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this is going to be brilliantOlympic Football Thread! - Page 3
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La1
United Kingdom659 Posts
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SnowyPsilocybin
United Kingdom265 Posts
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GTR
51449 Posts
On July 20 2012 21:57 IntoTheheart wrote: I don't know anything about soccer. But I do know that not necessarily everyone takes the olympic soccer games to be too serious. Is the under-23 age restriction common among soccer tournaments or is this more of a thing to let younger/lesser known players get their name out? Actually, it's because with the World Cup being the premier international tournament, FIFA didn't want the Olympics to steal its thunder, so they settled a compromise where it would basically be an U23 World Cup (only kind in international football) with the exception of 3 over-aged players. | ||
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Ethelis
United States2396 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4353 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On July 22 2012 17:05 DropBear wrote: How on earth did New Zealand qualify??? By defeating footballing powerhouse Fiji 1-0 in the Oceana Finals. | ||
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
Now after allowing 3 players above 23 years old to play for one team it will be even worse, Neymar or Suarez playing with juniors wont fill the stadiums which btw are going to be half empty during most of the games, like usually. U23 Egypt vs Belarus for 40 pounds ftw | ||
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BeaTeR
Kazakhstan4130 Posts
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sixfour
England11061 Posts
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
On July 22 2012 19:45 Itachii wrote: Olympic football is such a joke, don't think ill even bother to watch the final, why cant FIFA and IOC finally make an agreement to stop this bullshit with sending noname juniors on such important event. Now after allowing 3 players above 23 years old to play for one team it will be even worse, Neymar or Suarez playing with juniors wont fill the stadiums which btw are going to be half empty during most of the games, like usually. U23 Egypt vs Belarus for 40 pounds ftw you're missing a lot then in 88: Romario in 96 our squad had: Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Bebeto in 2000: Ronaldinho Messi and Tevez have played for Argentina very recently too. Although I don't really like the Brazilian team this year, all our best promising players are there: Neymar, Pato, Lucas, Ganso, Damião, Oscar. Argentina isn't there because they failed to qualify in the U20 south-american tournament | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
On July 20 2012 06:22 cheeseheadlogic wrote: I think the Packers got this, too much talent on the pitch. GO PACK GO! | ||
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
On July 21 2012 10:20 GTR wrote: Actually, it's because with the World Cup being the premier international tournament, FIFA didn't want the Olympics to steal its thunder, so they settled a compromise where it would basically be an U23 World Cup (only kind in international football) with the exception of 3 over-aged players. It's definitely a right call by FIFA. U don't need to have the best players of the world competing every second year, especially since there is some other major tournaments as well. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
it seems to me like this tourney doesn't have a lot of playmakers, just a bunch of great forwards like neymar, cavani, suarez, etc. So i'll be curious to see as how this tourney goes. hopefully it doesn't turn into the copa america where all the teams had good forwards but terrible midfielders, which led to unattractive football and overall bad play | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
Neymar is a clown who loves to dive. Touch him, he dives. Sure he is a talented player yes, but wouldn't be surprised to see him transition into olympic diving and win the gold. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
 Yea Brazil is the clear favorite but it will be fun to watch and see how everyone does. Good luck to the Great Britain teams :D | ||
CountChocula
Canada2068 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
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