[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Nah, history is very, very much on France's side for this. The two previous times France hosted a competition (euros and world cup) they won it. The other stat to remember is that the last time Portugal beat France was back in 1975.

history can quickly change when pepe breaks griezmann's knee :/

i bet real would pay him extra for that

 

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im sort of glad that a work emergency threw me off schedule and i missed the final

now i'm curious though

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

im sort of glad that a work emergency threw me off schedule and i missed the final

now i'm curious though

it was a terrible match and you didn't miss anything at all.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

Call me old school but aren't you supposed to save the celebrations for after winning the Final instead of totally jinxing it????

Not that I want Ronaldo to win or anything BUT why give added motivation to Portugal?? The better team or the home team doesn't always win win the underdog has intense psychological motivation. Indeed, that is exactly and precisely what just happened to the Golden State Warriors. They shot their load too early, they began to feel entitlted, their fans began to get way too cocky, meanwhile the opponent Cleveland Cavs were not robots, they were human beings, and the emotions improved their play on the court.

If I am Portugal I use this. When you are an underdog you can play with added balls of "what do I have to lose?"

I don't know enough about either of these teams to make an analysis based prediction, but I wouldn't dismiss Portugal simply because France is at home.

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Nah, history is very, very much on France's side for this. The two previous times France hosted a competition (euros and world cup) they won it. The other stat to remember is that the last time Portugal beat France was back in 1975.

crow to eat much?

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

it was a terrible match and you didn't miss anything at all.

apparently so. but seeing portugal win without CR7 was the only acceptable way to see portugal win, and i missed it.

my only consolation is that renato sanches is going to bayern. and he's only 18.

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

crow to eat much?

that was massively faulty logic because it's based on the made-up premise that the portuguese didn't celebrate each step of their advancement.

this of course only happened in your imagination. the portuguese celebrated the shit out of their prior victories.

here's proof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEWHwc9i7n4

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

apparently so. but seeing portugal win without CR7 was the only acceptable way to see portugal win, and i missed it.

my only consolation is that renato sanches is going to bayern. and he's only 18.



that was massively faulty logic because it's based on the made-up premise that the portuguese didn't celebrate each step of their advancement.

this of course only happened in your imagination. the portuguese celebrated the shit out of their prior victories.

here's proof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEWHwc9i7n4

haha i didn't say that the Portuguese weren't but clearly they won so i doubt it makes the French fans feel any better about it.

and the crow is about how h8kurdt said France would win

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

apparently so. but seeing portugal win without CR7 was the only acceptable way to see portugal win, and i missed it.

my only consolation is that renato sanches is going to bayern. and he's only 18.



that was massively faulty logic because it's based on the made-up premise that the portuguese didn't celebrate each step of their advancement.

this of course only happened in your imagination. the portuguese celebrated the shit out of their prior victories.

here's proof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEWHwc9i7n4

haha i didn't say that the Portuguese weren't but clearly they won so i doubt it makes the French fans feel any better about it.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

haha i didn't say that the Portuguese weren't but clearly they won so i doubt it makes the French fans feel any better about it.

and the crow is about how h8kurdt said France would win

the jinx theory was originally included there but whatever

see here is the main problem:

under your proposal, 1 country has a chance to get drunk 1 time

but under the currenty system, 24 countries have the chance to get nationally drunk up to 7 times in 1 month

this is why people are killing each other here in 'merica. not enough parties.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

the jinx theory was originally included there but whatever

see here is the main problem:

under your proposal, 1 country has a chance to get drunk 1 time

but under the currenty system, 24 countries have the chance to get nationally drunk up to 7 times in 1 month

this is why people are killing each other here in 'merica. not enough parties.

considering one half of all homicides on US involve alcohol i think Americans don't need any more opportunities for debauchery.

look, you nitpicking. i didn't make any predictions. i know you can read. i said i don't know enough about any of the teams. i did say i wouldn't be surprised if Portugal won and they did. that wasn't a prediction.

im not saying h8kurdt has any crow to eat specifically from me, after all i didn't make any predictions, but be did, he predicted france would win, france didn't win. crow must be had to eat

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you need a drink man

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

you need a drink man

haha that too

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

haha i didn't say that the Portuguese weren't but clearly they won so i doubt it makes the French fans feel any better about it.

and the crow is about how h8kurdt said France would win

Like most people, I predicted a France win, but the quality of the tournament overall was pretty poor. No team was really that convincing so I wasn't shocked that Portugal actually won it, even if I didn't expect it. Best thing about the whole thing was seeing teams like Wales and Iceland exceed expectations but that in itself only shows that the quality overall wasn't great. The most entertaining thing about the final was the moths.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Like most people, I predicted a France win, but the quality of the tournament overall was pretty poor. No team was really that convincing so I wasn't shocked that Portugal actually won it, even if I didn't expect it. Best thing about the whole thing was seeing teams like Wales and Iceland exceed expectations but that in itself only shows that the quality overall wasn't great. The most entertaining thing about the final was the moths.

you should have watched the copa américa. that was tons of fun.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

you should have watched the copa américa. that was tons of fun.

Opinion: not only that, but that tournament's champions would have beaten Portugal. Discuss.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Best thing about the whole thing was seeing teams like Wales and Iceland exceed expectations but that in itself only shows that the quality overall wasn't great.

And Hungary.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Opinion: not only that, but that tournament's champions would have beaten Portugal. Discuss.

Maybe so, but then I'd still make a fair few teams that were eliminated from the Euros favourites to beat Portugal. Spain? Germany? Italy? even a rematch with France. Would you make Chile natural favourites against those? I never saw them so I can't say.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Maybe so, but then I'd still make a fair few teams that were eliminated from the Euros favourites to beat Portugal. Spain? Germany? Italy? even a rematch with France. Would you make Chile natural favourites against those? I never saw them so I can't say.

you know i'm a germany & italy fan. i'd match chile as an equal against any of them.

the thing about chile is that they never give up / never surrender

imagine iceland, but with good technique, some heavyweights (alexis, vidal, medel, bravo), and a solid bench. (yes, medel is not "famous", but he defends like a beast)

their current manager is kinda bleh, but the squad rules.

you should have seen your favorite prem star playing through an early injury in the final. he had to be taken out near the end, and the next day he looked like this:

 

"i stood all that i could... and i was worth it!!! very happy."

MEGA-HUEVOS.

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what the moths means?

[demonrail666]

There was a massive moth infestation at the stadium on the day of the final.

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

you know i'm a germany & italy fan. i'd match chile as an equal against any of them.

the thing about chile is that they never give up / never surrender

imagine iceland, but with good technique, some heavyweights (alexis, vidal, medel, bravo), and a solid bench. (yes, medel is not "famous", but he defends like a beast)

their current manager is kinda bleh, but the squad rules.

you should have seen your favorite prem star playing through an early injury in the final. he had to be taken out near the end, and the next day he looked like this:

 

"i stood all that i could... and i was worth it!!! very happy."

MEGA-HUEVOS.

I remember really liking Chile at the last WC. I don't doubt that they'd give any of the big Euro teams a hard time but, to Soup Nazi's point, I'd never go so far as to say that they 'would' beat any of them, just because I don't think any team 'would' beat any other: could, definitely; should, maybe; but never would.

What's certainly true, though, is that none of the big European teams look that great at the moment and that it may well be true that the top South American sides have the edge on them at the moment. But you can't really base much on the outcome of two parallel tournaments, although it does make the next WC really interesting. I'd love to see Chile win that.

[_slavo_]

Alexis is the man. One of the nicest players aroud, very modest and aware of where came from.