Football (Soccer) Thread

[FunkMonk]

lol Holland are garbage

[Maladict]

lol Holland are garbage

Seriously. A new addition to a tradition of embarrassing implosions.

[Norgy]

Norway beat Croatia. I think the team actually wants to play in the Euros.
It was even well-deserved.

[Duque de Bragança]

Well, it seems Denmark has decided to help Portugal by having a goalless tie with Armenia.

Later in the evening, Portugal was not exactly inspired and outright boring at times but managed to grab a win in Albania by a 92' goal on a set-up piece.
Albanians can still qualify with two games yet  to play, while Denmark only has a game left to play, in Portugal.

1   Portugal   6   4   15
2   Denmark   7   4   12
3   Albania   6   4   11
4   Armenia   7   -6   2
5   Serbia   6   -6   1

[Liep]

It has been a long time since our national team has played so poorly as they did tonight against Armenia.

[Josquius]

I wonder if the latest upsurge in lesser footballing nations could be related to the decline in importance of international football for the worlds top players

[Alcibiades]

I don't follow soccer well enough, what do you mean by that?   

[Norgy]

I loathe Portugal, Italy and Spain and hope their planes, ehm, get delayed for their next away fixtures.

[Josephus]

I don't follow soccer well enough, what do you mean by that?   

He meams that top flight football players don't really want to play international football. Not sure if there's substantial evidence for that though.

[Liep]

I loathe Portugal

But that late goal was very helpful for Denmark so I'll give them a pass in this round.

[Duque de Bragança]

I loathe Portugal

But that late goal was very helpful for Denmark so I'll give them a pass in this round.

Selective sour grapes. The worst kind! A tie would have been even more helpful for Denmark.

[Liep]

I loathe Portugal

But that late goal was very helpful for Denmark so I'll give them a pass in this round.

Selective sour grapes. The worst kind! A tie would have been even more helpful for Denmark.

That's assuming we can beat Portugal which, judging from yesterday, we definitely can't.

[Syt]

I don't follow soccer well enough, what do you mean by that?   

He meams that top flight football players don't really want to play international football. Not sure if there's substantial evidence for that though.

It's an argument that keeps thrown about a fair bit, especially by teams that play their regular league, plus Champions League, saying that their players are under too much stress from all those matches. Not to mention risk of injury during international matches.

[Norgy]

I wonder if the latest upsurge in lesser footballing nations could be related to the decline in importance of international football for the worlds top players

I think you can make a case for that.

Being an international isn't what it used to be. Most footballers are coddled, overpaid mercenaries who will play anywhere. I still remember a bunch of part-timers taking down mighty England in Oslo in 1981.

[Syt]

Sweden