GannonFan wrote:Russians lost 2-1. They're basically out of the Euro at this point anyway. Couple that with maybe the country being banned from the upcoming Olympics anyway because of extensive national team doping over the past few years, and maybe these professional hooligans might just say "aw, what the heck" and go out in style and beat the crap out of some people, penalties be damned.
And it's basically Croatian fans fighting themselves. Apparently a lot of infighting in the Croatian fanbase regarding where the team plays. You can't make this stuff up.
bluehenbillk wrote:All the Italians can go back to eating Ragu for a few years as the Irish stick it to them again!
The Italians had already won the group going into the game having beaten Belgium (#2 in the World) and #35 Sweden so they played their B team against Ireland. They completely rested 8 of the 11 starters for this game (compared to who started the Belgium game) and subbed in for 30 minutes 1 of the guys who started the Belgium game.
Essentially 3 1/3 of Italy's A team played against Ireland and they only lost by 1.
bluehenbillk wrote:All the Italians can go back to eating Ragu for a few years as the Irish stick it to them again!
The Italians had already won the group going into the game having beaten Belgium (#2 in the World) and #35 Sweden so they played their B team against Ireland. They completely rested 8 of the 11 starters for this game (compared to who started the Belgium game) and subbed in for 30 minutes 1 of the guys who started the Belgium game.
Essentially 3 1/3 of Italy's A team played against Ireland and they only lost by 1.
Agreed, Italy was already through and they couldn't do anything to change their position as group winner. Game was meaningless to the Italians, who now get to play Spain (who I think they match up well against - Spain hates good defensive teams).
On the other hand...if we took the top 20 NBA players and had them audition for the World Cup...we might see some of the best flopping the Earth has ever seen..
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France wins the right to lose to Ronaldo on Sunday.
Nah, home teams tend to win in the Euros, I think the French are in great shape. Portugal had an easy side of the bracket and why they got this far. Ronaldo's awesome, but I don't think he'll be enough.
France wins the right to lose to Ronaldo on Sunday.
Nah, home teams tend to win in the Euros, I think the French are in great shape. Portugal had an easy side of the bracket and why they got this far. Ronaldo's awesome, but I don't think he'll be enough.
Except for Portugal in 2004, Austria/Switzerland in 2008, Ukraine/Poland in 2012...
GannonFan wrote:
Nah, home teams tend to win in the Euros, I think the French are in great shape. Portugal had an easy side of the bracket and why they got this far. Ronaldo's awesome, but I don't think he'll be enough.
Except for Portugal in 2004, Austria/Switzerland in 2008, Ukraine/Poland in 2012...
Yeah, my bad, I heard the stat wrong on my way out today. With that said, it'll be 1984, with a victory over an Iberian peninsula team, all over again for the Frenchies.
