European Football Thread

[Colly]

Hold down square, press x while the power bar is still on, then square to shoot.

[MDK]

Bet that defender felt like a twat

[GoN_]

The defender is England under-21s' Eric Dier.

[Baddar]

Neymar's goal on Saturday night was pretty special.

[TCO]

So Hakan Calhanoglu scored this free kick yesterday. I don't even know how to react to it.

[Lineker]

Alan Partridge style?

[EddieG]

So Hakan Calhanoglu scored this free kick yesterday. I don't even know how to react to it.

Reminds me of this.

[Colly]

So Hakan Calhanoglu scored this free kick yesterday. I don't even know how to react to it.

Good wall there.

[GoN_]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXcJAaHykYs

[stokeriño]

Good ol' legalese from Barcelona:

"The board denies the existance of any tax-related crime...[however] given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility...FC Barcelona has this made made a complimentary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830.56 euros."

(The bold bit is just lol.)

It's actually only the use of the word "complimentary" that pisses me off. You're flinging money at the government to get yourselves off the hook for financial wrongdoing. Trying to frame it as some kind of generous gift is just sickening.

[Baddar]

Chucked a tenner on Real, and they lead the Madrid derby already through Benzema.

Costa was just denied what I think was a certain pen, too.

[Colly]

Looked a pen for me, wouldn't want to referee this one though, there's been about twenty dives and ignury feigns in twelve minutes.

[Baddar]

Koke and Gabi have turned it around. 2-1 HT.

[Baddar]

2-2, Ronny.

[Lineker]

2-2 it finished. And Barca beat Almeria 4-1. Still all very tight though.

Olympiakos striker Michael Olaitan was taken to hospital after collapsing during the first half of a 3-0 Athens derby defeat by Panathinaikos. The 21-year-old was running off the ball when he fell to the ground. Olaitan, who helped Olympiakos beat Manchester United 2-0 on 25 February, regained consciousness before being taken to hospital for tests. Late on Sunday, the former Nigeria Under-20 international's condition was described as stable.

[Baddar]

One thing I didn't mention at the weekend was Diego Costa - cracking striker, but jesus christ, if he joined the PL, we'd have a bigger diver on our hands than Suarez and Young combined.

[Lineker]

Carles Puyol has confirmed that he will be leaving Barcelona at the end of the season.

[EddieG]

Not leaving for another club though, he's retiring.

[TCO]

Puyol always seemed like a top man, as well as a brilliant player, sad to see him go. I reckon he'll be off to the far east or the MLS for a season or two to collect his pension, if he's physically able.

Always loved him for telling UEFA to fuck off with their dress code and doing the Champions League draw dressed like this!

[Baddar]

Sorry, where's Puyol in that pic?