Year Round The Football/Soccer Thread v2

[xi0]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the US doesn't qualify for Brazil. I said that back during the qualifying draw...

 

[jorped]

Portugal lost against Ecuador, things are looking for us either, if we keep playing like this

 

[xi0]

Portugal lost against Ecuador, things are looking for us either, if we keep playing like this

Yeah but that's not a WC Qualifying match

The other two matches drew in the Hex, so we're in last place

 

[jorped]

Yeah but that's not a WC Qualifying match

The other two matches drew in the Hex, so we're in last place

Yeah, i know. But still Portugal has been doing bad lately, and loosing vs Ecuador isn't good. It was a moment for us to win and start practicing good football, but it didn't happen ... so i am afraid when we "wake up" it might be already too late

 

[xi0]

Yeah, i know. But still Portugal has been doing bad lately, and loosing vs Ecuador isn't good. It was a moment for us to win and start practicing good football, but it didn't happen ... so i am afraid when we "wake up" it might be already too late

Yeah, we looked uninspired against Canada last week or so, so I should have seen it coming. I guess it's good it was an away match though...

 

[Mazino]

fuck friendly games,they mean shit,we won 4-0 against s.korea,but no one gives a shit if we dont beat serbia
germany is the best example,they do bad most of the time,before a big competition but when it starts they win

 

[FrostyMouse]

Germany actually beat France this year, although they lost last year.

 

[kakashi919]

We lost to Peru...... not that I expected us to win. Our football is in a total mess right now...after 06 WC we haven't played any kind of football.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Thoughts on the new spending limits for the Premier League that City opposed, but Chelsea voted for? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21374699
 
This will be a nice thing if it actually comes to pass (and isn't just handwaved at, but nothing actually is inflicted or done if teams massively violate these rules) as it'll stop some of the crazy spending, such as 15m for Zaha and 32m for Oscar, let alone the awful Torres and Carroll transfers.

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On other news, Roman has supposedly reentered contract negotiations with Lampard.

 

[xi0]

Oh, I thought the Lampard to LA thing was practically a done thing

 

[ibra87]

Portugal lost against Ecuador, things are looking for us either, if we keep playing like this

Now we just need Norway to suck too and everything will be as it must.

 

[Bugzee]

So my predictions will be Celtic 1-2 Juventus and Valencia 2-2 PSG


Maybe PSG will nick a third goal but it'll be tough away. Valencia isn't an easy place to go. xP

 

[ibra87]

So my predictions will be Celtic 1-2 Juventus and Valencia 2-2 PSG


Maybe PSG will nick a third goal but it'll be tough away. Valencia isn't an easy place to go. xP

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No but seriously, it was a hilarious match. Celtic players just ran around at full throttle throughout the whole first half and just kept passing it forward without looking. By the end of 2nd half they were tired as hell - which made them lose 3-0, much worse than 1-0. And I loved all the small fights between them and juve players xD

 

[FrostyMouse]

I actually thought that Juve played pretty poorly and it was only Celtic's players being awful at times that cost them the match. That defender missed a wide open header, which would've tied it, and he singlehandedly was responsible for two goals.

0-3 was a fair result going into the match, but Juve looked fairly poor.

 

[ibra87]

Thing is, Celtic were going super yolo. Of course they'd look like playing well, but honestly they were missing so many passes and just rushing at the Juve players afterwards. Juve just played defensively to tire them out, they took the strategic solution instead of the crowd pleaser, especially in the away match. While I understand why you'd find that poorly, I personally don't, but I agree that the Celtic's "take the ball and shoot" is a lot more entertaining.

 

[kakashi919]

I didn't see the first half, but from what I saw and what my brother said, Celtic got a taste of good old counter attacking football. Read some articles, and I must say all of them are biased against Juve... saying they didn't deserve it and played "dirty". From what I saw, Celtic were being very aggressive and Juve just took advantage of their mistakes. Maybe by the Juve of last season's standard they played poorly, but against an impressive Celtic team in that kind of atmosphere, they played well and took their chances.

I really want a Juve vs Barca final

 

[FrostyMouse]

Thing is, Celtic were going super yolo. Of course they'd look like playing well, but honestly they were missing so many passes and just rushing at the Juve players afterwards. Juve just played defensively to tire them out, they took the strategic solution instead of the crowd pleaser, especially in the away match. While I understand why you'd find that poorly, I personally don't, but I agree that the Celtic's "take the ball and shoot" is a lot more entertaining.

I expected to see Juve come out and just dominate Celtic, but instead, I basically saw Celtic make some atrocious defensive mistakes and be unable to put the ball across the line. A lot of times, Juve's players lost the ball poorly, but Celtic's offensive ineptitude meant that they didn't score. This so easily could've been a Celtic win if you get rid of Ambrose and Samaras was fit.

I take nothing away from Juve's win, it's just that I expected more. They didn't play this poorly against Shakhtar and Chelsea, for example.

 

[goldb]

Ok, so game on today.

Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford today. I'm going for a Madrid win; 2-1.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Yeah, I'm going for that same score, Bob, except that the first leg's at the Bernabeu, not OT. Are you predicting that Ronaldo scores against his old club?

For Shakhtar vs Dortmund, I predict a 1-2 away win for Dortmund.

 

[goldb]

Yeah, I'm going for that same score, Bob, except that the first leg's at the Bernabeu, not OT. Are you predicting that Ronaldo scores against his old club?

For Shakhtar vs Dortmund, I predict a 1-2 away win for Dortmund.

Hmmm that doesn't really change my prediction; gonna stick with the same score. I think Ronaldo will score in both legs. Both teams don't have particularly "solid" defences in my opinion but Ronaldo plus the controlling midfield will be the difference.

For the other game, gonna for a draw...just have a feeling. LOL