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#171
July 1st, 2013, 18:44
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Look up European Championships 1992.
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#172
July 1st, 2013, 19:07
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Tottenham just made an extremely good signing, Paulinho from Corinthians, a Defensive Midfielder (he played for Brazil in the Confederations Cup). The guy has everything, he knows what to do when he has the ball, he is very good at marking/disarming and he scores a crazy amount of goals for a defensive player.
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#173
July 1st, 2013, 19:58
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And this is for Gaspar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4aIAUDX6ho

neenerneener
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#174
July 1st, 2013, 20:28
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(July 1st, 2013, 18:44)Krill Wrote: Look up European Championships 1992.

Not sure how that's relevant...?
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#175
July 2nd, 2013, 04:56
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My bad.
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#176
July 2nd, 2013, 08:51
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(July 1st, 2013, 19:58)Ichabod Wrote: And this is for Gaspar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4aIAUDX6ho

neenerneener

That you would need a comeback of that magnitude against the US is shameful smile.

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#177
July 2nd, 2013, 10:23 (This post was last modified: July 2nd, 2013, 13:47 by Gaspar.)
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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

http://youtu.be/Y2BhMCBQBg0

The toughness of NFL players to their counterparts in other sports is greatly overstated. If there were more opportunities to reward faking fouls/injuries, there would be more faking fouls/injuries. Its a different kind of toughness - one game has violent collisions in uniforms that are essentially designed to be weapons, but also has a 16-game season and so many substitutions and clock-stoppages that the average player probably plays no more than 15 minutes in a game. Anyway, no reason really why they can't both be "tough."

As long as we're showing games we enjoyed...

http://youtu.be/GbCh-TiepVY

Or as I prefer to recall it:

[Image: arsenalwc.jpg]
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#178
July 2nd, 2013, 10:40
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Yeah I like both kinds of football, I just haven't had as much exposure to the worldwide football scene as I have with American football.

I agree they're both tough; I played both sports for 4 years in high school, and I couldn't tell you one of them is better or tougher or whatever than the other one, the progression of the game as well as what is required from the players just isn't worth trying to compare. And they're both very entertaining in their own ways.
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#179
July 2nd, 2013, 12:13 (This post was last modified: July 2nd, 2013, 12:18 by Ichabod.)
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(July 2nd, 2013, 10:23)Gaspar Wrote:
(July 1st, 2013, 17:56)darrelljs Wrote: If you took a dive in the NFL, your own teammates would beat you up.

Darrell

http://youtu.be/Y2BhMCBQBg0

The toughness of NFL players to their counterparts in other sports is greatly overstated. If there were more opportunities to reward faking fouls/injuries, there would be more faking fouls/injuries. Its a different kind of toughness - one game has violent collisions in uniforms that are essentially designed to be weapons, but also has a 16-game season and so many substitutions and clock-stoppages that the average player probably plays no more than 15 minutes in a game. Anyway, no reason really why they can't both be "tough."

Completely agree.

(July 2nd, 2013, 10:23)Gaspar Wrote: As long as we're showing games we enjoyed...

http://youtu.be/GbCh-TiepVY

Or as I prefer to recall it:

[Image: arsenalwc.jpg]

Everyone knows that that game was set up. smoke

Edit: I can't see the pic, by the way.
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#180
July 2nd, 2013, 13:06
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Did they ever get to the bottom of that? Most convincing theory I heard was that Ronaldo had a seizure due to the pressure...
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