General Football Thread

[The Lusophone]

Gazz is going to attempt to bjj a Brazilian.

This should go well.

[Rafael]

BLACK BELT RAFA TIME

[Lineker]

Fabio Cannavaro has been given a ten month prison sentence.

[Matt]

I thought it was suspended?

[King Ellis]

Going for a swim is gonna lead to nearly a year in jail.

I'd suggest Gazz can take over at Guangzhou but he probably hates them for all the times they spanked him.

[Lineker]

He's got a Pentagon to finish first anyway.

[Gazz]

It still hurts

[Benji]

I miss when teams would randomly release musical singles.

[stokeriño]

So the Chelsea U18s were in a two-legged semi final of the FA Youth Cup against Spurs U18s. The 2nd leg was last night.

Spurs won the 1st leg (at home) 2-0, and then after 30-odd minutes of the 2nd leg had scored again, so were 3-0 up on aggregate with less than an hour left in the tie.

Final aggregate score?

Chelsea 5 - 4 Spurs

[Hobo]

I miss when teams would randomly release musical singles.

It was the 1996 FA cup final song!

In 1988 Liverpool, of course, had this:

[Benji]

It was! Man U had one too if I recall rightly.

[Colly]

There'll never be a better one than the Suggs 'Blue Day' vs Bob Mortimers 'Let's Dance' battle in the 90s. Emerson does the Samba!

[The Lusophone]

So the Chelsea U18s were in a two-legged semi final of the FA Youth Cup against Spurs U18s. The 2nd leg was last night.

Spurs won the 1st leg (at home) 2-0, and then after 30-odd minutes of the 2nd leg had scored again, so were 3-0 up on aggregate with less than an hour left in the tie.

Final aggregate score?

Chelsea 5 - 4 Spurs

Some of that Chelsea side are going to be great players for Vitesse in the future.

[stokeriño]

Don't be silly.

The English kids go to Middlesbrough or Derby.

[Lineker]

France vs. Brazil on ITV4 tonight.

[Rafael]

We're the best national team at the moment. Still, I wonder if we're being lucky or if the players are going 110% when the other teams are going 80% because Brazil played mostly friendlies.

[TCO]

We're the best national team at the moment. Still, I wonder if we're being lucky or if the players are going 110% when the other teams are going 80% because Brazil played mostly friendlies.

Except your're not the best national team. This is 8 months removed from getting an absolute spanking from Germany at home, with the world watching.

Friendlies also count for absolutely nothing.

Edited March 26, 2015 by TCO

[Rafael]

No one achieved better results than we did post-World Cup. Sure, nothing is certain, we might get spanked by Argentina in the Copa America but we went through two top teams in these last 8 months. Something that only Argentina (who we beat) did.

[Colly]

The best national team is the World Cup holders. We sometimes go unbeaten in qualifying prior to embarrassingly folding in the group stage at tournaments when it actually matters.

[TCO]

No one achieved better results than we did post-World Cup. Sure, nothing is certain, we might get spanked by Argentina in the Copa America but we went through two top teams in these last 8 months. Something that only Argentina (who we beat) did.

None of that makes Brazil better than Germany.