Balotelli standing next to Giovinco is pretty amusing.
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
How tall is Balotelli?!
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
Great game for sure. Man the final is going to be strange.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
6'2 vs 5'4
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Ned, all the more so since we've just seen them play a somehwat dull draw in the group stages
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
khedira was good and schweinsteiger in the 2nd half but the rest didn't bring it. Boateng was the out ball but produced one decent cross at most. Ozil was good until Italy scored.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Nonsense xp, the group game was the second best game at the tourney
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
Hummels too aggressive on the first goal.
The group game was good yes.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
group game was a cracker
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
Germany won't win the next World Cup either, that belongs to Argentina.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Pirlo's like a shiny new toy for our panelists
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
cant believe this guy is so good at soccer
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__A72yyd5Nfw/THfg0CicWrI/AAAAAAAAArM/_eeVs8dp01E/s1600/mario_batali.jpg
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
oh dear Keown wheeling out the "German arrogance" cliche
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
Keown! Nearly every word is wrong.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
Keown "German arrogance" Fuck Off.
A hoy tipped Italy at the start of the tourney I think. I wrote off Italy when they were wretched against Russia pre-tourney.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Keown is actually the worst of the BBC lot just in terms of ignorance
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't the keown-dixon pairing A Breath of Fresh Air when it first arrived? Has the BBC just sucked everything interesting out of them?
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
nah, Keown was just coasting off Dixon and the fact that he sounds a bit posh
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
^^^This.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking very slowly and sounding thoughtful helped as well.
He speaks slowly cos he's a yokel
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 28 June 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
It was interesting tactically but I look forward to a game that one side or the other has to win.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Not entirely sure you're going to get it, Del Bosque seems pretty content with 0-0s and Italy might lose their nerve, Cassano might not replicate his great performance tonight, etc.
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
hot as hell here, ppl have put their tvs out on the pavement with extension cables. v sad people on our street.
― caek, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Torres prolly won't get the call - I remember him being off form in the group game against Italy
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
he had a nightmare when he came on, yeah
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
v pleased to see italy completely outplay a v overhyped & sloppy germany. so many great interceptions, italian positioning was fantastic.
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
torres is not on great form, but the italians do often play p high so spain need runners
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
disagree that germany were/are overhyped. But yes Italy were v good.xp
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
shoulda stuck with the quarter-final team though
― Number None, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
totes
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
just glad to see over-rated EPL failure Balotelli found out at last
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
FOUND OUT
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
german defence has never been v smart even though they are excellent on the ball
― ogmor, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
eh he scored an unmarked header (gk might have done better) and cunted one in, hardly definitive.
The desperation for him to be hailed as a current great makes me want to ronan the shit out of ye tbh
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
just sayin'
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
Save it til next February, Andy will have his 20 by then I'm sure and we'll be more receptive to your iconoclastic methods of evaluating strikers.
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
did we ever agree that the ilf fantasy league winner got final say for the year or anythin
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
2nd sentence in and McNulty's described Mario as "enigmatic" in his match report.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Fair enough; I'll stand down. xp
― boxall, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
i just need some closure!
― Ну, там твое место, там сабе будь! (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, i completely forgot about the euro 2012 fantasy league.
thanks for yer 7 points today, ozil, now i'm only bottom of one of the two leagues i'm taking part in.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, i'm p sure i won the boxall memorial premier league.
Ita was very fkning classy - only thing is there was no way they were losing from 2-0 down but still good (as was much of the 1st SF).
Germany haven't been Germany sine Euro '96, have they? Something sad about that. Their back line was totally exposed.
Cassano and (hate saying this) Mario were awesome...but still Mario has to do it in the final, and he's just as likely to lose his rag and get sent off.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
Bosque to drop Silva for the final.
Navas and Llorente to come on at some point.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus Navas coming on at some point is a bold prediction.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
lol yes yes ok.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
Silva's not been great
― ENPBGIW (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
Silva/Negredo out, Pedro/Cesc in.
― pandemic, Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
pirlo vs the best midfield in the world is pretty delicious
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link