(UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer

[Roger Wilco]

The draw will be even better for them at this rate - there's not a small chance Argentina, Portugal and France won't be at the World Cup. That would be... insane.

Other teams who won't be there: the Home Nations.

France doesn't deserve to go to SA to be honest. From what I understand, they still have a good chance, but only because all the other teams in that group (except Serbia) suck so hard - especially Romania is a real disappointment. If France does make it, they'll need either a huge amount of luck or a major turnaround to not become a joke imo.

 

[Shaytan]

France doesn't deserve to go to SA to be honest. From what I understand, they still have a good chance, but only because all the other teams in that group (except Serbia) suck so hard - especially Romania is a real disappointment. If France does make it, they'll need either a huge amount of luck or a major turnaround to not become a joke imo.

Tsss tsss tssss

Actually I enjoyed the last 2 matches.
Yesterday was a day of bad luck, it could have been worse with the GK expulsed after 9 minutes...

 

[Starkers]

The draw will be even better for them at this rate - there's not a small chance Argentina, Portugal and France won't be at the World Cup. That would be... insane.

Other teams who won't be there: the Home Nations.

Shame about Argentina, I was quite looking forward to us beating them under Mad Maradona!

 

[HappyDayRiot]

You also certainly would beat them too. Capello vs Maradonna... barely worth thinking about it.

I agree with Roger too - France have been dire and really do not deserve to make it. I cannot fathom how Domenech has kept his job all this time.

 

[Shaytan]

I cannot fathom how Domenech has kept his job all this time.

That is a mystery to us too. I don't like him since the time he coached the Bleuets (-25 years old).

 

[Roger Wilco]

Tsss tsss tssss

Actually I enjoyed the last 2 matches.
Yesterday was a day of bad luck, it could have been worse with the GK expulsed after 9 minutes...

I watched a little bit of the game against Serbia and wasn't impressed.

It would be too hilarious if the Faeroes get a point against France and Austria possibly still has a chance to overtake France in the last game.

Anyway, France is the second best team in that group, whatever that's worth, despite their problems.

 

[Shaytan]

I watched a little bit of the game against Serbia and wasn't impressed.

I wasn't impressed too but that's still better than what I saw against Faeroes.

It would be too hilarious if the Faeroes get a point against France and Austria possibly still has a chance to overtake France in the last game.

Yeah, hilarious...Bruno N'Gotty says hello BTW (sweet vengeance )

 

[Roger Wilco]

Go Faeroes!

 

[Iasius]

Watching England vs Germany women's EC finale right now.

It's a good game actually, once you get past comparing the level of play with men's football.

1:2 England - Germany after 30 minutes

 

[Shaytan]

Go Faeroes!

Too easy

 

[Garak]

Honestly, who didn't see this coming for Maradonna? When they named him manager I laughed for days.

Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Go Faeroes!

Too easy

Hey, how many countries can say that their national football team losing a certain match had a significant impact on another country's history?

 

[Iasius]

Watching England vs Germany women's EC finale right now.

It's a good game actually, once you get past comparing the level of play with men's football.

1:2 England - Germany after 30 minutes

And Germany wins 2:6! Pretty good game, I think. Fifth EC in a row.

 

[Shaytan]

Go Faeroes!

Too easy

Hey, how many countries can say that their national football team losing a certain match had a significant impact on another country's history?

I smell a conspiracy here, enough to declare WWIII

 

[Roger Wilco]

Ask any Faringian (or whatever they are called in English) about Landskrona and I promise you, they'll know what you're talking about - can the French claim anything similar?

 

[Shaytan]

Ask any Faringian (or whatever they are called in English) about Landskrona and I promise you, they'll know what you're talking about - can the French claim anything similar?

I'm lost. Specially since I've googled "farigian" I have surrealists ideas in my mind now.

 

[Roger Wilco]

In the first official UEFA national team game ever in the history of the Faeroe Islands (or however you spell their name), they famously beat Austria 1:0 in september 1990 in Landskrona, Sweden (because at that time there was not a single usable grass football pitch on their islands), and apparently that event was more or less part of the founding myth of the nation of the Faroe Islands.
From what I understand I'm quite certain that every single citizen of the Faroe Islands knows Austria and Landskrona, and Torkil Nielsen and Jens Knudsen - as does every Austrian who followed football at that time.

 

[Shaytan]

In the first official UEFA national team game ever in the history of the Faeroe Islands (or however you spell their name), they famously beat Austria 1:0 in september 1990 in Landskrona, Sweden (because at that time there was not a single usable grass football pitch on their islands), and apparently that event was more or less part of the founding myth of the nation of the Faroe Islands.
From what I understand I'm quite certain that every single citizen of the Faroe Islands knows Austria and Landskrona, and Torkil Nielsen and Jens Knudsen - as does every Austrian who followed football at that time.

This is what I call "losing with elegance"
They should make an habit of it, specially next month

 

[Roger Wilco]

I've read that the Austrian national coach at that time still recieved a giant fish at every anniversary of that game as a present from the Faroe Islands.

 

[Shaytan]

I've read that the Austrian national coach at that time still recieved a giant fish at every anniversary of that game as a present from the Faroe Islands.

We can send them better than a giant fish if they lose next month
(yes, I'm trying corruption...)