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« Reply #125 on: June 24, 2012, 02:38:31 PM »
...and I'll still have to hear how amazing Balotelli and Cassano are...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #126 on: June 24, 2012, 03:37:29 PM »
I can't take this!
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« Reply #127 on: June 24, 2012, 04:17:09 PM »
Quote from: Lief on June 24, 2012, 04:10:31 PM
Phil probably just had a heart attack.

My boy, no less. Well, it's about to get worse...
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« Reply #128 on: June 24, 2012, 04:31:21 PM »
Joy. Unbridled joy. My family was thoroughly amused by my reactions.
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« Reply #129 on: June 24, 2012, 05:57:35 PM »
Lief, can we get a few .gif's of asshat Joe Hart making faces before each penalty kick?

Hey, Joe. At least you get to go home and work on your hair dying a little early!
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« Reply #130 on: June 24, 2012, 09:10:07 PM »













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« Reply #131 on: June 25, 2012, 07:43:03 AM »
« Edited: June 25, 2012, 07:56:02 AM by Keystone Phil »
For anyone not old enough to remember or not a true fan, Francesco Totti converted the same type of penalty as Pirlo in the Euro 2000 Semi final against The Netherlands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2bBN6D9nBY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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« Reply #132 on: June 25, 2012, 01:18:59 PM »
Shocking good news for Italy - Chiellini's quick recovery means he will likely play in the Semi final!

The bad news is that De Rossi and Abate might be out due to injury.
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« Reply #133 on: June 25, 2012, 02:20:54 PM »
Oh. My. God.

Have you guys seen the photo of the England fan behind the goal during the shoot out? He pulled down his shorts and underwear during Diamanti's penalty. Wow.
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« Reply #134 on: June 25, 2012, 08:45:56 PM »
Report: Di Natale to replace fat, overrated Cassano as a starter against Germany. Smiley
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« Reply #135 on: June 26, 2012, 09:22:46 AM »
Quote from: Tsiraki Midou on June 26, 2012, 04:21:21 AM
Quote from: argentarius on June 22, 2012, 03:55:20 PM
No, I'm not talking about disputing it, but none of the players even changed their facial expression, and the commentators kept talking in their usual voice.
Well, it's the 90th minute and the game is won anyways. No bother. If that had been the 2-1 or 2-2, it would be considered controversial.

Well, the ball quite clearly hit his hand and he wasn't attempting to pull it away so I don't think it would have been that controversial.
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« Reply #136 on: June 27, 2012, 11:50:17 AM »
While I believe this has been a great, exciting tournament and Poland and Ukraine have proven me wrong for the most part, I have to laugh at the Euro's official fan page on Facebook. They posted a story about "stunning stats" with the opening paragraph citing "full stadiums." Is that a joke?

Apparently England vs. Italy had the biggest audience ever for a Euro Quarter final. More people in England watched it than watched Prince Williams's Wedding and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert.
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« Reply #137 on: June 27, 2012, 02:44:16 PM »
Portugal really can win this game...
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« Reply #138 on: June 27, 2012, 05:10:54 PM »
Half of my desired Final line up is complete...
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« Reply #139 on: June 27, 2012, 08:44:43 PM »
Boring? I think it's been exciting* even if the traditional power domination isn't your thing.

*With a few exceptions. Today is an example though the first half seemed mine.
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« Reply #140 on: June 27, 2012, 09:59:52 PM »
Quote from: Boris on June 27, 2012, 09:55:37 PM
But non-powerhouses Turkey and Croatia put on quite the show four years ago, no?

They did. Turkey was really the most exciting team of the 2008 tournament with all of those comebacks. I still didn't root for them though.  Tongue
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« Reply #141 on: June 28, 2012, 07:28:42 AM »
Quote from: Tussen Droom en Daad on June 28, 2012, 05:11:44 AM
Italy won't defeat the Spanish, so we need Germany to win tonight.

Quite simple.

Pretty bold thing to say considering how well we played against them in the first match.
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« Reply #142 on: June 28, 2012, 02:10:10 PM »
MAMMA MIA!!!
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« Reply #143 on: June 28, 2012, 02:24:37 PM »
Dream land!
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« Reply #144 on: June 28, 2012, 03:40:51 PM »
You mad, bros?

Amazing! Absolutely amazing!
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« Reply #145 on: June 28, 2012, 04:11:08 PM »
Trivial note: by getting to the Final, Italy has earned a spot in the 2013 Confederations Cup since Spain have already qualified for the tournament as the reigning World Cup champions.

Quote from: Lief on June 28, 2012, 04:02:02 PM

Anyway, at least we can take some solace in the fact that Obama and Casey will win re-election now.

Tongue
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« Reply #146 on: June 29, 2012, 09:08:53 AM »
New fun fact: Italy has now made it to the Final of a major international competition every six years since 1970 except for 1976 and 1988. They've made it every six years without fail since 1994.

Before this, the pattern was that they'd make it to the World Cup Final every twelve years. The six year pattern will continue thanks to that World Cup pattern at the 2018 World Cup. Unfortunately, it would be the Italian time to lose (lose in '70, win in '82, lose in '94, win in '06) but we can always reverse that. Wink
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« Reply #147 on: June 29, 2012, 09:23:32 AM »
Quote from: Antonio V on June 29, 2012, 04:29:07 AM
This would be our first Euro win since 1968 (but it should have been since 2000 Cry). Still, let's not go too far because anything can happen at this point.

Please don't bring up that heart ache. I'll never forget sitting in some stranger's house in Florence (the restaurant my tour group was dining at didn't have a TV but a relative of the owner lived across the street and let us over to watch), watching them go from basically champions to losers in what seemed like an instant. Of course, it set up the best revenge ever for me but still, that game upsets me so much.
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« Reply #148 on: June 29, 2012, 09:33:31 AM »
The press is already asking Del Bosque if he regrets not drawing 1-1 or 2-2 with Croatia. He says he doesn't. We'll see what he has to say on Sunday... Wink
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« Reply #149 on: June 29, 2012, 10:32:24 AM »
I was 12 and it's the first international tournament I remember. I was in Italy during that classic Semi final. The celebrations in Sorrento were insane. Then we traveled to Florence and Italy lost the Final. Six years later, I was in Sorrento when Italy won the World Cup. In 2010, I watched the games from Naples but never went to Sorrento for a match. Notice a pattern? Tongue

I'm crazy enough to hop on a plane to watch the Final over there but I don't think it's going to work. The flight times aren't great and the prices are through the roof. Sad
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