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On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people.
If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro.
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First time european champions.. wow and with a goal by eder.. It was a awesome party in Lisbon last night.. only stayed in the streets until 2am because of work tho 
GG France.. i don't see why people are complaining.. it was a good final imo France played good, their midfield is superstrong they could almost carry our own midfield in the backs.. Pogba, Matuidi and Sissoko is the most muscular midfield ever.. so we did what we could, work and battled and suffered.. managed to keep a clean sheet thanks to Patricio and a solid defense.. Lost ronaldo within 15m.. the french tried really hard to hit him since the start..
I think considering last games we had against them it was a solid win.. fueled by team spirit!
I can't believe some guys are talking about the future of fooball and how it's doomed.. really ? It's doomed because of us? and our playstyle?
So when Italy plays 5 defenders and for years presents itselft as a defense first team, they are inteligent and tactical? We do it once, because of the lack of options, a more defensive coach and a pragmatic aproach we are dooming football?
Fuck.. just accept it we didn't lost a single game, no one could beat us.. so we deserve this!
Spain lost against Italy
Italy lost againt Germany
Germany lost against france
Belgium lost against Wales
Switzerland lost againt Poland
Croatia, Poland, Wales and France Lost against us so we are Champions !!! <3 Portugal
Are we the best team ever? no.. Were we lucky? for sure.. Do we deserve this? yeeeeeeeeeeees
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On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro.
Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro.
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Just two more toughts about this great tournament:
- Sad for hooliganism - this shit got to stop
- Happy for France and europe that there were no acts of terrorism
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France12916 Posts
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
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On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people.
Yeah the world cup was fine, the knock out stages was a bit more closed but that had mostly to do with the fact that we (Netherlands) were actually garbage but nobody had noticed it yet.
The problem with this tournament is the format coupled with some of the traditional attacking sides not being as strong. Having the best third place teams go through essentially meant that getting 1 point in every game or a lucky win with very small defeats would guarantee you the knock-out stages. Which just creates a very negative attitude from the start. In previous Euro's I believe 4 points was the bare minimum to qualify for the knock out stages and would often not guarantee you anything. If you can't rely on the group stages being interesting than the knock-out stages are only going to be worse.
In the knock-out stages you need the traditional attacking sides just go full out from the start to create interesting games. But Germany struggled to score, Spain were meh, Portugal didn't even try and we didn't even qualify. 
On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Screw Karma, much of the French loss is their own fault. France had just 4 yellow cards this match, 1 for a handball Kosc didn't even commit. The only professional foul I can recall was Pogba after France had gone behind and France were finally committing bodies forward. More than anything this tournament, this is what frustrated me more. Strong sides just never having a go even though Portugal were there for the taking. Just commit bodies forward and not have Pogba be a pivot ffs. Even Griezmann was collecting the ball from midfield ugh... Portugal deserve their win for me, because they did all that they could to win (some of it definitely a bit scummy) but I can't say the same for France.
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On July 11 2016 20:00 warding wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro. Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro.
Meh, Greece and Denmark won a Euro with 16 teams only.
On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Don't act like France didn't get any luck in the whole tournament though... In all fairness, and while I'm no fan of Portugal, Portugal had bad refereeing against them over the course of the tournament too. Just like in any tournament, good/bad refereeing balanced itself out. And referee mistakes, as long as UEFA and FIFA persist in thinking that video shouldn't be used in refereeing, are sadly part of the game.
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France12916 Posts
On July 11 2016 20:29 OtherWorld wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 20:00 warding wrote:On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro. Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro. Meh, Greece and Denmark won a Euro with 16 teams only. Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Don't act like France didn't get any luck in the whole tournament though... In all fairness, and while I'm no fan of Portugal, Portugal had bad refereeing against them over the course of the tournament too. Just like in any tournament, good/bad refereeing balanced itself out. And referee mistakes, as long as UEFA and FIFA persist in thinking that video shouldn't be used in refereeing, are sadly part of the game.
What luck? I don't think we won any game solely because of bad refering whereas Portugal played like douches all game long lol.
