The World Football Thread

[ScouseFox]

yeah, they regularly get 70k at home, pretty sure capacity is closer to 90k so surely you can just turn up and go watch unless they're going to win the league that day or playing real madrid

[Ozwin]

Yeah, that's what I heard a while back. Trying to work out the most cost effective way of doing it, if I could fly out, watch the game and then fly back I'd do it but it looks a bit of a stretch unless it's an afternoon kick off. Problem is they don't know the kick off times for April games and I was looking at the Valencia match as a possibility. 

[Bayfox]

Yeah, that's what I heard a while back. Trying to work out the most cost effective way of doing it, if I could fly out, watch the game and then fly back I'd do it but it looks a bit of a stretch unless it's an afternoon kick off. Problem is they don't know the kick off times for April games and I was looking at the Valencia match as a possibility. 

 

Not sure how reasonable the prices are, but thomascooksport do packages. and will give you an idea of what you will pay.

[Darkon84]

Anyone been to watch Barcelona before over a weekend or whatever? Just wondering how much it'd cost for the ticket and the hotel and whatnot, I feel like I need to see Messi play live at least once in my life.

 

Last time I went, was March 2014, when Barca smashed Osasuna 7-0, with Messi scoring a hat trick and breaking Barcelona's all time goal scoring record in the process. We sat up in the heavens, which I think is part of the experience, and I think tickets on the day were 40 Euros, which we thought wasn't too bad. Also, as a word of warning, they don't sell alcohol in the ground, so don't go and buy 8 beers at half time, spending a fortune in the process, only to find out its non-alcoholic

[Darkon84]

Galatasaray banned from European competitions for 2 seasons following a breach of FFP .

 

Let's just brush it under the carpet when teams like PSG, Man City, Barca etc break the rules, that's fine haha. Oh and the racism too, yeaaaaaa lets let the Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian clubs get off lightly with that, but when theres money involved, ooooooo boy you're in trouble now

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35708136

[MC Prussian]

Mainz 2-1 up at Bayern going into added time....Not quite invincible then!

 

Bayern lost only their third game overall this Bundesliga season, whereas Dortmund won 2-0 away at Darmstadt to close in on the leaders by only five points.

 

Still favour Bayern to win the league, but would love it if Dortmund could make it happen with a dramatic finish on the very last day.

[StanSP]

Casillas just tried to do his best Manuel Neuer (sweeper-keeper) impression and failed embarrassingly.

[Jordan]

In Norway, Stabæk's American midfielder Cole Grossman has been out of training for a month and is out indefinitely due to a concussion.

How did he get his concussion, you ask? Well, because he hit his head on the floor after a teammate played a prank by pulling his chair out from behind him as he sat down for a team video review session.

http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/stabaek/fikk-hjernerystelse-av-en-spoek/a/23616690/(Norwegian)

[MC Prussian]

VfL Wolfsburg fans tried to mock their local rivals Eintracht Braunschweig with a banner last weekend during their 2-1 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach - but sadly, with a particular mistake:

 

"BLUE AND YELLOW PIGS, JUST REALIZE WE'LL FOREVER REMAIN BEHIND US"

 

To which the Braunschweig supporters answered during their home match against Duisburg last Sunday:

 

"Verein für Legastheniker/Club for Dyslexics (a play on words with VfL and Verein für Leibesübungen) - you'll forever be behind yourselves."

[MC Prussian]

FC Barcelona plan to increase the Camp Nou's capacity from 99'350 to 105'000 seats.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nou-camp-expansion-barcelona-present-new-277-5m-stadium-plan-105000-capacity-1548441

[MC Prussian]

Gianluigi Buffon surpasses Dino Zoff's record for consecutive minutes played without conceding a goal:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35785358

 

The man, the legend.

[StanSP]

Central Coast down to 9 men after getting 2 red cards in space of 5 minutes.

Finishing bottom of the A-League for first time ever.

[MC Prussian]

Moving farewell from SV Darmstadt fans for Jonathan "Johnny" Heimes, a lifelong fan of the club and highly-touted local tennis talent, who sadly passed away earlier this week following a long history of cancer.

He was diagnosed three times with the illness - first a brain tumour at age 13, then metastasis in his spine six years later. He couldn't feel his legs ever since and was relying on a wheelchair.

The doctors couldn't operate a third time.

 

All Darmstadt players have been wearing bracelets with the motto "You have to fight" on it since 2014.

 

Now he's gone and the club have come up with some terrific dedications and actions in his name - including a tifo and a minute of silence (pictures courtesy of SV Darmstadt 1898 e.V.):

 

 

[Guest ttfn]

PSG 8-0 up away at Troyes - assuming they can hang on for the last 10 minutes they'll have won the league with 8 games to spare.

[Jordan]

Jumpman jumpman jumpman them boys up to somethin'

http://www.squawka.com/news/from-france-karim-benzema-hit-by-new-scandal/622905

[MC Prussian]

Great honour for Gianluigi Buffon - he's broken a 21-year old Serie A record.

 

Following 974 consecutive minutes without conceding a single goal, he's now surpassed Sebastiano Rossi's milestone by 45 minutes following Juventus' 4-1 win against local rivals Torino.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/20/torino-juventus-serie-a-match-report-gianluigi-buffon-record

[Matt]

I swear every time I watch Ronaldo take a penalty he misses.

 

I'd like to see his conversion rate because it seems like he misses quite often.

[foxes_rule1978]

I swear every time I watch Ronaldo take a penalty he misses.

I'd like to see his conversion rate because it seems like he misses quite often.

Messi and Ronaldo aren't actually good from the spot

[Alf Bentley]

Wolfsburg striker Max Kruse

- lost £59,000 of poker winnings in a taxi;

- was involved in a nightclub fracas;

- was warned about his Nutella abuse;

- was ordered to build a chicken coop while wearing green dungarees;

- and and was dropped from the Germany squad;

.........all within a week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35864765

[MC Prussian]

'Arry has agreed to take over as a coach once more... he'll be managing the Jordan national football team!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35874835

[AKCJ]

'Arry has agreed to take over as a coach once more... he'll be managing the Jordan national football team!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35874835

 

Wonder why he's taken that role...

[olyaci]

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[Wymsey]

Spain's oldest club may not last no longer.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35884725

 

Never heard of them before.

[Carl the Llama]

Spain's oldest club may not last no longer.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35884725

 

Never heard of them before.

My Spanish is a bit rusty but I'm pretty sure that translates to Eggs Athletic.

[jammie82uk]

Just seen that in the gibraltar v Liechtenstein match tonight there was 3 disallowed goals including this one

It finished 0-0