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[Off-topic] roofrider:
Lol, it'll be interesting indeed. It also will not be a hit among the fans if big clubs aren't allowed to play. We can see Wenger popping up and criticising Platini if the fair play rules aren't being met by certain teams. lol
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
There is a good chance they will
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
They always qualify....I think that some of these qualifying rounds are rigged so the biggest teams don't miss the WC :eek:

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[Off-topic] negrobembon:
I dont think so, some of these teams have real skill
[Off-topic] xperia_pro:
México is having a bad moment :( I hope they can win more matches and Will be the first position of CONCACAF :( (y)
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
nvm

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Why? What? What was it?? :confused::confused::rolleyes::p
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Nothing man.

Sent from your mom.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Alrighty.
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
You watch cricket? :eek:
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
More like third,Mexico is a great team but Panama and US are quite a threat to them and the others (yeah I said panama, youre not hallucinating)
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Bumpity bump.

Your all time favourite players?

I worship Zidane. He's God.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Ronaldinho forever
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Zidane, THE Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Pirlo, Henry.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
How can you forget Lionel Messi??
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Too early for him to be added to the all time greats list i feel. Gotta wait.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Would have to disagree. His medals, honours, awards and goals speak for themselves. He has won everything (probably more than once as well) bar the world cup and is only 25

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

Also, I would throw in George Best as another legend
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Exactly. ZERO World Cups! :p
[Off-topic] roofrider:
True. Not a big fan of Messi personally, he can't do for Argentina what he does for Barca. Thierry Henry never won the world player of the year award (Unfair! He was unstoppable back then) but he's a great nonetheless.

From Zidane's wiki page "In 2011 Uefa.com asked players, journalist and their users to crown the best player in the UEFA Champions League of the past 20 years, Zidane topped the poll ahead of Lionel Messi."

Another couple of names, Johan Cruyff and Cantona, both were before my time though.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
See, you are throwing in Cantona who never won the world cup. To be a great you do not need to win the world cup. George Best is considering a great, even a legend and he won next to nothing internationally as he played for N. Ireland

Yes, Zidane was an amazing player, but so is Messi, Ronaldo and retired Paolo Maldini.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
If you are looking for greats who never won the world cup, here are to name a few:

Messi (Argentenian)

Ronaldo (Portuguese)

Johan Cruyff (Dutch)

Michel Platini (French)

Ferenc Puskas (Hungarian)

Paolo Maldini (Italian)

Zico (Brazilian)

George Best (Northern Irish)

Ruud Gullet (Dutch)

Abedi Pele (African)

Ryan Giggs (Welsh)

Eric Cantona (French)

George Weah (Liberian.....watch some of his goals for AC Milan)

Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentenian, though converted to Columbian)

Every brilliant English player (bar 1966) lol
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I'll agree to that. WC or any other award for that matter.

I don't know much about Best tbh. I threw Cantona in because Messi will never have what Cantona, Zidane, Figo and Vieira had, their commanding presence. But he can score goals.

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Lol looks like you covered almost everyone in that list. Have heard a ton of great things about Stefano!
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Blasphemy!!!! Off with his head!!!!! :p How dare you say such a thing about my fellow countryman :mad:
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
What about Samuel Eto'o. If you throw Messi in there then he definitely has to be. He out performed Messi every year that he was at Barcelona and is the only player to win the CL with two different teams.
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
I sense a war coming...

Messi vs Ronaldo

Those fanboys never fail in messing up the whole atmosphere :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Messi isn't a commanding player... I know he scores but I don't like the way he scores... Always chipping in through the gaps... And his efficiency decreases against physical opponents... He lies low in the field and scores... Legendary Roberto Carlos/ Zidane/Cantona these players were a treat to watch... Scoring 40 yrds screamers playing high even against the most physical opponents...

When messi scores : great man nice pass, another goal :):):)

When Roberto Carlos /Zidane/Cantona scored : Bang... Bang! Bang! Bang! He f**king nailed it.... :eek::eek::eek:

And messi isn't an aerial threat which is a big letdown...
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Ronaldo FTW ;)
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
I never said my list was exclusive, I just named a few ;)

Also, Eto'o is 32 (I think) and left Barcelona in 2008 or 2009, i.e. 4-5 years ago. That would've made Messi 20. Most footballers peak in their late 20's ;), so Eto'o would be expected to out perform him then.

Anyway, I am not here to defend Messi, I am just saying he is a great, one of the best (in my opinion) to ever play. Is he the greatest, possibly not, but he still is a great!!

If I remember Maradona correctly, he wasn't a great aerial threat either (bar the hand of god lol :p).
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
He still scored more or about the same amount of goals after he left Barca. Mess it ddfinstely has outshined him though since Eto'o went to Anzhini (I think thats the name of that Russian side).
[Off-topic] predatOr:
I knew someone would mention him... But I have never watched him play apart from his 2 or 3 famous goals...

