The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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unclesox:
76' Nedved sends Rosicky away breaking the offside trap, Rosicky takes it into left side of area and left foots into right corner of the net past Keller Czech Rep 3-0 Absolute heartbreak.
Go USA go!!! (my prediction was 3:1 )
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unclesox:
Andrea1:
unclesox:
Denny Wingman:
unclesox:
I like Podolski, mainly because I'm a fan of Koln. But with Koln now relegated, Podolski has moved on to Bayern. He was likely to move there anyway even if Koln had avoided the drop because he was a big talent on a small club. Still, I hate Bayern.
Yeah, everyone does! (except for their many fans and members, of course ) How did you become a fan of Köln?
I bagan following the sport in 1978. They used to show Bundesliga matches every week over here at that time and Koln were a very good side. They won the league and Pokal double in 1978. How old are you? Do you remember names like Toni Schumacher, Harold Konopka, Herbert Neumann, Heinz Flohe, Herbert Zimmermann, Dieter Muller, the Japanese player Okudera... a young Pierre Littbarski played a couple of matches as sub then but didn't get into the first team until a year later.
I think i was watching that same series...was Toby Charles the announcer?
ALRIGHT!! Someone else is familiar with Toby Charles!! I (half-)jokingly like to refer to him as my hero. I NEVER missed that show. My friends never got into it, but I credit that program for making me the huge "sawker" nut that I am.
yeah i sure miss that show...and that theme song to this day "Fame" I just think of those great games with toby.....! cool
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My all-time favorite player is probably Wolfgang Overath. He wasn't a member of Cologne's '78 double winning squad - he retired the previous season - but I've seen lots of film of him and he's a Cologne legend. Left footed midfielder who was in the West German side that lifted the World Cup in 1974.
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Andrea1:
unclesox:
Andrea1:
unclesox:
Denny Wingman:
unclesox:
I like Podolski, mainly because I'm a fan of Koln. But with Koln now relegated, Podolski has moved on to Bayern. He was likely to move there anyway even if Koln had avoided the drop because he was a big talent on a small club. Still, I hate Bayern.
Yeah, everyone does! (except for their many fans and members, of course ) How did you become a fan of Köln?
I bagan following the sport in 1978. They used to show Bundesliga matches every week over here at that time and Koln were a very good side. They won the league and Pokal double in 1978. How old are you? Do you remember names like Toni Schumacher, Harold Konopka, Herbert Neumann, Heinz Flohe, Herbert Zimmermann, Dieter Muller, the Japanese player Okudera... a young Pierre Littbarski played a couple of matches as sub then but didn't get into the first team until a year later.
I think i was watching that same series...was Toby Charles the announcer?
ALRIGHT!! Someone else is familiar with Toby Charles!! I (half-)jokingly like to refer to him as my hero. I NEVER missed that show. My friends never got into it, but I credit that program for making me the huge "sawker" nut that I am.
yeah i sure miss that show...and that theme song to this day "Fame" I just think of those great games with toby.....! cool
LOL! I forgot about "Fame". Same with me whenever I hear it. Always think of that show.
