Real Football (Soccer to you Yanks) Thread

[Tuffdisc]

An entertaining match too say the least

 

[skyblue]

if ghana hadn't been cheated at the world cup who knows what might have happened

 

[cam elle toe]

* we beat the Germans, we beat the Germans*

But I think they were probably being "friendly" and were missing half their players

 

[StripedCat]

Sincere congrats from Germany. What a pity that I haven't seen the play.

 

[cam elle toe]

Sincere congrats from Germany. What a pity that I haven't seen the play.

Kewell scored....thats all I know. I'll check my pay TV channels and see if they're going to televise it at all.

 

[Tuffdisc]

if ghana hadn't been cheated at the world cup who knows what might have happened

They could of won it, but to face Spain would of been too much

 

[Springsteen]

They wouldn't have beat Barcelona, Barcelona are just too good.

Sorry I meant Spain, but it might as well have been Barcelona.

 

[skyblue]

* we beat the Germans, we beat the Germans*

But I think they were probably being "friendly" and were missing half their players

got to love that:thumbup

 

[Springsteen]

News from La Liga. Basically a court has ruled against a strike.

What was going to happen was one game was going to be shown on Free To Air TV in Spain (for those that don't know, Spanish teams negotiate their own TV deals) and that would have meant no money for teams in that match, so 6 teams proposed strike action against this. But now a court has said no, and the games will go ahead as normal. Which is good, La Liga's awesome.

 

[Springsteen]

After 9 years Jose Mourino's home unbeaten league record came to an end last night to of all teams, Sporting Gijon. 1-0 it finished. Barcelona beat Villarreal away 1-0 with Pique scoring, Valdes and Sergio got booked deliberately to miss next week against Almeria so they can be ready for El Clasico in two weeks. I think it pretty much wraps up La Liga for Barca, can't see them dropping 9 points, even if Madrid win the Derby in two weeks. Which I also don't see happening.

 

[Springsteen]

Real Madrid 1-0 Tottenham inside 4 minutes at the Bernabeu. Adebayor with a free header from a corner, so sloppy.

Crouch sent off for two yellows now, Spurs are fucked.

Good, I want Real to get through so Barcelona can beat them 4 times in a month rather than 2.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Sheesh, a bit early isn't it too be sent off :24:

 

[Springsteen]

They were both rightful bookings in my opinion.

I also wish Sky would get rid of Ray Wilkins. He is beyond awful as a commentator. I think his main problem is he doesn't seem to create much excitement when announcing, and I also believe he lets personal opinion get in the way of announcing. Alan Parry's fine, but Wilkins should stay out of the gantry.

 

[Tuffdisc]

They were both rightful bookings in my opinion.

I also wish Sky would get rid of Ray Wilkins. He is beyond awful as a commentator. I think his main problem is he doesn't seem to create much excitement when announcing, and I also believe he lets personal opinion get in the way of announcing. Alan Parry's fine, but Wilkins should stay out of the gantry.

Not watched it, but questioning why he did

 

[Springsteen]

I don't know why he did. It was a silly decision, especially the second one.

Defoe's also come on for Van der Vaart.

 

[Tuffdisc]

That is Spurs out of the competition :24:

 

[Springsteen]

Yep, 4-0 is beyond them.

 

[TGLucario475]

Not even I can say Spurs will come back from this. Sure they nearly done it against Inter Milan but not against Real Madrid. But Fulham v Juventus....

 

[Zorak]

They can blame Crouch being sent off, but the truth is they were outclassed.

 

[Springsteen]

Another night of Champions League action tonight, Chelsea vs Man United at Stamford Bridge. I'd love a score draw there, tough place to go. Barcelona vs Shakhtar also at Camp Nou, I expect a handsome Barcelona victory, because the second leg in the Ukraine is 4 days before the derby with Real Madrid.