EPT[EURO 2016] Knockout Stage! - Page 135
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Hassybaby
United Kingdom10823 Posts
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Undead1993
Germany17651 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On July 03 2016 07:05 Rebs wrote: Yeah my addon to that was Chelsea fans just got a preview of how their star studded squad is gonna play next year. Fun times ahead in the PL. Yep gonna be amazing, get rid of all the wasters who can't do a job properly and get in people who want to play football properly and listen. 11 Florenzi's in my team and i'd be happy! | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6297 Posts
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On July 03 2016 08:03 Maenander wrote: Well Müller hit the woodwork 2 times against Northern Ireland and his shot today was saved by an incredible reflex of the defender, I guess you can call it bad luck even though it's not his best tournament ever ;) Didnt look like it was going in to me though. Besides Muller saves all his goals for WC. Gotta break that record.. | ||
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don_kyuhote
3007 Posts
They have pretty good record vs host nations this millennium(Korea in 2002, Austria in 2008, Brazil in 2014) so I'm thinking maybe a Germany- Portugal final where Portugal will be clobbered by Germany as always. It was also funny how Italy sub'ed a guy at the last second just so he can take a penalty, and he misses... Reminded me of England - Portugal penalty in 2006. | ||
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TerransHill
Germany572 Posts
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Dingodile
4139 Posts
 both yellow cards are wrong. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
https://streamable.com/iib0 | ||
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Derity
Germany2952 Posts
Feeling very relieved that we went trough. Not sure if I get so involved going into the semis though as this already felt like a final. | ||
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HolydaKing
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On July 03 2016 19:32 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: I think this is my favourite move of the whole tournament. It's more impressive than Shakiri's bicycle kick for me. It looks so unreal. https://streamable.com/iib0 It was crazy good, yes. But I thought the ball would just miss regardless? | ||
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SkyTheUnknown
Germany2065 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18707 Posts
On July 03 2016 21:46 SkyTheUnknown wrote: If you try to analyze objectively, in my opinion Germany has a disadvantage against France. Khedira and most likely also Gomez are injured and won't be able to participate in semifinals. His substituion Schweinsteiger has had like zero practice this year - he won't be able to compete with Pogba, Matuidi and Kante! So most likely France will be dominating midfield / ball possession and gain the upper hand by this. Also they got the better strikers with Griezmann, Giroud and Payet. Gomez is out and so far, Götze did not show that he can play as a false 9. Maybe this time Müller should be central forward for Germany. Only disadvantage for France are their central defenders and even this is debateable, Koscielny and Rami are not bad at all. But this gets evened out thanks to the fact that Hummels is suspended for semi finals. So most people will say that Germany is the favorite, but when you have a closer look it is the other way around by a huge margin. Yeah Germany would be a favourite if they had all players available which is not the case. Good analysis! | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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Grettin
42411 Posts
On July 03 2016 22:01 Erasme wrote: france vs germany HYPE You mean Iceland vs Germany. ;--) | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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mahrgell
Germany3943 Posts
Germany - Italy: 79,8% TV viewer share, 28.32 million viewers in Germany. only TV viewers are counted, public viewing playes like fan zones, bars etc are not counted. Online stream viewers are also not counted (a lot of ppl actually just watch the TV stream, it is free as well) This is the record for this year so far. But it is still far from the all time high... 34.97 million viewers for Germany-Argentina WC final 2014 | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On July 03 2016 21:46 SkyTheUnknown wrote: If you try to analyze objectively, in my opinion Germany has a disadvantage against France. Khedira and most likely also Gomez are injured and won't be able to participate in semifinals. His substituion Schweinsteiger has had like zero practice this year - he won't be able to compete with Pogba, Matuidi and Kante! So most likely France will be dominating midfield / ball possession and gain the upper hand by this. Also they got the better strikers with Griezmann, Giroud and Payet. Gomez is out and so far, Götze did not show that he can play as a false 9. Maybe this time Müller should be central forward for Germany. Only disadvantage for France are their central defenders and even this is debateable, Koscielny and Rami are not bad at all. But this gets evened out thanks to the fact that Hummels is suspended for semi finals. So most people will say that Germany is the favorite, but when you have a closer look it is the other way around by a huge margin. You're over-estimating France. France hasn't looked particularly great for the tournament. They've had a lot of flashes of brilliance, but there have also been extensive periods of time where they haven't looked good. As for Germany, Khedira has been awful this entire tournament and Germany's midfield has only gotten better when Schweinsteiger has been subbed in, so losing Khedira isn't that bad. Germany easily has the best midfield in the world, so the idea that France's midfield will dominate is utterly ridiculous. We don't even know if Gomez is actually injured enough to miss the semis, and France's back 4 is just as questionable as Germany's. Hummels is a big loss, but Mustafi and Höwedes are both quality CB's that can fill in as well. Furthermore, if France is able to control the game more as you suggest, it only plays into Germany's hands; playing with Götze up front becomes a better proposition when Germany has the ball less. It opens up space and allows for faster play. Götze is terrible when Germany has 65% possession and the team has to try to slowly break down a defense, not when they are playing a fast-moving, open-style play. Now, this all assumes that France beats Iceland, and that is absolutely no guarantee; like I said, there have been a lot of questions around France for the tournament, and Iceland has looked incredibly good, even if people constantly underestimate them. We'll have to wait for the game today to find out. | ||
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