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UEFA Euro 08

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fujarome
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The finals are less than a month away now, who's rooting for who?!

I'm a French citizen so i am of course pulling for France. Time to put down those damn Italians. But group c is the group of death so who knows.

The first match is June 7th, and from what i've heard, games will be televised in the US on Espn2 or Espn classic.

The whole thing looks like it's going to a great competition....without England.
May 20 2008 8:58PM
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Ryanvdonk
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gotta love winning easy when resting 8 starters
Jun 18 2008 4:49PM
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feihlination
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germany is it! a nice win against portugal. well deserved and now i look forward to germany - netherlands in the finals. but i am not sure if the netherlands can bring down italy in the semis (if both win their quarters)
Jun 19 2008 5:13PM
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twin-tip-hero
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DFB FTW

Jun 19 2008 5:17PM
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dave44
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orange armyyy

they ain't flopping this year

Jun 19 2008 5:24PM
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jksl
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i'm hoping for a germany-netherlands final, that'd be dope. i really just hope to not see italy in the finals..
Jun 19 2008 5:27PM
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al_britskiier
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I cant stand cockey fucking pussies.  Shut the fuck up, chelsea will have gained loads of "glory hunting cockney cunts" since you won about 3 trophies.  Thats all you lot can ever say.

Anyway, Germany were class tonight, bossed portugal.

Jun 19 2008 5:56PM
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sowstochd
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omfg turkey
Jun 20 2008 11:44PM
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fujarome
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that was absolute insanity. I was watching it with my brother and as soon as Croatia scored in the 119th,  I told him that it was all over for them and that they would still lose to Turkey. And sure enough...
Penalty shootouts are the shit to watch when you don't care who wins or losses it. Overall an unbelievable game.

I'm kind of mad that i spent 120 minutes watching though when i could have turned on the TV for 5 minutes and seen all the goals and the shoot out. But whatever, thats just football i suppose
Jun 21 2008 12:34AM
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Twinjibber77
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croaitia got fucked today
Jun 21 2008 12:40AM
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sowstochd
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bump
Jun 21 2008 10:19AM
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dave44
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THE DUTCH LOST
fackkkk


go spain.
Jun 21 2008 5:59PM
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tommihq
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Definetly didnt see that coming for the dutch
Jun 21 2008 6:56PM
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Hctiws_iks
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the  dutch did not seem to be playing all out most of the game.
their back line justwatchedrussian fowards run by

Jun 21 2008 7:12PM
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HPskier
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croatia CHOKED
Jun 21 2008 7:44PM
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2+2=5
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i was rooting for netherlands and germany. germany all the way...
Jun 21 2008 8:00PM
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snowbird4life
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so when this tourny started my buddy goes "hey have you seen whats on espn2" i go no man just some stupid shit......

     He goes I figured you would say such a thing. so he makes me start watching it and holy shit soccer is fucking awesome!

russia is my motha fuckin team (im not russian... is that ok? ;) )

but anyway Arshavin is my boy.... hes the shit. and the russian goalie is the man to!
Jun 21 2008 9:59PM
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fujarome
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well shit. who the fuck saw that coming?

since i don't really have any preferred team, i find it to be absolutely hilarious though i do feel bad for them, how does everything go so well then end so disastrously? All I can hope for is that Spain does the same to Italy.

And screw it, i want the Turks to win now
Jun 21 2008 10:02PM
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dave44
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Yea seriously... I felt like this was the year for the orange guys

A Spain - German final should be in order now. I want Spain to win, but i don't really mind who does
Jun 21 2008 10:05PM
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Hctiws_iks
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screw those stupid italians, everytime i watch them play
i hate them more, they are so ridiculously dirty.
Jun 22 2008 3:39PM
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tommihq
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Still 0-0 after 50 minutes, i think that spain is going to take this though
Jun 22 2008 3:52PM
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chad1234567
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GO SPAIN!
Jun 22 2008 6:29PM
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van_ski
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they outplayed them til the last 30 seconds then...
Jun 22 2008 6:46PM
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feihlination
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maybe soccer gets more attention in the us due to that stuff. i think its a good sport. very different to american sports, thats maybe why it isnt that popular. its not as "hard" as american football, icehockey or even basketball, but there is one advantage: it begins at a certain time, and ends at another fixed time, only interrupted by A FEW breaks (throw in, free kick, substitutions or corners...)

american sports tend to be interrupted all 20 or 30 seconds. its another concept and i really like american sports, but soccer is the most famous sport all over the world and the us should def get a better team together.

