2017 Summer Football Tournament- Tournament cancelled, everyone go home (1 Viewer)

[Doctor Detroit]

Holy ####

 

[gianmarco]

Omg

 

[AAABatteries]

Oh my god

 

[dparker713]

This is insane

 

[shader]

This has to be the worst penalty shootout of all time

 

[jonessed]

So terrible.  Just ditch these guys and throw Ireland in there.

 

[Sinn Fein]

This has to be the worst penalty shootout of all time

Not even close

 

[AAABatteries]

Chiellini should have stayed in - dude is cool as a cucumber

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Ugliest penalty shootout ever.

The Pelle ball was the worst penalty I've ever seen in a game of this magnitude

 

[mr. furley]

somehow managed to be worse than the previous 120 minutes

didn't think it possible

 

[shader]

Not even close

Well it's entertaining!!

 

[AAABatteries]

The Pelle ball was the worst penalty I've ever seen in a game of this magnitude

####### brutal 

 

[dparker713]

Well, the result we were all expecting right?  5-5

 

[dparker713]

Guess Buffon was the X factor after all.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Germany was the better team today, appropriate ending I guess. 

 

[AAABatteries]

That's a horrible way to lose but Germany was better on the day.

 

[jonessed]

Buffon almost had that last one.  It wasn't a great kick.

 

[Slapdash]

What a tense game and penalties that was.

Shame Neuer didn't get to take a penalty

 

[The Gator]

somehow managed to be worse than the previous 120 minutes

didn't think it possible

Only thing worse than these 120 min is any NFL game

 

[mr. furley]

Only thing worse than these 120 min is any NFL game

understandable when you're a Browns fan

 

[AAABatteries]

PKs are exciting but I say let's take care of this during open play the rest of the way, ok guys?

 

[Mjolnirs]

Why two coin flips?

First is to decide which end, the second is to determine who gets to choose which team shoots first.

What a tense game and penalties that was.

Shame Neuer didn't get to take a penalty

Came damn close.

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm still  at Pelle's PK

 

[The Gator]

I'm still  at Pelle's PK

Lots of PKs to laugh at here

 

[Kafka]

@Mjolnirs...

 

[dparker713]

That was a fitting PK to finish it on too.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

What's the rationale for not having a "golden goal" format in extra time?  It seems like a walk-off goal would be a hugely dramatic finish.  I liked sudden death in the NFL, but there I at least understood the argument that it was too easy to win a coin flip and kick a FG; here you really have to work for a goal and it seems like you deserve defeat if you give one up in an extra period.  

The last 15 minutes in most of the OT games I've watched recently have been pretty bad, which is why I'm asking.

 

[The Gator]

First is to decide which end, the second is to determine who gets to choose which team shoots first.

That's the stupidest thing since the last @mr. furley post I read.

what a terrible rule

 

[Sinn Fein]

Well it's entertaining!!

Yeah - I meant nothing else close as the worst PKs ever - terrible kicks.

 

[Capella]

Glad Italy is gone. Boring schmucks. France-Germany should be a load. 

 

[The Gator]

There are few things more fun than PKs in a pub. Everyone yelling and into it

 

[Kafka]

They have the talent to play more positive football, yet they genuinely prefer cynical play.

Wrong.  This year, they didn't have the talent...and sharp defensive tactics are just as good as flamboyant, individualistic attacking flair, if you appreciate the total game.  

 

[The Gator]

PS, I'd rather the physio who isn't good enough to go on the field but is part of the team take penalties than Ozil.

 

[The Gator]

PSS, who else is hammered?

 

[Kafka]

PSS, who else is hammered?

Totally "shammered"....just imagine if you didn't pour that drink down the drain...

 

[Kafka]

Glad Italy is gone. Boring schmucks. France-Germany should be a load. 

Germany today= EXCITING!!

eta: understand how it looks to a neutral...just tired of always trying to explain things.  I'll take boring, if it equals 4 WCs  & 1 Euro title, as well as 4 other Final appearances

 

[jonessed]

What's the rationale for not having a "golden goal" format in extra time?  It seems like a walk-off goal would be a hugely dramatic finish.  I liked sudden death in the NFL, but there I at least understood the argument that it was too easy to win a coin flip and kick a FG; here you really have to work for a goal and it seems like you deserve defeat if you give one up in an extra period.  

The last 15 minutes in most of the OT games I've watched recently have been pretty bad, which is why I'm asking.

Exhaustion.  It's a tournament format with lots of games in quick succession.  There has to be a set end time.

 

[Steve Tasker]

It was a good run for the Azzurri.  Nothing to be ashamed of, Germany were just slightly better. 

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Exhaustion.  It's a tournament format with lots of games in quick succession.  There has to be a set end time.

Sorry, I get that part.  I mean do the two 15 minute periods in a sudden death format, and then go to PKs if it's still tied after 120.  

I agree that the current format is better than an indefinite death-march.

 

[Capella]

Germany today= EXCITING!!

Generally they are. Italy always sucks teams into that crap. 

 

[jonessed]

Sorry, I get that part.  I mean do the two 15 minute periods in a sudden death format, and then go to PKs if it's still tied after 120.  

I agree that the current format is better than an indefinite death-march.

Ah.  Maybe.  I think it's fine as is though.  It's not often you see multiple OT goals anyway.

 

[Kafka]

Generally they are. Italy always sucks teams into that crap. 

Eloquently put.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Sorry, I get that part.  I mean do the two 15 minute periods in a sudden death format, and then go to PKs if it's still tied after 120.  

I agree that the current format is better than an indefinite death-march.

FIFA tried that for a few tournaments about 10-20 years ago. Teams played even more defensively than usual in extra time, terrified of giving up a golden goal.

 

[The Gator]

understandable when you're a Browns fan

Ha

<_<

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Glad Italy is gone. Boring schmucks. France-Germany should be a load. 

Italy wasn't boring against Spain a earlier this week.

 

[Kafka]

FIFA tried that for a few tournaments about 10-20 years ago. Teams played even more defensively than usual in extra time, terrified of giving up a golden goal.

####### TREZEGUET!!

 

[The Gator]

####### TREZEGUET!!

Juve legend in FIFA 04

 

[IvanKaramazov]

FIFA tried that for a few tournaments about 10-20 years ago. Teams played even more defensively than usual in extra time, terrified of giving up a golden goal.

Thanks.  I was wondering if that's what happened.  In all of these games, the announcers take great care to warn the viewer that there's no golden goal, but they never explain why.

 

[Capella]

Eloquently put.

I'm not trying to win a Pulitzer here. 

 

[The Gator]

Plus side, when Germany scored their first PK a few guys yelled

I told them to GET THE #### OUT

they didn't