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Official Euro 2012 Thread

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Fun_dip
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Official Discussion Thread for the Euro this Summer.
I for one am stoked since I feel the Euro is the best International competition "trimming the fat" if you will.

Predicitions.
Group A: Russia- 1, Poland- 2(a toss up between them and Czech)
Group B: Germany- 1, Netherlands- 2.... wish Portugal could surprise someone, but I doubt it
Group C: Spain-1, Croatia- 2... Croatia partially because I hate Italy, but I think Croatia can actually take Italy
Group D: France- 1, England- 2


France wins it all by beating England for a second time.. more of a hope than a prediction, but oh well. Hope Spain doesn't win and I'd love to see Ireland be competitive.
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Good Times.

Post whatever Euro Tournament stuff you want.
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Bumblesteeze
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Tomorrow should be good, looking forward to the France vs England game..
13 years ago
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steep
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Ehhhhh second goal wasn't technically not offsides. But I was rooting for both teams, I'm Irish blood and I just love Croatia for some reason
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Fun_dip
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Hoping Frances gets a W, but i wouldnt look past England even though everyone thinks they suck. Almost had Germany at the last world cup and have some excellent talent. still cant believe rio was left off
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shibby
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I was never on the Spain bandwagon and today confirmed it they went win this tournament. who the hell do they think they agree starting with no striker. and all the passing just gets boring like Barcelona until Messiah gets the ball.
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shibby
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oops on mobile. Germany have to be massive favorites and I think France with a very good outside chance. sorry for the spelling new phone
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powerslide
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My good friend at work is a certified football judge and judge trainer under the national football association, He calls this a no penalty - in his words you should judge hand to ball or ball to hand, this was a ball to hand. we also talked about the Goal that Croatia got, and it was not an off side. He thinks from what he has seen the judging has been quite good so far. I was at a wedding Saturday - getting drunk and eating good food and did not see the Denmark game. saw the recap and im looking forward to the game against Portugal. in the qualification Denmark ripped Portugal to shreds.
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Laurent.
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In relation to the move, when the Dane takes it with his shoulder or upper arm. That is actually more questionable. There he clearly runs into the ball to bring it with him, and if it is considered his arm, then it is a penalty. If the shoulder, it is not. The funny thing is, that the first touch would almost never give a penalty, even though it could likely be one. The second touch would often give a penalty, even though it is often not a penalty.

Please remember, that the match is over, and the discussion is theory.


Also what the hell is a "football judge"?

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Ghini
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Hand to ball or ball to hand doesnt always work, in this case Huntelaar want to make an action and that hand prevents it, even though it is not on purpose, it prevents him to make an action, and maybe score..so its should have been a penalty.. Hunterlaar shouldnt have put his arm in the air right away, now it looks like he wanted to hit the arm and get a penalty..

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TijmenDal
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Thing is, he was standing on his wrong foot, heading in the direction the ball was supposed to go. Now the Danish defender took the ball with him and there was no way he could've gotten the ball back. Bad judging for sure.
Also, what the fuck was that match. An abomination. We lost from Denmark? Seriously? This is going to be like 4 years ago, where we whoop France and Italy's ass and then lose from Russia. Maybe we're just destined to be World Champion. Already won the European Championship, so who cares.
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=nick=
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viva la france

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Corin
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So who thinks Sweden has it tonight?
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fitzcarraldo
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yeah, gonna stick it right up inside them Ukrainians and wear them like a glove.
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powerslide
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In the words of my friend "the judge" You are spot on.

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987321654hgfd
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I will root for any team over France. If Al Qaeda fielded a team I'd choose them over France.
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arandomname
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Threads for later.  I think France could do well this tournament.
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=nick=
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its ok your mom wasnt picky when i banged her with my french baguette
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987321654hgfd
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Nah, my mom stays away from cheese eating surrender monkeys. She doesn't like her men to crumble at the slightest sense of danger.
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=nick=
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damn dude you sound really tough. are you one of those kids who thinks playing COD makes you a war hero? you don't know shit about real danger so shut the fuck up and take your ignorance back to the trailer park.
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987321654hgfd
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Hahahahaha don't get so butt hurt. Really don't want to start this argument in here, but all I have to say is you couldn't be more wrong.
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=nick=
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sure dude, whatever. i dont really care if you support or dont support certain teams but saying you support al qaeda over any team is just stupid, thats what got me ticked
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Bumblesteeze
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fujarome
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so you're the type of dude who reads the first 10 pages of a history book, then stops because the rest is irrelevant?


You sound ignorant and like a moron.



Anyways....allez les bleus!
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Peter.
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go england, hopefully rooney will actually make an impact on this game
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fitzcarraldo
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hahaha
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shibby
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you must be a diehard England fan
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Bar_Down
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ahahaha thats awesome
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theBearJew
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Watch ESPN is not working right now! WTF.I am at work and it wont stream through my phone or computer
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Bar_Down
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Holy, listening to this game on the radio is making me shit my pants, i wish i could see it
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mklammer
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france and sweden gonna win!! hopefully.. cause i have the chance to win 160€ haha
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S.Ki
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Shit Rudo er are in the Same boat. But England just scores
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S.Ki
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Fuck mobile NS. England 1 - France 0. Hopefully France can finallly score too. It seems like they want it more, their Play is far more aggressive
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mklammer
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france on fire!!
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Rosbif
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And France equalise, dammit, I was actually positive about England for a bit there.
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Bar_Down
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From the sound of it on the radio, this game is getting pretty good. I hope France keeps up the pace in the 2nd half.
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S.Ki
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You better watch it.

I got your back, here is a working link.


Its in German but you can mute the stream and keep listening to the radio.
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=nick=
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Nasri threaded the needle so clean for France....ALLEZ!
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Bumblesteeze
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Quite the blast by Nasri
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Jane6
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Dr.Gonzo
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lol
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1337
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that german stream didn't work :(

anyone have a stream in English?
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Mike-O
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If you find a Finnish proxy then this should work

http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1560994/#/play

Learn Finnish at the same time - win-win.
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maximiliaan
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that was a good match, both teams are good. second half were the french slightly better
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Bumblesteeze
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The English defence was like a wall
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Bar_Down
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Well, that's kinda disapointing. By the sound of it we really should've had that one. A tie isn't bad however considering we should definitely beat Sweden and Ukraine but still.
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J.D.
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Going to say it will be 2-0 Sweden.
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I_Am_Mod
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i think ukraine-sweden is gonna go 0-1
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maximiliaan
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nah i think sweden will be better than that, ukr 1-3 swe
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*SNO*
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Well the fact the ref was blatantly on France's side, yes you should of won.
Cabaye should really of been booked the amount of fouls he made.

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PacificRimJob
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ja sverige!
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PacificRimJob
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this match is fantastic!!
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