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Post by lolaruns on Apr 21, 2008 6:42:23 GMT -5
Just wondered if there are any soccer/football fans here. With the EM coming up and everything
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Post by GayTime on Apr 21, 2008 8:38:41 GMT -5
Just wondered if there are any soccer/football fans here. With the EM coming up and everything probably a good idea to start caring; we can gossip about the players AND i'm sure a lot of the games will preempt VERBOTENE LIEBE this summer ;-)
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Post by lolaruns on Apr 21, 2008 9:01:28 GMT -5
Considering that I sort of live in the city where it takes place I'll probably spend most of the summer trying to hide and focus on resisting the temptation to shoot at random football rowdies in the street from my window ;D
But I was curious in case any football freaks planned to travel here ;D
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Post by Bonobochick on Apr 21, 2008 10:53:44 GMT -5
I am not a huge football fan. (It's all about Hockey, baby!! ) It's ok, though. I am a fan of Carlos Bocanegra despite the fact that Fulham sucks this season.
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Post by nahuela on Apr 21, 2008 14:50:23 GMT -5
I am SUCH A BIG football fan as I´m living in Gelsenkirchen, which you probably know because of FC Schalke 04 ;D I just love it! I´ve got a season ticket for our Veltins-Arena because you just cant get any tickets in normal selling! In this city...It´s impossible not being into football cause this is THE one most important thing going on here!!
There were 5 matches of the world cup 2006 taking place in Gelsenkirchen and seriously...that was THE.BEST.SUMMER in my whole life!! Big Fan parties everywhere, you just cant believe what was going on here!!
I´m sooo jealous of the people in Austria and Switzerland because they´ve got something to look forward...
so yeah...you can tell I´m into football ;D
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Post by babylondancer on Apr 22, 2008 5:46:25 GMT -5
Usually, I'm no big fan of watching football. But the world cup was something special. It was great living in Germany at the time. I had my whole english family staying at my place (8 people), and we were watching every game with Germany or England involved outside on my lawn with all the neigbours joining in. So we kinda had our own public viewing. We put flags of Germany and England in the bushes and at the house, we all put on clothes in the colours of the teams, and we were having a lot of fun. Every car that passed by my garden started honking and cheering. We also went to Cologne and joined the big party there. The whole town was having a blast. I hope we can recreate a bit of it this year.
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Post by Bonobochick on Apr 29, 2008 19:10:37 GMT -5
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Post by lolaruns on Apr 29, 2008 22:40:25 GMT -5
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Post by alex on May 6, 2008 19:00:02 GMT -5
I'm french, so I stop watching football after this, and I'm glad I don't stop before :
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Post by nahuela on May 7, 2008 13:57:39 GMT -5
Anyway: From an anti homophobia campaign in Germany: great one... as I said, I watch football a lot... I love it and I don´t care about any personal behaviours of the players. I dont care if their married, or gay, or if they like green pigs...what I do care about is their way to play football. But as I´m very often in our stadium I hear a lot homophobic things. This is exactly the way most male (straight) football-fans would react if a player came out. sad but true.
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Post by Memnoch on Jun 11, 2008 15:28:54 GMT -5
I'm not a huge fan, but I watch the world cup and the european cup regularly. But I don't care for the Bundesliga-Games or all those other cups. I've always watched when the German 11 (die Deutsche 11) played but not many of the other games. But 2006 I really started to love that game and I started to watch all the games, regardless of which country would play. And I started again now when the EM started. But now, it's really hard to decide between Vl and the EM. Today I watched VL first and switched to the EM afterwards, but tomorrow germany will play so I've gotta watch it from the start on. (Hope someone will provide the caps of vl of tomorrows episode fast) Speaking of soccer, did you alle hear about that incident with Daum (coach of the Cologne soccer team) and what he said about gay people as trainers of the junior teams? He said something along the line: We must protect our children from gay coaches so that they won't be abused them. Since Cologne is the No. 1 gay city in Germany it was really a dumb thing to say that. (It would be dumb anyway, but coming from a coach of that city....) That was on a show where they discussed how they could help gay soccer players to out themselfes and get acceptance from the whole soccer community. So Daums Comment was totally off base.
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Post by nahuela on Jun 13, 2008 15:58:42 GMT -5
I´m officially in love with the dutch team right now. WOW, just WOW!
After germany failed so bad yesterday it was really entertaining watching today.
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Post by amber80 on Jun 13, 2008 18:18:11 GMT -5
I agree! It was a great match to watch... (Italy - Romania was entertaining too btw. ) (Ugh! I so promised myself I wouldn't participate in this madness this time and yet again I find myself watching... *hangs head in shame*) Btw: I don't know how the advertising market works in other EU countries, but over here it's complete madness. Everthing (!!!) is orange or has in some way or the other something to do with Euro 2008. One of our largest chains of supermarkets gives you a 'Welpie' with every 15 euros spend. (Two years ago they handed out 'Wuppies' (weepul for the US citizens I believe) in the national colors : . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeepulVery smart move: people are crazy about them! And for who's interested: the 'Welpie' commercial...
