He was the man of the match in the last game against Holland. It is a close call between Figo and Ronaldo. However, no way that he is the player of the tournament. I had my doubts about Figo's recent performances at Real Madrid and earlier in Euro as well. He played far below his full potential...
Giovanni van Bronckhorst passed a ball to the penalty box for Ruud, and Jorge Andrade tried to clear it but mishit and the ball ricochet just over the goalkeeper Ricardo, who was caught off his line.
Portugal has been playing AWESOME so far. It is great to see Figo to give all he's got in what could be the last match of his international career.
But still.. GOOO HOLLAND!!!!!!
No kidding.
I agree with taking too much time celebrating but yellow for taking off the shirt, especially after scoring on an occasion like this, is ridiculous. This is another UEFA-only rule, isn't it? ;)
He tore a muscle in the Champions League final.
Do you remember when he went on a parade and was treated like a god after scoring that goal against Real Madrid? :D
No kidding man. I follow the English league quite closely and I haven't even heard of Baros until this Euro!
I think I heard his name mentioned in the news here and there but that's about it. No wonder Liverpool f*cked up. At least they kept Baros, got a new coach and might qualify for the...
I don't have to be around for football threads to be alive at ATOT. ;)
I am now very tempted to follow Copa America, although I am supposed to focus all my energy on studying French while I am at Moncton.
I will likely not have access to Telelatino (the only Canadian channel showing Copa...
Are there going to be Copa America threads and European Season threads? ;)
Probably not.
They are apparently going to show Copa America here but I will be gone to Moncton for 5 weeks so I will probably miss them all.
As for the European league threads, I left ATOT for quite a while because I...
Yeah, it wasn't the best (very inconsiderate of my ISP to screw my connection then!) but I'm hoping for a very open game tonight, as well as between Portugal/Holland later in the week
No worries. Denmark will kick their ass!!!
(I am now officially a Denmark fan. :D)
I thought he went out with his new girl but apparently he did catch the game.
He probably fell asleep drunk because he had to drink a shot every time the commentator said "Ruud" or "van Nistelrooij." ;)
What a f*cked up game. Greece played superb. Henry still sucks at headers, so Santini should have known better and played him on the wing. WTF. He didn't get rid of Trezeguet until so late into the game.
I don't know who will win but I say that the Czechs are the most likely to reach the final.
No doubt that hockey tolerates more contact and I completely understand why.
What I never understand is why two or more players letting it all rip and exchanging punches is considered part of the game, and the saddest part are the fans who start cheering and enjoy watching them go at it.
Going...
You see no intention in Bertuzzi repeatedly punching another guy in the back of the head?
But we will never agree on anything. This debate is no different than pointlessly fighting over gun laws and never settling to any conclusion.
But here is the difference:
If the ref catches a defender elbowing, he gets a straight red with at least 2 or 3 match ban. If the ref misses, the governing body suspends the player for at least 2 matches depending on the severity. They make it very clear that such behaviour is not tolerated, and...
I think that is exactly where the problem lies. I cannot accept how fighting can be part of hockey. It is obviously not part of the game, because otherwise the players would not be penalized. The objective (ideally) is to compete fairly and put the puck in the goal. If fighting IS indeed part of...
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