Quote :

"The Confederations Cup is going to kick ass if Spain, or Germany can win. We will probably end up in a group with Brazil and either Italy, or the UEFA champion! "

Why? Don't most countries shit on this tournament? Maybe I'm off base but from what I remember it isn't a priority for most national teams...

6/26/2008 12:04:08 AM

shit you could have 30 shots but if more than half arent on frame and the ones that are are right at the keeper than that doesnt do you any good either. turkey did not dominate that entire game by any stretch of the mind. the one thing turkey did do was dominate lahm's side and showed that the towering german backs arent the greatest at defending in the run of play(but are masterminds at defending set pieces).


both goals turkey scored were from germany mistakes...which is rare in itself, so you could argue that turkey were lucky to be tied so late in the game. im not dissing turkey, but i honestly think the better team advanced.

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 12:08 AM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 12:06:43 AM

the better team or the team who played better advanced? I think Germany is the better team, but they definitely did not play better. Do you even remember more than one German attack that did not result in a goal? well actually that is a compliment to Germany I guess, considering both Portugal and turkey hit tons of shots that did not do any good, and in the end germany scored 6 goals against the two by perfect executions and patience

6/26/2008 12:16:11 AM

germany never plays to get 40 shots in a game, look it up

6/26/2008 12:17:58 AM

they sure dont, everybody knows it.. I just thought we almost had them, and 90th min goal crushed my dreams I guess
I am proud of our game tough

6/26/2008 12:21:52 AM

yea..now you know the feeling of the other 3 teams they did this too, heh

6/26/2008 12:22:52 AM

for whoever wanted the goal celebration song, apparently this is it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GG4dnEpDAP8

6/26/2008 2:16:46 AM

Quote :

"Why? Don't most countries shit on this tournament? Maybe I'm off base but from what I remember it isn't a priority for most national teams..."

They don't care... and most fans don't give a shit either. I consider myself a pretty serious soccer fan and the ONLY thing I can recall about any of these tournaments is the Roberto Carlos free kick against France in 98... and that was only from seeing all the highlights, not watching the game

I mean, I guess it's a benefit to get down to some of the venues and get used to the climate or whatever earlier than you would if you weren't playing in the tournament but the games aren't worth a crap because who's going to go 100% in a meaningless game just days before the World Cup. For that matter, who's going to go 50%

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM. Reason : free kick]

6/26/2008 9:23:05 AM

who is going to score first?

6/26/2008 3:06:54 PM

now that david villa is gone...i would guess russia, pavylachenko(sp?)

6/26/2008 3:23:13 PM

this game has for the most part sucked...russia are definitely worried about spains offense, but with david villa gone, and torres having a shitty tournament so far, i dont see why russia wont attack now...

6/26/2008 3:34:07 PM

terrible 1st half

6/26/2008 3:34:57 PM

VERY NICE 1-0 SPAIN

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 3:55 PM. Reason : D]

6/26/2008 3:54:54 PM

ahah espana score first

6/26/2008 3:55:16 PM

wow

6/26/2008 3:55:27 PM

ahaha

iniesta was clueless

6/26/2008 3:55:50 PM

lol fabregas way to dramatize not getting kicked at all

6/26/2008 3:57:39 PM

ugh..im so glad russia beat holland so i could watch this crap...thanks soviet garbage

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 4:04:26 PM

lol torres, he almost looked scared to hit that cross


srsly, for anyone who has tripped or been tripped, please tell me, how many times have you gone down with both feet flying behind you as if you know...you are diving?? everytime ive tripped or have been tripped i stumbled, i didnt dive to the ground. thats an obvious tell that the player is ummm, you know, diving. how the refs cant notice that is beyond me...that freekick russia just got was a dive by that player, he barely got touched and went flying

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 4:10 PM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 4:07:26 PM

Sometimes a player gets legitimately fouled but they think they can still get to the ball even though they can't so they decide to go down. This results in the stupid looking dives even though technically there's a foul.

Sometimes they just straight dive though and there is no foul.

