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edison
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« Reply #100 on: Jun 19, 2012, 02:30:48 AM »
Meanwhile, I watched Italy-Ireland and that was pretty dire. Italy changed their tactical shape and a number of players and just looked completely clueless and out of sorts for about half an hour before they eventually managed to create some danger and prevail over a still harmless Irish team. Definitely not a good performance, though, and I dread to think of what would happen to them if Pirlo were out for some reason, as he was involved in all of their four goals so far (3 assists, 1 goal).
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Good Intentions
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« Reply #101 on: Jun 19, 2012, 05:34:44 AM »
Pirlo is just a solid hunk of class, though, isn't he?
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edison
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« Reply #102 on: Jun 19, 2012, 05:42:27 AM »
Most definitely. Last night was his weakest performance so far (as was the case for most players on the pitch), but he still managed two assists, so, not bad.
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edison
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« Reply #103 on: Jun 19, 2012, 04:46:15 PM »
Just an abysmal performance from France tonight. Extremely bad in every way (except for the goalkeeper), and the mentality and lack of character on display was shocking.
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #104 on: Jun 19, 2012, 04:54:01 PM »
Quote from: edison on Jun 19, 2012, 04:46:15 PM
Just an abysmal performance from France tonight. Extremely bad in every way (except for the goalkeeper), and the mentality and lack of character on display was shocking.

Their first defeat in 24 games though. I suspect a quarter final against Spain will raise a few performances?
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« Reply #105 on: Jun 19, 2012, 04:57:05 PM »
i'm sure italy will be very worried by what they saw tonight.  Smile
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« Reply #106 on: Jun 19, 2012, 07:13:55 PM »
It seems that while the Irish team did much as expected, even disappointed a little, the fans made a huge impression. This is the yesterday's  front page of the main paper in Poznan:
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #107 on: Jun 20, 2012, 01:37:30 AM »
Quote from: Chet on Jun 19, 2012, 04:57:05 PM
i'm sure italy will be very worried by what they saw tonight.  Smile

Seething with jealousy!

Top of the group, unbeaten, 5 different goalscorers, ended the Swedish hoodoo, clean sheet against hosts desperate for a result, matched the 3rd favourites for the tournament, good team spirit and discipline, avoided Spain.....
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« Reply #108 on: Jun 20, 2012, 02:40:35 AM »
Italy-England could be a very open and interesting game, I think. I'm kind of dreading Spain-France, on the other hand, as that's bound to feature a lot of pointless midfield passing (also, I would normally root for Spain's opponent, but France squandered any amount of goodwill they had going for them last night).
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kyle
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« Reply #109 on: Jun 20, 2012, 03:05:58 PM »
Benzema will show up against Spain. I expect it to be 1-1 or France winning 1-0. Spain look very suspect in the back and should really count themselves fortunate to have made it past Croatia.
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« Reply #110 on: Jun 20, 2012, 04:13:04 PM »
Kyle! Good to see you posting here. How have you been?
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« Reply #111 on: Jun 22, 2012, 04:50:19 AM »
Good! Took the summer off of school to try and turn stuff around after a tough year and a half. Working a lot now, but vacationing soon. I'll try to make it by more.
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« Reply #112 on: Jun 22, 2012, 01:43:58 PM »
Oooh!.....we got a corner
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edison
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« Reply #113 on: Jun 22, 2012, 04:39:57 PM »
As much as it pained me to see Angela Merkel so happy, that was a beautiful, heartwarming win.
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #114 on: Jun 22, 2012, 04:43:39 PM »
I thought they were a bit lucky.
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edison
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« Reply #115 on: Jun 22, 2012, 04:59:44 PM »
How so?
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #116 on: Jun 22, 2012, 05:34:22 PM »
No, I'm only joking - sorry! It was an utter trouncing of course.
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edison
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« Reply #117 on: Jun 23, 2012, 12:07:16 AM »
Hah, okay. I dug into my memory for a while, but couldn't possibly find a reason.
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« Reply #118 on: Jun 23, 2012, 04:04:14 AM »
Quote from: Nick Ink on Jun 20, 2012, 01:37:30 AM
Quote from: Chet on Jun 19, 2012, 04:57:05 PM
i'm sure italy will be very worried by what they saw tonight.  Smile

Seething with jealousy!

Top of the group, unbeaten, 5 different goalscorers, ended the Swedish hoodoo, clean sheet against hosts desperate for a result, matched the 3rd favourites for the tournament, good team spirit and discipline, avoided Spain.....
what, exactly, would i be jealous of? i hold no interest in actually supporting any international team (apart from any who plays england, of course), i certainly couldn't give a shit about scotland when they play.

but really, the english hype machine is cooking up nicely now, after being rightfully restrained so far. i've seen some suggest that england are actually favourites against italy Laughing i'm predicting a comfortable 2-0 victory for the azzurri.

though, england going through to then get their traditional trouncing off the germans would be nice to see.

btw i have an italian grandfather and could legitimately play for italy if i was you know, good at football, so even more reason to cheer.
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edison
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« Reply #119 on: Jun 23, 2012, 04:14:08 AM »
I'm pretty sure Nick meant "Italy will be seething with jealousy", not you!
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« Reply #120 on: Jun 23, 2012, 04:16:39 AM »
that would make even less sense.
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« Reply #121 on: Jun 23, 2012, 04:29:00 AM »
I'm also pretty sure he was being ironic  Cool
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Little Sixes Little Nines
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« Reply #122 on: Jun 23, 2012, 04:29:09 AM »
i also read it as "italy will be seething with jealousy, for the following reasons"
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« Reply #123 on: Jun 23, 2012, 05:06:30 AM »
Sorry to disappoint you all, but I was being bullishly nationalistic and slightly anti-Scottish!
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Little Sixes Little Nines
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« Reply #124 on: Jun 23, 2012, 05:28:18 AM »
well, i'm not disappointed. in fact, i'm rather appointed!
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