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Title: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Jul 14, 2008, 01:54: PM: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Beijing_2008_Olympics_logo.svg/220px-Beijing_2008_Olympics_logo.svg.png)

Group Stage

Group A

1-Côte d'Ivoire

2-Argentina

3-Australia

4-Serbia

Group B

1-Netherlands

2-Nigeria

3-Japan

4-USA

Group C

1-China PR

2-New Zealand

3-Brazil

4-Belgium

Group D
| Points |

1-Korea Republic

2-Cameroon

3-Honduras

4-Italy

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Shedule
Group A

2008-08-07 - Australia vs Servia
2008-08-07 - Côte d'Ivoire vs Argentina
2008-08-10 - Argentina vs Australia
2008-08-10 - Serbia vs Côte d'Ivoire
2008-08-13 - Côte d'Ivoire vs Australia
2008-08-13 - Argentina vs Serbia

Group B

2008-08-07 - Japan vs USA
2008-08-07 - Netherlands vs Nigeria
2008-08-10 - Nigeria vs Japan
2008-08-10 - USA vs Netherlands
2008-08-13 - Netherlands vs Japan
2008-08-13 - Nigeria vs USA

Group C

2008-08-07 - Brazil vs Belgium
2008-08-07 - China PR vs New Zealand
2008-08-10 - New Zealand vs Brazil
2008-08-10 - Belgium vs China PR
2008-08-13 - China PR vs Brazil
2008-08-13 - New Zealand vs Belgium

Group D

2008-08-07 - Honduras vs Italy
2008-08-07 - Korea Republic vs Cameroon
2008-08-10 - Cameroon vs Honduras
2008-08-10 - Italy vs Korea Republic
2008-08-13 - Korea Republic vs Honduras
2008-08-13 - Cameroon vs Italy

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Quarter Final

2008-08-16 - Group C Winner vs Group D Runner-up
[Match: 25]
2008-08-16 - Group D Winner vs Group C Runner-up
[Match: 26]
2008-08-16 - Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up
[Match: 27]
2008-08-16 - Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up
[Match: 28]

Semi Final

2008-08-19 - Match 26 Winner vs Match 28 Winner
[Match: 29]
2008-08-19 - Match 25 Winner vs Match 27 Winner
[Match: 30]

Bronze Medal Final

2008-08-22 - Match 29 Loser vs Match 30 Loser

Gold Medal Final

2008-08-23 - Match 29 Winner vs Match 30 Winner

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Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: Sule on Jul 14, 2008, 04:33: PM: i Hope the Dutch win

:cheers:
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: G-Man on Jul 15, 2008, 02:26: AM: brazill have stole jo :cursing: basterds
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: zizou871 on Jul 15, 2008, 02:40: AM: Who thinks the U.S. will win it?
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Jul 15, 2008, 02:54: AM: Are all the first team players playing?
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: G-Man on Jul 15, 2008, 07:49: AM: Quote from: zizou871 on Jul 15, 2008, 02:40: AM
Who thinks the U.S. will win it?

this is the only football "soccer" competion they have a chance of winning. i rember wen they played england a couple months back , one of the worst teams ive ever seen, yh they may have a few individuals but as a team there crap, andorra i thouht was better than them,(no offence)
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Jul 15, 2008, 09:46: AM: :lol:

we'll do alright.
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: Sule on Jul 15, 2008, 12:36: PM: the US has as good of a chance at winning the Olypics as a Swedish player winning either MLB Series Finals thing/Superbowl

Possible, technically, but beyond comprehension in actually working/happening
Title: Re: Olypic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Jul 15, 2008, 01:22: PM: Quote from: Borg™ on Jul 15, 2008, 02:54: AM
Are all the first team players playing?
All the players in the squad must be under 23 years of age. Only 3 seniors allowed.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Jul 15, 2008, 01:41: PM: Quote
the US has as good of a chance at winning the Olypics as a Swedish player winning either MLB Series Finals thing/Superbowl

:rolleyes:

we always play very well in "youth" international tournaments (when we qualify :down:--we play well in senior international tournaments too, just not as well)
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Jul 16, 2008, 12:26: AM: Ah thanks melbourne.

Holland will win this all.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Jul 16, 2008, 01:11: AM: Apparently Ronaldinho is in Brazil getting fit and training to play for Brazil in this comp and Requilme will also be featuring for Argentina. I wonder which senior players will representer every nation. Also this is a good competition to see future National team players playing against each other. I loved Nigeria in 96, 00 was hosted here and I attended a few Cameroon and Morocco games Cameroon went on to win it and Iraq impressed me in 04 even tho they only got 4th place I remember them beating Portugal 4-2 and making Ronaldo cry. The Memories have always been great.
Title: Olympic Games Football Thread - USA's outlook
Post by: kovolikessoccer on Jul 16, 2008, 04:24: AM: USA will have a tough time against the Netherlands...Nigeria could be the same....
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Jul 16, 2008, 08:38: AM: Quote
Milan - No Olympics for Kaka
Playmaker cannot take part in Olympic Games, say Italian giants

Milan are continuing to insist that Kaka will not take part in next month's Olympic Games with Brazil.

