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[Quarter Final] Spain - Italy (pg. 6)
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| benni |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Italy is the reason many Americans hate "soccer." |
lol what? |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by benni
lol what? |
#1 complaint you'll hear from Americans - "all they do is fall down and whine when they get touched" - who best exemplifies taking dives like the Italians?
They stopped three Spanish attacks because an Italian was rolling around on the ground with his panties in a twist. |
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| benni |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
#1 complaint you'll hear from Americans - "all they do is fall down and whine when they get touched" - who best exemplifies taking dives like the Italians?
They stopped three Spanish attacks because an Italian was rolling around on the ground with his panties in a twist. |
so they generalize football with the worst example |
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| isoterra |
| quote: | Originally posted by Txebe
HAHAHAHAHA 4-1 again |
russia without arshavin were a totally different team. he'll cause some problems with spain's defence no doubt
on a related note, GFTI SPAIN :toothless |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by benni
so they generalize football with the worst example |
It's only because the Italians won the World Cup - the American media glamorizes Italy as the best example of the game for that reason, and the whole perception of the game over here suffers for it - particularly because over here we watch mostly hockey and American football, where you don't stay on the ground unless you actually broke something. |
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| noikeee |
| quote: | Originally posted by noikeee
Plan A.. supporting Portugal... dead.
Plan B.. supporting Croatia and Netherlands... dead.
Plan C.. supporting Italy... dead by tonight most likely.
I'm warming up to Russia, they've been playing nice football. |
Yep. Plan D, Russia. I hate being right.
And I want the 120 minutes of my life back. Terrible game. |
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| pierre_escargot |
I was glad I was proven wrong tonight, Italy were awful. It wasn't so much their performance, but the way they set out their stall to stop Spain from scoring. I would understand if they were a Pub team playing against Spain, but these are world class players that should be able to express themselves more than they did, and for that reason alone, deserved to lose this one.
They were clearly playing for penalties and hoping that a set-piece might lead to a goal.
The Spain - Russia tie would have been much better than a Italy - Russia match, so I'm looking forward to it. |
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| pierre_escargot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
#1 complaint you'll hear from Americans - "all they do is fall down and whine when they get touched" - who best exemplifies taking dives like the Italians?
They stopped three Spanish attacks because an Italian was rolling around on the ground with his panties in a twist. |
Very true, the Italians must think the pitch is one big giant Ikea bedspread made for rolling and diving around on. The number of times Toni flung himself to the ground like he'd been shot was unbelievable, and I, for one, would love to include this guy in the Italian rugby line-up, just to see how he would fare.
Although I would say a lot of players in a lot of teams now do it. It's very fasionable nowadays, if even on the big screen replay, they look like an absolutely panzy.
The referee's this tournament haven't been doing much to crackdown on it either. UEFA have stated beforehand that any diving should be met with a yellow card, but they are not doing that at all and only gesture to the player to get back up. |
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| culorut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
It's only because the Italians won the World Cup - the American media glamorizes Italy as the best example of the game for that reason, and the whole perception of the game over here suffers for it - particularly because over here we watch mostly hockey and American football, where you don't stay on the ground unless you actually broke something. |
You obviously know jack about football then. All players fall if challenged and this occurs on any team not just the Italian's.
It is part of the game.
The Villa dive looked like he wanted a good medal in the olympics but the referee made the correct call and booked him.
Italy did not deserve to win this last match, Spain was the better team by far.
BTW Americans do not have to like "soccer", if they do not understand football it is their problem. Football is and continues to be the largest game in the world with or without the USA. |
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| FCB_Fanatic |
| quote: | Originally posted by culorut
The Villa dive looked like he wanted a good medal in the olympics but the referee made the correct call and booked him.
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You should take another look at the images of this. The referee mad a bad call here. This really wasn't a dive, Villa just slipped away ;) |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
#1 complaint you'll hear from Americans - "all they do is fall down and whine when they get touched" - who best exemplifies taking dives like the Italians?
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So what? Who honestly gives the slightest what the Americans think when it comes to sports? They have the attention span of a pissant and the intelligence to match.
Let them stick to their padded Rugby. |
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