2011-12 Football/Soccer Thread

[phalanx]

possible but doubtful currently, as the job has already been offered to AVB

 

[akuchi]

Am I the only one who feels bad for david beckham??

:/

depends whether you think leaving him out of the squad was the right thing to do or not (clue: it was)


also gareth bale out of the olympics with a 'recurring injury', lol - who didn't see that one coming

 

[Havak]

depends whether you think leaving him out of the squad was the right thing to do or not (clue: it was)


also gareth bale out of the olympics with a 'recurring injury', lol - who didn't see that one coming

Indeed lol.

Anyway, for tonight's game I reckon Spain will win if they sacrifice Busquets or Alonso to shadow Pirlo all game. If not, then it could go either way.

I'll go for Spain 2-1.

 

[latinoheat]

Italy in extra time/pens

 

[baddjordan]

forzaaaaaaaaaaaaa italiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Lee]

Amazing how quick we go from underestimating Italy to overestimating them. In terms of getting results, this Spain team is the best I've ever seen, possibly the best team ever. They're gonna snuff the Italians out.

 

[Ouro]

CON MIS HERMANOS ESPAÑOLES !!!!!!!!!!!!

Spain to win it 2-0

 

[TheWalrus9]

Game time! Italy has turned it on as of late, but I gotta go with Spain. They're on a historic run and their defense won't be as shoddy as Germany. They'll put away an early chance and hold on 2-1.

 

[Havak]

Spain get the early goal again and will probably keep the ball more than Italy. They've managed to keep Pirlo quiet and Italy aren't really creating.

 

[Lee]

Never any doubt.

If italy are looking for hope, Cassilas has looked very unreliable - lots of parries and punches but not too many reassuring saves - just start cracking it at him and see what happens.

 

[akuchi]

i bet on spain so this is working out nicely :3 lee come on irc!

 

[reyscarface]

oh well

spain is far too fucking good x_x

 

[Brap]

Fernando Torres will get the Golden Boot haha.

The most undeserved award ever?

 

[Nosferalto]

lmao at reina celebrating the most even though he didn't get a minute of football

 

[The QWAZ]

I think this spain may be one of the single best teams ever, only rivalled by the 1970 Brazilian team.

 

[Lohgock]

I don't think Germany would've lost that high and would've played that shitty, just sayin' :]

 

[The_Chaser]

I'd prefer winning he euros without playing than winning league cup on penalties vs Cardiff too.

 

[phalanx]

England woulda beaten them again >.>

 

[Atticus]

praise the lord, rip italy

 

[lapras6666]

Viva España!!!

Spain was strong the whole match, and they managed to score an impressive four goals.

Let's do it again on brazil!

 

[shade]

put a bet on 3-0 spain and was on for £80

fucks sake juan mata

 

[More Cowbell]

I hope we can all agree that Spain is the best team in the world at this very moment. Italy isn't bad by itself, but beating them in a 4-0 final game takes it to a whole new level.

 

[Premier8]

And Torres wins the golden boot!
Wait... WTF. How did that happen?

But on a serious note, I believe that we are watching the greatest team of all time. Now I'm just waiting for Brazil 2014 so Spain can make it four in a row.

 

[Phadunk]

I hope we can all agree that Spain is the best team in the world at this very moment. Italy isn't bad by itself, but beating them in a 4-0 final game takes it to a whole new level.

10 v 11

 

[More Cowbell]

10 v 11

Still, Spain took a 2-0 lead in the first half, and they didn't look like they were about to give that away, whether they were playing against 10 or 11 players.