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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
I remember it because in 2014 World Cup Final, Belarus beat Croatia 2-0. Also, it Euro 2012 final, Switzerland edged out Ireland 3-2. And Barcelona eventually signed Giorgio Chiellini for 51 millions £. Good times... EDIT: WTF LOL, Giovinco scores, then ball hits the net and leaves it! Fortunately, the goal stands.  | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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3point14
Germany890 Posts
On October 07 2013 02:47 Pads wrote: FM14 coming out 31st of this month, think I've gotten my money's worth out of 13.. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mYcjavH.jpg) Can't wait  im kinda interested in playing a football manager. does it have good game mechanics or is it more a feelgood game where decisions dont matter so much? | ||
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Ethelis
United States2396 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:11 3point14 wrote: im kinda interested in playing a football manager. does it have good game mechanics or is it more a feelgood game where decisions dont matter so much? Tactics matter a lot, i personally don't think it's hard to make decent to good tactics but don't necessarily expect to destroy everything by picking Barca/Bayern/Man U or City etc. Other people can tell you more if you're really interested but it's by no means a shallow game at all. | ||
tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On October 07 2013 11:08 Ethelis wrote: Tactics matter a lot, i personally don't think it's hard to make decent to good tactics but don't necessarily expect to destroy everything by picking Barca/Bayern/Man U or City etc. Other people can tell you more if you're really interested but it's by no means a shallow game at all. And if you preorder it, you get access to the beta, meaning that you can play the game two weeks early! Don't know if I want to get FM14 yet though, because I'm still having fun with a long term save in FM13. On October 07 2013 11:09 tree.hugger wrote: Vancouver vs Portland was the game of the year in MLS. What an incredible second half. Balls out for 45 minutes with the playoffs, Cascadia Cup on the line. Camillo was insane, Reo Coker was insane, Rickets was insane. Bonkers. You weren't kidding. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/6TcD0uz.jpg) NYRB clinch playoff spot: | ||
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MapleLeafSirup
Germany950 Posts
http://vimeo.com/76069786# This is almost perfect football | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On October 07 2013 11:09 tree.hugger wrote: Vancouver vs Portland was the game of the year in MLS. What an incredible second half. Balls out for 45 minutes with the playoffs, Cascadia Cup on the line. Camillo was insane, Reo Coker was insane, Rickets was insane. Bonkers. Nice! My mate from the office went to Canada on Wednesday and booked some tickets online to go to that MLS game! I told him the timbers have been a pretty good team this year and have alot of good fans. Im glad he has gone to watch a good game | ||
Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
On October 07 2013 16:22 MapleLeafSirup wrote: Oh you guys need to see this: http://vimeo.com/76069786# This is almost perfect football Hehe, Barca#2. Wonder how long it takes before certain people are gonna call it boring. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
edit: oh its not, why what you know is playing over that clip is beyond me though.. honestly when I saw that stretch during the game the most impressive part was Lahms tackle. One of if not the best judge of a tackle in the game in the past 6-7 years tbh.. | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
On October 07 2013 17:27 Twisted wrote: Hehe, Barca#2. Wonder how long it takes before certain people are gonna call it boring. They just need to win one more CL and people are going to get mad because they win everything Imo Bayern players aren't as technically gifted as the Barça players, so this tiki-taka is a bit less fluid, but it's still very very impressive... And they also have qualities that Barça players don't have/don't have anymore (physical aspect, more impact with Ribery/Robben, size for headers, longshots...) , so it's very scary :D | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Be interesting like Twisted says before it becomes a point where it could be deemed "pointless" passing. Of course everyone to their own, but when you start drawing games and not winning questions start to be asked, even if you dominate thus game and fail to win (ala vs Bayer Leverkusen i believe?) | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
Passing the opponent to death must be a weapon of choice, not a forced strategy for every game. It's pretty good when ahead to force the turtling opponent to press further and open spaces behind them, to exploit it with a long pass + fast player. Just check some of the last goals to see it :D | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On October 07 2013 17:56 Salteador Neo wrote: Yes the Barça style is changing a bit, but it's by choice not because of bad results. Hell this is the best Liga start by Barça ever. Passing the opponent to death must be a weapon of choice, not a forced strategy for every game. It's pretty good when ahead to force the turtling opponent to press further and open spaces behind them, to exploit it with a long pass + fast player. Just check some of the last goals to see it :D Yea I think the bottom line is no matter how good you are being one dimensional has its limitations. And to be honest people can criticize and say stuff like "theyve been figured out now" and so on but lets be honest, There was never anything to figure out. Everyone knew what they needed to do to beat Barcelona they just couldnt execute effectively enough till they had some rungs at it. Additionally not every team has the ability to manage that period. This Munich team hasnt lost anything with Guardiola, they still play with power and pace like they used to but now they have more weapons like that clip up there. Very scary team tbh.. | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3983 Posts
City will immediately react whenever the ball goes forward, which you can see the 2 times they actually do that. Bayern doesn't have the tika-taka skill of Barça, so going through the center won't work, so they rely on (short) crosses. I think a lot of their depth and speed is lost when they play this way. You can see at 2:30 in that video that there's a lot more space when they attack from the back instead of pressing first. And I'm not surprised teams are countering this by putting a few strong/big CB's at the back who kick the ball up the field and hope for a counterattack. | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
On October 07 2013 17:27 Twisted wrote: Hehe, Barca#2. Wonder how long it takes before certain people are gonna call it boring. That's some powerful stuff. God damn, Man City were raped. When they attack they look way better than Barca too, much more focused and incisive. The fact that Bayern take so many shots and threaten so often makes watching them play much more fun than watching Barcelona. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6299 Posts
On October 07 2013 18:19 aseq wrote: It's already boring to me now...passing it around midfield while there is no pressure from City isn't an impressive feat imo. City will immediately react whenever the ball goes forward, which you can see the 2 times they actually do that. Bayern doesn't have the tika-taka skill of Barça, so going through the center won't work, so they rely on (short) crosses. I think a lot of their depth and speed is lost when they play this way. You can see at 2:30 in that video that there's a lot more space when they attack from the back instead of pressing first. And I'm not surprised teams are countering this by putting a few strong/big CB's at the back who kick the ball up the field and hope for a counterattack. This. Bayern got to three consecutive Champions League finals playing different (better) football than this, why fix what isn't broken? The only thing they get by playing this way is pass statistic for bandwagoners to circle-jerk over, just hope it doesn't spread to other German clubs. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On October 07 2013 11:40 Ferrose wrote: You weren't kidding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlwmerKFgAU That's a sensational goal. | ||
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