Very OT : Euro 2008

[Gem35]

Italy will win it, they have the best team of course.
Anyone guess that I am Italian?[;)]

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Historiker

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Any chance we can kill this particular line of discussion before someone gets upset?

Back to the football please! [:)]

It's quite hard to accept that there are people in your country that cry out "Nazi" (not in this case, yet, but generally spoken) immediately after you show nothing but your country's flag...

I know that it happens, a similar thing happens here (England) often enough...

EDIT: I wasn't having a dig at anyone BTW, just trying to stop things from getting out of hand as so often seems to happen around here.
I think I understand the sentiment of your original comment. It's possible to hate the national team of Germany/Holland/England/Whoever without actually hating the people

Well, that may be the problem with the internet. You don't see any emotions on the other side and can interprete too much. As LST says, it's a big difference between hateing a nation and hateing a national team.

[Woos]

ORIGINAL: Historiker

ORIGINAL: Woos

Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England.

One can.
Nationalism getting a little bit out of hand again?

Yes, it's just before the nazis take power again - at least when you look on the streets and see ordinary people show the flag of their country, right?

If you don't want me to tell you that I don't share your way of expressing your national pride (by hating foreign football teams), then don't tell me what I have to do to be a "good" German football fan.

If their newspapers' only connotation to everything German is "Nazi", then ignore them like a real gentleman would do. If they think spitting is part of the game, show them that you don't have to define yourself by fighting past battles in the stadium.

[Przemcio231]

Well Historiker we will see but you might be in a suprise comeing... we will beat you this time[:D][:D][:D] I need to ask my aunt son (he is German) what he thinks about that[:D][:D][:D]
I just hope that if Poland losses Polish fans would not burn the stadium down...

[Milman]

My bet is Italy . Nobody talk about them , just like before WC in Germany .

[Monter_Trismegistos]

Well, it is said that referees will be harsher in penalizing simulating fouls. In that case Italy will never leave the grop phase

[cantona2]

Portugal or Italy to win

[cantona2]

ORIGINAL: Monter_Trismegistos

Well, it is said that referees will be harsher in penalizing simulating fouls. In that case Italy will never leave the grop phase

nor Spain or Portugal following that logic

[TulliusDetritus]

Ah, Football. I mean, real FOOTBALL [8D]

Italy or France should get the trophy. But... the Euro Cups are not like World Cups. There are surprises: Greece, Denmark, Czech Republic (they won one Euro Cup).

[pauk]

Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: pauk

Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

Look who is back! [:)]


Leo "Apollo11"

[pauk]

Eduardo?






[:D]

[Grell]

ORIGINAL: patrickl

Well, Euro 2008 starts today and I suppose our European forumers would be busy for 3 weeks. England will win![:'(][:D][;)]

England is not even in it you maroon! [8|]

Regards,

Greg

[TulliusDetritus]

Grell, I suspect he already knew that. *Fix the sarcasm detector* [:)]

I'll be supporting Papoua-New Guinea by the way...

[wernerpruckner]

there are some good looking Croatian fans here in Vienna [8D]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: swift

there are some good looking Croatian fans here in Vienna [8D]

Hands off! [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: pauk


Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

It's a good traditional Croatian name, Eduardo [:D]

[pauk]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: pauk


Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

It's a good traditional Croatian name, Eduardo [:D]

Yes, I always liked english soccer - just can't belive that there is so many domestic players there:

Found the english guys there:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pageg ... A3}&page=1

[:'(][:'(][:'(][:D]

PS.

Did Capello start with founding a decent goalkeeper for your national team? [:D]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: pauk


Cant wait for the game against Austria today. Unfortunatly, due to brutal start of one English player (those Inglanders just can't admit defeat[:'(][:D][;)], we lost our killer striker - Eduardo...[:(]

It's a good traditional Croatian name, Eduardo [:D]

Yes, I always liked english soccer - just can't belive that there is so many domestic players there:

Found the english guys there:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pageg ... A3}&page=1

[:'(][:'(][:'(][:D]

PS.

Did Capello start with founding a decent goalkeeper for your national team? [:D]

English players are stupidly over valued [8|] Average English players are getting bought for more than good foreign players, Eduardo for example cost Arsenal less than half of what Darren Bent cost Spurs [X(][X(]

PS. There are some good English goalkeepers around at the moment:
David James (Portsmouth)
Scott Carson (Liverpool, but for how long?)
Ben Foster (Man Utd)
Joe Hart (Man City, young but good)
Robert Green (West Ham Utd)

The bigger problem is the midfield and srikers IMO [:D]



PPS: I'm supporting Croatia tonight...

[cantona2]

ORIGINAL: Woos

Well, one can't be a german soccer fan without hateing both the teams of the Netherlands and of England.

One can.
Nationalism getting a little bit out of hand again?

English fans dont like the German team. Portugese cant stand the Spanish. Scots and Welsh want England to lose etc. A bit harsh comapring footbal rivalry to out of hand nationalism