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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)

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Mama Smurf said:
I'll back Mexico for the U20 World Cup, 'cos i know 3 of their players so they must be good.
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Vela, Dos Santos, and ???

Some funny stuff from the USMNT Summer Blog.

Friday, June 29 @ 2:50 p.m.
All of these three blogs are about things that happened yesterday, and their all about the same person, but let us tell you, they’re all worth posting. Enjoy.

We almost had another guest move onto our floor yesterday here at the hotel. Well, not just any guest, but the legend himself, Diego Maradona. The hotel had a mix-up and tried to provide him with an open room on our floor, but when the man who scored “The Goal of the Century” and is considered as a God by some (and probably every Argentinean) got off the elevator, he was told by our security officers that he couldn’t step onto the floor as only U.S. players and staff were allowed. Lets just say that didn’t go over so well. Even after some of the guards informed the security officer of who he was (do you know who this is??), Maradona was sent back down to the front desk. All was worked out as the Boca Juniors legend was provided a room on a different floor, although, it was also a floor where some of our coaches and staff are located, and wouldn’t you know it, our trainer Anthony Slater had to give up his room for Maradona. It may have been a small nuisance, but as Slater put it, “whatever, it’s a great story I’ll have for the rest of my life.”

Maradona was also at the U.S.-Argentina match last night, causing a commotion on a scale few of us have ever seen. As he walked towards the VIP section of the stadium, fans erupted, forgetting of the game that was about to kickoff and whipping out their cameras and phones to take a picture of him in his classic Argentina No. 10 jersey. As he moved towards his seat, we soon realized he was going to be in our section and he and his entourage ended up sitting four rows behind us. Now, we’ll admit it was pretty damn cool, but talk about annoying. We were sitting in the front row of the section along with assistant coach Peter Nowak and with the game just moments from kicking off everyone in the section ahead of us was standing up to take pictures, essentially blocking our view of the field. Pretty comical scene as Peter was all concentration as he prepared his notes for the game, looking toward the field, while every single person around him – including the police officers – were looking, waving and photographing Maradona. Now that’s concentration. A few polite request (and a few stern one) and finally the crowd started to slowly disperse and turn their attention back to the pitch. Although, we have to admit, we snapped a couple of photos of Diego with our camera phone at the end of the game. And you know what, he looks pretty good.

And one final Maradona comment. After the game, the team waited at the bottom of the hotel for the two elevators, but it seemed only one was working. It had gone up and down twice, while the other elevator had yet to reach the bottom floor. Someone made the joke that it was now Maradona’s “private” elevator. Well, a minute later, it finally made its way down, and guess who got off. Yep, Diego. He saw the remaining U.S. players waiting, nodded hello and walked out to … ah, go have cranberry juice and watch a movie to celebrate the Argentina win.
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Maradona - always the troublemaker.

Plus, they had an iguana hanging out near their training pitch yesterday. I'm going to blame him for the US loss to Argentina.
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yay first post :D

Anyway, for those that don't know, fifa.com is streaming all of the U20 world cup matches with English commentary. I think its only available in Europe though.
 
Oops, I mixed up some players, I do only know two.

In that case Mexico or Brazil, 'cos I know 2 players from each so they must be good.
 
Zoolaga said:
Anyway, for those that don't know, fifa.com is streaming all of the U20 world cup matches with English commentary. I think its only available in Europe though.
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I think it works in Europe and perhaps everywhere else except for the US. We definitely can't get it here without a proxy because of ESPN's contract which is streaming it on ESPN360.
 
Zoolaga said:
yay first post :D

Anyway, for those that don't know, fifa.com is streaming all of the U20 world cup matches with English commentary. I think its only available in Europe though.
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wow didn't know that, now I just need to stay awake unless I can rig it to work on my PSP.
 
Cornballer said:
I think it works in Europe and perhaps everywhere else except for the US. We definitely can't get it here without a proxy because of ESPN's contract which is streaming it on ESPN360.
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****ing Comcast doesn't let me get 360. :(
 
Karakand said:
I'll just stream the Chinese feed because I'm too lazy to figure out a TV station to watch it on. :lol
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That's the easiest way to do it if you're all set up. I don't (can't?) watch feeds at home since I'm on a Mac.
 
UEFA U-21 EC Dream Team:

Goal: Damir Kahriman (Serbia)
Defense: Gianni Zuiverloon (Holland), Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy), Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia)
Midfield: Bosko Jankovic (Serbia), Hedwiges Maduro (Holland), Alberto Aquilani (Italy), Royston Drenthe (Holland)
Attack: Leroy Lita (England), Maceo Rigters (Holland)


I'm missing either Ryan Donk or Ron Vlaar in defense :/
 
Tevez has announced he wont decide his future till after the copa america now, after saying he wants to stay in the premiership yesterday, two good pieces of news for West Ham, hopefully Liverpool will get Torres and Arsenal wont want to wait till then and we'll get a clear run at the £9million year loan.



*dares to dream a bit harder*
 
Zoolaga said:
yay first post :D

Anyway, for those that don't know, fifa.com is streaming all of the U20 world cup matches with English commentary. I think its only available in Europe though.
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Thx for the heads-up.

Btw, I expect Brazil to totally dominate the U20 WC. Just look at their selection, with guys like: Cassio Ramos, Marcelo, Willian, Lucas (Liverpool), Jo, Renato Agusto, Pato (close to moving to Chelsea) and Carlos Eduardo. :O Argentina is incredible to with the likes of Insua, Zarate and Aguero.
 
