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Nobody badmouths Sven and gets away with it.
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None of the good premiership players are English. And the half decent English players that do exist are boosted by having other quality players from around the world around them on the pitch.
In short crap+crap= crap, and crap+good=crood.
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True, also the fact that those half decent English players never get to play in other leagues makes them one-dimensional. Not a drop of evolution is possible this way. No inspiration either.
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Seems to me that the FA has a problem developing new "homegrown" talent then.
I like that.
I like that.
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Poland - Portugal 4:5 (after penalties)
This was an excellent game, like a real finale. After having two Hungarian shots in their box in the match against Hungary, this time the Portuguese shoot one themselves. Still, it was again a great effort from this team. They figured out, that the only way to stop Poland was through exhaustion. While Portugal has a top reserve bench, Poland had to play the whole time with the same players. In regards to that missed penalty, well...
If you try to be better than your team -- you had your own penalty coming.
This was an excellent game, like a real finale. After having two Hungarian shots in their box in the match against Hungary, this time the Portuguese shoot one themselves. Still, it was again a great effort from this team. They figured out, that the only way to stop Poland was through exhaustion. While Portugal has a top reserve bench, Poland had to play the whole time with the same players. In regards to that missed penalty, well...
If you try to be better than your team -- you had your own penalty coming.
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With luck involved anything's possible, tho I strongly doubt it. BUT: Wales forms a team, while the Red Devils base their power on individuality and egotism. The latter of those two characteristics might bite them in their ass.
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Once again, being one team proves to be the one thing that really counts. That, and Rot's cheering... Excellent game, I'm glad that Wales won this so high, against one of the most charmless teams in these championships. Belgium go home, and think about a better coach.
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The second shittiest involuntary exit from europe suffered by Belgium in a week due their shitty management.
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Penalties make me nervous even when Germany aren't playing but if they do, I'm always bordering on a heart attack... so please, no penalties this time.
There's a fair chance for us to win this one so let's see what happens. Italy are kings when it comes to defense and dangerous with their counters, they have a lot of experienced players and can read an opponent very well. Then again, experience in football can also be a burden, a young man of 20 usually hasn't seen all those dramatic Italy - Germany matches of the past first-hand and thus is not as influenced by the myths surrounding these games than some of the older Italian players. Traditionally, these games get hyped to the moon and back by the sports media and there always is that nemesis talk. Okay, it's true that Germany weren't able to win against Italy in Euro matches for decades now but that doesn't mean that this series couldn't find an end tonight. I would be very happy to say the least if it would.
Let's hope for a good and fair game.
There's a fair chance for us to win this one so let's see what happens. Italy are kings when it comes to defense and dangerous with their counters, they have a lot of experienced players and can read an opponent very well. Then again, experience in football can also be a burden, a young man of 20 usually hasn't seen all those dramatic Italy - Germany matches of the past first-hand and thus is not as influenced by the myths surrounding these games than some of the older Italian players. Traditionally, these games get hyped to the moon and back by the sports media and there always is that nemesis talk. Okay, it's true that Germany weren't able to win against Italy in Euro matches for decades now but that doesn't mean that this series couldn't find an end tonight. I would be very happy to say the least if it would.
Let's hope for a good and fair game.
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We never won against Italy in European Championships and World Championships. It's the Bela Guttman syndrome, and it works, no matter how young the players are, they don't even have to be the same nationality -- just check out the average age and the collocation of Benfica's last three teams during their UEFA Cup confrontations against Seville. Of course, some day it has to stop... but today is not the day it will. I give our boys 5% chances. Make it count, National Elf!