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Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2071 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-15 18:19:47
May 15 2018 18:17 GMT
#5561
Interesting to see how Reus does. Purely talent wise he's absolute world class, only injuries holding him back. It's insane how good he still is considering he seems to be match fit 10 games a season or so.

Every time I see him play, I still get reminded of the pass on the Auba goal some seasons back:
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 15 2018 18:18 GMT
#5562
Yeah not going to lie, Portuguese football going to be shut down very soon, it is worst than both Turkish and Greek in terms of off the field issues.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18365 Posts
May 15 2018 18:19 GMT
#5563
On May 16 2018 03:05 bObaZ wrote:
Offtopic

In the season finale of "Narcos: Portuguese football edition"

Porto won the championship two weeks ago and Benfica took the 2nd place from sporting when sporting lost in the Madeira vs the local team Maritimo.

Earlier today Sporting was accused of buying referees in handball during last season with proofs taken from whatsapp conversations. The handball team will most likely lose the championship and be demoted to the 2nd division.

Since this was not enough, just two hours ago 50 hooded sporting supporters (allegedly managed by sporting president) entered the sporting training facilities and transformed it into a war zone. They broke Bas Dost head in two places, and physically assaulted multiple players and technical staff.

The players are most likely filing for the termination of their contract. At least is what's everyone talking at the moment.

Keep tuned for more in the second part of this season finale

Yeah, I read it on the Dutch news. If I were Dost I would get the fuck out of there.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
May 15 2018 18:24 GMT
#5564
So why call him?

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal864 Posts
May 15 2018 18:31 GMT
#5565
On May 16 2018 03:18 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah not going to lie, Portuguese football going to be shut down very soon, it is worst than both Turkish and Greek in terms of off the field issues.


I'm rooting for that solution. They should close shop and Benfica should be included in the spanish league.

I don't care for the rest.
TheNewEra
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3128 Posts
May 15 2018 19:22 GMT
#5566
On May 16 2018 03:05 bObaZ wrote:
Offtopic

In the season finale of "Narcos: Portuguese football edition"

Porto won the championship two weeks ago and Benfica took the 2nd place from sporting when sporting lost in the Madeira vs the local team Maritimo.

Earlier today Sporting was accused of buying referees in handball during last season with proofs taken from whatsapp conversations. The handball team will most likely lose the championship and be demoted to the 2nd division.

Since this was not enough, just two hours ago 50 hooded sporting supporters (allegedly managed by sporting president) entered the sporting training facilities and transformed it into a war zone. They broke Bas Dost head in two places, and physically assaulted multiple players and technical staff.

The players are most likely filing for the termination of their contract. At least is what's everyone talking at the moment.

Keep tuned for more in the second part of this season finale

Every week you sit down and watch the newest episode and you think this season of Portuguese football can't get any crazier. All the time you think this episode actually has to be the finale. But this Sporting arc is just truly insane.
Midas <3 Casy <3 BeSt <3 | Pray to Doh-men, heathens! | Zwischen Harz und Heideland
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-15 21:09:31
May 15 2018 21:06 GMT
#5567
Similar things happened to Legia Warsaw players last year.

I just hate the whole ultra fan "culture" in football tbh.
Off-season = best season
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal864 Posts
May 15 2018 21:30 GMT
#5568
On May 16 2018 06:06 Redox wrote:
Similar things happened to Legia Warsaw players last year.

I just hate the whole ultra fan "culture" in football tbh.


The problem here is that this isn't necessarily because of that.

The players are against the president for quite a while now. And the president is an egomaniac psychopath with delusions of grandeur. He used to be part of an ultra group before being president.

The theory is that he sent the hooligans to shake things a bit and pressure the team and technical team and it went wild because you can't really control animals.

The "ultra movement" isn't that strong in Portugal. It's nothing when you compare it with Poland, Turkey or Greece. The problem here are the people that run the clubs...

And I don't know how this is gonna end for sporting. But everyone see something coming. This president is completely crazy and cocaine fueled. Let's hope that this stops here.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51645 Posts
May 15 2018 23:08 GMT
#5569
[image loading]

this is some fucked up shit.
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DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
May 16 2018 03:47 GMT
#5570
On May 14 2018 20:57 Liquid`Drone wrote:
the parallel to 'how many teams have broken most points record in pl' would be 'how many teams have broken least losses record in pl', not how many have gone undefeated. And then it's just a silly metric because the invincibles happened so early in PL history that it became impossible to break the record.

