Yeah that's why I'm saying he can't complain about the red card but it was a little harsh though. I would've shown him yellow.

He raised his hands, there for he was sent off.

I think it was a bit harsh but he can have no arguments. He's guilty for his temperament.

i didn't know that

Huh?

Was a red the raised his hands didnt he

By the way veyDer, that streaker in the YouTube clip is from a Nike commercial

I hope so too Frenchi, let's hope so!

As I wanted to say, Schweinsteiger deserved a yellow and not a red but he can't argue about it. He needs to control himself.

Fucking Ole Ole wouldn't let me message or anything

Nico, I hope Romania is gonna win tomorrow...

yeah possible, but you have to win today first. You're away :P.

You never know - it may still be Portugal-Poland :P

well im off, laters all.

they should be in good shape for olympics... it will be interesting to see the turnaround

... and too many forign players in the league is a shite excuse

players mean nothing if a coach can't make them a team

England have so many quality players... unfortunatly that did not translate into victories!

so we'll have a Germany-Portugal in a few...interesting

CHELSEA ffs get it right.

what? i agree with a chelski supporter?

Enough of that please mate, disgusting comment there.

^^

nope...England is shit

Proves England arnt so Sh*t and that Croatia are good.

so who is everyone going for for the whole thing?

yeh needs a bag on his head with shit hair like that.

billic is class hah.

this ref is more gay than this one: LINK

and he looked like a twat

agreed.

bastian was dirty so got sent off

no

probably...im sure he gets a bonus for each card!!!ha

ref just wants some camera time

bravo croatia :)

:D what win for croatia

do they pay him for cards or what?

FULL TIME

wtf?

omg..wtf ref??????

go to school dude...you suck!!!

that was RIGHT on the ball. Shit ref.

must have been pretty bad to get a red now

Jim Porter
coz of his hair

red

What the hell...i just heard that in the third match if both teams that are playing are tied on points and goal difference it goes to penalties. Why?! Leave it as it is. The goal difference rule
works well enough.

portugal will dominate

germany - portugal

i should have bet on croatia tho.. the odds were crazy :S. I would have made some good money.

Yeah I'm happy right now :D, but I did piss away 5 dollars. But it happens :). Better that Croatia won.

but klose won't be benched yet hah, they bought him to play him. Same with Toni. It's the short term success they want, they know podolski is young, and he'll get his chance.

nico21horia: i usually do that - so i'm happy despite the score: either i win the bet or i'm happy because the team i supported has won :D

Ribery's not a striker, Klose's been average. Luca Toni's the big striker that you could seek out in the air and Podolski is the smaller striker with the lower center of gravity that could play
the ball along the ground. I think both of them could work well together with Klose on the bench.

i messed up the prediction on this game.. i wanted croatia to win.. and really thought they could, but i bet on germany :S I don't know why. I also bet on Austria when I really want Poland to
win, and think they could. Weird today.

come on, one more... am i really writing this? ;)

... and Arsenal could do worse

well ribery, klose, toni, where to put him?

ive liked him since the last wc

He's not even starting at Bayern. It's ridiculous!

no. Klinsman coming to Bayern, he loves Podolski.

I hope so...I'd take him

BOOM! :D

brilliant goal, it looked like he was really pissed off :D

is podolski for sale by any chance?

scored 3 goals in 2 games tbh

lol Poland is doing pretty well veyDer :D

That's exactly what happens when Podolski is played in his right position...he scores.

come on, one more and it will be my predicted 2-2! :)

Goaaaaallll!!!! Lukas

podolski

oh, he is ;D

Odonkor is a really fast player but take away his pace and I think he's pretty average.

but he should be on the field by now :)

After singing the praises of Germany for weeks before the tournament I'm very embarrassed to see how they're playing today.

i don't agree with you about Odonkor, he's really brilliant for match endings, not for the whole game - he runs out of energy really fast

I'm not really sold on Odonkor though.

And in hindsight, Poland were wasteful on Sunday as well. The players being out of position let them into the game a bit but they didn't have the finishing capabilities to try to get something
out of that match.

odonkor and schweinsteiger should start yes.

Schweinsteiger should've started. He should've started on the left on Sunday as well. People gave Jurgen Klinsmann stick that he was a crap manager managing a good side, he was doing a much
better job with the squad selection than Low is now. Low looks like he's still experimenting and trying to prepare for the competition.

honestly.. i just watch germany to hear commentators go: SCHWEINSTEIIIGAAAAAHHHH!!! over and over. :D

Klose's not at his best at the moment but at least he links up well with Podolski. I think Joachim Lowe's losing this match for Germany based on the 11 he has out there.

I hope romania takes lessons from Croatia here.

to be honest, klose is no good.

gomez is best as lone striker i think, like at suttgart

Gomez has been shit in these two games. Podolski and Klose should be up front together, or even Podolski and Kuranyi.

eastern european crowds = best.

yeah, Lehmann is really poor... to bad we couldn't take the advantage from this fact...

and a bit of luck :P

defenders blow too.

Oh crazy Jensy. Up to the usual antics...

Yeah, Jansen's to shoulder some of the blame too.

poor keeping tbh

Does anyone else think Germany looks tired?

comment from Polish site: "Germans play like we played with them" :D

Lehmann's fault

2-0 :O

GGGOOOAAAALLL

2-0!!!

They're talking about the Euros too though.

