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(July 1st, 2013, 14:29)Rowain Wrote: (July 1st, 2013, 11:35)darrelljs Wrote: I think Spain is here to say as a football power, but I agree they have to win more consistently before they can claim international power status.
 Spain was the very first team that did defend its EC-title. Their success from 2008 till 2012 and their now ended streak of 29 games without a loss is more than enough to place them into the top-nations.
Well, we are talking about the EC here, it's not exactly a difficult competition. Wasn't Greece that won it some years ago? 
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(July 1st, 2013, 14:39)Gaspar Wrote: We certainly aren't pretending that the Confederations Cup is a major, important tournament, are we?
Speaking as the proud owner of 4 Confederations Cup titles, I'm certainly pretending it.
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(July 1st, 2013, 14:41)Ichabod Wrote: Well, we are talking about the EC here, it's not exactly a difficult competition. Wasn't Greece that won it some years ago?
That's on par with Brazil winning the WC isn't it
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im disappointed that this thread is 17 pages long, and me and Brick are the only ones that have actually discussed football.
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(July 1st, 2013, 14:51)Bigger Wrote: im disappointed that this thread is 17 pages long, and me and Brick are the only ones that have actually discussed football.
Of the two sports, which one almost exclusively uses the feet to move the ball around
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(July 1st, 2013, 14:51)Bigger Wrote: im disappointed that this thread is 17 pages long, and me and Brick are the only ones that have actually discussed football.
Well when our season starts we'll make our own thread, with ovalballs and complaints that the players can't properly beat the shit out of each other thanks to overaggressive rulemaking!
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They need to do it for a longer period of time...the countries Ichabod mentioned all have multiple World Cups. No one would disagree this Spanish squad is highly accomplished, but its really the first one that's lived up to its promise.
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If you took a dive in the NFL, your own teammates would beat you up.
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(July 1st, 2013, 17:56)darrelljs Wrote: If you took a dive in the NFL, your own teammates would beat you up.
Darrell
yep. no one fakes an injury, because even when there is a real injury people try to hide it, hehe.
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(July 1st, 2013, 12:10)Ichabod Wrote: A pity about your trip.  But maybe you can still attend to the WC, even without coming to Brazil. There has been some talk about changing the WC from Brazil to USA, due to all the manifestations happening across the country. I doubt it'd happen, but you never know.
I don't see how you can possibly switch host countries this late in the game. They could cancel or postpone the event though...
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