football: the beautiful game

[Rob060]

too bad he isn't english.

[fads]

thank god he isn't english

[suremanok]

But, have you ever seen a more perfect free kick?

Juninho's were pretty awesome.

[Nov Spur]

I LOVE EVERYONE RIGHT NOW

[Rob060]

Juninho's were pretty awesome.

then there's this

[joeyod007]

Gareth Bale had another great game..

^ I still remember my first football magazine (about 1999), the cover read "Beckham is good, Mihajlović is better"

Edited March 3, 2013 by joeyod007

[Rob060]

fucking dumbass turkish ref wins the game for real madrid.

[devilish]

I fucking hate it when a Referee decides he's the center of attention. Please just let the game be decided by the players not the god damn officials. I wonder how much Platini and Blatter forked out to the ref to fix it so United went out? The ref also blew a penalty on Ramos there at the end. Oh well, I'll root for CR7 to win it now. Then he'll come back to United and win it again with them.

[SuE]

fucking dumbass turkish ref wins the game for real madrid.

my bad, meant to give positive rep. Mourinho was honest when he said the better team list tonight. United have a right to feel aggrieved and yet period of their performance

[Vicarious]

As a neutral watching the game, I guess I was a little bit more in favour of Madrid to win it. Good for them. That being said, I feel the weirdest desire for CR7 to go back to United. Not saying he doesn't love Real, but if he wins the Champs League, why not go back to United? I dunno. Plus, the front three of Ronaldo, Rooney and Robin would be terrifying.

[Rob060]

all this talk of rooney being on the way out seems a little premature and far fetched.

[joeyod007]

[SuE]

History in the making today if Barca pull off the comeback. Should be an entertaining game either way.

[joeyod007]

Suprise, suprise, after the early goal it almost was inevitable they would end up going through. I watched the Schalke vs Galatasaray match which was really good.

TBH, sometimes I avoid watching Barca matches- I did catch the second half today. But, as they're so dominant in possesion it can be slightly tedious the way in which they suffocate matches, tactically amazing, but from an enjoyment stand point.. a bit tedious.

Am I alone? If your a Barca fan then watching them week in, week out would be fantastic..

EDit: I was meaning to ask, what do you Americans think of Gus Johnson? I live in Canada so I obviously don't get American streams and I have never heard a match commentated by him. But honestly, whenever I hear an American (with a very American accent) commentating/ analyzing I cringe slightly.

Edited March 13, 2013 by joeyod007

[digitalmountain]

I felt like that watching Spain in the last Euros, especially because they didn't play a real striker like Villa.

That said, I think Barca have enough variability and individual talent to keep it interesting. I just finished watching the Milan match and it was gripping stuff, although partly due to the appaling defending form Barca.

[Rob060]

EDit: I was meaning to ask, what do you Americans think of Gus Johnson? I live in Canada so I obviously don't get American streams and I have never heard a match commentated by him. But honestly, whenever I hear an American (with a very American accent) commentating/ analyzing I cringe slightly.

don't know who that is, but i generally think american commentators are terrible and can't stand them. like rob stone and julie fowdy. they just make me angry. i grew up watching the english league, with british commentators and so i'm used to and prefer that style.

[joeyod007]

^ ya, me to.

I dont know much about gus johnson, but I think hes one of those commentators whose worked on every other sport before moving to football commentating. so his mannerisms and references aren't particularly football related, if you know what i mean.

this is a joke video, but you kinda get the idea..

Edited March 13, 2013 by joeyod007

[Rob060]

yea, it's like he couldn't make it as a basketball commentator so he converted over to footy because there was a job opening.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Rob060

[semaj]

pls

[Rob060]

something kind of annoys me about that crest, with the 13 stars for the 13 colonies, on a jersey that's made to commemorate the start of the US soccer program in 1913 when we had 48 states.

[joeyod007]

not so beautiful at the end, but what a special match the borussia/malaga match turned out to be!

Edited April 10, 2013 by joeyod007

[SuE]

I switched away from the Dortmund game at the 90th minute assuming it was all over. Then I switched back from the Madrid game before Ronaldo scored. Missed all the goals. A lot of drama today haha

[joeyod007]

oh no! definetly have done the same thing before though, haha. i watched the dortmund malaga match, but at about the 60th minute mark i switched over to the madrid game and saw the score was 3-1! if ronaldo had not scored that away goal, would have been really interesting as well. i suppose it finished 3-2 in the end though.

[digitalmountain]

Bayern vs. Barca and Dortmund vs. Real; semifinals should be amazing!

[hhenryhhh]

All German final would be sick.

[Nov Spur]

I may have wept that was such a beautiful comeback.

[SuE]

It's been such a joy to watch Spurs this season. They've improved a lot. Victories against both Manchester Clubs. Did not expect that.

[Owlix]

They've only been decent due to Bale's recent form, let's be honest.

[Whodinihimself]

[Magsåvningsreserven]

They've only been decent due to Bale's recent form, let's be honest.

fuck off

+

and TheIntelligentHoodwinker

Edited April 22, 2013 by Bobby Dazzler