I don't have my opinion on the basis of number of goals... :rolleyes: what matters is the way they score

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Its Anzhi Machakala... And scoring is Russian league... Is too off stream :thumbdown:
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Well, have you watched Messi's best ever goals. No.1 is remarkably similar to Maradona's greatest ;)
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
I agree you watch videos of them and Maradona, Pele, and Ronaldo and they all literally just dribble the entire opposition across the length of the field and score. A large portion of Messi's goals are because of passes from Xabi, which also why he success hasnt translatex to the international game. Argentina does not have a Xabi'escc player.

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What :confused::confused:
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Yeah... I have watched that... Dancing through the field ditching the whole team and in the end chipping over the keeper...
[Off-topic] jaszek:
The real Ronaldo and Zidane. Zidane because epic falcon head butt to start his retirement.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
That cost France the 2006 world cup:(
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
Messi IS kinda awesome. But Barcelona's success lies with Xavi or Iniesta
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Lol... Christiano unreal?
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Oh well, it's only the French :rolleyes: (jk)

Mind you I didn't particularly want Italy to win it either. Full of dirty players, especially the guy Zidane head butted
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
But they gave us French fries.

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So what do you guys think the chances of the WC winner not being Spain or a European/South American side?
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Was going to respond, but probably best we don't go down this route ;)

Highly unlikely tbh. I'd even wager a small fortune that the winner will be from Europe or South America
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Same here but I think Mexico, Ghana, Nigeria, South Korea, or Japan have the best chances of the non European/SA. Would like to add USA to the list but I am not really that confident in Jurgen Klinsmann.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
One thing that always confused me, why does Mexico (and now USA) play in Copa America when it (they) belong to the North American continent lol. Oh well

Anyhoo, Mexico has an outside chance, but I think Argentina, Brazil (can never rule them out even though they aren't playing well), Columbia & Uruguay will be bigger threats I think.

As for Europe.....Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, France, Portugal and even England will be the main threats.

I think you'll probably find the winner amongst those 10 or 11 listed above
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
#Colombia ;):D

/thatisall

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La calaca tilica y flaca!! :eek:
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
FTFY
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
lol, well, I always include them to keep my friends across the pond happy
[Off-topic] predatOr:
England lack stability and the poor relationship of National team board with EPL clubs, makes the situation even worse.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I enjoyed cheering the underdogs South Africa last WC, France deserved it they were a mess and Italy too, they were pathetic. lol

Btw is Forlan still playing for Uruguay? Looks like he is, good!
[Off-topic] :
The goal england scored against germany from the free kick shouldve been accepted.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
That was a stunner from lampard 40+ yrds... Just touching in the line
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Happens. In fact, it favoured England in the '66 WC final which England won.
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
well i hope the next Wc winner is North/Central america team, it would be quite surprising and the first time ever i think

i guess it could be USA, Panama, Mexico or honduras who knows
[Off-topic] roofrider:
No way! I'll kill myself if that happens. lol ;) Also Mexico needs to qualify first. :p
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Tbh, I do not care who wins it as long as they deserve it and play the best football. I don't want a dirty team to win
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Talking of football. Anyone watching Galatasaray vs Real Madrid in Champions League? Real Madrid won first leg 3 nil and where leading 1 nil in second leg, i.e. 4 nil in aggregate. Score is now 3 - 1 to Galatasaray, i.e. 4 -3 on aggregate to Real Madrid. Cracker game
[Off-topic] :
Saw the first 20 minuites. Need to watch teh highlights.
[Off-topic] Kutukcu:
congrulations to real madrid, but galatasaray was played very well, We are proud with galatasaray
[Off-topic] predatOr:
I hope you guys watched the other match, I copied these lines from somewhere(goal.com) :

Last night... Malaga was dominating Dortmund (a better and feared team)

90 minute : malaga lead by 2-1

4 minutes stoppage time announced...

Dortmund needed two more goals to advance into semifinals...

91st minute: a long glided paas and reus flicked it in... Stadium erupted... Goal...

92nd minute: play started as Dortmund didn't celebrate and just took the ball to stop wasting time...

Everyone was on brink of a heart attack...

The German giants Dortmund were down against an average Spain side Malaga

...

93:

Can Dortmund complete an unbelievable comeback??

And after a few seconds...

Felipe Santana: 3 - 2

OH MY WORD!!! DORTMUND HAVE DONE IT!!! THEY LEAD 3-2! There is chaos in the Malaga box following a cross from Lewandowski on the left, before Santana eventually gets a vital touch to poke the ball over the line.

