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Euro08 Finals: Spain vs Germany
Topic Started: Jun 28 2008, 01:48 AM (1,866 Views)
fabregas_4
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COME ON SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wanted them 2 win from the start

please plz please i hope they win the final i have a bet 2 win lol :P

good luck 2 both teams, gonna be a great game 2 watch
but i think spain will just edge it 2-1 :D
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Jun 28 2008, 02:25 PM
Yeah Aragones is a racist.. well known fact after his comments about Henry to Reyes a few years ago. I don't like the manager. <_< But I still want Spain to win! B)

COME ON SPAIN!!
Oh yeah that.
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Jun 28 2008, 05:20 PM
Yeah, Aragones and a large percentage of Spaniards are very racist.
When I was there last, my friends made me sit by the black people on the bus as they wouldn't, and would rather stand up!! Strange :rolleyes:

I really don't know who I want to win! I love Spain but I'd like to see Germany win too, plus the whole media aftermath if Spain win will be a big headache!
I've heard that one before, but there are so many African and Afro Brazillians playing in Spain, who in the end score the bloody goals for them, why on earth would they be so mean.
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Jenna
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Picscam for the final (er yeah just one finalist!)

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Is there a need for the foot touching?!

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Poo-ie
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At least he's happy (nice flip flops)
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I hope they're sitting on that bench for a laugh...
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Enrique!
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ballacks injured! not going to play!
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It's not confirmed yet. He'll be a big loss but there's always Schweinsteiger and co.

I hate Aragones btw. Always have. He's not a very nice person, not a very good manager and he's very lucky he has an extremely talented squad. If he doesn't start Cesc I'll shoot him. <_<

13 hours 45 minutes more!
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I really can't wait until this tournament is over, just so Aragones is finally gone! Talk about a guy who needs to cash in his chips asap!

Even though I'm hoping Spain wins - and his absence would be a plus - I really hope that Ballack is fit to play just for the sake of the game because, like you guys said he has been great throughout the tourney.
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I really hope Ballack can play, for his own sake more than anything, he had to miss the WC 2002 final so he won't be happy. :(
I reckon Mario Gomez could be special tonight, because players playing against their old team/half nationality always do, don't they? :lol:

Here's some German photos, to even out the love a bit! ;)
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Jun 29 2008, 02:53 AM
what a lovely view the camera men have :wub: :wub: :P

thanxs 4 all the pics

COME ON SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wub:
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fabregas_4
Jun 29 2008, 12:06 PM
Jenna
Jun 29 2008, 02:53 AM
what a lovely view the camera men have :wub: :wub: :P

thanxs 4 all the pics

COME ON SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wub:
That was exactly what i was thinking!! :lol: :lol:
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I want Spain to win. Not because of their fans, or their manager, but because of their players. They have been the most consistent team in this tournament, and one of the best to watch, and I think they deserve to win.

I can't wait for enrique to sing!!I love the song that he is going to be singing It's so catchy.
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I don't have any black friends or family but I still can't stand racism.. I think it's digusting!! There is no need for it in the world, let alone in football. :unsure:

Oooo I am so looking forward to the final tonight. I am even wearing my Fabregas Arsenal shirt in support of him and Spain. :) hehe. I am also looking forward to seeing Enrique Iglesias singing. :wub: ;) He's a hotty!!
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Struggling at Bayern, heroes in the Germany shirt - the strange world of Schweini and Poldi

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After Germany had beaten Turkey in Basle in their semi-final on Wednesday night, Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger hugged each other endlessly, just like before. From the edge of the pitch, Podolski sang the battle cry of the German fans and Schweinsteiger waved his cowboy hat in the national colours of black, red and gold. It looked just like the good old days: but appearances can be deceptive.

Two years ago, Podolski and Schweinsteiger had been the unsung heroes of Sönke Wortmann's film, Germany, A Summer's Fairytale, which gave an insight into the German team at the World Cup they hosted. Even those who are barely interested in football watched the film in the cinema or later on TV.

Wortmann's film showed the background to what was happening on the pitch. Schweini and Poldi embodied the youth, the freshness, the imperfections and the jokes inside the squad. They behaved like little rascals from a 1950s film; their pranks were harmless, their jokes hurt nobody.

We thought back then that Schweini and Poldi were friends. They certainly became a brand, a little like Laurel and Hardy, but when the World Cup was over, they missed the return journey from the fairytale back to reality. Their club football suffered.

You could understand why. After the World Cup, Schweinsteiger went back to his home town of Oberaudorf, which has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. He was met by a brass band when he climbed the stage at his reception. The mayor made a copy of his footprint, in order to make a bronze cast and display it outside the town hall.

