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Hopefully Monterrey lose so that their humiliation is utterly complete.
EDIT: What the fuck is wrong with Chupete Suazo this year.
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2011 FIFA Club World Cup
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EDIT: What the fuck is wrong with Chupete Suazo this year.
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL MONTERREY OLOLOLOLOLOLOL
First shot by Espérance, first goal. ololol what the fuck
stop shaming Mexico's football goddammit
First shot by Espérance, first goal. ololol what the fuck
stop shaming Mexico's football goddammit
Embarrassing goal Monterrey just let in
Suazo has been playing with a shoulder problem since before the WC. He should have had surgery to fix the problem. I'm not sure why he decided to keep playing like that.
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Yeah, but he's had that problem since the spring or something. He's really an idiot.
P.S. It sounds weird hearing the "puto" chants in Japan. lol
P.S. It sounds weird hearing the "puto" chants in Japan. lol
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That was a badarse goal. About fucking time they showed something.
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Did De Nigris play against Kashiwa Reysol? Why the fuck do Mexican team always choke in the important matches?
He and Ayovi came in during the 2nd half.
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Espérance's defence is horrendous. 3-1
Should have started. Also the team has looked a lot better since Suazo left.
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Espérance is the French word for hope, dude.
Reysol, now, that's Sun King in Spanish. Japanese football teams are in love with Spanish, like it should be.
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There's still chance for an ignominious Monterrey choke! Damn Espérance almost had it!
Corona > Ochoa > Talavera. But we all know Talavera is Chepo's favourite (and he kinda earned the position if you ask me).
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And thus another failure for Mexican teams in international tournaments ends. Maybe Tigres won't suck shit in 2013; 2012 is already a lost cause.
Now changing my gears. GO KASHIWA REYSOL
Now changing my gears. GO KASHIWA REYSOL
jamesinclair
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A problem is the huge gap between qualification to champions league -->> Winning champions league ----> CWC
Its simply not the same team.
Its simply not the same team.
KidA Seven
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Damnit Mier. I want him to beast so he can possibly get a chance to go to Europe.
Go Kashiwa!
Go Kashiwa!
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Concachafa ends in April; Champions League and Libertadores end in May.
Come the fuck on.
Fuck yeah that's the spirit.
Espérance means hope in French...Tunisia used to be a French colony.
Qualify by Clausura results, so June 2010, Group stage of the CCL ends in October 2010 the final in April 2011 , and the CWC in December 2011. So a 1 & 1/2 year process for the Mexican sides. Concacaf should really be pushed into making the CL more like the Libertadores with a tighter schedule. The group stage has been over since October we could have had the knockout round over and done by the time the CWC started.
jamesinclair
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Lets compare apples to apples.
CONCACAF teams lose to Asian and African teams.
Asian competition begins February 2011 and ended 5 November...a month before the CWC
Africans teams end their tournament on 13 November 2011.... half a month before the CWC
The Japanese team qualified on....December 3 just days before the tournament.
Meanwhile, Monterrey was a champion on April 27, 2011, a world away.
As for Barcelona and Santos? Those teams have much less turnover in players than CONCACAF teams.
When Barcelona wins in June, they go shopping for even better plays in August.
Meanwhile, when the CONCACAF team wins in April, all their best players are picked off in August.
I also think there is something to be said about the Clausura/Apertura format and why the Brazilian sides have dominated the Libertadores in the last decade. With sides being forced into looking at short term solutions instead of thinking about the long run.
KidA Seven
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God damnit.
jamesinclair
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That about wraps things up
L0st Id3ntity
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Kashiwa is clearly a better team, Santos is just a couple of amazing individuals, barca will beat them easily if they cared enough.
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cutmeamango
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And now we wait.
If Santos doesn't improve it's defensive awareness (lots of long balls, slow defensive line, too much space), might as well enter the field and handle Barça the trophy.
Insane Metal
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Pretty much.
jamesinclair
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You can say that of any team in the world at this point.
SunhiLegend
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Does anyone know what time Barcelona are playing in GMT?
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Holy shit at Neymar's goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxX_m4YYwxM
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Six hours from now.
jamesinclair
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Im off to bed, dont forget the Barcelona game starts soon.
jamesinclair
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"The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup, contested annually since 1960 by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores, until the two merged in 2005. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup
Meaningless? About as meaningless as the regular World Cup, the UEFA Champions league and so forth.
It's just a game where people run around after a ball hoping to win a shiny trophy. So yeah, in the grand scheme of things, it's meaningless.
AndresON777
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Al-Sadd defending well
Except it (roughly) goes like this:
Champions League
Euro Cup
World Cup
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Europa League
Carling Cup
Club World Cup.
jamesinclair
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Actually, no. For most of the world, the CWC is the most important tournament...because it is. Theres no higher contest on the club level.
You win this, youre the worlds best club, indisputably.
Yeah but no.
jamesinclair
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Seems like literally a good amount of people in this very thread care. Bro.
Feel free to troll in the mega-football thread, where games are not discussed because it would distract from transfer rumors.
Lets keep this thread focused on the games, yes?
Al-Wadd is holding up, but as soon as the floodgates open...
Im predicting 4-1.
Feel free to troll in the mega-football thread, where games are not discussed because it would distract from transfer rumors.
Lets keep this thread focused on the games, yes?
Al-Wadd is holding up, but as soon as the floodgates open...
Im predicting 4-1.
AndresON777
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lol horrible way to concede
Chuckie
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I really doubt that. I didn't even know it existed. I don't even know if I can see this on television in the Netherlands.
For Dutchies I think its like this:
1. World Cup
2. Euro Cup
3. Champions League
4. National Honorary League (I put this on 4 but I think for a lot of people its more important than Champions League)
5. National First League
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27. Womens League
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99. The CWC.
I can also tell you why nobody gives a shit. It's because it is for clubs. And the smaller the selection of clubs the less people give a shit.
I care about Feyenoord in our own league, I care about Orange in Euro and Worldcup.
Beyond that I care maybe a slight bit for another Dutch team in the Champions League, but I reaaaaallly couldn't care less for some random European team, let alone a random Asian or Southamerican team.
Almost nobody outside of some Barcelona supporters will care how they will do in some obscure tournament.. That makes it a relatively small fanbase. (On an international global scale)
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