UEFA EURO 2012

[Liverlips]

Assuming England/France are the final 2 to qualify for the Quarters, here's what it looks like in terms of teams to root for (in order of preference):

1. Spain, Greece - the only 2 all-white teams left
2. Italy, Czech Republic - almost entirely white teams, each with a token black
3. Germany, France - majority white teams with a multi-cultural flavor. Really hard to root for either team
4. England - the blackest team left, the team proclaimed by Alexi Lalas to do "great things" in this tournament (surprise, surprise). If England wins Euro 2012, it will be a dark day (pun intended) for football.

This leaves Portugal. I have no idea where they fit in. They seem to have a lot tanned guys, so hard to tell if we'd consider them white, or more of a mixed team like Germany/France.

I'd like to see Spain or Italy (minus Bolatelli) win it. Failing that, anyone but England would work.

I'd rate it by levels:

1. Spain/Greece - Zero problems cheering for either team (Ukraine will go here too if they beat the blacks today).
2. Italy-Czech - almost all-white teams. Balotelli may not start and the Negro for Czech is a non-entity on the pitch.
3. Germany - only one Negro.
4. Portugal - two Negroes but one terrible specimen- Varela - who comes on at the end of the game. One more, Alves, is hard to classify as white but maybe he just tans. In any event, he is not black.
5. France - still pretty bad but much whiter and much less black. Points deserved for whitening the team.
6. England - A perfect specimen of the black supremacist policy of selecting teams. God bless Ukraine if they beat this racist side. I would have no problems cheering for an all-black African side against this team.

 

[Liverlips]

In any event, we are most likely looking at Spain v. Germany in the finals. Still keeps the "Euro" in Euro 2012. If Spain wins again it will be a very sweet victory for our people.

 

[frederic38]

things are very simple for ukraine, they need to beat england
it's the most important match of the tournament for me
i believe that they can do it, but they need to be better than they were in the last match, especially the defenders
the guy who did a bad match against france for me was tymoschuk
if he plays a good match ukraine can win

In any event, we are most likely looking at Spain v. Germany in the finals. Still keeps the "Euro" in Euro 2012. If Spain wins again it will be a very sweet victory for our people.
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i'm a little bit angry at the fact that llorente never plays (he beat manchester united in the europa league) but i would be happy to see them win
but there might be an unexpected champion
no team ever did was spain is trying to do - win the euro champs, then the world cup, then the euro champs again, all in a row

regarding bruno alves, he's of brazilian origin and has black in him but the amerindian genes are very strong so he doesn't look black

 

[frederic38]

giroud might start vs sweden

2 funny facts about the french national team:
their victory over ukraine a week ago was the first victory in a tournament since 2006

and it was the very first french victory at the euro champs without platini or zidane

 

[Matra2]

No Shevchenko for Ukraine. Maybe they should have taken him off in the second half against France once the French took the lead.

 

[frederic38]

giroud won't start the match :mmph:
laurent blanc don't want him to show that he can be our striker

 

[Liverlips]

France down to 4 white starters for today's game against Sweden. Maybe we gave them too much credit?

 

[Matra2]

The Ukrainians with most ball possession in the first half but when they get to the England box they don't know what to do with it.

 

[frederic38]

France down to 4 white starters for today's game against Sweden. Maybe we gave them too much credit?

that's because it's almost a friendly match, laurent blanc gives game time to other players
cabaye is titular in laurent blanc's mind
menez (who scored against ukraine) instead of ben arfa and you are back to 6 whites

The Ukrainians with most ball possession in the first half but when they get to the England box they don't know what to do with it.
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they play very well
hopefully sheva will come in

 

[Liverlips]

Not looking good now for Ukraine. Looks like the black supremacists will be celebrating today now that their team will go through. Hope they get destroyed by Spain or Italy. Even if Balotelli starts it will be much better if Italy beats the blacks playing for England.

