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about two possible transfers to Bayern:- Hleb denied this a week ago and it became very quiet. So thisone might be dead.- Stuttgart and Bayern are now holding a meeting about a possible transfer of Mario Gomez to München. stuttgart would get a boatload of money for him, but it is questionable what they would get on the market.
That sucks on both counts.
Germany was my pre-tournament pick to win it....we'll see....Mjolnirs said:
Not if he stays with Arsenal!Bonzai said:
And Munich still wants Gomez after the way this tournament has gone thus far?Gomez scores today.
Seriously. Plus, they're already crowded up front. I don't get it.They need to get younger in the midfield.Not if he stays with Arsenal!Bonzai said:And Munich still wants Gomez after the way this tournament has gone thus far?
Going to have to strongly disagree with you.In a knockout tournament like this, you can't eliminate many teams from consideration......and the fact you neglected to add Germany and Croatia as teams that have a shot, well, that's just silly.I'd be willing to bet that most people didn't give Greece much of a shot at the beginning of the tournament, or the knockout stage.
Short Corner said:ConstruxBoy said:I'll goortugalCroatiaItalyNetherlandsThen
I just read that Podolski and Frings are doubtful for the Portugal match.This is really going to put a hurt on the German attack. Schweinsteiger has to start, no? And the way Gomez has been playing, well, that's just no good. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see Gomez start again. I think the Germans will need to play a very conservative match to have any sort of chance against the Portugese. Keep a lot of guys back and rely on Klose, Kuranyi and Gomez on set pieces. Kuranyi and Gomez will have a significant height advantage, each being about 6'3" and Klose plays well in too. Another Ballack rocket may get us throughVery veryI am pleased Germany is moving on, the game against Portugal will be a clash of styles. The Germans still looked slow and are going to have to pick up the pace. I see Gomez on the bench and maybe Kuranyi getting a start. I also can see Schweinsteiger getting a start.Now we have to wait and see if Löw is allowed on the bench.
Not feeling real keen with Lehman though, should Portugal get their attack going.
Let's do this GERMANY!!!
They finally put Gomez on the bench and started Schweinstager, and they look like a different team. They better D-up a little better on Ronaldo in the 2nd. He was starting to get going at the end there.dangnamit, wtf did I come to work this afternoon
if you missed the game and want to watch it go to espn360.com. it will be available there for several days.i missed out on the bracket and i would have had portugal beating germany.as for the rest:croatia d. turkeynetherlands d. russiaspain d. italysince germany is through i'll go:germany d. croatiaholland d. spainfinalholland d. germanygood match today. i thought the germans did an effective job at limiting ronaldo.guru_007 said:
Are you serious? Ballack definitely pushed off to create space but it was by no means a "full two hand chuck" as you describe it.
Yeah it was. Pretty easy to see in the replays. Didn't look as bad at full speed, but you can see how hard he hit him with the DVR. He doesn't even touch that ball without the push-off. You a German fan?
Look at the timestamp on jonessed's post. Very cool.
Ahh... looks like he is from Munich. Didn't notice that until you made the timestamp comment.
I suppose it wouldn't be totally outrageous for that to be called, but it's a given that some pushing and shoving will go on on set pieces. It's not like pushed him to the ground. I thought the game was officiated pretty well. Much better than some of the disasters the refs have rolled out this tournament.
2 hand chuck? You gotta be kidding me. Sure Ballack gave a push but that sort of thing happens all the time on set pieces, it could have been called but it rarely does. And the guy who was covering Ballack was Ferreria, probably the worst player on the field. Lahm definitely wasn't playing rugby out there, if he did he would be thrown around since hes something liek 5'6 160. That Swedish ref probably has done the best job of any of the refs in the tourney. He was good in the Italian/Dutch game as well.
Pushing and pulling jerseys happens. Pushing off with two hands in the back as the ball arrives does not happen all the time. He gave himself a good yard of separation. I can't imagine it wouldn't have been called if the ref had seen it. I didn't realize there were so many Germany fans around here.
Ve wav vays of scoring gols!
I wasn't cheering for Germany. I had no allegiances for that game, but i said Portugal was going to win the game so if anything i was cheering for them a bit. The Portugese defender Ferreira was already out of position.
The push certainly didn't give Ballack "a good yard of separation." Maybe an extra few inches.
I have it on HD DVR which is much clearer. Ballack does not get his head on that ball without the push. It gave him a good yard to work with.
I don't think it was nearly the shove that you are seeing.