The Serie A giants previously stated they would not give the 26-year-old World Footballer of the Year the green light to play in China.

And they have now issued a statement reiterating their position following reports from Brazil.

A statement on the club's official website said: "Following news coming out of Brazil on the participation of Kaka at the Olympics, Milan reiterates its position of not allowing the player to join the Brazilian Olympic team."

Kaka, Ronaldinho, Tevez are all out of the Olympics. Aguero, Messi, Riquelme are in!
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: 2zef^^ on Jul 16, 2008, 10:22: AM: I want Nederlands to win!
Cant wait for their matches!
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: moby on Jul 16, 2008, 10:10: PM: ronaldoinho has been released by milan to play but kaka isn't
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: zizou871 on Jul 17, 2008, 01:13: AM: Those are some good players for argentina playing. They've always got high quality youth coming out of there as well as Holland. Should be some good games. I like La Cote d'Ivoire also. Does anyone know if Chelsea is letting Drogba and Kalou play?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Jul 17, 2008, 04:39: AM: Yeah, thought Ronaldinho would play. Barcelona was going to try and keep him out of it but AC Milan is OK with it I guess. Probably trying to get him to lose that beer belly.

Makaay is the over-aged player for Holland. :thumbsup: He'll teach the young boys a few things about experienced finishing.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Aug 07, 2008, 08:42: AM: The games have started. I have some new Olympic channel that shows all the soccer games in HD.

Even though the clubs won the legal battle over the player rights for the games, Messi and Diego still appear to be playing. What the hell was the point of the clubs creating all this mess if they were going to let the players play anyways.

I am watching the Argentina vs Ivory Coast game right now. The first half has been very impressive so far. The fans are very into it and they have every right to be. Entertaining stuff at an incredible pace!
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Aug 07, 2008, 11:12: AM: us beat japan 1-0 (stuart holden :cheers:)

i was at work. i didn't see it
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: riodavid on Aug 07, 2008, 03:50: PM: sadly, my national team sucks
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: moby on Aug 07, 2008, 08:14: PM: messi played against barca's orders and leagal action and he scored a goal. riquelme was at his best great throughball by him.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 08, 2008, 03:58: AM: Whaaat? How come it started? Weren't the opening ceremonies today?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: TheGodEmperor on Aug 08, 2008, 04:51: AM: anybody know if the tournament will end by the 16th?

if it doesn't, I won't see Messi play :down:

It probably won't anyways.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Aug 08, 2008, 05:34: AM: The Olympics start today but the soccer matches started 2 days ago.

Just watched the Brazil vs. Belgium game. I'm very annoyed by the referees. Horrible work by them. They sent of two Belgian players for questionable things. Fellaini shouldn't have been sent off for sure. Either way, Kompany and Fellaini were both sent off making their two best player unavailable for the next game.

Does anyone else think Diego gets away with too much diving? He throws his body in front of people and falls. It's so obvious yet referees fall for it every damn time. I hate that cunt! Brazil won that game 1-0 by the way.

I'm about to watch the Holland vs. Nigeria game. Are any of you able to watch these games?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 08, 2008, 05:51: AM: No, and I have no idea when the games are on.

We all know Holland is going to win.

Damn you Adi and your new channel haha.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: zizou871 on Aug 08, 2008, 07:39: AM: Holland tied Nigeria 0-0. Wouldn't get too confident Borg.

Adi do you have cable or satellite? I have Comcast digital cable and I don't see this nbc olympics channel. I've seen it on nbc.com but i can't find it.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Aug 08, 2008, 09:49: AM: I have cable from Grande. It's an HD channel so you'll probably need the HD package to get this channel. The picture quality is incredible.

The Holland game was alright. Probably the worst out of the 4 game I've seen so far. Looking forward to more games tomorrow. There was nothing on today.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: moby on Aug 08, 2008, 07:21: PM: Quote from: zizou871 on Aug 08, 2008, 07:39: AM
Holland tied Nigeria 0-0. Wouldn't get too confident Borg.

Adi do you have cable or satellite? I have Comcast digital cable and I don't see this nbc olympics channel. I've seen it on nbc.com but i can't find it.

hahaha great post. you got owned borg.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: TheGodEmperor on Aug 09, 2008, 02:48: AM: I'm going for Netherlands because Spain isn't competing and the little De Guzman is playing for the oranje this year....a fellow Torontonian :cheers:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 09, 2008, 12:29: PM: Quote from: moby on Aug 08, 2008, 07:21: PM
Quote from: zizou871 on Aug 08, 2008, 07:39: AM
Holland tied Nigeria 0-0. Wouldn't get too confident Borg.