This is football fellas. An enthralling encounter. Malaga left heartbroken

And Dortmund :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Woah, looks like a great Champions League night that was.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Its starting to look like the CL final will be a Classico
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I've not watched an El Classico in years!
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Well I hope Bayern can beat Barca so I don't have to watch one in the CL final
[Off-topic] jaszek:
That's what happens when the Polish players finally sober up from the night before. Looks like they sobered up at the perfect minute.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Lol. I'm curious to see what Guardiola will do with Bayern next season.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Well I doubt he needs to make any drastic changes. Bayern made it to the CL semifinals last year and will likely make it there again. Plus they are on top of the Bundesliga; 20 points ahead of Dortmund.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Polish players? :confused: :sly:
[Off-topic] predatOr:
I don't see barca winning today in quaters (without messi) and you are talking too far... :p
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Dortmund's striker Lewandowski is Polish and will probably be playing in Manchester next season.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Rooney, welback, rvp, hernandez

Already four full time strikers... Where do you expect Lewandowski to fit in? :what:
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Barca still has an advantage without Messi, the game will be played at Camp Nou

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At City :p
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Yup Camp Nou. End of story.

Ouch. My bad.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
He will stay with bvb...

Barca hater here... And haters gonna hate;)
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Lewandowski may still end up at United though. Especially given their recent home defeat to City.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
And barca defense will be vulnerable with mascherano, puyol pique injured. Xavi doubtful.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Not if that money comes calling and the money gots homeboy on speed dail

+1
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I'm neither a hater nor their fan. But lets face it, it's Camp Nou. ;) Anyway let's see if Ibra can prove me wrong.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Damn. Barca gona lose that sh*t :good:
[Off-topic] predatOr:
BTW no one mentioned the old lady Juventus...

Their defense has weakened by injured Chielleni
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Was watching both game (split screen on tv). Awesome finish to game
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
I imagine if Barcelona progress, Sepp Platter will ensure they do not meet Real Madrid until the final
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
Real Madrid has been on a roll in 2013..
[Off-topic] K.A.:
CR7 > LM10 in terms of a complete player. CR7 is more complete, and he affects the game more directly than lio. Also, don't forget he gets the same number of goals as Lio even though he plays as a right winger and LM plays as a striker.

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PSG should win. Kinda deserve to, even though the team is built on money.
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
Seeing as Barca has Adriano, Song, Bartra and maybe Puyol to replace the missing defenders, combined with Cesc's and Alexis' brilliant display over the weekend with the false 9 position, they may make it

Oh wait. Its the Nou Camp. Of course they'll.make it :cool:
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Did you just call him CR7?? Get out! You're not an Arsenal fan.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Lol at Barca without Messi. Whats even funnier is that they named him as a sub. We all know he wont be substituted into the game.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
They look very ragged. 1nil to PSG lol
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
Wrong

Wrong
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
At the time I said it, it was true. Don't get me wrong, I want Barca to progress ;)

Oh, and I wonder why they are playing better now
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
Aliens? :confused: or Messi which is the same :eek::p

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La calaca tilica y flaca!! :eek:
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Bayern win 2nil (4nil on aggregate) and Barcelona draw 1-1 win PSG, 3-3 on aggregate so Barcelona progress
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
:thumbup:

According to Goal.com, Barca was on a "Messi High"

You troll! Go watch USA lose to Panama

All three giants must be wishing to get Borussia in the draw
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
As I said earlier, Sepp Platter will make sure it'll be a draw so Real meets Barca in final (if both win semis)

Oh, and at this stage, there is no big teams, all equal
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
Meh. I still think Malaga deserves to be where Dortmund are now
[Off-topic] negrobembon:
i dont think barça is that screwed without messi, he's not the only player there
[Off-topic] tobiascuypers:
USA is going all the way..
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Maybe so, but he does add another level to the team
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
+1,000 :good:

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Agreed. Dortmund is a good side. The are the reigning Bundesliga champs and won the title the year before that. They have also been dominating Bayern for the last few years (I think Bayern finally broke a 5 game losing streak against them this season).
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... oh man, but bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Seriously, sorry about that :o

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Unforgivable. You sir have crossed the line! :mad::p:silly:
[Off-topic] -DarkKnight-:
+1002
[Off-topic] jaszek:
..to the group stages.
[Off-topic] K.A.:
As much as I hate him, he is a really good player. -_-

Also, dream draw now would be BvB vs BM and RM vs Barca..

And RM vs BvB in final...though blatty will sure as **** mess it all up.