It's just a routine I find myself in. I'm always listening live.

like i'd listen to laugh a bit too, but not during the game :S

They're on every weekday throughout the year, except public holidays.

why would you put a podcast during euro games though :S

That was hardly an advert...they're pissing me off today.

:P good advert XD

Fucking hell! Why do people keep saying Adebayor's leaving Arsenal....he's not!!! He said it twice that he wants to stay. I'm listening to World Soccer Daily now on iTunes.

Why isn't he at right back? Why's Lahm there?

why does Fritz play?

hah i think so slightly

Did Lehmann just bit a piece of the ball?

But I don't know, it's hard to guess about that game, it's really up in the air.

Yeah, I hope we win seriously. But I have my gear.

Oh... Horia is ready for tomorrow's battle already. He's wearing the colours

Alright cya soon

:D croatiiiaaa

nope, New Zealand

Would be close to 7pm there anyway

Oh wait you're not in Poland :P

no, i mean am :)

I'm off to make lunch...be back in a bit.

you mean pm?

no, it's OK for me

anyway, i'm going to make myself some coffee... it's 4.51am down here, you know...

Is anyone else having problems posting here today?

ah

He was booked for time wasting.

Josip Simunic kicks the ball away and is booked

it really looked like he was booked ;) for coming to close to the field, or something like that

why was he booked? I didnt see...

no no... it was Simunic

I don't think it was him, he was complaining about it though.

has been Bilic just booked?

What a save!!!

hmmm... maybe it would be nice to have something like two dropdowns with names of the players (and coaches) to easily insert into the live commentary?

Yeah, I'd have to turn my closed captioning on on my tv to do it with the Eastern European teams.

haha

Bilic looks like he belongs in an action movie...diffusing a bomb or something in an air conditioning vent.

I know what you mean Rachid. Russia and Sweden was so hard for me to follow. Spelling those players names is a bloody hard

Bilic is really excited about the match :D

Lol

damn, i really started to support Germany...

give it a try

I'll probably set it up after this match.

it's really easy, i've already tried that and of course i'm going to do the same for the match Austria - Poland

You create slightly different blog page - you have different interface to easily add new entries throughout the match

Yeah I might in a match where I know most of the players. I have to create a blog page for it?

Hey Rachid. You asked yesterday if the live commentary was only for the staff. Of course not bro. Anybody is welcome to do it. Just click on the "write your own" icon. Feel Free to do it for ANY
match

he jumped on this other guy, when he was cheering after the goal :D

Okay now I'm having delay on here.

What do you mean?

Oh okay

if i did the same like Slaven Bilic, i'd kill that poor guy ;)

no no, i'm talking about transmission :P

Yeah sometimes Ole Ole screws up when I post too. It refreshes the page and my message doesn't get sent.

wow Bart... That's a huge delay

This is what I like, Germany down a goal...now they're forced to attack and we're gonna have a good game on our hands today.

see what delay i have? ;)

GOAL

GOAL!!!!!!

that's good too ;)

gooooaallll

I'm predicting a 1-1

Metzelder was really confident in this sliding tackle in the penalty area

so, i'll predict 2-2 :)

the draw in this game would be the best for Poland

:D

That's unusual, a Pole who wants Germany to win. hehe

that's the other detail ;)

then... it's really hard for me, but... ;) go, Germany!

I think they'll win the whole tournament.

It's pretty hard to "not let Germany win" though :P

It depends on the scorelines from today's matches as well.

Yeah if Germany and Poland both win today, it would come down to the Poland Croatia match.

stupid Polish defence - we shouldn't have let Germany win ;)

I Don't see Croatia getting anything out of this match today though.

so the best thing for Poland would be Germany win today, but then again Poland MUST win against Croatia

It would be any of the 3 team's but because on paper Germany's the strongest team they're expected to have the superior goal difference.

Well it would all come down to goal difference.

why would Germany qualify?

but in the following situation: Croatia and Poland win today, Germany and Poland win the next round, three teams have 6 points each

Oh okay

yes, I am

No you missed nothing.

Are you Polish?

I can see Poland drawing with Austria 1-1, and if Germany win today they're already through. Croatia will still be ahead of Poland and they'll play for just a draw when they meet them in the
third match. I think Croatia have more depth than Poland.

this is the part I don't understand ;)

just logged on - did i miss anything?

why Germany and Croatia and not Poland and Croatia?

*if Germany beats Austria that is.

If Croatia win they're through, and I really don't see Germany losing to Austria so if that happens then Germany and Croatia go through.

and provided that Poland wins today, both teams will have 6pts

everyone keeps saying that for Poland it'd be good if Croatia won today, any ideas why? From what I understand, if Croatia wins - they will qualify to quarterfinals and are more probable to let
Poland win ;)

Hey veyDer

hi all

That's not to say they're not playing well.

Why does Joachim Lowe keep playing Podolski, Fritz and Lahm out of position. Germany could be much more efficient if they were in their right positions.

croattiaaa all the wayyy

I've got money on Germany and Poland to win today. Now downstairs to watch teh match!

Slaven Bilic is one scary looking dude.

Hola.

hey hodiddle, theweekinfootball!

I think the Germans will win this one too.

Germany 2-1 Croatia's my prediction for today

Don't forget - make your predictions for today's games here - LINK

yo.. Hope that Germany can win n kick the ass of croatia! GERMANY ROCKS!!!! Don't believe, watch the match!