btw, im from austria
Jun 23 2008 9:03AM
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Jmanski
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germany russia final and germany will win
Jun 23 2008 11:06AM
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Twinjibber77
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2nd that
Jun 23 2008 12:21PM
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wunderskier
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i was rooting for the czechs...my homeland, but now im going with germany or spain
Jun 23 2008 12:43PM
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denmarkskier
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fucking russian mobsters

Jun 23 2008 12:46PM
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sowstochd
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turkey vs russia in the finals

turkey ftw
Jun 23 2008 2:35PM
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fujarome
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haha! i love seeing Italy lose. Doesn't matter who beats them, just watching them get eliminated is hilarious. (only because i'm French)

go Turkey!
Jun 23 2008 3:02PM
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Jmanski
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1- the french team is a joke so you should be embarrassed... turkey has absolutely no chance to even get close to scoring on germany, and number 8 on russia has the hardest shot ive ever seen so look for it next game. he took a rip from like 40 yards out and it was just over the crossbar
Jun 23 2008 3:50PM
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Mike34113
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idk i think itd be cool if some small country like an underdog won it
Jun 23 2008 4:04PM
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fujarome
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the French team is far from a joke, Raymond Domenech is just an idiot who doesn't know how to manage a team. (mainly select players for a tournament, why the fuck would you leave  Trezeguet out?!) And i try not to be embarrassed by things i have no  control over. Now if i let in a shitty goal while i'm playing, then i get embarrassed.

And I know Turkey has no hope, i know Germany will likely take it all, but my preferred team is out, so i'm just going with the under dog, i don't care who wins really, i just want to watch some more quality games. But the Euros are normally well known for underdog wins, though like someone else pointed out, usually not two tournaments in a row.

I also saw that guy on Russia, Kolodin was it? He wasn't that bad. But i'd say a 40 yard miss isn't that impressive, i know its not the same level etc etc but i've got a friend on my team who can take a shot from 40 yards out thats on target and has actually knocked over a keeper. (poor keeping by him i must admit) If it had gone in though, it would have been ridiculous so i understand what you mean
Jun 23 2008 5:33PM
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tommihq
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Turkey - Germany anyone?

25 mins played and its already 1-1
Jun 25 2008 3:14PM
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user098123
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Word good game, that header collision was pretty crazy.

Whipped out the staple gun and stapled up his head on the field haha. The announcer was like, "And there is the staple gun, staple him up and off ya get, its the semi-final! and they are happy to do it!" haha
Jun 25 2008 3:31PM
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fujarome
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that didn't even look like a bad collision, and that staple gun looks like it would hurt a lot.

and good call by whoever it was that claimed Turkey wouldn't even get a look at Germany's net, so far they haven't done much but look at it.

I think one of the announcers pointed this out too; for neutral viewers this game has been pretty good so far.
Jun 25 2008 3:39PM
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dave44
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Holy shit, it's half time and it's 1-1. According to TV, Turkey have had 62% possession this half.

Jun 25 2008 3:43PM
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tommihq
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Fuck theres a problem in the signal. No video or audio in finland
Jun 25 2008 4:03PM
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dave44
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No, it's the same everywhere else. The lightning affected the signal coming out of Basel
Jun 25 2008 4:07PM
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tommihq
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Ok, but no worries its back up now
Jun 25 2008 4:12PM
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user098123
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Haha it just went down and germany just scored. Go figure.
Jun 25 2008 4:25PM
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tommihq
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2-2 now. I didnt even see the germany goal at all. Fuck this
Jun 25 2008 4:31PM
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dave44
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Haaa what a game eh. I would love to see turkey win this

Jun 25 2008 4:33PM
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tommihq
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Not going to happen^^
3-2 for germany and what an awesome goal it was!
Jun 25 2008 4:35PM
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fujarome
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sounds like it was a great end, shame no one could see it except for the last German goal. Overall a very good and entertaining game, and it reinforced my belief that Germany will win it all. The Turks had an amazing run, but it just wasn't going to happen
Jun 25 2008 4:44PM
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dave44
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Germany - Spain final I hope... Russia are gonna be a tough side to beat tomorrow
Jun 25 2008 4:48PM
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mr_grom
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Spain all the way
Jun 25 2008 4:48PM
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jimmer
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i predict a spain vs. germany final.

that would be such a sick game.
Jun 25 2008 4:49PM
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Jmanski
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germany russia final would be sick but no matter what germany will win
Jun 25 2008 5:53PM
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N-John360
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Deutschland FTW. We're in the final. WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Jun 25 2008 6:37PM
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dave44
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YES! SPAIN ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL 3-0 OVER RUSSIA

Villa's injured though
Jun 26 2008 5:15PM
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