Official General FIFA Thread

[maven]

[maven]

[Vulcano]

Originally Posted by maven

In such moments you want to be a ball boy at the stadium.

[maven]

Originally Posted by Vulcano

In such moments you want to be a ball boy at the stadium.

And always a classic 2010 World Cup

[txtebow]

Forza azzurri!

[Dutch]

Pretty surprised that the Russians are headed home this early. All in all, I'd be stunned if we don't see a Spain-Germany final. The two highest quality playing teams we have so far in the tourney. Please God, just don't let it be the Greeks. I hate the style of play they favor.

[s0phr0syne]

Originally Posted by Dutch

Pretty surprised that the Russians are headed home this early. All in all, I'd be stunned if we don't see a Spain-Germany final. The two highest quality playing teams we have so far in the tourney. Please God, just don't let it be the Greeks. I hate the style of play they favor.

Disciplined opportunism? Yeah, it is boring, but just focus on their facial expressions and you will be entertained.



Nah, but I'm there with you. Espanya v Deutschland would be a good final, but I'm curious to see what kind of damage England can continue to make

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by s0phr0syne

Disciplined opportunism? Yeah, it is boring, but just focus on their facial expressions and you will be entertained.



Nah, but I'm there with you. Espanya v Deutschland would be a good final, but I'm curious to see what kind of damage England can continue to make

Watching the Greeks play reminds me of the NJ Devils trap happy teams in the NHL from a few years back. Just hate that style of play regardless of the game.

[Vulcano]

greeks = offense wins games,defense wins ...


Spain, Germany, France and maybe England are the frontrunners for the finals.

[Swedish Extrovert]

Originally Posted by canadianbroncosfan

Just got back from Germany, was in Cologne for Wednesday's game against Holland. It was absolutely an absolutely crazy good time.

Also DontBeMessin, go to uefa.com and tell me what comes up.

That's pretty sweet. I attended a UEFA Qualifier game between Sweden and the Netherlands at Ajax Arena in Amsterdam. Holland beat up up on Sweden 4-1.

The Oranje sure love their football.

[Cmac821]

Two games on and now 4 goals scored, between flipping back and forth I haven't seen a single goal

[Kid A]

Wild start already in these Group B games - though at 1-1 each we're really still where we started the day.

[Kid A]

Originally Posted by Cmac821

Two games on and now 4 goals scored, between flipping back and forth I haven't seen a single goal

I missed a couple too. Finally giving up and going to streaming one on the computer one on the TV.

[OrangeSe7en]

A Dutch win and a Denmark-Germany tie, means DK goes through. A Dutch win also ensures that Germany goes through.

[Cmac821]

^^I'm sticking to watching the Danes and Germans, they have a pretty good pace going. Plus Denmark is growing on me, seem like a scrappy bunch

[OrangeSe7en]

Did anyone just see that? Yum!

[KCStud]

Ronaldo looks really good, but I doubt Germany would let him go off like he is today.

[OrangeSe7en]

Originally Posted by KCStud

Ronaldo looks really good, but I doubt Germany would let him go off like he is today.

They've already played.

[theAPAOps5]

Man more and more you see soccer players tattooed up, not a complaint just a trend I have seen. It's interesting, seeing full double sleeve tattoo collections on more than a few players

[Swedish Extrovert]

Upset with the Oranje...

[brncs_fan]

Germany has looked really good this tournament. Willl be interesting to see if they can keep it up or if the 1-2 lapses a match come back and bite them at some point.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by Mightysmurf

Upset with the Oranje...

You're not alone. Got a hunch there are going to be some major shake ups on the Dutch National team when they get home. They are on the hook for a bunch of money to their coach through 2016, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is fired pretty quick. I also expect to see some major changes in their lineup. Arjen Robin needs to go. His attitude was a detriment to the team, in my opinion, same as it was in the World Cup Final. Robin Van Persie is fine, but he cannot do it on his own. The first two games he had almost no support (due to the brilliant move of using two middle halfbacks who were both supposed to be defenders....emphasis on supposed to be). Wesley Sneijder was a nonfactor this whole tourney and needs to figure it out. I'll be watching for the ****-storm that will likely be coming out in the Dutch/social media over the next week.

[OrangeSe7en]

Originally Posted by Dutch

You're not alone. Got a hunch there are going to be some major shake ups on the Dutch National team when they get home. They are on the hook for a bunch of money to their coach through 2016, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is fired pretty quick. I also expect to see some major changes in their lineup. Arjen Robin needs to go. His attitude was a detriment to the team, in my opinion, same as it was in the World Cup Final. Robin Van Persie is fine, but he cannot do it on his own. The first two games he had almost no support (due to the brilliant move of using two middle halfbacks who were both supposed to be defenders....emphasis on supposed to be). Wesley Sneijder was a nonfactor this whole tourney and needs to figure it out. I'll be watching for the ****-storm that will likely be coming out in the Dutch/social media over the next week.

That's unfortunate. They really only had one game that you might consider bad and even that's debateable. This was one of the hardest groups I can remember. When they lost to Denmark, they were really up against it. Germany looks like one of the strogest teams in the tournament, so losing that game was a respsectable loss. And then today, against Portugal, what Lalas said about pushing forward and leaving themselves open in the back was true. Basically, today's game was a function of losing to Denmark. They should have won that game and left themselves open to Portugal out of necessity because they didn't.

[LetsGoBroncos]

Originally Posted by Vulcano

greeks = offense wins games,defense wins ...


Spain, Germany, France and maybe England are the frontrunners for the finals.

All on the same side of the bracket

[brncs_fan]

Originally Posted by Dutch

You're not alone. Got a hunch there are going to be some major shake ups on the Dutch National team when they get home. They are on the hook for a bunch of money to their coach through 2016, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is fired pretty quick. I also expect to see some major changes in their lineup. Arjen Robin needs to go. His attitude was a detriment to the team, in my opinion, same as it was in the World Cup Final. Robin Van Persie is fine, but he cannot do it on his own. The first two games he had almost no support (due to the brilliant move of using two middle halfbacks who were both supposed to be defenders....emphasis on supposed to be). Wesley Sneijder was a nonfactor this whole tourney and needs to figure it out. I'll be watching for the ****-storm that will likely be coming out in the Dutch/social media over the next week.

Totally agree.