Euro 2008!

[churipu 4]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

He's right though - the ref was terrible

[churipu 4]

He's right though - the ref was terrible

I've seen worse in this tournament...

[Empress of Groovy 373]

He's right though - the ref was terrible

I've seen worse in this tournament...

I think the commentator (was it Andy Gray?) went on about it a bit too much. The ref did make some bad calls and clearly overlooked some fouls, but geez--enough is enough.

Five minutes into the game, my husband said, "This is going to be nil nil." He's a real soccer geek. Unfortunately, he was right! But the penalties were exciting!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

He's right though - the ref was terrible

I've seen worse in this tournament...

I think the commentator (was it Andy Gray?) went on about it a bit too much. The ref did make some bad calls and clearly overlooked some fouls, but geez--enough is enough.

Five minutes into the game, my husband said, "This is going to be nil nil." He's a real soccer geek. Unfortunately, he was right! But the penalties were exciting!

Well that guy is the King of OTT as well as stating the obvious, i.e. "if this was boxing, it would be decided on points but this is not boxing." Really? I thought I saw Oscar De La Hoya somewhere in the Spanish midfield.

But there were some terrible calls. Although I wonder if he still considered Ruud Van Nistelroy's off-side goal "the worst decision in the history of the tournament."

[tsunamihart 0]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

Pobrecito, don't worry Italy holds the advantage in wins...just not this time

[churipu 4]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

Pobrecito, don't worry Italy holds the advantage in wins...just not this time

I don't speak Spanish dear...I'm from Italy, see the flag on the side? BTW I'm not worried either, being beaten once every 88 years is more than fine by me. And by all means, feel free to blame the ref again if for some reason Spain can't manage to score with Russia either ...

[tsunamihart 0]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

Pobrecito, don't worry Italy holds the advantage in wins...just not this time

I don't speak Spanish dear...I'm from Italy, see the flag on the side? BTW I'm not worried either, being beaten once every 88 years is more than fine by me. And by all means, feel free to blame the ref again if for some reason Spain can't manage to score with Russia either ...

.....and Italy's problem was......???????

[churipu 4]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

Pobrecito, don't worry Italy holds the advantage in wins...just not this time

I don't speak Spanish dear...I'm from Italy, see the flag on the side? BTW I'm not worried either, being beaten once every 88 years is more than fine by me. And by all means, feel free to blame the ref again if for some reason Spain can't manage to score with Russia either ...

.....and Italy's problem was......???????

That we need to practise penalties more????

Jokes aside...our problem was that we sucked! That's all there is to it sadly...but Spain performance was very poor too, way worse than what they are actually capable of...that was my point all along. The ref had nothing to do with it...

Edited June 23, 2008 by churipu

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

The ref made about 3 terrible calls. I don't know that it affected the result as Spain just couldn't make it through Italy's defense.

[Eveline 9]

Congrats to Spain, although not managing to score for 120 minutes with a "lame" team is hardly "owning"...but anyways...

I want the underdogs to advance now, so I hope it will be Turkey - Russia in the final...let's not forget Greece won against all odds 4 years ago...

*Off to lick wounds*

What was most lame was the referee's. Sorry but even though I don't know much about soccer it was plain as day who was receiving payola in that game. I thought bball flopping was bad....When the announcers are complaining about the lack of consistency in calling fouls and penalties something ain't kosher in Vienna. GO ESPANA!!!!!

I can tell...

Pobrecito, don't worry Italy holds the advantage in wins...just not this time

I don't speak Spanish dear...I'm from Italy, see the flag on the side? BTW I'm not worried either, being beaten once every 88 years is more than fine by me. And by all means, feel free to blame the ref again if for some reason Spain can't manage to score with Russia either ...

Haha, me neither. I thought Probrecito was a name

Gotta go, Germany is playing in a couple of minutes and both my boys are sleeping so I actually have a minute or two for myself...what a day.

[pedroh 21]

vamos alemania!!

[gabby4ever 1]

go turkeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :d:d

[Ilya R. 0]

go turkey!

[jundp 191]

Deutschland, baby. Deutschland.