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Title: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: jabarinho on Mar 28, 2011, 06:18: AM
I hear these statements from commentators, journalists, fans and even players and managers. Some of them are true, some less than true and some are just plain stupid. Like:
- "Germans never miss penalties"...........ummm yes they do
- "Italian football is defensive minded and boring".......kinda true i guess :015:, but napoli and roma attack a lot
- "Cristiano Ronaldo is a diver".............ok this is 100% true :rolleyes: but still he is not the only one
- "Bend it like Beckham"........yeh he is good....at ummm.....curling freekicks

Any more? :017:
Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: gufreestyle96 on Mar 28, 2011, 08:30: AM
 "All South American players are violent"- It's true.
Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: Adi on Mar 30, 2011, 04:51: AM
Germans are better at penalties than most. :grin:
Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: jabarinho on Mar 31, 2011, 01:46: PM
"All South American players are violent"- It's true.

 :017: hmmmm.....i thought it was the fans who were violent. But I know south americans defenders tend to tackle very hard :040: They will get the ball but also be sure to bruise the attacker. I think it is called no-nonsense defending :grin:

Also, I forgot "a strikers tackle" stereotype. This is kinda true but not all strikers tackle bad. Rooney and Raul are good tacklers. But not many more :017:

And yeh Adi Germans are good at penalties and the stats back it up, but they do miss. I saw Ballack sky one over the bar for Chelsea :cheesy: Also, why do you seem to like Germans so much? I thought you are Bosnian.
Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: Palgi on Mar 31, 2011, 06:35: PM
"all yugoslavian/ex soviet countries have lots of football hooliganism"
i find this partly true,
Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: maoxinbo on Apr 06, 2011, 04:55: PM
 :043:Germans are better at penalties than most
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Title: Re: Football Cliches and Stereotypes
Post by: Adi on Apr 07, 2011, 08:19: AM
And yeh Adi Germans are good at penalties and the stats back it up, but they do miss. I saw Ballack sky one over the bar for Chelsea :cheesy: Also, why do you seem to like Germans so much? I thought you are Bosnian.

Bosnia first, Germany second.  I lived there when I was younger so I learned to like them.