The answer is 4, though. Both to how many teams have broken most points record in pl, and to how many teams have broken least losses record. Maybe it looks slightly different if you start calculating after they went from 22 to 20 teams but I don't care enough. :D

I don't really think the achievements need to be compared, they're both fantastic. We've decided to reward winning more than drawing, I guess to incentivize attacking football, but that's a bit arbitrary, so the point record is, too. But even under a 2 point per win 1 point per draw ruleset, this City would have ended up 4 points ahead of the invincibles. To me though the main thing is how convincingly dominant they've been. Invincibles were saved by Henry magic in many games, and if you only look at the games they won, they won by an average of 1.8 goals. City this season on average wins by 2.4 goals, and they've been remarkably independent of individual players.


What I like is how the team as a whole played so well. Everyone contributed. The team was not reliant on a crazy in form player like Henry, hazard, cr7, drogba etc. The whole squad delivered, no one really stood out.
Skynx
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Turkey7150 Posts
May 16 2018 06:16 GMT
#5571
And on top of all that Sporting still got a cup final to play
"When seagulls follow the troller, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much" - King Cantona | STX 4 eva
mahrgell
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany3943 Posts
May 16 2018 09:47 GMT
#5572
World Cup referee Fahad al-Mirdasi from Saudi Arabia has been banned for life, after he asked the club owner of one of the SA cup finalists right ebfore the game how much he was offering for the game.

He had already refereed games at the Olympics '16 and Confed Cup '17.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2071 Posts
May 16 2018 11:51 GMT
#5573
On May 16 2018 18:47 mahrgell wrote:
World Cup referee Fahad al-Mirdasi from Saudi Arabia has been banned for life, after he asked the club owner of one of the SA cup finalists right ebfore the game how much he was offering for the game.

He had already refereed games at the Olympics '16 and Confed Cup '17.

I wonder how do you prove something like that. Did they have some microphones around or so?
mahrgell
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany3943 Posts
May 16 2018 12:03 GMT
#5574
On May 16 2018 20:51 Bacillus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 16 2018 18:47 mahrgell wrote:
World Cup referee Fahad al-Mirdasi from Saudi Arabia has been banned for life, after he asked the club owner of one of the SA cup finalists right ebfore the game how much he was offering for the game.

He had already refereed games at the Olympics '16 and Confed Cup '17.

I wonder how do you prove something like that. Did they have some microphones around or so?

The team reported him, the final got cancelled, he admitted it.
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
May 16 2018 12:23 GMT
#5575
On May 16 2018 21:03 mahrgell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 16 2018 20:51 Bacillus wrote:
On May 16 2018 18:47 mahrgell wrote:
World Cup referee Fahad al-Mirdasi from Saudi Arabia has been banned for life, after he asked the club owner of one of the SA cup finalists right ebfore the game how much he was offering for the game.

He had already refereed games at the Olympics '16 and Confed Cup '17.

I wonder how do you prove something like that. Did they have some microphones around or so?

The team reported him, the final got cancelled, he admitted it.


what a stand up guy imo.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-16 14:48:10
May 16 2018 14:23 GMT
#5576
[image loading]

World Cup 2018 Winning Squad !
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-16 14:28:07
May 16 2018 14:27 GMT
#5577
On May 16 2018 23:23 Pandemona wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

World Cup 2018 Winning Squad !


Call me old school but I'd prefer a list divided by GK, Defenders, Midfielders and Forwards haha. Anyway is just me or is there very little midfield creativity in this side?
Rebs
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Pakistan10726 Posts
May 16 2018 14:33 GMT
#5578
Yes that kind of alphabetical sorting is hurting my brain.

Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 16 2018 14:48 GMT
#5579
Yeah i changed it sorry, blame Sky Sports, that is BBC one, which has Goal Keepers > Defenders > Midfielders > Strikers from left to right
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-16 15:13:44
May 16 2018 15:02 GMT
#5580
I want to know if there are players from wc2002, ec2004 or wc 2006 are still playing (regularly).
My guess is that there are noone from wc2002, only CR7 from euro2004 and ~20 players from wc2006 are still playing.
edit: wow rafael marquez started 1997 but he wasn't in wc1998 squad so it seems he is the only one from wc2002.
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