The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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unclesox:
Portugal's training facility during the 2006 World Cup http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/r3v3ng3/portugal_training_ground.jpg
hehe, I'm not surprised!
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Saturday 8 July Germany - Portugal 3 - 1 Sunday 9 July 2006 World Cup Final Italy - France 1 - 0 _________________
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peter:
peter:
well we saw a finalist at least in that complete and utter travestry of a football match. YES the REF.
this is what i said.
Great call... I think.
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unclesox:
superbet:
peter:
the ref tomorrow is supposed to be in the top ten of the world not this year but in the last five, hopefully he will live up to it. but s**t he's an Argentinian
Don't worry... We don't do things like that... Elizondo is a good man...
Take a wild guess who has been appointed to referee the Final?
A great choice, because I think Elizondo has been amongst the best this tournament (the English may disagree). I think this is the first time in history that the same man has been the "man in the middle" for both the Opening Match AND the Final!
WHAT AN HONOR!!
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OK, time to pick my last and final picks, as they have been getting constantly worse - was trying to analyze the games
- well once you are at the bottom, can only go up... Portugal 2 Germany 0 Italy 2 France 0 hope they give us good games is my greatest wish Thanks Unclesox.
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Did I already give my predictions? This is it: Saturday 8 July Germany - Portugal 2-1 Sunday 9 July Italy - France 2-1
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Germany-Portugal 4:0 Italy-France 1-1 (France wins) Thanx, Unclesox for this great thread; it`s been lots of fun and you`ve been a great "host"!
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Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
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Germany - Portugal 2:1 It's incredibly hard to predict the outcome of the final but I'll try: Italy - France 0:0, Italy wins on penalties
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France-Italy : 1 - 0
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Germany 3-1 Portugal Italy 1-2 France
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Portugal 1 - Germany 0 France 0 -Italy1
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Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
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silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
Germany doesnt have a super team and Portugal isnt dead.
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Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
Germany doesnt have a super team and Portugal isnt dead.
On the other hand; Portugal has no forward (Pauleta
: Come on, he`s a joke...), and Germany (with all the enthusiasm from its public) is motivated as fuck...
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silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
Germany doesnt have a super team and Portugal isnt dead.
On the other hand; Portugal has no forward (Pauleta
: Come on, he`s a joke...), and Germany (with all the enthusiasm from its public) is motivated as f**k...
I dont think they are motived, it is not the championship. It´s the 3rd place
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Mastercard - an official sponsor of the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
- announced on 7 July it's 23 man All-Star team selection. Goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) Jens Lehmann (Germany) Ricardo (Portugal) Defenders Roberto Ayala (Argentina) Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal) Philipp Lahm (Germany) John Terry (England) Lilian Thuram (France) Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy) Midfielders Michael Ballack (Germany) Luis Figo (Portugal) Gennaro Gattuso (Italy) Maniche (Portugal) Andrea Pirlo (Italy) Francesco Totti (Italy) Patrick Vieira (France) Ze Roberto (Brazil) Zinedine Zidane (France) Forwards Hernan Crespo (Argentina) Thierry Henry (France) Miroslav Klose (Germany) Luca Toni (Italy)
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I think other team players should be on this team... for example the goal keepers chosen were great but "Van der sar" of Holland was great too...only 1 goal on him but the team didnt continue on finals... also "Messi" from Argentine and "Lampard" from England and many others..
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Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
Germany doesnt have a super team and Portugal isnt dead.
On the other hand; Portugal has no forward (Pauleta
: Come on, he`s a joke...), and Germany (with all the enthusiasm from its public) is motivated as f**k...
I dont think they are motived, it is not the championship. It´s the 3rd place
I repeat: we`ll see
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Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
Germany 4 Portugal 0????????? That´s not possible!!!
We`ll see...
Germany doesnt have a super team and Portugal isnt dead.
On the other hand; Portugal has no forward (Pauleta
: Come on, he`s a joke...), and Germany (with all the enthusiasm from its public) is motivated as f**k...
I dont think they are motived, it is not the championship. It´s the 3rd place
It's been a loooong time since Germany's played in the 3rd Place game. 1970 was the last, I believe. In 1978, after drawing with Italy and Holland, West Germany's last match was against Austria. A win may have seen them play in the 3rd Place Playoff game. (They had no chance of playing in the Final as Italy and Holland met up the same day with the winner guaranteed a spot in the Final) The Germans ended up losing to Austria 2-3 and it was rumored afterwards that Helmut Schoen, the West German coach, didn't want to be bothered with the 3rd Place Game and thus didn't take the Austria game too seriously. (It meant A LOT to Austria as it was Austria's first win over Germany in over 40 years!) So on the one hand, I think Michelle makes an interesting point about the Germans not being motivated. Given their successful history, they may regard the Portugal match as a waste of time. On the other hand, their home supporters may give them motivation once they're out on the pitch.