league though. La Liga is more technical, and less physical, so it fits him better.

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Originally Posted by Socrates92

Dunno if anyone watched the AC Milan Tottenham game last night, was pretty comical.

Gattuso nutted one of the Spurs staff, LAD.

Arsenal Barca last night should be a great game.

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Saw the second game, and got damn Tottenham was lucky to make it.. Milan dominated the entire game.

With that said, Prince is a got damn pussy. Diving everytime anyone slightly touches him, fucking shameful.

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Originally Posted by whitey

was that before or after henry's handball?

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Before, it has the dates on the letters and the date of the Henry handball was November 18th 2009.

ya i saw the dates but i wasnt quite sure of when the game was because i knew it was a playoff and was a little later than most games. no doubt.

I'm so happy for Inter just now, but I know my man from Australia is gonna be pissed

lol these letters are hilarious, obviously fake tho

http://www.goal.com/en/match/56097/s...-italy/preview

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2994/bet...hinking-hosts-

Slovenia is probably going to win at home. 1:0, Italy just isn't that good right now.

wouldnt be surprised. they are in a down period. they're two best players are mental.

need another golden generation to come up through the ranks.

damn...even tho Mauri played for I don't know what reason, Italy was playing like champion

Slovenia was shit, catastrophe

em-qualification for germany is almost done...
ger - kasachtsan 4:0 !
7points in front!

the netherlands are strong at the time...
they got an amazing team with robben, van der vart, van bommel, snejder, van persie, huntelar, ... those players are incredible...
i think they got a chance for the championship this time!

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Originally Posted by wera

damn...even tho Mauri played for I don't know what reason, Italy was playing like champion

Slovenia was shit, catastrophe

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This new Italy can do great things by the time the next World Cup rolls around, Ranocchia, Santon, Balotelli, De Rossi, Chiellini, Rossi, Montolivo, Marchisio, Criscito, Aquilani, etc

I'd never put De Rossi in the team again, tho. He stagnated with his play, it's a shame he never went to a bigger club...

i dont think that italy is going to play a big role in the next euro or wolrdcup...
spain, netherlands and germany are the strongest in euro...
and when france would calm down and would play football instead of hating against each other, they could play a big role too...
look at those names... all of em are playing in euopes best teams... chelsea, barca, manu, arsenal, real, ...
bzw get well abidal... he got a livercancer...

Chelski out which means Ancelotti will also go.

cant believe there going to be 4 el clasico's in just one month. im gonna try my best to get a ticket for the el clasico semi final at the nou camp, already got tickets for the final at wembley (rip off by the way).

anyone else on the Napoli bandwagon? how dope would it be if they won serie A.

carlo will probably be headed to roma.

what is the 4th el classico, i know its going down, but i dont know in what. 2 in the CL, 1 ? in the league. the other the spanish cup?


and i almost dont want to say this at the risk of jinxing milan, but if it was anyone but milan, it would be cool that napoli could do it.

ibra earns as much as there top 11 players i read today. jeeesh. cavani is killing it, i wonder how long he'll stick around. although napoli does have a certain nostalgia about it, being deigos former club and all.

yeah the other clasico is the cup final which is next week.

Cavani has been on fire for Napoli, they have genuinely been a great team to watch. last week in their away game apparently 15,000 Napoli fans went. most were Napoli fans outside of Italy so the whole nostalgia thing is big.

and lolzzz at Inter wat a disappointing season.

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Originally Posted by HAN

yeah the other clasico is the cup final which is next week.

Cavani has been on fire for Napoli, they have genuinely been a great team to watch. last week in their away game apparently 15,000 Napoli fans went. most were Napoli fans outside of Italy so the whole nostalgia thing is big.

and lolzzz at Inter wat a disappointing season.

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yea inter fucked up. but i can't blame them too much. not having samuel and lucio for key games hurts. they are two of the worlds top 15 center backs. there problems have been in defense. no brainer there.

The best two teams in Europe are in the European Cup Final.
That's 3 out of the last 4 years that's happened. That's cool as fuck.

I'm not saying that just because I support Man Utd either, I'd have said the best two teams in Europe last year were Barcelona and Chelsea, so that's the year the best two didn't make it.

Inter wiped the floor with Chelsea last year

Charlton aren't in the final?

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Originally Posted by Krimewave

The best two teams in Europe are in the European Cup Final.
That's 3 out of the last 4 years that's happened. That's cool as fuck.

I'm not saying that just because I support Man Utd either, I'd have said the best two teams in Europe last year were Barcelona and Chelsea, so that's the year the best two didn't make it.

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Originally Posted by MaskedAvenger

Inter wiped the floor with Chelsea last year

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inter beat both chelsea and barca last year.


and then they beat bayern who in turn beat man u on the road to the final.




barca have definatly been the best team over the past several years. but not man u.

man u have a good squad, but its no where near spectacular this year. not as good as when ronaldo was there.

they also got a pretty easy group and a pretty easy road in their knockout games. chelsea was obviously the hardest, but its no secret the team was struggling with formations and players trying to figure out how to incorporate their 50 million dollar man.


besides barca i think it has been a down year for teams in europe overall. no one in italy was particularly strong. juve are still struggling from calciopoli. inter are coming into a down cycle. milan are at the beginning of an up cycle but are not complete yet. some other teams have very good players (roma, undinese, fiorentina, palermo, napoli) but they are not good enough for deep european competition.

bayern had a mediocre year. schakle over achieved. no one else in germany was doing anything in europe this year.

arsenal have been struggling for years with being on the cusp of greatness but never getting there. this year is no different. chelsea started off strong but faded in the middle of the season and struggled with the addition of torres. although they are back on their winning ways and have a chance in the league it was too late for the CL. pool/tottenham/man city are not either good enough over all or still not a cohesive unit.

spain is only a two team league, and real madrid ran up against barca in the semis unfortunately. i think they would have beaten man u had they played them in the semis. i think they still have some things to figure out and im not sure if jose is the man for that team. RM like flair teams, cappello was gassed for winning the league but not playing attractive enough.

teams from the other countries with decent teams = france, portugal, scottland, turkey, were typical. alright teams but nothing special.


barca really is ruling the continent at the moment.

im hoping with milan adding taiwo, mexes, ganso, another midfielder and a fully fit pato and cassano they will be able to get on that next level again where they were from the late 80s until about 07.

Next year Milan will be very strong, they have already signed Mexes and Taiwo, and Berlusconi promised a "transfer market of champions", Plus Cassano will be allowed to play in the CL. Inter will be fine as long as they lose Leonardo.

I also hope Roma finish 4th, they can finally spend some $$$ with their new owners.

EDIT: I didn't read to the bottom of your post until after I posted mine, realized I just mirrored your post lol.

2008 Manchester United vs Chelsea

Best 2 teams in Europe (Maybe Barca over Chelsea, but United were, indisputably the best team that year).

2009 Barcelona vs Manchester United

Absolutely no doubt these were the best teams in Europe that season.

2010 Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich

Bayern's manager even said United were the better team and they were lucky to beat them. Inter beat Barca because of Mourinho's tactics, imo.
The best two teams in Europe were Barcelona and (probably) Chelsea, but I'm willing to concede Inter Milan over Chelsea on this one.

2011 Manchester United vs Barcelona

The best two teams in Europe this season imo. If you can think of a team, apart from Barcelona, that United wouldn't have beaten over 2 legs this season, I'd like to hear it.

Accepting that I'm wrong about 2010, that means at least one of the best two teams in Europe has reached the European Cup Final every year for the past 4 years.
For all the shit that people talk about modern football being shit, that's a pretty good trend.