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On July 11 2016 20:32 Poopi wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 20:29 OtherWorld wrote:On July 11 2016 20:00 warding wrote:On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro. Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro. Meh, Greece and Denmark won a Euro with 16 teams only. On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Don't act like France didn't get any luck in the whole tournament though... In all fairness, and while I'm no fan of Portugal, Portugal had bad refereeing against them over the course of the tournament too. Just like in any tournament, good/bad refereeing balanced itself out. And referee mistakes, as long as UEFA and FIFA persist in thinking that video shouldn't be used in refereeing, are sadly part of the game. What luck? I don't think we won any game solely because of bad refering whereas Portugal played like douches all game long lol.
Luck isn't just refereeing-related. Even though, I can for example point out to the fact that Switzerland should have had a last-minute penalty against France, that the referee in France vs Germany was heavily biased towards France, or that not giving at least a yellow to Payet for that brutal attack on Ronaldo was lucky to say the least.
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The referee was quite bad but he didn't make game changing decision imo.
Anyway it's football, refereeing will always be hard as long as those old retards from the FIFA don't allow video to help
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Got Greeked by the dudes who got Greeked 10 years ago. At least we're getting used to lose those finals.
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On July 11 2016 20:32 Poopi wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 20:29 OtherWorld wrote:On July 11 2016 20:00 warding wrote:On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro. Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro. Meh, Greece and Denmark won a Euro with 16 teams only. On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Don't act like France didn't get any luck in the whole tournament though... In all fairness, and while I'm no fan of Portugal, Portugal had bad refereeing against them over the course of the tournament too. Just like in any tournament, good/bad refereeing balanced itself out. And referee mistakes, as long as UEFA and FIFA persist in thinking that video shouldn't be used in refereeing, are sadly part of the game. What luck? I don't think we won any game solely because of bad refering whereas Portugal played like douches all game long lol.
Strong salty words. You realize France started the game byinjuring our best player and then booing him while he tries to cope with the pain? What douchiness are you even talking about, the referee misjudging an unintentional handball? A mundane scuffle in the box with Pepe and Umtiti (?)? Is this how your ego copes with defeat?
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France12916 Posts
On July 11 2016 22:08 warding wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 20:32 Poopi wrote:On July 11 2016 20:29 OtherWorld wrote:On July 11 2016 20:00 warding wrote:On July 11 2016 19:39 mahrgell wrote:On July 11 2016 19:09 warding wrote:
The World Cup 2014 tied the record for most goals scored in a World Cup. It was a very entertaining event.
The format of this tournament is questionable, but those arguing to go back to 16 teams tend to be the ones on the Wales + Iceland bandwagon. Can't have it both ways people. If you go by: First place(9) and 7 best second places, Iceland and Wales would have both qualified for the Euro. Technically it's 6 best second places (host country qualifies automatically) and you have to do the math considering one group had 5 teams, bla bla bla. Point is, the cinderella stories become more likely with 24 teams than with 16 teams. One of the fun aspects of the World Cup is when you get to see the Jamaicas, Irans, Angolas, Honduras in the big stage. 16 in Europe is very elitist and reduces the likelihood of one day seeing Israel, Finland, Norway, Lithuania or even The Netherlands in a Euro. Meh, Greece and Denmark won a Euro with 16 teams only. On July 11 2016 20:02 Poopi wrote:
People are complaining because you made dirty faults or played basketball without being punished at all and it even paid off in the end.
Pepe pushing a player ounto the ground for no reason, Quaresma holding Koscielny's head for fun, some red player pretending to have been kicked yet video showing it was false, Eder cheating, etc...
It was surreal to see, I even thought that karma could not let you win playing this way but I guess having the Champions d'Europe bus not hidden jinxed us the wrong way.
Don't act like France didn't get any luck in the whole tournament though... In all fairness, and while I'm no fan of Portugal, Portugal had bad refereeing against them over the course of the tournament too. Just like in any tournament, good/bad refereeing balanced itself out. And referee mistakes, as long as UEFA and FIFA persist in thinking that video shouldn't be used in refereeing, are sadly part of the game. What luck? I don't think we won any game solely because of bad refering whereas Portugal played like douches all game long lol. Strong salty words. You realize France started the game byinjuring our best player and then booing him while he tries to cope with the pain? What douchiness are you even talking about, the referee misjudging an unintentional handball? A mundane scuffle in the box with Pepe and Umtiti (?)? Is this how your ego copes with defeat?