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81' USA Johnson right foot shot from 20 yds left-center just over crossbar 82' POL sob Poborsky off Polak on 86' CZE sub Rosicky off Stajner on 89' Plasil right foot chip over bar from 8 yds 90' done 2' injury remain
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Match ends. Final scoreline: ![](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-USA-res.gif[/img] [size=1]...............................................................................................................................................................................</span>[img]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-CZE-res.gif) United States 0-3 Czech Republic 0-1 : Koller 5' 0-2 : Rosicky 36' 0-3 : Rosicky 76' GROUP E STANDINGS Czech Republic ..... 3 Italy ..................... - Ghana .................. - United States ....... 0
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Tomas Rosicky deservedly named Man of the Match
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unclesox:
![](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-USA-res.gif[/img] [size=1]...............................................................................................................................................................................</span>[img]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-CZE-res.gif) United States 0-3 Czech Republic 0-1 : Koller 5' 0-2 : Rosicky 36' 0-3 : Rosicky 76'
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PREDICTIONS United States 0-3 Czech Republic 3 Denny Wingman / United States - Czech Republic 0-3 3 silver moondog / USA - Czech Republic 0:3 1 Pawel / USA 1 - Czech Republic 3 1 Lonely Driver / USA - Czech Republic 0-2 1 unclesox / USA 0-2 DeCzech Republic 1 Sergeant_Pepper / USA - Czech Republic 1-2 0 Daniel / USA 1-1 DeCzech Republic 0 Here&Everywhere / USA 1 - Czech Republic 1 0 Andrea1 / USA 2- Czech Republic 1 0 audrey / USA 2- Czech Republic 1 0 Rocío Record / USA 2- Czech Republic 1 Overall Standings 9 Denny Wingman 8 Here&Everywhere 8 Sergeant_Pepper 8 silver moondog 7 Andrea1 7 audrey 7 Rocío Record 7 Lonely Driver 6 Daniel 5 Pawel 5 unclesox
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sox, what reporting. too bad the czech are so good. beat us good they did really messed up my overall score too thanks for all your hard efforts
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I have a feeling that Italy-Ghana will be the best game we`ve seen so far in this world cup! I`m really looking forward to it...
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unclesox:
Overall Standings 9 Denny Wingman 8 Here&Everywhere 8 Sergeant_Pepper 8 silver moondog 7 Andrea1 7 audrey 7 Rocío Record 7 Lonely Driver 6 Daniel 5 Pawel 5 unclesox
Whoooo! I'm not sure about Italy. They always have great players but often they don't play that great. They usually have a defensive system. It could be a rehash of yesterday's Portugal game.
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unclesox:
Tomas Rosicky deservedly named Man of the Match
omgoodness looks like a David Copperfield or whoever the current illusionist is! yup deserves player of match alright. ===================== USA beat bad<<<< ops:
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Match #11 1st Round - Group E Hannover - AWD-Arena ITALY -v- GHANA [size=1] . ![](http://www.3dflags.com/media/icon/classic/i/3dflagsdotcom_italy_2faws.gif[/img] [size=1] .............................. </span>[img]http://www.3dflags.com/media/icon/classic/g/3dflagsdotcom_ghana_2faws.gif) kickoff: 21:00 referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil) temperature: 26°C / 79°F conditions: fair
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Luca Toni is my pick for tournament's leading scorer. He's been on fire the past two seasons with Palermo and Fiorentina.
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Match has kicked off
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8' ITA corner on the right swung out, headed over bar from 12 yds center by Cannavaro Italian pressure has collected four corners 10' ITA De Rossi booked for foul on Essien 12' ITA Pirlo low cross from the right, Toni slides in but misses, Gilardino at far left post right foot deflected into side netting 15' ITA Pirlo freekick low to the edge of area, Totti blasts right footed high over goal
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18' GHA Pantsil cross from right, Cannavaro beats Amoah in air to flick head ball clear 23' ITA Overhead kick by Toni from 15 yds center easily taken by Kingston 26' GHA Leftfoot shot by Muntari from 25yds left-center goes over bar 27' ITA Toni flick heads pass to himself aand shoot rightfooted from 18yds, ball cannons off crossbar and bounces in front of goalline back into play 29' GHA Asamoah 25yd right foot shot just wide of left post past Buffon diving right 30' played Tremendous pace at times. Italy with 6 corners in first 25 minutes
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31' GHA Essien good run into left center of box, left foot shot just misses upper left corner of goal 32' GHA Cross from right headed, ball breaks loose for Pappoe who fires over from 10yds 33' ITA Totti right foot freekick from 35-40yds brilliantly tipped over by Kingston Resulting corner on right headed over bar onto roof of net by De Rossi from 8yds 35' ITA 35yd indirect freekick by Totti deflected into arms of Kingston 36' ITA Totti run into left side of area and shoots low for Kingston to gather 39' GHA corner from right headed by Essien into arms of Buffon 40' Italy's ninth corner, this one from the left, played out to Pirlo who right foots rocket into far right corner of net from 25yds near right edge of box. A deserved lead for the Azzuri Italy 1-0
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41' GHA Muntari receives yellow for foul on De Rossi 45' gone 1' injury remain