Guest Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Italy just took a major hit. Riccardo Montolivo (AC Milan Captain) just broke his tibia in a match with England. He was one of there midfield shoe-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,585 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 U.S. winning the whole thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 1, 2014 Italy just took a major hit. Riccardo Montolivo (AC Milan Captain) just broke his tibia in a match with England. He was one of there midfield shoe-ins. 'Twas Ireland helping us out. Think Italy is one of the few teams which has the midfield depth to cope though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 'Twas Ireland helping us out. Think Italy is one of the few teams which has the midfield depth to cope though. Ireland yes, one of those countries over there on an island. They can cope, but a big loss as he is a captain material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 1, 2014 Well I don't know how they rotate captaincy since usually it's Buffon and he wasn't playing. Judging by reactions, he's not a huge loss as a player and I have to agree. Pirlo and De Rossi would appear to be the only midfielders certain of a spot - the third slot is pretty competitive with Marchisio, Motta, and Verratti, etc. Essentially, this will not stop England from losing to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Well I don't know how they rotate captaincy since usually it's Buffon and he wasn't playing. Judging by reactions, he's not a huge loss as a player and I have to agree. Pirlo and De Rossi would appear to be the only midfielders certain of a spot - the third slot is pretty competitive with Marchisio, Motta, and Verratti, etc. Essentially, this will not stop England from losing to them. True, when it came to captaincy though I always thought it was Cambiasso or Zambrono? Maybe that was just for some games in Euro. Because like you said Buffon is usually the skipper (and a damn good one at that). I like many have never been a huge fan of Italy, I dated a girl who was Italian and her father was always bugging me about how Italy always beats DFB. I liked the guy (because I had too), but it was funny always getting ragged on by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 1, 2014 Cambiasso is (he might be retired) Argentinian. I don't even know the second name haha. I feel unattached to any international team permanently since Latvia never achieved anything (bar a 0-0 draww with Germany at Euro 2004!!!) and I'm not English (though I do like seeing them so well, it's also really fun to laugh at them. Usually with other English people). But as it stands I do actually like Italy, since the last Euros. No idea for how long, Germany was my bandwagon team for very long but I've just become disillusioned with Loew's style. /lifestory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Sorry I didn't mean Cambiasso, I meant Canavaro hahaha. Loew's style is a lot better them Pep's style. Not sure why anyone would hate it. It's based on giveaways and the pending transition. If anyone hates Loew's style, I urge them to join a team and get frustrated because you aren't playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 1, 2014 In any case, I feel there are so many good teams this year that this should be an especially good tournament. Hopefully ref drama is avoided and all drama is limited to the France dressing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 In any case, I feel there are so many good teams this year that this should be an especially good tournament. Hopefully ref drama is avoided and all drama is limited to the France dressing room. Touche. (No pun intended) 2006 - Headbutt heard around the World 2010 - Vuvuzelas heard around the World 2014 - Stadium Collapses heard around the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 1, 2014 Oh 2006. Naturally I didn't support Italy then and supported Zidane, though I've come to appreciate that Italy squad was stacked. I read an article on it recently and I never realised how central to the match BOTH Zidane and Materazzi were. Materazzi brought down Zidane for the penalty Zidane converted and then Materazzi scored the equaliser before getting Zidane out of the match. Pretty impressive for a guy few probably knew about before that final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Carlos Tevez left off the Argentina team, Suarez is injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 3, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 3, 2014 Don't think Tevez played for Argentina since 2011, so no surprises there. He wasn't even in the provisional squad. Suarez is still in the 23 though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Don't think Tevez played for Argentina since 2011, so no surprises there. He wasn't even in the provisional squad. Suarez is still in the 23 though, right? Yes he is. Which means he will be back during the tournament. I just think this is another tournament where momentum can help and if a player isn't in form it really dampens a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 3, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 3, 2014 Yeah several big names are in the squads but with questions over fitness: Suarez, Vidal, Costa, Ribery, Lahm/Schweinsteiger/Neuer too apparently. Falcao's already missing out as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Yeah several big names are in the squads but with questions over fitness: Suarez, Vidal, Costa, Ribery, Lahm/Schweinsteiger/Neuer too apparently. Falcao's already missing out as well. Schweiny is back and doing well. Lahm I know is not far away, but neuter is the one to worry about. Apparently he is having issues right now and Weidenfeller is good to go (except that first goal by E'too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOLGifnMJk Yes. Australia fuck yeah. diamond_ace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,426 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's what we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm pretty sure Australians are the nicest and/or coolest people in the world, they just cover it up by swearing a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,426 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 What the fuck is that supposed to fucking mean? Victor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,017 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 The Ox is now doubtful.... FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth 92 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) With an injured Ronaldo, I think the U.S. has a great chance of beating Portugal. Edited June 6, 2014 by Seth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,550 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Admin Share Posted June 6, 2014 With an injured Ronaldo, I think the U.S. has a great chance of being Portugal.I don't think US would be Portugal even with a fully fit Ronaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth 92 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) I don't think US would be Portugal even with a fully fit Ronaldo. Anti-semetic rhetoric! Edited June 6, 2014 by Seth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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