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girdles_gone_wild posted:



why are you singling out the one dude in teh crowd

stop fatshaming

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that's actually getfiscal
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tres bon!


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past chelsea strikers solidarity. srry.
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France and Germany all the way.
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that was most def a magical moment.

if england finish second in their group they're most likely to play spain in the quarter finals.

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Posting this from Greenpoint (the Polish part of Brooklyn) where I'm sitting in a Polish bar watching a bunch of old Polacks who are about to flip shit for ~110 minutes.

edit: Y'all posted too much for me to continue the downvoting troll thing but I have actually been watching every game of the cup.. O_o
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football owns

it's the new nationalism haven't you heard
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i'm really mad at the f*cking ref messing with greece. He must Die.
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hell yeah
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Greece owns. Death to Russia
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ref didn't give: penalty to greece, 1 red & 1 (at least) yellow card to russia

did give: 1 yellow card to greece instead of the penalty, meaning karagunis misses next match.

what a bastard
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Transient_Grace posted:

football owns

it's the new nationalism haven't you heard


nationalism is the new nationalism

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tardy on these heaters
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http://minus-the-shooting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/thinking-with-your-feet.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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free girdles before semi-finals tomorrow tia!
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babyfinland posted:

http://minus-the-shooting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/thinking-with-your-feet.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/may/29/wayne-rooney-answers-questions

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Germans impose harsh austerity measures on Greece's goalscoring output
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bah. england are shit.

free girdles.
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its funny bc everyone was lying to themselves like 'oh englands rubbish, no expectations, no disappointment' while humming three lions under their breath just like always
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the English have the memory of goldfish when it comes to remembering how awful their national team is.
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anyway... Germany will win the euro as expected.
Özil is all class and an absolutely great classic play maker.
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can we get a xabi_smugface.gif?
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FLAWDA
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why did g_g_w get locked up again other than being a dummy
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too many correct football opinions
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because he reregged maggotmaster style to get around writing 400 words or w/e
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ronaldo: alright lads, ill go last, because youll have fucked up by then so i wont have to risk my now somewhat debatable reputation
portugal side: righto chris
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EmanuelaOrlandi posted:

because he reregged maggotmaster style to get around writing 400 words or w/e


yeah i got sent to the dump for saying some about slashie
and also for having correct football opinions

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Can't wait for the Germany vs. Spain final
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ggw posted:

Can't wait for the Germany vs. Spain final

spains gonna get such a mugging

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Overall, Germany's technical and fundamental skill level has been absolutely phenomenal. From what I've seen, their first touches are the cleanest and best in the tournament. The striking of the ball for passes has been incredible too. Always hitting the ball at the 60% mark (very top of the ball being 100% and bottom 0%) for the ball to always roll and glide smoothly and seamlessly across the pitch, which in turn makes the receiving player's first touch much easier to handle and with less fuck ups, etc.

The play making from Özil et al in the middle has been great. With all the fundamentals and technical aspects down pat, they're able to generate lots of play of 1-2s (give and goes) and through balls right up the middle. And Sami Khedira has been awesome as well.

Probably most importantly, they're the only team that can actually finish and keep their shots on goal. We saw how in the England vs. Italy game where Italy had like 2 shots on target and something like 20 blasted over the goal.

The only thing I haven't been impressed with is their defense. Their defense has been rather shaky, but then again maybe they just haven't given much of a fuck because of the past couple teams they've played? Lahm is a beast, though, so we'll see.

Spain has been playing utterly boring and unimaginative football this whole tournament (surprise surprise). They can't finish for shit and they've been so goddamn lucky not to have lost yet. Seriously... There were two hand balls in the box yesterday from Spain and not a single one was called. Same in the Croatia vs. Spain game where Spain committed 3 blatant fouls in the box, but again, the official didn't call them. (The refs were all chosen by the head of the Spanish Football Association, so go figure).

I expect Spain's strategy to basically be exactly what they've been doing: massive possession in the midfield and when they get to the edge of the box to dribble it in, not to try to score a goal, but to draw a foul and get a penalty. Germany will need to just pressure and go at them. Spain doesn't really know how to react when another team does this to them and they kind of freeze up, as seen in yesterday's game against Portugal.

But Germany has to beat Italy today before we can get to an epic Germany vs. Spain round 2 battle royale final.

just my 2 cent observations

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yeah id expect a ger-esp final to be a replay of por-esp semi but at double speed and with players who can finish. if ronaldo had stopped choking for all of 2 minutes he could have won it for them - and thats not a problem the german forwards are familiar with