Gooooooal!! The All-Purpose Association Football Thread #12 - EURO 12 Edition
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Gooooooal!! The All-Purpose Association Football Thread #12 - EURO 12 Edition
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Euro 2012 begins tomorrow as Poland faces off against Greece in Warsaw. Coverage begins at 11:30am EST on ESPN.
Finally something to watch, other than hockey of course.
Who else is excited about the tournament?
Teaser.
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GROUP A Czech Republic Greece Poland Russia
GROUP B Denmark Germany Netherlands Portugal
GROUP C Croatia Ireland Italy Spain
GROUP D England France Sweden Ukraine
SCHEDULE / SCORES
Friday, June 8 Group A Poland vs. Greece 11:30 am ET Group A Russia vs. Czech Republic 2:30 pm ET
Saturday, June 9 Group B Netherlands vs Denmark 11:30 am ET Group B Germany vs. Portugal 2:30 pm ET
Sunday, June 10 Group C Spain vs. Italy 11:30 am ET Group C Ireland vs. Croatia 2:30 pm ET
Monday, June 11 Group D France vs. England 11:30 am ET Group D Ukraine vs. Sweden 2:30 pm ET
Tuesday, June 12 Group A Greece vs. Czech Republic 11:30 am ET Group A Poland vs. Russia 2:30 pm ET
Wednesday, June 13 Group B Denmark vs. Portugal 11:30 am ET Group B Netherlands vs. Germany 2:30 pm ET
Thursday, June 14 Group C Italy vs. Croatia 11:30 am ET Group C Spain vs. Ireland 2:30 pm ET
Friday, June 15 Group D Ukraine vs. France 11:30 am ET Group D Sweden vs England 2:30 pm ET
Saturday, June 16 Group A Czech Republic vs. Poland 2:00 pm ET Group A Greece vs. Russia 2:00 pm ET
Sunday, June 17 Group B Portugal vs. Netherlands 2:00 pm ET Group B Denmark vs. Germany 2:00 pm ET
Monday, June 18 Group C Croatia vs. Spain 2:00 pm ET Group C Italy vs. Ireland 2:00 pm ET
Tuesday, June 19 Group D England vs. Ukraine 2:00 pm ET Group D Sweden vs. France 2:00 pm ET
Thursday, June 21 Quarter-final #1 1A vs. 2B 2:00 pm ET
Friday, June 22 Quarter-final #2 1B vs. 2A 2:00 pm ET
Saturday, June 23 Quarter-final #3 1C vs. 2D 2:00 pm ET
Sunday, June 24 Quarter-final #4 1D vs. 2C 2:00 pm ET
Wednesday, June 27 Semifinal #2 QF #1 vs. QF #3 2:00 pm ET
Thursday, June 28 Semifinal #2 QF #2 vs. QF #4 2:00 pm ET
Sunday, July 1 Final TBD 2:00 pm ET
Not sure how many games I`ll be able to watch though.
Go Germany!
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I have Germany winning it with France being my "underdog" pick.
I have Netherlands but who knows, right?
Continue.
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Yesterday, 08:11 PM
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Wow, poor Denmark. They got screwed in the draw.
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Yesterday, 08:21 PM
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I'm rooting for Germany but would love a troll final. Something crazy like Croatia/Denmark
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Yesterday, 08:24 PM
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I'm rooting for Germany but would love a troll final. Something crazy like Croatia/Denmark
It could happen. Nobody really expected Greece to win in 2004.
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Yesterday, 09:24 PM
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Errr...go Italy?
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Yesterday, 09:26 PM
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Wow, poor Denmark. They got screwed in the draw.
**** you if you think that's bad. Denmark beat us in qualifying.
The fact that a 5th ranked nation was seeded in the last pot is still annoying the living **** out of me.
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It could happen. Nobody really expected Greece to win in 2004.
Great, now I'm mad and crying. Good ****ing job.
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Yesterday, 09:26 PM
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Hooray Portugal
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Yesterday, 09:28 PM
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Does anyone know when the Devils give the wristbands out and sell the day of game tix? I'm asking because I want to try and catch some of the Germany/Portugal game at a local bar there...
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Not sure how many games I`ll be able to watch though.
Same. Plus I don't really have a horse in the race. Turkey's usually my first choice from Europe cause one side of my family's from there. But they somehow didn't qualify after finishing 3rd or 4th in 2008
Netherlands is usually a team I wind up rooting for, I don't know why I still do since they're reminding me more of the Flyers with each tournament...a skilled team with bully tactics. But I still root for them cause I like the uniforms and they've never won crap other than one Euro in the late '80's despite being a good team. Plus now that I'm quasi into Arsenal, I can root for Van Persie there.
