Football (Soccer) Thread

[Duque de Bragança]

Can't expect anything from Lisboete clubs. 
After Benfica's disaster at home vs Zenit St Petersburg (0-2), it's now Sporting being tied 1-1 at the very last minute by an allegedly weaker side from Slovenia, Maribor.
Porto thrashed BATE Borisov 6-0

PSG drew with Ajax (underestimated by Blanc's squad?).
Barcelona won 1-0 only against APOEL.

AS Roma won convincingly by 5-1 as well vs the Moscovite ex-Red Army club.
Bayern won 1-0 vs Man City.

[Warspite]

 

[Syt]

German goalie Tim Wiese (formerly Kaiserslautern and Bremen, now Hoofenheim; 6 caps for Germany) supposedly has an offer from WWE following his transformation from this (2012):



to this (2014):

[The Larch]

Did he fall on the steroid cauldron, Obelix style?

[celedhring]

I guess they don't test for drugs in Bundesliga?

[The Larch]

Apparently he has just retired from football.

Edit: And it seems that Hoffenheim actually terminated his contract back in january because they didn't think that his new bodybuilder physique was suitable for professional football. 

[celedhring]

Surely he's been taking steroids longer than that though.

Anyway, Kahn would've been a much better wrestler.

[Syt]

Yeah, not sure if this physique is conducive to playing a position that requires agility and quick reflexes.

Though any opponent coming at him would probably be scared shitless.

[Liep]

AaB.

The last time a Danish team got its ass handed to itself in such a manner was in '93, and at least that was against AC Milan. They were even worse than Brazil who at least lasted 28 minutes before the 5th German goal in their period of shame, AaB had 5 goals scored against them in 14 minutes!

[Zanza]

Euro 2020 semi-finals and final will be in London.

Dublin's Aviva Stadium and Scotland's Hampden Park will both host four matches each – three group stage games and a round of 16 fixture. But there was disappointment for the Welsh FA after the Millennium Stadium missed out.

Munich in Germany, Baku in Azerbaijan, St Petersburg in Russia and Rome in Italy will each host a quarter final and three group stage matches.

Denmark's Copenhagen, Bucharest in Romania, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Dublin in Ireland, Bilbao in Spain, Budapest in Hungary, Brussels in Belgium and Glasgow in Scotland will all host one round of 16 game and three group stage matches.

[Pedrito]

Euro 2020 semi-finals and final will be in London.

Dublin's Aviva Stadium and Scotland's Hampden Park will both host four matches each – three group stage games and a round of 16 fixture. But there was disappointment for the Welsh FA after the Millennium Stadium missed out.

Munich in Germany, Baku in Azerbaijan, St Petersburg in Russia and Rome in Italy will each host a quarter final and three group stage matches.

Denmark's Copenhagen, Bucharest in Romania, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Dublin in Ireland, Bilbao in Spain, Budapest in Hungary, Brussels in Belgium and Glasgow in Scotland will all host one round of 16 game and three group stage matches.

Baku?

L.

[Zanza]

They have oil money.

[Duque de Bragança]

Hopefully, supporters following a side won't have to go from one end of Europe to the other end more than a couple of times during the tournament.

[Warspite]

Which stadiums in London? Wembley and the Emirates presumably?

[Zanza]

Only Wembley.