The Soccer Thread

[splintersag]

Wow. How much time left?

 

2 min + stoppage

[wolf stansson]

I completely agree with what the Radio Man has just said: "There's not a decent goalkeeper on the pitch." Whether Lehmann felt sorry for Rustu and thought he'd level it up by gifting Turkey a goal I'm not sure but he's made no attempt to cover his near post at all.

[splintersag]

Germany scores.

[Guest]

Lahm puts Germany up 3-2 in the 90th minute.

[Butterscup1679666578]

LAHM!! WHAT A GAME THIS IS

[splintersag]

The question is how is Turkey going to find a way to win this game now? :wink:

[Guest]

Effing picture goes out AGAIN. This is ridiculous.

[wolf stansson]

First goal with Germany since that beauty to open the '06 World Cup. In extra time to go to the final no less! Sorry Man U, you can't have him.

[Jon]

Can't wait to watch the highlight show when I get home.

[Guest]

Can't wait to watch the highlight show when I get home.

 

Stupid ESPN. Why do they have to show the highlight show on Classic rather than ESPN or ESPN2?

[splintersag]

Germany has advanced to the finals. Stupid technical difficulties.

[wolf stansson]

Deutschland über alles!

[Jon]

Can't wait to watch the highlight show when I get home.

 

Stupid ESPN. Why do they have to show the highlight show on Classic rather than ESPN or ESPN2?

Well, at least they have one, although I didn't see one scheduled for tomorrow when I checked yesterday on my DirecTV guide.

 

They also show some highlights on SportsCenter, surprisingly. At least based on what I saw once or twice while at the gym.

[Guest]

I don't know who it was that fed the ball to Lahm on the last goal but that was an outstanding pass.

[MPC]

it's very disappointing to lose the signal, but what can you do?

 

the turks have nothing to be ashamed of, their performance in euro 2008 was tremendous. i'm curious to see how they do in qualifying for wc2010.

 

the germans look very strong and i just hope for a great final on sunday regardless of the opponent.

[MPC]

did phil lahm break that dudes' leg on the final goal? he was lying on the pitch like someone shot him?

[wvcbxl]

i'm curious to see how they do in qualifying for wc2010.

 

They are in the same group as Belgium, so they should have no trouble in qualifying

[laurens]

Russia vs. Spain today... I actually wanted to see these two (or The Netherlands) in the finals. They've proven themselves to be the best teams this tournament, by far.

 

 

 

go Russia.

[biittner77]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

[sethuel1]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

because the american commentators are awful in comparison

[bukie]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

because the american commentators are awful in comparison

 

Because the available Americans either don't know anything about soccer or don't know anything about commentating (or both!)

[shnsajax]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

because the american commentators are awful in comparison

 

Because the available Americans either don't know anything about soccer or don't know anything about commentating (or both!)

 

I would be happy never listening to an American do commentary on soccer ever again.

[MPC]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

because the american commentators are awful in comparison

 

Because the available Americans either don't know anything about soccer or don't know anything about commentating (or both!)

 

I would be happy never listening to an American do commentary on soccer ever again.

agreed. espn using this set of announcers is 1000x better than wc2006.

[shnsajax]

If it is Russia vs Germany can we call this WWIII or is that wrong?

 

Why can't ESPN find 2 Americans to do the color and play by play? I couldn't understand half of what Scotty McBrogue and his sidekick were saying.

because the american commentators are awful in comparison

 

Because the available Americans either don't know anything about soccer or don't know anything about commentating (or both!)

 

I would be happy never listening to an American do commentary on soccer ever again.

agreed. espn using this set of announcers is 1000x better than wc2006.

 

The Olympics on NBC is going to be brutal. I still remember the 2000 games and just how bad the entire coverage was for every event. Sky sports does a real good job, hopefully ESPN will continue to use those guys in the coming years.

[Derwood]

at least NBC will have live streaming of every event online. I usually don't watch the Olympics when they're multiple timezones away, because ESPN (no to mention the evening news) likes telling you the results of everything before they air the tape-delayed events. what's the point?