Sunday, June 10, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: “Wesley Sneijder’s Half-Decent 24 Hours” plus 1 more

World Cup 2010 Blog: “Wesley Sneijder’s Half-Decent 24 Hours” plus 1 more

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Wesley Sneijder’s Half-Decent 24 Hours

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT

‘Cept for, you know, that whole upset bit in the Danish-Dutch opener.

Sneijder’s an impossibly gifted player, of course, but after a turgid year – mirroring Inter as a whole – and clearly longing for Jose, his expectations have plummeted. Occasionally, however, he can still turn out the odd jaw-dropper, and he’s got the early lead on both goal and pass of the tournament – even if the former was merely in training.

Outside o’the boot, 4:15.

Euro 2012: Russian Fans v Polish Stewards

Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:47 AM PDT

Right. Because this thing was always destined to go off sans hitch, unicorns and cupcakes and Care Bears abound.

These Russian fans celebrated their emphatic victory against the Czechs by attacking Polish stewards. You Tube was put on alert.

This’ll be the last time something of this manner happens during the tournament, certainly…
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: “The Full Euro 2012 Opening Ceremonies” plus 2 more

World Cup 2010 Blog: “The Full Euro 2012 Opening Ceremonies” plus 2 more

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The Full Euro 2012 Opening Ceremonies

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:10 PM PDT

For those unable to watch the most pointless ceremony in football outside of the Ballon d’Or awards 2009-____, here are your festivities from Warsaw.

The good news is the whole thing didn’t collapse, necessitating an earlier start on the Poland – Greece fixture. The bad news is the same. Not simply because it to be a horror for the eyes – no. It’s because we live in a world with Michael Bay, and for some reason, none one’s made it happen yet.

Another, from right before the Ukrainian premier between Russian and the Czech Republic, should be up shortly.

Reasons To Cause Controversy: Euro 2012 Opener

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 11:37 AM PDT

The greater the tournament’s stature, the lower the threshold for death-threat inducing refereeing decisions. Plus it’s just fun to cause problems from time to time.

The opener between Greece and Poland had a couple such scenarios, with an early red card (two yellows) for the men in blue that was pretty suspect, but more importantly: that damn handball in the box. Was it intentional? Nope. Is slap-handling a ball in the box in any way cool? Nope. Unfortunate happenings can be penalties too.

But it’s a good thing this wasn’t against the co-hosts or anything, because they never get favorable decisions…

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Ukraine’s Psychic Pig Oinks

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:08 AM PDT

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The games have opened within the last five minutes, but it’s worth announcing the psychic swine’s predictions of undoubted prescience for the upcoming games:

The “psychic” pig promoted by European championship co-hosts Ukraine as a successor to Paul the octopus made its first predictions about upcoming games on Friday, picking Poland and Russia as winners.

Similarly, the pig, which now lives in the “fan zone” in downtown Kiev, made its predictions on Friday by choosing between pairs of bowls containing corn pops.

The pig, nicknamed Foontik by local fans, picked the bowls with Polish and Russian flags.

Update: Oink-for-one.

(Apologies.)
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