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2016 Summer Olympics |OT2| August 5th - August 21st
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ColossalLazy
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Extra time, this looks like will go to pens tho.
CelticKnight
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Maybe Germany could've taken Bastian Schweinsteiger to Rio, he seems to be at a loose end these days...
Making use of your remaining sub ?
No thanks.
Was already wrong to take him to the EUROs
Yes
SporeCrawler
Member
Benders are better than Schweinsteiger at this point
Mourinho has him occupied cleaning the youth teams boots.
ATOMICJORGE
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This is a Saturday of glory for Mexico, I feel a lot of pride for the performance of the Mexican athletes showing how nothing is impossible! 
TheOneWhoKnocks
Member
Is Olympic gold not considered prestigious in football?? Why do they send second grade teams??
Obviously he's not.
Google it bro. Google it.
U23 squads with 2 (?) over age players allowed and no, it's basically seen as above the confederations cup but below everything else (world,copa, African nations and euros).
pauloshinobi
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Only 3 athletes over 23yo are allowed.
Nobody basically gives a fuck about it.
It's not important, it's a pain due the already existing packed calender that is to full.
Plus it would steal all the thunder, if they actually send their best teams.
Football is just bigger, so no need to overshadow alot of great sports.
Question 1: yes, is not
Q2: they need to use only under 23 years old players (and 3 players over 23)
CheDominik
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No, but the prestige and attention hve been growing over the last couple of Olympics. And technically it's a U23 tourney so you're seeing younger players, but players like Brandt for example are the best young player the sport has to offer.
Olympic football for men has some rules, U23 except 3 Player, but it isn't considered as prestigious as the world Cup. Don't know why, probably because football became more popular than Olympia
silver.tongue
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Shoooot luan!!! Shooooot!!!
I don't think so
This year Brazil is the only one who is giving some importance to this gold, and only because we're playing at home
Lion Heart
Banned
Such bad execution in the box. Help Neymar out goddamn.
It is because both Workd Championships and the Euros/Copa America are every 4 years. With the olympics that would mean that there would be a big tournament basically every year. The clubs paying the salaries would not want that...
Hasphat'sAnts
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that would've been the dopest goal. :/
CheDominik
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Ugh...Gnabry is so frustrating to watch. He has it all, pace, technical ability yet doesn't realize football is a team game.
The Euro's are also in the same year as the Olympic Games. Players are exhausted from a tournament that finished in July after a long season and then going right into the next tournament in August? Nah.
CheDominik
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Brandt, Meyer, and the Benders and a lot more are all important first team players for their clubs. It's not like Germany is sending a youth team.
Both teams are really tired
Yep
I'll give ya the boot mate.
Alligatorjandro
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Just keep doing thru passes
Tomasoares
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