Football (Soccer) Thread

[Bram Hengeveld]

Van Bommel retired today from active football duty

 

[Tom]

 

[GAIAjohan]

He ended his career in his own style with a red card .

Actually, I don't understand why Germany has a different way of assigning stars above club logos than most other countries. 23 championships would give only 2 stars in most other European countries.
Every 10 championships one star is awarded. (That's why Ajax has 3, PSV 2 and Feyenoord 1. (There's another team with one star. but that's an unknown amateur team (HVV)))

 

[Samuel Fuller]

And now for the big football news of the year. Yeovil Town Football Club have been promoted to the Championship.

 

[Tom]

FC Bayern München • Bundesliga 2012/2013 • All Goals​

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Obviously, it's quite long.​

 

[Tom]

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SUPER ARJEN DID IT!​

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[Ben Herbert]

Great Final!

 

[Omer Said]

Was a very exciting game, and Munich deserved it completely.

 

[Jordan Richardson]

Probably the first CL final I've looked forward to watching. Thought the ref should have sent of Ribery in the first half for the 2 attempted elbows on Lewandowski, then in the 2nd half he completely bottled it with Dante, clear yellow card or even a straight red. Had they been sent off, I think Bayern would have been waiting another year.

Least it appears Robben has discovered he has teammates on the pitch, and he was actually tracking back :O

 

[Tom]

Probably the first CL final I've looked forward to watching. Thought the ref should have sent of Ribery in the first half for the 2 attempted elbows on Lewandowski, then in the 2nd half he completely bottled it with Dante, clear yellow card or even a straight red. Had they been sent off, I think Bayern would have been waiting another year.

Least it appears Robben has discovered he has teammates on the pitch, and he was actually tracking back :O

Lest not forget Lewandowski should've been sent off as well. Dante could've been sent off - so it's 1:1 in terms of clear red cards.

 

[the_sigman]

Very nice final! And a well-deserved winner, I believe!

 

[Jordan Richardson]

Lest not forget Lewandowski should've been sent off as well. Dante could've been sent off - so it's 1:1 in terms of clear red cards.

I thought Dante had to go, I mean that was denying a goal scoring opportunity I missed the thing with Lewandowski, did he stamp on Alaba/Boateng?

Hummels had an absolute nightmare last night

 

[Tom]

I thought Dante had to go, I mean that was denying a goal scoring opportunity I missed the thing with Lewandowski, did he stamp on Alaba/Boateng?

Yep, right on the ankle. Seeing that he stood on it before he knew what he was doing.

Then again, it wasn't much of an opportunity and obviously not intentional - so I guess sending Dante off would've been too much.

 

[Shane Butler]

 

[GAIAjohan]

2 German teams fighting for the CL, a Grunneger wins it

 

[Jordan Richardson]

Yep, right on the ankle. Seeing that he stood on it before he knew what he was doing.

Then again, it wasn't much of an opportunity and obviously not intentional - so I guess sending Dante off would've been too much.

Ah right, I missed that.

Im sure we've both seen reds given by ref's for a lot softer things.

 

[Tom]

 

[Ben Herbert]

Go Bayern... German Cup final kick off shortly

 

[Tom]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's 2:0 after 55 minutes.

Make that 3:0 after 60 minutes.

 

[Tom]