The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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Love Sculpture:
men are sooooooooooooo competitive
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Svenn:
I never thought I would be happy about a goal for Portugal, but tonight I was.
All I want now is a 1-0 win for Italy tomorrow!
Well, I have 2-1 for France. I'm mainly hoping to see Zidane retire as a world champion. He's arguably the best player of this generation and he's already announced his intention of leaving the game once France was out of the World Cup. He already waved goodbye to club football when Real Madrid played their last match of the season. Lifting the World Cup as captain of his country... what a way to go out!
Don't think any player has done that before.
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ONE MORE MATCH TO GO!
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It will be sad that this thread will be closed....it was the one of the best threads on the forum!
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vlivantje:
It will be sad that this thread will be closed....it was the one of the best threads on the forum!
Maybe it can be moved to the archive forum...
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superbet:
vlivantje:
It will be sad that this thread will be closed....it was the one of the best threads on the forum!
Maybe it can be moved to the archive forum...
That's a great idea!
I'd hate to see it just be trimmed off the board...
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Love Sculpture:
men are sooooooooooooo competitive
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# Hahahhah... now it`s getting serious... If I`m wrong with my prediction for tomorrow, I`ll buy a bigger car than any of you could ever dream of
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Love Sculpture:
I hope France wins, but I think Italy will win.
me too!
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silver moondog:
Love Sculpture:
I hope France wins, but I think Italy will win.
me too!
I would love to Zidane lift the trophy, but I think Italy will be too strong for France. But I didn't think France would win in 1998 either. They could be World Champions.
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To be honest; I think that italy has far better chances winning the final (their goalkeeper/defenders are almost invincable, IMO
); but if I wanna win the prediction-game I have to go with France; so that`s why I picked France
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silver moondog:
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"!
I agree with you, Stefan. A great thread!
I think you could be right with this prediction. I wouldn't mind if that was the result. I would not win the competition, but that's really not that important.
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It's so nice to see the Germans be so happy about third place. Congrats, Germany!
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vlivantje:
superbet:
vlivantje:
It will be sad that this thread will be closed....it was the one of the best threads on the forum!
Maybe it can be moved to the archive forum...
That's a great idea!
I'd hate to see it just be trimmed off the board...
I agree! do we ask the moderator/admin about archiving? i would like be able to go through and read many parts that i have not had time to. UncleSox is probably the most knowledgeable person I've ever known...like a walking football enclycopedia and others to I don't want to mention names cuz that leaves people out but since UncleSox started this thread I just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! I hope it's saved in archives. also it's just been a lot of FuN tho' neither of my teams made it to final two (but Germany did get 3rd!)....what an experience it's been!
and i think one of my favorite parts is that people from so many countries and getting along fine and getting to know each that may not have if not for this thread.
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Svenn:
It's so nice to see the Germans be so happy about third place. Congrats, Germany!
Svenn,,,thank you for posting this picture and what a great one it is!!! I missed the game because I had to pick someone up at the San Francisco airport....and still not able to record with my new dvd recorder...think i got a bad one or it's my satelite connection...I'll be able to watch it on Mexican tv tonite though. Congrats Germany!!
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sorry guys I stopped posting my predictions but I have been busy working long hours
I couldnt even watch the quaters (only Argentina v Germany) My prediction for the final: Italy 2 - France 1
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I'm not very sure..but I HOPE France will win. Italy 0-1 France
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My internet was down so I wasn't able to post my prediction for the 3rd place game. I'll post my prediction tomorrow for the final, because I may change my mind. It's going to be a close one. I'm not sure who I want to win, but I'd like Fabio Cannavaro to win because I think he's a brilliant player. I live in a very Italian community, and a certain district of the city is closing the streets for the game tomorrow. All of my friends are getting decked out painting their faces and wearing flags as capes. Almost every car that drives by has an Italian flag on its window. That is why I am kind of going for Italy. I think it would be nice if they won, even if I didn't think they played so well at the beginning of the tournament.
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silver moondog:
unclesox:
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.
Well, here in austria we have access to german tv/media; so I can assure you: they are taking this game serious and they are motivated
... I think we`ll be watching them (attempting to) destroy Portugal on saturday, at least that`s the picture you`d get when you`re observing german media at the moment, like I do!
You bet our team was motivated! And you should have seen the people celebrate after the game - it couldn't have been more enthusiastic if we had actually won the World Cup!
Love Sculpture:
unclesox:
Love Sculpture:
how is the game?
It was 3-0. Portugal got one back two minutes from time. Fulltime Germany 3-1 Portugal 1-0 : Schweinsteiger 56' 2-0 : Petit (own) 60' 3-0 : Schweinsteiger 78' 3-1 : Nuno Gomes 88'
Germany won the third place
Germany won the third place!
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Andrea1:
Svenn:
It's so nice to see the Germans be so happy about third place. Congrats, Germany!
Svenn,,,thank you for posting this picture and what a great one it is!!! I missed the game because I had to pick someone up at the San Francisco airport....and still not able to record with my new dvd recorder...think i got a bad one or it's my satelite connection...I'll be able to watch it on Mexican tv tonite though. Congrats Germany!!
Have fun watching it. It was a great game, I think. Very enjoyable to watch. Kahn and "Schweini" were great. And the Portugese had some great opportunities, too (and scored 2 nice goals
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Ronaldo intends to leave Man Utd Ronaldo has been at Old Trafford for three years Manchester United's Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo says he wants to leave Old Trafford. The 21-year-old has been criticised in England for his role in the sending off of team-mate Wayne Rooney when Portugal beat England in the World Cup. "I think I should get out of Manchester as the circumstances are not right to keep playing there," said Ronaldo. "Nobody stood up for me, although I did not do anybody any harm. In two or three days I'll decide where to go." Ronaldo, who has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid, added: "I always said I wanted to play in Spain." Ronaldo has fours years left on his United contract and boss Sir Alex Ferguson said last week he expected the player to report for pre-season training. He said: "There isn't a problem with the boy and I don't expect any problems. "When people have been involved in a bid to become president at Madrid they have used clubs like ours." New Real manager Fabio Capello said it was good news that Ronaldo was considering a move to The Bernabeu. "He is a Manchester United player but everyone wants to come to play here and I think he really wants to and this is good news for me," said Capello. "We will have to wait and see but at the moment I cannot say anything."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5120332.stm