Zoolaga said:
yay first post :D

Anyway, for those that don't know, fifa.com is streaming all of the U20 world cup matches with English commentary. I think its only available in Europe though.
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Only in europe!? That sucks
 
psycho_snake said:
Only in europe!? That sucks
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I think it may work in other parts of the world, as well, but I can't confirm that. You'll have to give it a try tomorrow and see what happens. If it's not working, there are a bunch of other places you might be able to stream from.



I <3 Google.

Hasselhoff + Soccer = Awesome.
Deutsche Welle said:
German Soccer Star Harnesses Hoff Power

Fulham's German star Moritz Volz has had a miserable time in the English Premiership. Not a goal to his name in three years. But now that's all changed, thanks to the intervention of the one and only David Hasselhoff.

He has professed to be more popular than Elvis, the most searched-for star on the Internet and the man that went unrecognized as the force that toppled the Berlin Wall and brought East and West Germany back together. Now David Hasselhoff has another claim to even more fame -- and for once, he isn't the one making it.

German soccer player Moritz Volz, currently playing for Fulham in the English Premier League, revealed this week that the US actor and singer has helped to end a goal drought that has stretched back three years.

Volz -- one of the more down-to-earth foreign stars in the English game, who drives a beat-up old VW Golf and lives in modest accommodation in one of London's less salubrious neighborhoods -- is a self-confessed devotee of the Hoff and believes that his hero's power was channeled through a new pair of boots he was wearing last weekend in the away game against Aston Villa in Birmingham.

Aston Villa 1 - HOFF 2

The Fulham star, who loves to conform to German stereotypes by sometimes sporting a blonde mullet haircut and eating bratwurst, scored his first Premiership goal to clinch a 1-1 draw for the West London club while shoed in a pair of cleats bearing the former Baywatch actor's name. "It was the first time I had worn my new boots with 'HOFF 2' sewn on them," Volz told reporters. "It's Hoff power."

Hasselhoff claims a mind power technique he perfected to get the role as Michael Knight in cult 80's series Knight Rider, the so-called "Power of the Subconscious Mind" effect, is behind much of his success.

Fulham currently lie in eighth place in the English top flight, some nine points behind league leaders Manchester United. But given David Hasselhoff's record in changing world history, don't be surprised if Fulham harness his influence via Volz's boots and eclipse their neighbors Chelsea come the end of the season to lift the championship trophy. The Premiership has been warned.
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Tony Cascarino writes for The Times, and says:

Tottenham now have a forward line as good as Liverpool’s and better than Manchester United’s, Arsenal’s and Chelsea’s.
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...what? I'm not really interested in the Tottenham bit, more the fact that he thinks Liverpool have the best forwards out of the top 4.

EDIT: Also, Benitez might want Heinze but no player has moved between the two clubs in the last 43 years. So good luck with that!

Maybe they can work out some sort of swap deal where both teams really want the other player badly enough to put rivalries aside, but otherwise I can't see it happening.
 
I thought Liverpool fans would like to that Torres's La Liga goalscoring average, minus penalties, is lower than Kuyt and Crouch's Premiership averages last year. Ahead of Bellamy though!

Still, £27m isn't that bad when you consider the success Spanish forwards traditionally have moving to the Premiership.
 
Rooney's switched to the number 10 shirt next year, from his usual 8. I don't know why, if he wanted the 10 he could have taken it last year when Van Nistelrooy left.

Oh...wait...shirt sales. That's why. Clever, if evil, timing. The papers will love that, a story which would normally be lucky to get any mention in a paper is now bound to be talked about, as he's "moving into" number 10 at the same time as Gordon Brown is.
 
Cornballer said:
Oh yeah, CardFest '06. Now I remember.
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That match was a ****ing riot. I loved every second of it.

BTW, according to AS, Madrid has reached an agreement with Robben. Now all they need to do is reach one with Chelsea. :-p
 
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
That match was a ****ing riot. I loved every second of it.

BTW, according to AS, Madrid has reached an agreement with Robben. Now all they need to do is reach one with Chelsea. :-p
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Wait doesn't it break Fifa rules doing that, in that order?
 
MrPing1000 said:
Lol Greece
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:lol

That Portugal/Holland match was one of the saddest/funniest/silliest games I've ever seen. The best image from that match by far was when Deco and his Barca teamate from Holland (forget his name) were both on the sidelines after getting sent off, and the Dutch player just gave the nastiest stare while Deco didn't react to it. There was a gif of this in the World Cup thread...damned if I'm gonna hunt for it though.
 
Liverpool have stolen U16 striker Daniel Pacheco from under Barca's noses (we are so naughty).

Pacheco, one of the pearls of the youth team, 'flees' to Liverpool

The never ending story. England has set it's sights yet another one of the emerging figures in the blaugrana youth setup and, this time, they've managed to pry it away from Barça. In this occasion, the 'robbery' has been committed by Liverpool, who have taken Daniel Pacheco with them, central forward of the you-16 team.

The young player, who, despite having just turned 16 this past January, has already been used regularly for Alex Garcia for the you-18A, has decided to accept the 'Reds' offer to play in England for the next 3 seasons. Although Barça has tried to keep the player under it's wing, the agreement between the English club and the player is irreversible.

Garcia Pimienta, his manager at the you-16A's this season, considers that he is "a big loss for the club because we're talking about a striker with lots of quality and a goalscorer. He's been our top goalscorer, reaching almost 30 goals and he's already played with the you-18A's, so i don't think this is a sporting issue, because he is highly valued at the club". The coach considers that "along with Thiago Alcantara and Gai Assulin he is one of the you-16 players with best prospects that we have, but there is nothing we can do now. It all happen very fast".

Dani Pacheco arrived in Barcelona from his native Malaga and has spent the last four years at the club. Now, like Cesc, Pique or Fran Merida before him, he's gone to England.
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Some videos: http://www.airfutbol.com/videodanipacheco2.htm
 
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