shen Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Italy have really played well in these knockout stages! I take back the negative things I said about them after the group stages. Disappointed Germany haven't turned up, but it would be a nice twist at the end of a pretty good and somewhat predictable Euros to have Italy in the final.
davieG Posted 28 June 2012 Author Posted 28 June 2012 We need a German goal now to give us the chance of a sparkling finish.
Stadt Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Neuer is playing as a sweeper Most keeper now are 'sweeper keepers' .
FoxyPV Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Pirlo is a joy to watch. BTW commentators it's Peer-lo NOT Purr-lo.
Corky Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Hope Italy win it. Would always rather lose to the eventual winners, I like Balotelli and don't want to see Spain win another trophy,. Pirlo is a joy to watch. BTW commentators it's Peer-lo NOT Purr-lo. Or Pri-lo as Paul Merson called him the other day.
Jaspa Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Yesssss Would rather we went out to the Finalists And the pitch was beyond a joke, really
Tielemans63 Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 I've lost £50 on Germany but I don't care. They are a tremendous side but a lot of people in the media were talking as if they were unstoppable. I'm glad Italy stuffed them. I'm not expecting an exciting final though!
Guest ttfn Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Hope Italy win it. Would always rather lose to the eventual winners, I like Balotelli and don't want to see Spain win another trophy,. Or Pri-lo as Paul Merson called him the other day. Lost our knock-out games to the winners in '90, the winners in '96, quarter-finalists in 98 (nothing to be proud of, to be fair none of this is, I'm rambling), winners in '02, finalists in '04, semi-finalists in '06 (again, no achievement as they beat us to get there), 3rd place in 2010 and the finalists (winners?) in 2012. The games in '90, '96, '04 and '12 were all lost to finalists on penalties. I certainly don't believe that penalties are a lottery, but we've clearly been quite unlucky not to play in a recent final. 2004 was the one, really. We were the best side at that tournament except for possibly the Czechs.
Stevosevic Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Lost our knock-out games to the winners in '90, the winners in '96, quarter-finalists in 98 (nothing to be proud of, to be fair none of this is, I'm rambling), winners in '02, finalists in '04, semi-finalists in '06 (again, no achievement as they beat us to get there), 3rd place in 2010 and the finalists (winners?) in 2012. The games in '90, '96, '04 and '12 were all lost to finalists on penalties. I certainly don't believe that penalties are a lottery, but we've clearly been quite unlucky not to play in a recent final. 2004 was the one, really. We were the best side at that tournament except for possibly the Czechs. 100% agree, that should have been the year.
Jaspa Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 More than half of Germans polled on a nationwide poll, had more than half of them EXPECTING to win the Tournament So happy they're not going to win it Never disrespect your opponents like that
Tielemans63 Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Lost our knock-out games to the winners in '90, the winners in '96, quarter-finalists in 98 (nothing to be proud of, to be fair none of this is, I'm rambling), winners in '02, finalists in '04, semi-finalists in '06 (again, no achievement as they beat us to get there), 3rd place in 2010 and the finalists (winners?) in 2012. The games in '90, '96, '04 and '12 were all lost to finalists on penalties. I certainly don't believe that penalties are a lottery, but we've clearly been quite unlucky not to play in a recent final. 2004 was the one, really. We were the best side at that tournament except for possibly the Czechs. Great post.
Super_horns Posted 28 June 2012 Posted 28 June 2012 Got to say Italy impressed me again. Think they will cause problems for Spain playing on the counter attack as they did in the group game.
shen Posted 30 June 2012 Posted 30 June 2012 Cocky Germans got it wrong Quite funny. It's a response to the German newspapers revealing the surprising changes in the German team against Greece. The sinister side of me immediately imagined the Italians crashing in a plane or something as ridiculous...
21st Century Fox Posted 4 July 2012 Posted 4 July 2012 European football's governing body UEFA has sparked outrage after it emerged that they manipulated footage of fans during the Euro 2012 semi-finals. People across the world were touched when cameras zoomed in on a German fan in the crowd crying after Mario Balotelli put Italy two goals ahead in the first half of their match last week. ESPN commentator Adrian Healey even referred to the woman as he covered the game for American TV, saying it was "too early for tears" since there was the best part of an hour left in which the sparky Germans could fight their way back into the match. There was just one problem: the woman - a fan from Dusseldorf called Andrea - hadn't started crying at all, and was stunned to receive text messages from friends back home asking why she was blubbing with so much football left to play. It turns out that Andrea had actually been overcome by emotion during the singing of the German national anthem before the match. The footage was recorded, then cut into the live feed sent to broadcasters around the world after the Italians went 2-0 up. It turns out that it was not the only instance of UEFA pulling such a stunt: they also broadcast footage of Germany coach Joachim Loew jokingly pinching a ball from a ball boy during the group stage match against the Netherlands. It turned out that Loew wasn't relaxed and having fun during a key match against arch-rivals, but merely joshing with him during the pre-match warm-up. Broadcasters claim to have been oblivious to what was going on, with German TV stations in particular furious with the way the pictures had been manipulated. "We clearly told UEFA that the German public expects coverage to be live when it says it's live. Live is live and has to stay live," said ARD's Joerg Schoenenborn. "Any form of censorship or manipulation is not acceptable." UEFA later issued a statement to the Associated Press in which, like a surly teenager, it mixed an unconvincing explanation with a half-hearted apology. The organisation claims it was trying to show "the human story of the game... to translate the emotion and tension of German fans", but had now issued instructions "not to use these reactions again directly in a chain of replays of live action, to avoid any misleading understanding".
Captain... Posted 5 July 2012 Posted 5 July 2012 European football's governing body UEFA has sparked outrage after it emerged that they manipulated footage of fans during the Euro 2012 semi-finals. That is not really that big a deal, but just quite pathetic, you shouldn't have to manufacture drama in semi final of the Euros (unless it is Spain playing of course ).
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