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Post by nahuela on Jun 14, 2008 9:21:53 GMT -5
it´s the same here...I mean, it was crazy two years ago, but what happens this year is just unbelievable... people have got no problems with showing the german flag...well, you can imagine, with our background it wasn´t always anything to take for granted...
but its all about black-red-gold this time...more than ever.
as I´m a big football fan anyways I LOVE this time of the year ;D
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Post by restenergy on Jun 14, 2008 17:19:07 GMT -5
Someone might have to fill me in a bit. The European Cup (that's right, isn't it?) happens every two years? Is it a bracketed tournament, round robin, some other system? How long does it last? I really don't generally pay much attention to such things, even with the major sports in the U.S. Every year when it's time for the World Series, I only have a vague awareness it's coming up until it starts. And then it might be the day after when I hear about the results of the first night's game. I did have some interest when the Minnesota Twins were in the Series many years ago. I dread Super Bowl Sunday. I was actually quite Glad when Green Bay didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year. It would have been insufferable around here.
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Post by amber80 on Jun 14, 2008 17:32:46 GMT -5
It's every four years, just like the World Cup. But there's two years between the Eurocup and the World Cup. So it's Euro 2008, World Cup 2010, Euro 2012 etc. There are 4 groups (A -D) with 4 teams each; those four teams all play against each other (So 3 matches) and the winners of group A / C play against runners up of group B / D and the runners up of group A / C play against the winners of group B / D in the quarter final and so on. It lasts 3 weeks: 7/7 - 29/7. For more info: www.euro2008.uefa.com/
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Post by Bonobochick on Jun 14, 2008 19:50:38 GMT -5
Austria plays Germany on The 16th. Sadly I will be at work, but I would love to watch that one. I might have to borrow someone's TV at work to watch the game.
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Post by nahuela on Jun 15, 2008 7:18:18 GMT -5
It´s all or nothing tomorrow. I´m so excited. Austria made a good game against Poland, so I don´t see them just as a point-scorer for us. Plus if we behave like against Croatia, I don´t see any happy ending at all Gonna watch it at our "Fan Fest" (or also called "public viewing" but we learned the real meaning for that is actually somewhat of watching dead people Not sure about that one...) 10.000 people watching football together on a screen is like being at the stadium in real. That´s what I really like since the World Cup in 2006. Bonobochick, you really wanna see the game? Really interesting. I´ve never spoken to any American who´s interested in football at all lol (although the US-team played in my hometown in 2006...there were of course enough fans)
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Post by lolaruns on Jun 15, 2008 8:15:43 GMT -5
I think it's pretty obvious that Austria is gonna lose. I'm not a soccer buff but watching the play it was painfully obvious that even though for once they were good at getting close to the goal, they didn't actually have anybody capable of putting one in. It was quite bewildering to watch.
So, it's less whether they are gonna lose but rather the degree of humiliation. Well, at least Austria is leaving with one point rather than zero point like Switzerland, the other EM country ;D
My only question, will they for once start by putting Ivo in earlier rather than just putting him on the field in the last five minutes like they usually do? I would say, okay, I understand, he is not the youngest anymore, but I remember they have been doing this for the last 10 years.
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Post by restenergy on Jun 15, 2008 11:25:34 GMT -5
Gonna watch it at our "Fan Fest" (or also called "public viewing" but we learned the real meaning for that is actually somewhat of watching dead people Not sure about that one...) I know very little about the funeral customs in other Western countries, so this might sound rather elementary. In parts (much?) of the U.S. we might talk about a "visitation" or a "public viewing" to refer to the time when people would come to the funeral home the night before a funeral or the church or funeral home in the hour before the funeral. It would be a time to great and condole with the family and some social time among the family and friends of the diseased. During that time the casket is open and most who come will view the body, hence the phrase "public viewing."
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Post by Bonobochick on Jun 15, 2008 11:27:52 GMT -5
Bonobochick, you really wanna see the game? Really interesting. I´ve never spoken to any American who´s interested in football at all lol (although the US-team played in my hometown in 2006...there were of course enough fans) On a shallow level, I think the Austrian player, Andreas Ivanschitz is a cutie - though he's no Carlos Bocanegra. I don't mind watching football/soccer but it's not a common occurrence. I'm not a true fan like I am of ice hockey but I do very much enjoy a good football/soccer game. Someone near me at work has a TV so I will see if I can convince her to switch on the sports channel (ESPN) when the game comes on. If I am home at the time, I will probably switch on the Port/Switz game today. I do need to clean and that would be good background entertainment. ;D
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jun 15, 2008 12:08:14 GMT -5
I'm excited for the Portugal vs. Switzerland match.
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Post by nahuela on Jun 15, 2008 12:57:03 GMT -5
Gonna watch it at our "Fan Fest" (or also called "public viewing" but we learned the real meaning for that is actually somewhat of watching dead people Not sure about that one...) During that time the casket is open and most who come will view the body, hence the phrase "public viewing." ooops, so it´s true. That´s kind of freaky I think. The phrase became SO popular during the World Cup two years ago, that I can´t imagine it not being mentioned in conjunction with watching football in that kind of way. germans really should look something like this up before they start using it for other things. lol I´m going to watch Turkey-Czech Republic tonight. I´m so hoping for Turkey to make it to the quarterfinal. As Portugal is through and No.1 in group A the possibility for Portugal-Germany on Thursday is very high. Eeek!!
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jun 15, 2008 15:50:54 GMT -5
Steffi - You got your wish granted today. The Turkey/Czech match was AMAZING.
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Post by nahuela on Jun 15, 2008 16:33:55 GMT -5
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was definitely the most exciting match of the whole Euro till now... Amazing, I really didnt believe they could win after the 2:0. Hamit Altintop, one of my alltime favourite players, made a GREAT job today. breathtaking, I wasn´t able to sit down anymore after the 2:2, then 3:2 and red card for Volkan.... absolutely unbelievable!!!
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