Group C

[interista4]

I never thought I'd see a such thing as a "bandwagon" for a national team... but for me there clearly is. I see everyone like Spain. I don't see many care for anyone else outside of a tiny minority per NT. I'll admit everyone except me was rooting for Spain during the WC 2010 final.

It's somthing I've never seen before tbh. Sure I only watch football for 14 years and there was also a hard bandwagon on brazil aswell for obvious reasons (Including me when I was 8 y'o), but this is something diff, feels just like lots of Farca fans who know shit about football and watch mainly Barca and Spain NT. And ofc bash any team that isn't them for "boring football" (exluding Arsenal, maybe).
Even the media cares more about Spain's amount of passes rather than talking about the teams they're facing. annoying as hell

 

[monster09]

Modric is a gem of a player, whichever team get him will become better (except Barca) without any doubt. He was such a joy to watch, hopefully we will sign him. 30 Million will be nothing for the player of his quality.

 

[rockball]

The Italy match was far more entertaining than the Spain game. Gonna start ignoring all stupids who find Spain's game exciting :yawn:

 

[Visca]

I never thought I'd see a such thing as a "bandwagon" for a national team... but for me there clearly is. I see everyone like Spain. I don't see many care for anyone else outside of a tiny minority per NT. I'll admit everyone except me was rooting for Spain during the WC 2010 final.

I support Spain because of the Barca players on the team, and I always will as long as there is at least one Barca player in Spain. If Catalunya NT was ever allowed to compete I would support them instead (though such a split would hurt and weaken both sides if I'm being completely honest).

However at this point Del Bosque's troll tactics are so annoying it's getting a little difficult to support it, if Spain win again it'll be a bunch of "hey look we can still win even with no striker and a terrible double pivot". And personally that is not what I want this team to become. These 1-0 scrape wins aren't very convincing either, and frankly they could have actually lost today because Busquets shirt pull near the end could have been a penalty for Croatia.

Anyway, still pulling for them because of my Barca boys. Though I wish Italy well too, they're probably my second team in the tournament (I really like Di Natale and a couple other guys).

 

[Native]

Your barca girls.

 

[monster09]

 

[_Ivan_]

Fuckin' Stark, piece of shit. Offside goal and no clear penalty. Spain was completely without idea in attack, Croatians did their best and gratz on that.

Now forza everybody except spanish cunts -.-

 

[Visca]

Don't know why the guy who was apparently voted worst ref in Germany is the one who goes to the Euros. Same with the ref from Spain being the guy who gave out the most red cards in La Liga.

 

[vitomins]

Fucking everyone today.

Fuck Spain for getting up. Fuck Croatia for not holding on. Fuck those scumbag Italians for getting through.


Oh well, I'm not worried....Italy will get humiliated sooner or later. Hopefully sooner.

Fuck off man. If you don't like Italy that's fine, don't call them "scumbag Italians" though because you are including people like me and not just the players anymore.

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No one talks about the offside goal Spaincunts scored?

Why do you feel it was offside? Looked 100% onside to me...

 

[Pajo]

Why do you feel it was offside? Looked 100% onside to me...

Some say that passive offside is ruled out, new rule or something...

Look again. When the ball was passed to Iniesta, Navas was miles offside:

Now, the passive offside becomes active if the players gets involved in the action later. Navas scored, just seconds later, which means it WAS offside. Unless as i said, there is new rule that doesn't count passive offside or something.

 

[Domenico]

Some say that passive offside is ruled out, new rule or something...

Look again. When the ball was passed to Iniesta, Navas was miles offside:

Now, the passive offside becomes active if the players gets involved in the action later. Navas scored, just seconds later, which means it WAS offside. Unless as i said, there is new rule that doesn't count passive offside or something.

It's not offside, because he was passive. Same way Bendtner scored against Portugal.
Yeah it's a new rule I think

 

[vitomins]

Not sure where you heard that Pajo, but this exact scenario is in the FIFA rule book and the correct decision is NOT OFFSIDE:

 

[Pajo]

Since when? Fucking FIFA, then discard the whole offside rule ffs...

 

[junkie]

the same bullshit with hand rules....

for me:
every offside is offside and every hand inside penalty area is penalty (intentionally or unintentionally)...done deal...there will be no debates and no hard fellings...

when you read the rules for that things there is so many factors involved that judge must predict what would happen later in the action in just a few seconds, no fucking way he can always call the right thing

maybe to put iniesta, sneijder, xavi, zizou to judge, thay have great predictions in the game

 

[vitomins]

Since when? Fucking FIFA, then discard the whole offside rule ffs...

I believe that was taken from a document that was made in 2004. In the new documents you will find the same diagram. Seems like it has been the rule for awhile now.

 

[Pajo]

Well then.. Fuck it. They ruined the offside rule.

 

[Dylan]

When was the last time the two finalist were in the same group at any tournament? Vito????

 

[DIN011]

When was the last time the two finalist were in the same group at any tournament? Vito????

I don't know about any tournament, but last time it happened in the Euro's was 2004. Before that it was Euro '96.

 

[vitomins]

It has happened on 5 other occasions in a major tournament:

1954 World Cup - West Germany & Hungary
1962 World Cup - Brazil & Czechoslovakia
Euro 1988 - Netherlands & Soviet Union
Euro 1996 - Germany & Czech Republic
Euro 2004 - Greece & Portugal