Football (Soccer) Thread

[FunkMonk]

And Costa got a three match ban. Even in victory Chelsea get shit on. 

[Liep]

And Costa got a three match ban. Even in victory Chelsea get shit on. 

A little justice. He was really a grade A douchebag in that match.

[celedhring]

I gonna go out and say that I miss seeing Costa's douchebaggery in the Spanish league. When you're not the target of it, it's immensely entertaining.

[FunkMonk]

Much like Mourinho.

[Josephus]

Apparently Eva Carneiro is leaving Chelsea and plans on taking them to court over the treatment received.

she was the only reason to watch Chelsea

[Liep]

El Mundial de fútbol de Qatar de 2022 se disputará del 21 de noviembre al 18 de diciembre, según ha decidido hoy el Comité Ejecutivo de la FIFA reunido en su sede de Zúrich.

[Liep]

THEY'RE GETTING BLATTER!

• Blatter suspected of a 'disloyal payment of 2m Swiss francs to Platini'
• Office of the Fifa president has been searched and data seized

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/25/sepp-blatter-criminal-investigation-swiss-attorney-general

[Liep]

So the BPL is over, hand cup to Man City 

Tottenham

[Liep]

Why the fuck are no one running out any more when being substituted? Bunch of lazy fucks just strolling.

[Liep]

So there was a disqualified goal in the 90th minute in the Real Madrid - Malaga game, the speaker said it should've stood but:

Modric received while being onside, there were 3 other RM players all offside.
They were still all offside when Modric passed the ball across goal (backwards pass).
Surely they would then go under the "influencing the game" and the goal is rightly disqualified as offside from the original pass to Modric.

No?

[Liep]

Barcelona without Messi and Iniesta.

Edit: a lucky goal and a wonder strike from Suarez and they still win.

[celedhring]

Suárez you beautiful 

[FunkMonk]

English teams are garbage in Europe,  UEFA should just ban them again.

[Duque de Bragança]

 

[Josquius]

Whilst Glasgow and Celtic in the premier is again in the news here is a interesting article on the growing Londonisation of British football:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/11891430/The-north-is-being-cut-adrift-in-English-football-and-I-fear-the-damage-may-be-permanent.html

This was predicted a decade ago in Soccernomics and...yes. I can clearly see it happening these past few years.
Football seems to be lagging behind the rest of the country in this a little and it is something that needs to be fixed politically/economically but the football knock on effects are rather depressing.