Podolski moved to Munich after the World Cup, joining Bayern - for whom Schweini plays - from FC Cologne, whose relegation he had not been able to prevent. He was supposed to become the star of the future. But soon, darkness fell on Poldi and Schweini.

They were not the only ones responsible for the misery that was to come, but in the post-World Cup season, Bayern failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in living memory. The directors were livid, even with Schweinsteiger.

'Too many people have blown sugar up his arse since the World Cup. I want to punch him,' said Bayern's sporting director Uli Hoeness. Because Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Hoeness were fed up with a side that was supposedly the team of the future, they went and bought one for the present.

So Schweinsteiger's friends were sold and direct replacements arrived in place of Owen Hargreaves, Claudio Pizarro and Roy Makaay. Franck Ribéry took Schweinsteiger's place in left midfield, where Podolski could also play. Luca Toni was sure of one of the two strikers' places, Miroslav Klose the other. Schweinsteiger had to move over to right midfield, where he was not comfortable. Podolski had to move to the subs' bench.

Slowly it became clear that there had never been such a thing as 'Schweini and Poldi'. Although they were both at the same club, they hardly spent any time with each other. Their lives could not have been more different. On the home page of Bayern's website Podolski named 'family' as his hobby. Schweinsteiger said he liked to 'meet friends and experience new things'. Recently Podolski became a father for the first time. Schweinsteiger is still some way from starting a family.

Schweini's girlfriend, Sarah Brandner, is 19 and a model. She is pretty and blonde and the most watched Wag, according to an agency that follows all German newspaper reports on these things. Above all, Schweinsteiger admires her for leading a different sort of life. Sarah broadens his horizons, he says. She has lived in Milan, was in New York and has taken him to Paris. Her best friends are gay and her world more open than that of a boy from the sticks. Schweinsteiger has engraved the date they met on his boots. His car number plate also has the date and bears the abbreviation SB for Sarah and Basti.

Podolski does not give the impression that he wants to broaden his horizons. He probably would have preferred not to grow up. The newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung wrote about him recently: 'He is 23 years old but behaves sometimes like a child who has been allowed by his parents to stay up too late.'

Given that, he can defend himself better than Schweinsteiger when it comes to his club. During this European Championship he said in a newspaper interview: 'I've never felt as if Bayern have faith in me. And now I don't want their faith.' The numbers speak for themselves. Podolski has scored nine goals in 47 Bundesliga games, and 28 in 53 games for Germany. The difference is startling.

It is similar with Schweinsteiger, as he gets on better with the national team than his club. But he does not criticise Bayern, the only club he has played for. Die Zeit wrote: 'When he talks about Bayern, the club where he has been since the age of 14, it sounds sometimes as if he's talking about over-protective parents.'

During this tournament, Schweinsteiger called the national team, 'my second family'. Podolski has not said that, but it is like that for him,national team is their club. In tonight's final, Podolski will win his 54th cap, Schweinsteiger his 56th. Both are 23 years old. If they keep it up, they could destroy Lothar Matthäus's record of 150 games for Germany.

The national team try to find ways that really help them. Hans-Dieter Hermann, the team psychologist, has told Schweinsteiger his greatest strength is his instinct, his biggest weakness his concentration. At kick-off in the semi-final against Turkey you could see that. Klose hit the ball to Michael Ballack, who stepped back to hit it wide to Schweinsteiger on the right wing. But the game had not started for him yet. He turned out to be the best player that night, however. He was also the best against Portugal, after having been taken off against Croatia in the group game.

Schweinsteiger scored against Portugal and Turkey, both times after Podolski had set him up. 'I've always believed when Schweini is moving and running then he is full of danger near the goal,' says Joachim Löw, Germany's coach. It is scarcely imaginable that he would have this role at Bayern. In the demanding world of the Champions League, his lack of defensive ability and lack of tactical understanding would be quickly punished.

But he has persuaded himself he can play convincingly down the right. And when it does not work, there is always the national team.


Awww, that's quite sad :( I didn't realize it was that bad, I hope they do move now they are good!
I'd be happy if they won tonight then for those two, hopefully they'll get a move to another club then.


Pri- I love Enrique's song as well, I've been singing it for the past week!

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I had a dream last night...spain won 3-0...

David villa, marchena & a penalty (does xavi take pens :-/ ?)

That was before half time aswell :lol:

But since villa isn't even playing, maybe its flawed :lol:

2 hours :D
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:lol: sometimes dreams like that come true, I know mine have! So you never know! :lol:

Only an hour until the build-up starts! :D

I'm still half and half who to support, my dad said I should wear my Spain shirt for the first half, and the German the second! :lol: :lol:
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