Euro 2012 Qualifiers

[Gustaf]

Nice thrashing of Finland tonight.

[Keystone Phil]

Nice by Ireland.  Trap as them playing well.  Hopefully they can build on this come Sept. 

Hopefully play well enough to qualify so we can face them in the group stage next year.    I'd love a group of Italy, Ireland, Slovakia and France. Imagine the drama between those teams (Slovakia not as much but there would still be a revenge factor in Italy vs. Slovakia).

[patrick1]

Nice by Ireland.  Trap as them playing well.  Hopefully they can build on this come Sept. 

Hopefully play well enough to qualify so we can face them in the group stage next year.    I'd love a group of Italy, Ireland, Slovakia and France. Imagine the drama between those teams (Slovakia not as much but there would still be a revenge factor in Italy vs. Slovakia).

It would be nice for Ireland to get another crack at France in a meaningful game.  It was even more disappointing knowing they would have put on a better show in 2010 than the French side.

[Tender Branson]

Austria 3 - 1 Latvia

As expected.

Maybe Germany and Turkey have bad days when we play them in September so we still have a chance ...

[Јas]

2-0 is a very heartening result for a second-string Irish side.

Stop the presses! Forget Ireland being up 1-0 over Italy at halftime...Faroe Islands are beating Estonia 2-0 in the second half! This is great!

The Faroes have made not inconsiderable progress under Brian Kerr - and have threatened a couple of wins in this qualifying campaign already.

They had Estonia beaten last year in Tallinn but for 2 second-half injury time Estonian goals; and maybe should've beaten Northern Ireland in Tórshavn (ended 1-1).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I guess I didn't throw together enough random letters.

Is this the time to mention that I live in Y Felinheli, that my Taid grew up in Llan Ffestiniog and that one of his brothers lived near Trawsfynydd?

[minionofmidas]

Deutsch sieht oft viel zufälliger aus. Auch wenn wir nicht ansatzweise so viele Ypsilons haben. Dafür haben wir so wunderschöne Nachnamen wie "Uhltzscht".

[Franzl]

Deutsch sieht oft viel zufälliger aus. Auch wenn wir nicht ansatzweise so viele Ypsilons haben. Dafür haben wir so wunderschöne Nachnamen wie "Uhltzscht".

Wir mögen auch lange Wörter. Wörter, die manchmal zwei oder dreimal gelesen werden müssen, bevor man sie endgültig identifizieren kann.

[Hans-im-Glück]

Deutsch sieht oft viel zufälliger aus. Auch wenn wir nicht ansatzweise so viele Ypsilons haben. Dafür haben wir so wunderschöne Nachnamen wie "Uhltzscht".

Wir mögen auch lange Wörter. Wörter, die manchmal zwei oder dreimal gelesen werden müssen, bevor man sie endgültig identifizieren kann.

Genau. Wir haben so schöne Wörter wie:

Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänsmütze
Fernstraßenbauprivatfinanzierungsgesetz
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
Feuerwerksraketenanzündeschnursicherheitsverlängerung
Siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig
Massenkommunikationsdienstleistungsunternehmen

German is a nice language

[Tender Branson]

Deutsch sieht oft viel zufälliger aus. Auch wenn wir nicht ansatzweise so viele Ypsilons haben. Dafür haben wir so wunderschöne Nachnamen wie "Uhltzscht".

Wir mögen auch lange Wörter. Wörter, die manchmal zwei oder dreimal gelesen werden müssen, bevor man sie endgültig identifizieren kann.

Genau. Wir haben so schöne Wörter wie:

Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitänsmütze
Fernstraßenbauprivatfinanzierungsgesetz
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
Feuerwerksraketenanzündeschnursicherheitsverlängerung
Siebenhundertsiebenundsiebzigtausendsiebenhundertsiebenundsiebzig
Massenkommunikationsdienstleistungsunternehmen

German is a nice language

Or Oachkatzlschwoaffotoaufbewahrungssafe.

Don't know if people outside Austria/Bavaria understand the first 2 word-parts ...

[Keystone Phil]

Friendly action today. Italy vs. Spain has been amazing. Italy should be up 3-0 or maybe more. They dominated for most of the first half, scored in the 14th minute then Spain was awarded a penalty and scored. It was a terrible call though.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Isn't your sig from the Euro 2008 quarterfinal? If yes then it's a strange choice since Italy lost.

[Keystone Phil]

Isn't your sig from the Euro 2008 quarterfinal? If yes then it's a strange choice since Italy lost.

1) Go to hell.

2) It was a great highlight from that game and one of Buffon's two penalty saves from that tournament.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Isn't your sig from the Euro 2008 quarterfinal? If yes then it's a strange choice since Italy lost.

1) Go to hell.

2) It was a great highlight from that game and one of Buffon's two penalty saves from that tournament.

You could put that instead.

[Keystone Phil]

Isn't your sig from the Euro 2008 quarterfinal? If yes then it's a strange choice since Italy lost.

1) Go to hell.

2) It was a great highlight from that game and one of Buffon's two penalty saves from that tournament.

You could put that instead.

I've put variations of it but we don't want it overplayed and the current one is more relevant (though, of course, Buffon let in the only penalty today).

[Tender Branson]

Brazil doesn't have much of a chance against Germany it seems, with Germany now leading 2:0 and about 20 minutes to go.

Why must we have them in our group again ... ?

[Tender Branson]

Now 2:1 Germany ...

[Tender Branson]

Now:

Germany 3, Brazil 1

Meanwhile the Austrian pussy team loses 1:2 to Slovakia.

[Keystone Phil]

ITALIA IN VANTAGGIO! 2-1!

[Keystone Phil]

Italia -  2
Spagna - 1*



Beautiful.



*Total nonsense penalty.

[Lief 🗽]

Meanwhile, in the preview for 2014's final match, Germany dominated Brazil and beat them for the first time since 1993 with a bunch of Bundesliga 20 year olds.

[Gustaf]

Northern Ireland thrashed Faroe Islands and continued to tip-toe their way towards the Euros. They still have a decent shot at a play-off.

[Keystone Phil]

Northern Ireland thrashed Faroe Islands and continued to tip-toe their way towards the Euros. They still have a decent shot at a play-off.

Oh, damn. I forgot that there was a qualifier today. They certainly do have a shot at the playoffs. It should be a nail biter between Slovenia and Northern Ireland. I'm assuming that neither will take points from Italy since both have to play them away and we're on fire now. However, if one of them is able to do so, that should seal their place in the playoffs. I still think Slovenia has the edge but only by a single point.

It might help Northern Ireland, though, that Italy will likely have already qualified by the last game (they should qualify two games from now against Slovenia) and that would mean a far more relaxed style for Italy. We saw how they almost threw away their final qualifier for the 2010 World Cup against Cyprus while at home because they had qualified in the second to last game.

Serbia still has a chance but they finish with two tough matches. I'll say that they're going to finish in fourth.

[Јas]

I understand Spain losing means the Dutch will become the #1 FIFA ranked team in tomorrow's ranking update.

[Keystone Phil]

I understand Spain losing means the Dutch will become the #1 FIFA ranked team in tomorrow's ranking update.

It's awesome to be the ones to knock them off their perch but...ugh...the Dutch.     It seems a little soon for rankings though. Wasn't there an update about two weeks ago?