You realize Payet just played the ball? That shows in the video. Portugese have been super agressive and faked a lot.
Okay you won almost by cheating but don't come back after pretending you played fairly, just be happy to have successfully stolen the game  .
And of course people will boo him, not just French people, because he is known for faking. Your best player was the goal keeper tho.
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oh come on, neither Portugese nor French players were saints in this game or the whole tournament
Ridicilous how both set of fans try to act like victims
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Are you crazy dude? Payet's "playing the ball" was through Ronaldo. It was meant to be a hard tackle with a high chance of injury and it did injure Ronaldo. The French team deserves the anger its getting from football fans now because Portugal (even without Ronaldo) played like Champions and the French played like thugs.
French salt is so bad they didn't even light up the ET. What a bunch of sore losers.
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The only thing i get from this thread is that
Some of you have never been to a football field to watch football live nor have played the game even as a hobby, cancer thread tbh
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On July 11 2016 22:47 redviper wrote:
Are you crazy dude? Payet's "playing the ball" was through Ronaldo. It was meant to be a hard tackle with a high chance of injury and it did injure Ronaldo. The French team deserves the anger its getting from football fans now because Portugal (even without Ronaldo) played like Champions and the French played like thugs.
French salt is so bad they didn't even light up the ET. What a bunch of sore losers.
2006 and then this loss to an ugly team, of course the salt is real. Payet played the ball, putting your foot on the ball is a retarded thing to do, every time I got injured it was this way, it was not a foul. You know nothing to football.
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On July 11 2016 19:45 shell wrote:First time european champions.. wow and with a goal by eder.. It was a awesome party in Lisbon last night.. only stayed in the streets until 2am because of work tho GG France.. i don't see why people are complaining.. it was a good final imo France played good, their midfield is superstrong they could almost carry our own midfield in the backs.. Pogba, Matuidi and Sissoko is the most muscular midfield ever.. so we did what we could, work and battled and suffered.. managed to keep a clean sheet thanks to Patricio and a solid defense.. Lost ronaldo within 15m.. the french tried really hard to hit him since the start.. I think considering last games we had against them it was a solid win.. fueled by team spirit! I can't believe some guys are talking about the future of fooball and how it's doomed.. really ? It's doomed because of us? and our playstyle? So when Italy plays 5 defenders and for years presents itselft as a defense first team, they are inteligent and tactical? We do it once, because of the lack of options, a more defensive coach and a pragmatic aproach we are dooming football? Fuck.. just accept it we didn't lost a single game, no one could beat us.. so we deserve this! Spain lost against Italy Italy lost againt Germany Germany lost against france Belgium lost against Wales Switzerland lost againt Poland Croatia, Poland, Wales and France Lost against us so we are Champions !!! <3 Portugal Are we the best team ever? no.. Were we lucky? for sure.. Do we deserve this? yeeeeeeeeeeees
Pretty sure you hadn't the same speech in 2004.
or that not giving at least a yellow to Payet for that brutal attack on Ronaldo was lucky to say the least.
A red card for this? Let me guess, you only watch football during international cups?
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On July 11 2016 23:58 nojok wrote:Show nested quote +On July 11 2016 22:47 redviper wrote:
Are you crazy dude? Payet's "playing the ball" was through Ronaldo. It was meant to be a hard tackle with a high chance of injury and it did injure Ronaldo. The French team deserves the anger its getting from football fans now because Portugal (even without Ronaldo) played like Champions and the French played like thugs.
French salt is so bad they didn't even light up the ET. What a bunch of sore losers. 2006 and then this loss to an ugly team, of course the salt is real. Payet played the ball, putting your foot on the ball is a retarded thing to do, every time I got injured it was this way, it was not a foul. You know nothing to football.
He played the ball with one leg and played Ronaldo with the other leg... If you play the ball with one leg and kick the opposing player in the nuts with the other leg, are you playing the ball too?
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