Fútbol, Le Foot, Voetbal, ποδόσφαιρο

[Majiball]

Who?

[Amo]

Bite me.

[Majiball]

LOL, the submarine is rising... Well done to Villareal, hopefully they can stay there.

[cn174]

http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1163-june-2013/9867-red-bull-s-invasion-of-the-austrian-leagues

Interesting read from WSC about Red Bull and their multiple ownership.

I remember when we played them some of their fans were telling us about how the new owners had actually banned the colour purple from the stadium and you'd get refused entry if wearing anything purple.

[AggyBlue]

Within 12 months of Venky's taking over, I thought we were going the same way as Salzburg

[cn174]

http://bbcsporf.lockerdome.com/articles/108162143

[Majiball]

It's better than Neymars.

[old darwen blue]

Agreed

[Mike E]

http://bbcsporf.lockerdome.com/articles/108162143

Unbelievable Tekkers, love!

[T4E]

Great skills. Not sure why she's hugging Puyol after.

[Tom]

The confed cup is great so far

This Italy Japan game has been amazing

[cn174]

Interesting thing happened in Germany, the DFB denied Duisburg entry for the league next season due to financial mistakes. I think it is the first time in 13 years that the DFB have denied a licence.

http://www.dw.de/msv-duisburg-denied-league-license/a-16895204

[Guest Norbert]

Spain vs.Tahiti tonight. I don't think Spain will really bother. About 4-0 without even breaking into a jog. It would be a shame as it could be an absolute massacre.

[Salgado Is A Hero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=njNh9D0Wjdw

[Stuart]

Suspicion of offside for MB Diouf's goal!

Was that compilation done by an Everton fan by the way?

[Audax]

Spain is too good though it seems Italy is due against them. Spain to win still.

Man, was the Confederations Cup group stage unbalanced,

Group A, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Japan.

Group B, Spain, Uruguay, Nigeria and Tahiti.

[LeChuck]

Not looking forward to the World Cup if this is what the heat does to teams.

[DE.]

Spain are boring whether playing in the heat or not. They play very effective football and deserve the success they've had, but it's so boring watching them win everything. Have no doubt they'll scrape a win against Brazil in the final, and probably win WC 2014 as well.

[Guest Norbert]

Spain or Germany for me. Hopefully the latter as they don't send me to sleep.

[K-Hod]

Spain are boring whether playing in the heat or not. They play very effective football and deserve the success they've had, but it's so boring watching them win everything. Have no doubt they'll scrape a win against Brazil in the final, and probably win WC 2014 as well.

Yep. And they won the under 21s so we've more of this to come...

[Amo]

[Stuart]

Also illegal.

[Tom]

Someone should arrest him

[Audax]

The other team is Amigos, Friends of Luis Figo, so a charity match. I watched the Messi's allstars in a charity match. Everyone's having fun, no injuries, no hard tackling, scorelines like 13-12. Boa Morte basically played a joke as far as I'm concerned.

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Looks like Uruguay / Italy will play a 3rd place game.

Brazil won the last Confed. Cup, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup so maybe it'd be good to see Spain get it but the home crowd will be expecting the Samba Boys to take it. Though they really aren't the Samba boys anymore from what I understand.

Torres, top scorer of that tournament so far: http://us.soccerway.com/international/world/confederations-cup/2013-brazil/group-stage/r16347/ Of course, Spain did play Tahiti and scored 10, Tahiti not a world powerhouse. I didn't know, once in a while, a player from Tahiti will play in France, I guess they are a former colony.

Edited June 29, 2013 by Audax

[DanLad]

Also illegal.

I'm a bit hazy on the current rules. I thought you were allowed to sell a dummy on a penalty kick now as the keepers are allowed to move horizontally?

Edited June 29, 2013 by DanLad