6/26/2008 4:16:55 PM

arse kicking

6/26/2008 4:26:33 PM

the last two i watched were cro-tur and ger-tur

this one was not as exciting

6/26/2008 4:31:40 PM

was not expecting this.

guess i will be rooting for the Spaniards in the final -- don't really care for Germany



[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 4:36 PM. Reason : ]

6/26/2008 4:36:03 PM

6/26/2008 4:42:45 PM

Fabregas

Very happy with this. I wanted Holland to win it all, but these two are my favorite countries that I've visited, and I like watching them play, so this is probably the best thing possible with Holland out.

6/26/2008 4:47:51 PM

Now it will either be Germany, or Spain in the Confederations Cup. This will be an exciting tournament for the USA if we play good and take a good squad.

6/26/2008 5:47:34 PM

No one takes the Confederations Cup seriously

6/26/2008 5:57:05 PM

Quote :

"Now it will either be Germany, or Spain in the Confederations Cup. This will be a pointless an exciting tournament exhibition for the USA if we play good and take a good squad.no matter what"

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 6:56 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2008 6:56:14 PM

^I know the big teams take B squads, but those are still good teams. We won't take our A squad either, so it will be equal for everyone. Beating Brazil will still be a pretty good feat if it happens.

6/26/2008 7:17:06 PM

didnt brazil bring romario over one confed cup back late 90s early 2000s?? and kasey keller denied him time after time the entire game...or was that a friendly?

ahh, googled it, it was a gold cup match, the US's only victory over brazil.

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 9:23 PM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 9:22:20 PM

how serious is this villa injury?

6/26/2008 9:43:54 PM

hes out for the game sunday im pretty sure

6/26/2008 9:44:39 PM

did they talk about it? i stopped watching that game around 1-0 or 2-0, boring.

6/26/2008 9:47:04 PM

Not only does no one take it seriously, everyone hates it. It's usually way too hot and the players would rather be taking a break from the game, especially since they're playing for a meaningless title.

6/26/2008 9:48:19 PM

Quote :

"hes out for the game sunday im pretty sure"

most unfortunate

6/26/2008 9:53:54 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=551672&cc=5901

6/26/2008 9:54:19 PM

well i got spain in the final correct, but i picked portugal instead of germany...i dont even care who wins the final. i wont be able to watch it live either

6/26/2008 10:04:39 PM

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25430042/

Quote :

"VIENNA, Austria - Germany captain Michael Ballack missed his team’s last practice Saturday because of a calf injury, putting him in doubt for Sunday’s European Championship final against Spain."

Truth or a little bit of Bill Belichick strategy?

6/28/2008 10:12:41 PM

My picks were totally shot to shit after the group stages....



who do i pick today?


chances are, I'll be wrong, so I'm picking Spain to win on some reverse psychology shit.

6/29/2008 10:46:11 AM

Spain up 1-0 34 minutes in. Did not see the goal.

6/29/2008 3:21:09 PM

1-0 Spain. 33' goal by Torres. He straight PUNKED Lahm and Lehmann.

[Edited on June 29, 2008 at 3:24 PM. Reason : why the hell did lahm just stop?]

6/29/2008 3:21:10 PM

that was a great goal, classic phillip lahm defending.

6/29/2008 3:23:06 PM

I think Torres is just so fast that Lahm looked like he was jogging

6/29/2008 3:39:23 PM

Germany is looking slow, their midfield is getting outplayed.

6/29/2008 3:59:09 PM

andy gray has really ruined this game. we've got it on mute because his commentary is so terrible.

6/29/2008 4:02:05 PM

I wanna see a fight. Or another headbutt.

6/29/2008 4:08:11 PM

the germans are acting so stupid now, they need to play soccer and stop acting like babies

6/29/2008 4:08:21 PM

but a fight would be awesome too

6/29/2008 4:08:42 PM

Lehman just saved Germany a couple of times with really good saves.

6/29/2008 4:12:06 PM

SO TIRED OF SEEING THE DAMN ACCUWEATHER

6/29/2008 4:14:41 PM