 

[Matra2]

In my last post I was going to predict an England 1-0 victory. After the early goal I think it could get much worse. Unless Ukraine score soon they will have to really push a lot of players forward and will get caught at the back. Right now England on track to play Italy in the next round.

 

[Liverlips]

Only one team from Eastern Europe (Czech Republic) will go through. Very sad as the two most racist teams (England, France) make it through.

Hope to have better luck in the next round and may England, France and Portugal get eliminated straight away.

 

[Liverlips]

Some solace as Sweden go up 1-0 over the blacks/Arabs of France.

 

[Liverlips]

Sweden very unlucky not to be up 2-0 over the blacks/Arabs of France.

Thank God Spain will eliminate these losers quite soon in the next round.

 

[Matra2]

Here we go again. No goal line technology affecting the result of a major match. :icon_mad:

 

[Liverlips]

Hahahaha ... Ukraine score a goal but ref rules it off. Even the announcers admit it was a goal.

 

[Liverlips]

I'm not too surprised or upset. Sweden gave away that game versus England and Ukraine have to score twice (which they cannot do).

 

[Liverlips]

Perfect - now England have 6 blacks and 5 whites on the pitch! Ukraine is done anyway.

I am done too - just watching Sweden beat the black/Arabs playing for France.

 

[dioflora]

Mixed bag tonight. England win against Ukraine and at one point had 6 (!!!!!!) blacks and 5 white players on the pitch (and one of those whites was the goal keeper).

In happier news, Sweden beat France, but unfortunately France is still going through.

 

[dioflora]

England is the new France. How can English fans look at that team and think it represents them in any way? Do they care at all that they're being represented by a bunch of Jamaicans?

 

[frederic38]

i have seen enough, it was the last match i will watch from this tournament
it took me 1 year to watch another football match after uruguay-holland in 2010
but now honestly i don't know if i will be able to watch another european match again
the referee totally ruined it for me
look at the way the refereeing has been a HUGE factor in every greek match, and now here!
i mean it's not even football anymore, it's the referee who makes one team or another win! there are no talented players on the field, the referee is the only one who can make the difference!
it's the same in champions league too!

oh, and look at my avatar, see the referee at the bottom of the picture?
thank you platini for this usuless additional assistant referee, who has NEVER took any decision !

european football is now officially unwatchable for me

 

[frederic38]

and they have the guts to do this IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME CROWD!!
unbelievable

 

[Matra2]

If Italy limit England crosses into the box and make sure Rooney is marked then I don't see how England can score. Other than Walcott's weird goal, which even he was surprised by against Sweden, every goal has come from a cross. They remind me of the team England sent to the 2000 Euro in Belgium and a few other tournaments. Don't give them set plays just outside the box and block angled crosses and they won't be able to score.

 

[Matra2]

oh, and look at my avatar, see the referee at the bottom of the picture?
thank you platini for this usuless additional assistant referee, who has NEVER took any decision !

I also find the sight of that assistant annoying. They always look like they are moving about too much as if they are trying to look busy. In reality they do nothing.

But if it makes you feel any better the shot shouldn't have taken place at all because the Ukrainians were actually offside. So the officials missed an offside then a goal. The sport is run by incompetents.

 

[Europe]

Yea, the Ukraine player was offside anyway so the goal wouldn't have counted. The offsides calls are worse than the goal calls because they happen more often. It's too difficult to make those calls because if happens too fast. I don't even know if the NFL would have overruled that goal call because for them it has to be irrefutable evidence.

Imagine if they only used goal line technology and they ruled it a goal while at the same time ignoring the offside. That is why you have to use it for offside too.

The officiating couldn't have been any better 40 years ago. I am sure they made a ton of mistakes back then.

Welbeck didn't do much again, Hopefully, Carroll will start the next game giving them 7 white starters. If Cahill wasn't injured it could have been 8.

They say Johnson isn't a great defender , but he doesn't seem to do much coming forward either. How many crosses did he have, a couple?