Official Euro 2008 Thread.

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Originally Posted by whitey

i disagree. i fucking HATE that bullshit shirt pulling in the box. get fucking good position, get up, and win the header. about time someone called that shit.

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I agree...at least that Ref has the balls to blow the whistle.

Well the rule is that referees should call a foul if they see shirt pulling and all that nonsense in the penalty area.

but its soo common that if refs started calling it all the time. we would have a penalty on every corner attempt.

oh by the way i just remembered Polands goal was offside. so i dnt think they should be complaining about the penalty.

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Originally Posted by HAN

but its soo common that if refs started calling it all the time. we would have a penalty on every corner attempt.

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That's the point though surely. If you start punishing it then people have no choice but to stop doing it.

Exactly^
Especially when the guy gets a warning...like 10 seconds before the whistle blows...
And just does the same thing ?
Then looks all baffled by the call ?
I agree that it happens a lot...but it shouldn't.
And that should be the bottom line I think.
The change has got to start somewhere...

true indeed.

at the end of the day it depends on the ref. some will call it, others will wave it by.

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Originally Posted by HAN

true indeed.

at the end of the day it depends on the ref. some will call it, most will wave it by.

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Correction.

the commentators made me laugh when they mentioned that the first Austrian scorer gets a lifetime of beer supplied, then they said they must all be tee-total. :D I felt really sorry for them actually, but they shouldve scored one of their big chances they had. So its not really bad luck.


I think france will get dickd on by the Dutch tommorow. At least I hope so.

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Originally Posted by LuckyTheWonderDog

Sorry, I must have taken a knock to the head or something!! In my defense I'm on night shift and I'm sleepy! I even know that the two winners don't play each other, and when I clicked back in this thread I thought "What the fuck was I typing about just now?!?!?!".

Haha.

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lol
its all good homie!!

speakin of shirt pullin did anybody see the turkey swiss game...one of the turkish players got his shirt royally ripped

hup holland!!

I think it's a shame the final can't be Spain vs Holland

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Originally Posted by chiba

lol
its all good homie!!

speakin of shirt pullin did anybody see the turkey swiss game...one of the turkish players got his shirt royally ripped

hup holland!!

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yeah it was Nihat who had his shirt ripped. dnt kno how it happened, TV didnt show it.

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Originally Posted by LuckyTheWonderDog

I think it's a shame the final can't be Spain vs Holland

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well it will one sik semi-final. if it happens.

the semis and final will be entertaining
still alot of games left lets see whats up...

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Originally Posted by Shizzah

I just hope Spain reaches the semi's or higher. Croatia too.

I just hope Italy doesn't get away with it as their teams and their national team does EVERY single time.

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Get away with what exactly?

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Originally Posted by Pat Bateman

Get away with what exactly?

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Get away with the fact that they don't play so good football during one stage, then they somehow off the backs of other teams go through it... And then win matches in the knock-out phase pretty.....I don't know what's the English word for 'being REALLY REALLY lucky'...Here in Serbia it's 'usrano',roughly translated 'shitted'...

Take a look at AC Milan... they finished fifth in the league, yet UEFA is considering to push them to Champions League because 2 teams from other countries (Porto - matchfixing, CSKA (Sofia) - no conditions to participate) were denied the position in the competition...

So that's what I mean by shitted. I would like to see '1-0','90' + 6' football take a smack in the face.

It not unusual for the team which isnt considered to have played the best overall during a tournament to win.

Its all about playing well enough to win games, at the right time.

The Milan point doesnt seem at all dubious to me, Milan are a team of the necessary skill level to compete in the tournament, and have the resources to do so.

I dont see how they are any less worthy that any other team UEFA selects.

I dont think Italy were particularly 'lucky' during the last world cup (maybe slightly...), they just won the games they had to, at the right times.

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Originally Posted by Pat Bateman

It not unusual for the team which isnt considered to have played the best overall during a tournament to win.

Its all about playing well enough to win games, at the right time.

The Milan point doesnt seem at all dubious to me, Milan are a team of the necessary skill level to compete in the tournament, and have the resources to do so.

I dont see how they are any less worthy that any other team UEFA selects.

I dont think Italy were particularly 'lucky' during the last world cup (maybe slightly...), they just won the games they had to, at the right times.

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Yes, but I don't say they didn't play less-than-best overall, I say they play average, or good at most.

And Milan isn't really a team that deserves to be Italy's Champions League representative. They were knocked out in the First Knockout Round by Arsenal, fairly easily. And were not 4th in the league, I think since the early beginning. They were 8th at some point. Struggled, won some games, and were 5th. Barely. I really think they don't have the quality to be Italy's representative.

And I think Italy were really lucky last World Cup. Remember Australia. OK I understand Germany, they played well. But I think that if, as far the quality of the play is concerned, they were around 4th-5th on the tournament.

I just think Italy doesn't deserve this. Nor Milan the CL.