UEFA EURO 2012

[BuckeyeNation27]

There have been flops from both sides, it's to be expected. Solid first half. David Silva looks REALLY good out there. I'd like to see Xabi Alonso come on for Busquets in the 2nd half.

Balotelli and Cassano up front for Italy might be the most dynamic striker duo in the Euros.

that's the problem

 

[OSU_D/]

that's the problem

Nothing I don't see in the NBA on EVERY FREAKING PLAY. Babies crying like they got b*$ch slapped on the way to the hoop.

Mario... that will haunt Italy today.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Nothing I don't see in the NBA on EVERY FREAKING PLAY. Babies crying like they got b*$ch slapped on the way to the hoop.

Mario... that will haunt Italy today.

that's an exaggeration but you're not going to find me defending that, either.

 

[Buckeye513]

!!!!!FUCK YES

 

[Smudger]

Prandelli is a genius! Only took five minutes for the Di Natale-Balotelli switch to pay off.

 

[TooTall]

Brilliant substitution. They wanted more pace, and they instantly got it with Di Natale. Excellent goal! Keep it up Italia!

 

[Jake]

There have been flops from both sides, it's to be expected.

Indeed. I was responding at the Italian guy who went down like he got shot and rolled around on the turf for 5 minutes when he took a boot to the shoulder.

He was up and running about seconds after they helped him off.

 

[OSU_D/]

that's an exaggeration but you're not going to find me defending that, either.

Correct I was exaggerating but I do hear the quite often about soccer. To me its a case of 'not invented here.' I see a ton of complaining in the NBA in addition to flops.

 

[TooTall]

Eww! Good shit Spain. Class finish by Fabregas.

Now both teams going with their SUPER SPEED specialists! Jesus Nevas and Sebas Giovinco

 

[Jake]

And there's the equalizer.

This one got very interesting in the last 10 minutes.

 

[Smudger]

That didn't take long. David Silva sees you Andrea Pirlo.

 

[Jake]

Prandelli is a genius! Only took five minutes for the Di Natale-Balotelli switch to pay off.

It definitely paid off, but part of his motivation was likely getting Balotelli the hell out of there before he was forced to play with 10 men.

 

[TooTall]

It definitely paid off, but part of his motivation was likely getting Balotelli the hell out of there before he was forced to play with 10 men.

This.

That's why it was genius to run him out there in the first half. Let him go crazy for 45+ minutes, and get him out of there before he screws everything up for the entire squad.

Nice bicycle attempt by Ramos, even though it was a foul.

At this point Antonio Cassano and David Silva are my Men of the Match for either side.

 

[TooTall]

Andrea Pirlo with the task of slowing down Jesus Nevas. Nevas is probably twice as fast as Pirlo.

 

[Smudger]

Great play by Buffon. Torres first touch was awful, but a smart move by Buffon to stay on his feet & not risk taking him out possibly conceding a penalty.