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He hardly did anything after coming on, I dont understand why the commentators just went on and on about how he changed the whole game by his mere presence. Barca had opportunities before he came on, and even after. It's just that they took one after he came on. He had nothing to do with Villa's great vision and Pedro's goal.
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
What he did yesterday was more psychological then physical
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Anyone else think the away goals rule should be scrapped? I'm sure Arsenal and PSG fans will agree to that. If the goals are equal go extra time and penalties.
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Yes. It makes no sense.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Alas, that's how it's been for years and i can't see it changing. :(
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
True. But it would definitely be a lot more entertaining because teams just play for draws or defensively once they get a few away goals, like the last leg of Arsenal v Bayern. If one team wins the first leg and other the send leg I could understand using away goals to decide the winner. But if the teams draw both games it seems kind of pointless to me.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I know, also i read Barca parked a bus after Pedro's goal. I hate when teams do that. :mad: It'll definitely be more entertaining if that rule was scrapped.

The bestest part about football is 45 mins of uninterrupted game, a 10-15 min recess and 45 more minutes of uninterrupted awesomeness! :good:
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Agreed. No mother f**king commercials!!! Its funny cause I played football (american) throughout my pre-college years, it was my favorite sport, but I cant stand watching it on tv because of the commercials.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
I try and cross the line once a day. Makes it more exciting
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Barca did not park the bus. Parking the bus is what chelsea did with a 9-0-1 formation. Barca did attack, they did not just sit back. Also, they dominated possession, which does not mean parking the bus.

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Yup. Away goals rule is stupid. One team wins 3-1 away, the other team wins 2-0 away, hold on to their lead, draw on aggregate and then find that their efforts have gone in vain cuz they lose by away goals. :mad: ****in idiocy.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Personally, in my view, if both games have been draws/wins and aggregate score is the same, it should go to extra and then penalties to decide who goes through. Not away goals
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Exactly my point too. It is plain idiocy to watch a tense match which finishes equal on aggregate and then have the winner decided by away goals. Penalties can be a much better and fitting finish to such ties.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I don't like penalties tbh. It's exciting and stuff, but i don't like them.

Didn't watch the game, just read it somewhere..must've come from a PSG fan then. Them dominating possession especially at home is no surprise, even if they are the losing team (hypothetical).

OK. Poll.

How many of you think the semis draw is going to be rigged by Blatter so as not to allow Real and Barca be drawn against each other?

FS and KA say it's gonna be rigged.

I want to believe it's going to be fair. But...
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Yup, I watched the game. PSG hardly got the ball and so they couldn't get a goal back in time.
[Off-topic] Faiz Malkani:
Rigged. Definitely. A Clasico final has to be in the pipeline and now's as good a time as any.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
So it's Bayern vs Barca and Dortmund vs Real.
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Rigged the **** out of it.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Tbh, whether rigged or not, I like the draw. Means both teams from each country miss each other and have a chance to meet in final
[Off-topic] K.A.:
But seriously, if its RM vs Barca again, I'm not watching the final. We have enough classicos as it is. Instead a BM vs BvB and RM vs barca semis draw would be better. So that there is no chance that 2 teams from the same country enter the final...
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Tbh, I sense a shock somewhere. BM are playing very well and BD don't give up easily

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[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Man I hope Bayern wins.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I think this is going to be the better of the 2 clashes, as good as Dortmund might be i can't see them beating Real.

Tbh you use tbh a lot. :p

Btw it's Arsenal vs Norwich in EPL today, wonder if CTM will watch it. :D
[Off-topic] K.A.:
Let's gun 'em canaries down! :D

and tbh FS, you seriously do use tbh a lot, tbh.. :p

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Real Madrid have met Borussia Dortmund six times in this competition, but have failed to beat them in the last three attempts, including their two fantastic meetings in this season's "Group of Death."

In those six meetings, BVB have won once and Madrid twice.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Maybe so, but TBH, I do not care lol :p

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[Off-topic] -Falco:
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[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Ah, a WAG lol

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
Lmao! :laugh: Thread needs moar WAGs!
[Off-topic] IXChicharitoXI:
Arsenal will finish 3rd place.
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Liverpool fail to score again :(

Reading keeper played a blinder.......still, 2 points dropped
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
Yeah well no points at all for my lot this weekend. :mad: At least we managed to pull one back against the scumbag gunners.... Meh... :cool:

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face......
[Off-topic] :
U a liverpool supporter?

Liverpool all the way.:D
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
ofc. Cut me open and I bleed red.........oh, and I mean LFC, not Manure ;)
[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Just keep cutting yourself, you'll get more joy out of that than anything Liverfail related. Guaranteed you won't be walking alone either. :)
[Off-topic] Fallen Spartan:
Oooooh, fighting talk. But, I won't bite. I'll be better. Let's get this thread back to football ;)

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[Off-topic] m0cha5hake:
Fighting talk? Tbh that's the truth. :p

Who you guys got in the FA semifinal, Chelsea or City? It'll definitely be a close game, but I think Chelsea will edge it out.
[Off-topic] IXChicharitoXI:
I'll say Man City. Chelsea's defense has been shocking lately. Hope Wigan actually win the final.
[Off-topic] predatOr:
Well I will go with Chelsea :thumbup: