Netherlands - Russia (QF) (21 Jun 08)

thomas_inter

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FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KANKER KANKER KANKER KANKER KANKER....

Fuck man.... bah...

Russians played a good game, deserved win...
 

thomas_inter

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God, Dutch girls are so nice. I don't know what it is but they have that slutty look in their eye.

Anyways, good point Luka, but for me Hiddink's positives outweight Mourinho's.

Just imagine how a fucking lucky guy I am ;)...
 

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Well that was the end for netherlands, russia deserves win and thats all and netherlands keep with the same history: Great teams but no one good results.
 

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FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KANKER KANKER KANKER KANKER KANKER....

Fuck man.... bah...

Russians played a good game, deserved win...
I really symphatise with you thomas, as I know you wanted your NT to progress.

But Croatia played a good game, when they won with us, Turkey played a good game when they won with Croatia, Sweeden played a good game when they won with Greece.

Russia? Russia played a stunning, STUNNING game today. The best performance up to this day on this tournament.

They weren't great in 90 minutes, but what they did in 30 of extra time was breathtaking. They ran, they were determined, they looked like it was the beggining of second half, not extra time. Holland didn't exist in Extra time. Literaly. And that was the team who was suppose to be one of the three main contenders for winning the whole thing, and the one that swept Italy and France away.

A stunning, stunning performance by underdogs today.
 

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Russia didn't play just a GOOD match. They Dominated Holland! What a performance!! How can you attack the best team in the tornoument so far for almost entire 120 minute?!!!
 

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Not taking anything from Russia, but Holland's defence wasn't good. I don't know how teams still fail to recognize the importance of defence!

I am not saying defend with 8 men like Greece, but FFS make your team balanced.

To win a championship you either have a balanced team or fill your team with attacking players (Brazil-style) and scare your opponents from attacking.

Arashvkin is one hell of a player, and for that matter the entire Russian forwards were, they never gave up.
 

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How is there no discussion about this game? Is everyone fucked up on heroin or something? To picture-quote our new coach, this is how this game makes me feel:

josewank.gif

exactly! hes a top drawer wanker, mark my words, you will see
 

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3-1 Arshavin :howler:

Player of the tournament so far.

yer avin a fukcing laff arent yer?hes good yes, but hes only played two games. what about modric, villa, silva?
 

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too stunned to talk
 

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Oh man, how I wish we could have gotten Hiddink. He would have been much cheaper, and is tactically the best manager in the world. It is honestly amazing at what he can do, or how he never fails.

Arshavin is class. He is not really a classic number 10. He is more like a second striker. I dont know if we need him, as that is Ibra place. According to Russian fans though, he can play as an AM or on the wings as well. F*ck his position, lets just get him, and put him some place.

It has been a long long time, since I have seen a single player dominate a game this much. Full credit ot rest of the Russian players as well.

Pavlyuchenko is like a russian trezeguet. (Bologna's new American owners were after him, but I doubt they will get him after this impressive Euro).


Full respect to Hiddink. For once, I would like to see him coach a big nation like France, Italy or some one. I wanna see how far he can go with them. He has become tactically much more astute than he was in 98.
 

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As usual the Dutch crash when the pressure starts.

I just laugh at those who think Hiddink is better than Mou. Must be blinded by attacking football. He is a great manager better than Lippi but not close to Mou.

Also as good as arshavin has looked in these two games you need to actually see him for a few league games straight before you can decide if he is the real deal.
 

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I just laugh at those who think Hiddink is better than Mou. Must be blinded by attacking football. He is a great manager better than Lippi but not close to Mou.

What a joke of the comment! Don't try this again Stefan!
 

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Oh man, how I wish we could have gotten Hiddink. He would have been much cheaper, and is tactically the best manager in the world. It is honestly amazing at what he can do, or how he never fails.
No he didn't actually. When he went to the one club he could prove himself he didn't exaclty do that well. After that he went to Sevilla and after the season ended he went straight to coach Korea.

From Wiki:

"He became the manager at Spain's Real Madrid in the summer of 1998, replacing Jupp Heynckes, but bad league form saw him get sacked after only half a season in January 1999."

Hiddink is a great tactician don't get me wrong, but getting Hiddink and not Jose would be a big mistake. Jose is the best that could happen for us, mark my words.

Also as good as arshavin has looked in these two games you need to actually see him for a few league games straight before you can decide if he is the real deal.
I agree, people can't start to be too overhyped by his 2 performances in EURO. But do you blame them ? :>

These 2 performances were magnificent, especially the one yesterday. I don't remember many(or even a few) players who amazed that much, went to the big club and floped. To me it's like Ribbery story, when they guy was splendid in Germany.

Advocat also said that he wants to try himself abroad. That was the only possibility here of him leaving, because GazProm doesn't need any money, so if the player was happy, they could just show finger to anybody in the world, probably making their faces look stunned. Even Real Madrid and their "greatness".

And LOL to those reports about 12 Mil pounds from Arsenal :D Don't those stupid reporters know, that GazProm is the producer of most of Europes gaz ? They have more money than Real Madrid, Man Utd, Barca and Chelsea all together.

Abramovich: "According to the 2007 Forbes magazine, as of 3 August 2007, he had a net worth of $18.7 billion,[1] and according to Russian Finance magazine, as of January 2007, his fortune was 551.0 billion rubles (roughly $23 billion)."

GazProm: "As measured by its market capitalization as of May 2008 (US$348 billion),[8] Gazprom is the world's third largest corporation following this measure.[9] Former Gazprom chairman Dmitry Medvedev hopes that the company's market capitalization will quadruple to reach one trillion dollars by 2017, and that this would make it the world's biggest corporation.[10]"

Those journalists are so stupid LOL :p

I also read a lot from others who do watch russian league, and they've said Arshavin is usually one of the best on the field for Zenit whenever they play, and that he exploded last year.
 
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Hiddink turned Russia into a raping machine yesterday.One of my favorite coaches does it again.What a great game and what a performance.I hope more of the smaller teams get inspired by this.

WOW
 

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Some coaches/players just shine in tournaments, but it certainly doesn't mean that that form will replicate in regular season or in 38-league-matches.

As for Arshavin, this guy can just call his family to start packing their home already. Obviously, most of us do not know him before the Euro or how he fares with Zenit (League & UEFA Cup double so must not be bad) but if we are to be blind and base a player's ability just on a tournament, this guy is a MUST BUY.
 

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Arshavins interview(translated in english) after the game:

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ps. And like I said. From what I've read, Arshavin was one of the best players in Russia for some time now, and a splendid player for Zenit(the champion of Russia) and it's only because of the russian money and the fact that Arshavin couldn't show his abbilites(prior to UEFA Cup, and eliminations to EURO against England) that the foreign clubs didn't pursuit him very hard.

It's not the case now however, after his 2 amazing games on EUROs.

The only thing I ask is that he won't go to EPL. I wouldn't stand it, for such a gifted player to go there.
 

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It seems that I missed a wonderful game. :(
 

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Arshavin will obviously end in a BIG team this summer.
 
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