Ukraine: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka, Nazarenko, Voronin, Shevchenko. Subs: Koval, Kucher, Garmash, Aliev, Shevchuk, Rakitskiy, Butko, Goryainov.
Sweden: Isaksson, Lustig, Mellberg, Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Elm, Kallstrom, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Toivonen, Rosenberg. Subs: Wiland, Svensson, Jonas Olsson, Antonsson, Wernbloom, Safari, Holmen, Hansson.
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
voronin is so so bad, oleh blokhin is literally worse than radioactive swamps of pripyat
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
by white-hot loathing of Alexi Lalas being
Mind you, I don't mind Macca nor Ballack but my hatred of Lalas borders on irrational. His self-assessment and my assessment of him differ by miles and he never fails to be a smug dick about stuff esp when he's clearly wring or talking out his ass. At least Wynalda's kind of funny.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
no elmander no cred
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
Elmander ain't fit yet, no?
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
makes me sad to see a larsson on the team sheet but not THE Larsson.
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
elmander has some minor problem
no guidetti but guidetti has a terrible accent and looks like a bloater so who knows
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Is Zlatan CF or #10 playmaker tonight? Or both?
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
#10 and supposedly it works better that way
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
that's what michael o
michael cox
says
Hansen not convinced by zlatan. Thought it was all about medals Alan?
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
Shevchenko is a nice guy though
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone not convinced by Zlatan hasn't been paying attention to football outside England for a decade. Oh wait.
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
In the fall of 2007, Ibrahimović, with the help of Nike, self-funded Zlatan Court in the streets of the city district Rosengård in his hometown Malmö: he provided a playing mat, goalposts, lighting, and a modern fence.
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
are they playing 2010 era sixth form faves the xx
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
i think they are
that modern fence in all its glory
http://www.sydsvenskan.se/Images/media_copied/2007/10/03/ART-INLINE-0-384-zlatan2_95930a.jpg
http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/zlatan-besoker-rosengard/
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
wow Jonathan Pearce is talking a lot of bollocks, even by his bollocks-heavy standards
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
played the xx before the last game too. Might be a thing
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
OMG Love the Swedish Kit!
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
sashed kits are the best
peru, juventus away the other year, usa! usa! usa! the other year, some others icrc
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
river plate obv
city away
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
I had a lovely sashed Inter 1994 away and my wife ironed the collar off it :(
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
spain away for this tourney has half a sash
― mizzell, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Shevchenko giving himself a breast massage there o_O
― a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
4 andriys for ukraine, 2 andreases for sweden
― mizzell, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah so does russia, it looks alright but obviously not as good as a full sash
konoplyanka/khacheridi probably the biggest size difference between adjoining players
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh yes, lovely shirt
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Blimey they're obsessed with calling Zlatan "enigmatic"
Looking frwd to seeing Yarmolenko.
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Ahum. That's as camp as this thread needs to be I think.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't watch the senile cunts at the beginning, did an-sen and co say anything about any of the players other than ibrahimovic and the ones who have played in england
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
played them before the poland greece match too
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
it is an intro like
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
heh
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Rosenberg was rubbish for Werder Bremen last year.
no they didn't nakhxxp
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
there seemed to be a fair bit of criticism at the last world cup when they were mocking lee dixon for having heard of marek hamsik
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
well, that was dreadful
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
saw Dixon being shouted down in one of the earlier games for trying to introduce some research
― Number None, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like it when teams w the same color scheme play each other, not cool teams
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
well sweden and ukraine are kind of cousins from the vikings who sailed down the rivers and established the kievan rus' (iirc?) so they maybe can agree to disagree and call it a draw
― too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
that would be fair imho
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
this will always be thee sash for me...
http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/05-04-1986%20Portsmouth%20v%20LUFC_files/image040.jpg
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
eng-fra was first game my 3.5-yr-old son has ever watched. he said "i want to play". i knew what he meant.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
ha awesome
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
sounding like an old man but why can't the goalie catch that?
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
if his shot had been worse tap in at far post
― pandemic, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
I don't suppose there's any chance of them reducing this back down to eight teams?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
i wish; bar russia this group stage has been shitty balls
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link