Euro 2012

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I guess I'll do a sporadic update of Euro Cup soccer ( football )

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/tournament-calendar/index.html



16 nations in four groups .
Each group plays a round robin .
Top two from each group advance into crossover matches .

This is something I'll enjoy way better than the Olympics .

Go England

[spoiler]thus was the kiss of death meted before the first touch  [/spoiler]

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England and France tied 1-1 at the half .

It's refreshing to see two sides go at each other with pace and tenacity and not have the faking of injuries .

Dude gets tackled .
Dude gets up .

Unpossible !

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And now a French player just swatted an Englishman in the face .
He reacts , the ref blows a foul and the Englishman defers to the French side .

If it had been an Italian , he'd still be down and his family called in .

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3-2 England over Sweden




Great game ,  a hard fought back and forth match with another refreshing lack of grass-diving .

[Spooky]

 

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England survives an early malaise and wins on a score from the spokesman for "Hairplugs for Thugs" .

Good game .
Ukraine was robbed on the neutralizer but , then again , it was offside .

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Knock out round

Czech vs Portugal
Germany vs Greece
Spain vs France
England vs the Grass-divers of Italy

Italian Training

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A coworker is playing for our company soccer team and after their last game one of the opposing players told him that he should have played the fall instead of playing the ball on a certain play. Really? Flopping in a rec league? 

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A coworker is playing for our company soccer team and after their last game one of the opposing players told him that he should have played the fall instead of playing the ball on a certain play. Really? Flopping in a rec league? 

It happens at all levels .

There's "going down" and then there's "simulation" .
Which according to the Brazilian coach in World Cup 2002 is actually "guile" .
Or as we'd call it , cheating

Rivaldo Dive - 2002 World Cup.

The #1 reason I despise the Brazilian National Team

( Turkey was robbed )