Football the European Championship thread

[ileks]

I guess he is referring to the way he was rolling around in absolute agony (more so than Eduardo, when he snapped his leg in two) after a German player stepped on his toe. The replay showed how delayed the reaction was as well.

That said i think he played quite well, but the Germans were the better team.

 

[Ch3tan]

Do you realise how much someone stepping on your foot like that hurts? The replay I saw showed no delayed reaction.

 

[Thorwyn]

Oh, yes, stepping on someones toe does hurt. And guess what, it hurts exactly when you´re getting stepped on. The sequence is NOT go down, roll over, look at the ref, look at the ball, then all of a sudden hell breaks lose and you´re entire body is shaken in agony and pain. After looking at this scene in slow mo, I`m not even sure the german player touched him! Of course, when Lehman was lying on the floor after a (correct) tackle, Mister Ronaldo was standing next to him, telling him to get up.
This guy is just ridiculous. He was diving like a maniac at the WC 2006 and this stunt was even more pathetic. Don´t get me wrong here. He´s a brilliant player, maybe one of the best players in the world with amazing skills and speed. But as long as he resorts to that kind of play, Portugal doesn´t deserve any title.

 

[Gahn]

Great match and i'll eat back my previous comments on Germany tbh.
Monster match from Schwansteiger (or wtf is written), Lahm, Ballack and Podolski over all.

 

[Olgaline]

please to give linkipoo of toe incidant

 

[Thorwyn]

Can´t find it, it´s not on youtube yet I think. :/

 

[Levin]

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-topic21/228724-predictions-uefa-euro-2008-a.html#post3362425

Predictions coming true so far...

 

[CorNokZ]

He got fouled, went down and looked at the ref for a freekick, which he got.. The German player stepped on his inner foot and he imideatly(?!) started twisting! It wasn't after the first foul, but after the German player stepped on his foot he really went down

 

[Septima]

Yeah right portuguese players are the only ones rolling on the floor trying to get free kicks. Everyones does that, english german or whatever. And btw about that ronaldo feet, not because of that stepping, but he is gonna do cirurgy on it since he was injured pre competition...
Portuguese lost cause of stupid defense errors, that great teams shouldn't make if they want to win a title, period.
Ronaldo does too much, he is arrogant and can be very tiring at times, but he is the best world player, suck it up.

 

[Gahn]

Yeah right portuguese players are the only ones rolling on the floor trying to get free kicks. Everyones does that, english german or whatever. And btw about that ronaldo feet, not because of that stepping, but he is gonna do cirurgy on it since he was injured pre competition...
Portuguese lost cause of stupid defense errors, that great teams shouldn't make if they want to win a title, period.
Ronaldo does too much, he is arrogant and can be very tiring at times, but he is the best world player, suck it up.

Deco played better yday imo.

 

[Septima]

Deco played better yday imo.

Deco played better during all championship

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

Nice match, can only comment on the first 35 minutes really or so as I was drunk after the first two goals :O. Germany pretty much dominated Portugal in the first half, they destroyed them with the 1-3-2-4 system and Löw did very well changing from 4-4--2 which Germany used the last 4 years more or less constantly in the middle of a tournament. Shows that the team has a high understanding of tactics if they can adjust so fast.

Loved the first goal, it was so fucking fantastic, Podolski is so fast with the ball. Set situations worked, two header goals after crosses from Schweinsteiger, awesome.

Not sure why they caught 2 goals, was drunk :/. But I assume that both teams had high efficiency with the chances.

Diving by Ronaldo and later the yellow for Ballack was quite frustrating. I just hope that he plays in the final and I am sure they will play in the final after beating Turkey or Croatia.

 

[Lethul]

YouTube - Euro 2008 - Cronaldo the Drama Queen
[youtubevid]4OTIPGgzkL0[/youtubevid]

Imo the german deserved a red card. I don't really see it as acting. If you ever gotten stepped on by someone with football shoes you know it hurts.

 

[Wonk]

was there even contact when he was going down ?

 

[Septima]

was there even contact when he was going down ?

Yes

 

[Wonk]

I can understand why he's crying after getting stepped on - they can't all be real men like me but he's going down very easily.

 

[Thorwyn]

Err...there was no contact whatsoever.
Go Ronaldo!

take a look at :37
orientation... where´s ref? where´s ball?
ZOMG! I`m dying!

oh! and 30 s later: A MIRACLE! The pain is gone! Praise the Lord!

 

[CorNokZ]

How can you say there were no contact!? You can clearly see him stepping on his foot! He even goes back to him and appologizes! He might be over dramatizing it, but he clearly stepped on his foot and that fucking hurts..

 

[Wonk]

How can you say there were no contact!? You can clearly see him stepping on his foot! He even goes back to him and appologizes! He might be over dramatizing it, but he clearly stepped on his foot and that fucking hurts..

When he fell mate. There was definately contact when his foot got stepped on.

sheesh, im trying to be neutral It's not easy when everybody has an opinion about him.
(or was it to Thorwyn?)

ah well, predictions for tonights match? I really hope Croatia beats Turkey 6-0, but I sadly don't think it will happen

 

[Thorwyn]

Ah! Now I know what you mean! When he was already on the ground!
Yes, that was of course a contact, sorry, haven´t seen that before. I always thought it was the tackle itself.

Ok, he´s allowed to roll over and cry then.

 

[Septima]

Err...there was no contact whatsoever.
Go Ronaldo!

take a look at :37
orientation... where´s ref? where´s ball?
ZOMG! I`m dying!

oh! and 30 s later: A MIRACLE! The pain is gone! Praise the Lord!

Right, at least Manisch admited he was drunk after second goal

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

The ownage had to be celebrated.

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

Btw in that scene Ronaldo dives the tackle like a fucking retard and tbh ze German should have stepped on his pretty face so he would maybe stop with it for once.

 

[Septima]

Btw in that scene Ronaldo dives the tackle like a fucking retard and tbh ze German should have stepped on his pretty face so he would maybe stop with it for once.

You still drunk

 

[CorNokZ]

Don't think he dived on the first one either.. Might not have been the biggest foul, but he got tripped from what I can see

Ah! Now I know what you mean! When he was already on the ground!
Yes, that was of course a contact, sorry, haven´t seen that before. I always thought it was the tackle itself.

Ok, he´s allowed to roll over and cry then.

I love Christiano, but if it was after the first tackle he had started twisting I would have lost all my respect for him

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

He should join the Italian team. Fine, Friedrich touched him him a little, he still did a nice dive and started to roll like a cat on heat after he thought "omg, he stepped on my toe, I must show it to the ref".

If I injure myself like that I don't roll on the floor like a maniac.

 

[Gahn]

He should join the Italian team. Fine, Friedrich touched him him a little, he still did a nice dive and started to roll like a cat on heat after he thought "omg, he stepped on my toe, I must show it to the ref".

If I injure myself like that I don't roll on the floor like a maniac.

Yup you do it after 2 beers instead

 

[Manisch Depressiv]

Yup you do it after 2 beers instead

Haha, I wish it would be achievable with just 2 beers .

 

[Gahn]

Haha, I wish it would be achievable with just 2 beers .

I second that lol

 

[Septima]

He should join the Italian team. Fine, Friedrich touched him him a little, he still did a nice dive and started to roll like a cat on heat after he thought "omg, he stepped on my toe, I must show it to the ref".

If I injure myself like that I don't roll on the floor like a maniac.

You i didn't knew you played professional football...unless you wanna compare your little friendly games agaisnt beer drinkers with the professional ones...