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Friday, June 8
Group A Poland vs. Greece 11:30 am ET
Group A Russia vs. Czech Republic 2:30 pm ET
Saturday, June 9
Group B Netherlands vs Denmark 11:30 am ET Group B Germany vs. Portugal 2:30 pm ET
Sunday, June 10 Group C Spain vs. Italy 11:30 am ET
Group C Ireland vs. Croatia 2:30 pm ET
Monday, June 11
Group D France vs. England 11:30 am ET
Group D Ukraine vs. Sweden 2:30 pm ET
Tuesday, June 12
Group A Greece vs. Czech Republic 11:30 am ET
Group A Poland vs. Russia 2:30 pm ET
Wednesday, June 13
Group B Denmark vs. Portugal 11:30 am ET Group B Netherlands vs. Germany 2:30 pm ET
Thursday, June 14
Group C Italy vs. Croatia 11:30 am ET
Group C Spain vs. Ireland 2:30 pm ET
Friday, June 15
Group D Ukraine vs. France 11:30 am ET
Group D Sweden vs England 2:30 pm ET
Saturday, June 16
Group A Czech Republic vs. Poland 2:00 pm ET
Group A Greece vs. Russia 2:00 pm ET
Sunday, June 17 Group B Portugal vs. Netherlands 2:00 pm ET
Group B Denmark vs. Germany 2:00 pm ET
Monday, June 18
Group C Croatia vs. Spain 2:00 pm ET Group C Italy vs. Ireland 2:00 pm ET
Tuesday, June 19
Group D England vs. Ukraine 2:00 pm ET
Group D Sweden vs. France 2:00 pm ET
Probably the games I'm most interested in, plus France-England but I have no prayer of seeing any of that game other than on tape. The 2 and 2:30 weekday starts I'll maybe catch the second half of live. I so wish Netherlands-Germany wasn't on a weekday but at least it's a 2:30 start.
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Yesterday, 09:58 PM
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I have no idea why the Netherlands are always stuck in the group of death... let it be the Euro or the World Cup, they are always part of the toughest group.
Can't wait to see them play Germany. Two teams I really like but I can't go against the Oranje. Love this commercial made by Nike a couple of years ago...
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Wow, poor Denmark. They got screwed in the draw.
Isn't Denmark like 4th in FIFA Rankings...I know Uruguay is 2nd somehow
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
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I think that they're 11th but still, that's absurd. Those rankings suck anyways.
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
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Same here, but who really cares about the rankings between the World Cup and the start of the next WC qualifying/EURO championship?
I mean, the US was ranked 11th at one point a few years back, the rankings in soccer are as goofy as some of the golf/tennis ones.
http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/index.html
Damn, the rankings are even more head-scratching than I thought.
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Yesterday, 10:21 PM
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Isn't Denmark like 4th in FIFA Rankings...I know Uruguay is 2nd somehow
For the Euro, FIFA rankings are irrelevant to ****.
I find it funny how the 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 11th seeds all wound up in the same 4-team group.
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
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All 4 teams in group B are ranked in the top #10.
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
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Thinking Netherlands as my pick for Euro 2012. Still wouldn't write off Spain though.
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Today, 05:20 AM
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Let's go Germany! Still dreaming of two cups this summer
Netherlands - Germany will be SICK I don't even know the last time we faced the Netherlands in a tournament
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Today, 05:25 AM
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This should be fun. You've got EURO2012 and USMNT WCQ starting today.
USA!
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Today, 08:29 AM
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Does anyone have any Apps that you can watch live games on your Iphone on a 3G connection?
I literally had one for the 2010 WC called MOBITV but i cant find it in the APP store.
Any help would be great, USMNT at 7 too!
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Today, 10:26 AM
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I don't really have a good feeling about this tourney. The defense really worries me especially the lack of good full-backs aside from Lahm and L?w will play Klose, Podolski, Mertesacker no matter how bad they will perform.
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Could they have found a less appealing opening game?
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Could they have found a less appealing opening game?
It's always home team vs. 1st group opponent. Let's just hope Greece doesn't try to trap their way to another title like they did in Portugal where they also played in the opening game.
But considering they have no Rehaglis this time, i highly doubt it.
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