Adi do you have cable or satellite? I have Comcast digital cable and I don't see this nbc olympics channel. I've seen it on nbc.com but i can't find it.

hahaha great post. you got owned borg.
I posted that before the game..
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Aug 10, 2008, 12:17: AM: US up 2-1 on the Netherlands in the 76th.

Roy Makaay comes on.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Aug 10, 2008, 12:36: AM: ends 2-2. Vermeer (goalkeeper) did very well to keep the Netherlands in the game.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Jane(not really) on Aug 10, 2008, 02:14: AM: Group stage 2nd round finished:

Group A
Argentina 1-0 Australia (Ezequiel LAVEZZI)
Serbia 2-4 Ivory Coast (Miljan MRDAKOVIC, Djordje RAKIC; Sekou CISSE, Slobodan RAJKOVIC og, Salomon KALOU, GERVINHO)

Group B
Nigeria 2-1 Japan (Victor OBINNA, Victor ANICHEBE; Yohei TOYODA )
USA 2-2 Netherlands (Sacha KLJESTAN, Jozy ALTIDORE; Ryan BABEL, Gerald SIBON)

Group C
New Zealand 0-5 Brazil (ANDERSON, Alexandre PATO, RONALDINHO x2, Rafael SOBIS)
Belgium 2-0 China (Moussa DEMBELE, Kevin MIRALLAS)

Group D
Cameroon 1-0 Honduras (Stephane MBIA)
Italy 3-0 Korea Republic (Giuseppe ROSSI, Tommaso ROCCHI, Riccardo MONTOLIVO)
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 10, 2008, 02:17: AM: Quote from: Jane(not really) on Aug 10, 2008, 02:14: AM
Group C
New Zealand 0-5 Brazil (ANDERSON, Alexandre PATO, RONALDINHO x2, Rafael SOBIS)
Brazil looks like they fielded a great squad. I'm happy Anderson scored, I just hope he doesn't get injured or anything.

I'll find some highlights for these later. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Aug 10, 2008, 03:04: AM: I'm loving the Africans so far. Lets hope they all progress to the next round. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Jane(not really) on Aug 10, 2008, 05:35: AM: Here are the links for highlights of some matches

New Zealand-Brazil: http://www.sportizo.com/football/olympics-2008-brazil-v-new-zealand-highlights/

Argentina-Australia: http://www.sportizo.com/featured/olympics-2008-argentina-v-australia-highlights/

Italy-Korea: http://www.sportizo.com/football/olympics-2008-italy-vs-s-korea/

hope they work...
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: moby on Aug 11, 2008, 06:17: PM: brazil played great really owned NZ. Marcelo played unbelieveably he was almost like a stricker
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: riodavid on Aug 12, 2008, 12:55: AM: China vs Argentina is a nice game, Argentin girls ' technique are excelllent, give them one year or two they can play as well as their men's
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Aug 12, 2008, 09:53: PM: Nigera 2 - 1 USA

michael orozco sent off in the 3rd minute

:angry:

great game

Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan

Nigeria and the Netherlands go through
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 13, 2008, 01:08: AM: Netherlands and the US are out?

:saywhat:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: riodavid on Aug 13, 2008, 01:22: AM: these teams go to the next round

group A: Argentina, Ivory Coast
group B: Negeria, Netherland
group C: Brazil, Belgium
group D: Italy, Cameroon

Next round:

Argentina VS Netherland
Ivory Coast VS Nigeria
Brazil VS Cameroon
Belgium VS Italy

Pay more attention to Marcelo, he played like a streetsoccer player today
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 13, 2008, 01:36: AM: Quote from: riodavid on Aug 13, 2008, 01:22: AM

Argentina VS Netherland
Ivory Coast VS Nigeria
Brazil VS Cameroon
Belgium VS Italy

Looks like an exciting game. I saw Messi and Riquelme v Australia and they created so many chances. All I heard was MESS-I, so loud from the commentator. It was so exciting to watch.

Two of my favourite teams are battling it out which sucks but I think Argentina will win this.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: a;sdlfkjas;df on Aug 13, 2008, 04:07: AM: Quote from: Borg™ on Aug 13, 2008, 01:08: AM
Netherlands and the US are out?

:saywhat:

sorry, it was very "late"

and now it's apparently pretty "early." i just "modified" your message instead of quoting it.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Sander on Aug 13, 2008, 09:40: AM: GO HOLLAND we play a lot worse than at the youth european tournaments the last years but we made it to the quarters. sibon saved us again
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: TheGodEmperor on Aug 13, 2008, 01:18: PM: Anybody see Brazil's destruction of China? Ronaldinho had a sick play where he juggled the ball over 2 players' hrads in the box but couldn't get the shot off
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: riodavid on Aug 13, 2008, 02:24: PM: Quote from: totalfootball10 on Aug 13, 2008, 01:18: PM
Anybody see Brazil's destruction of China? Ronaldinho had a sick play where he juggled the ball over 2 players' hrads in the box but couldn't get the shot off
Chinese men's football team sucks.
Ronaldinho played good but not his top performance, he seldom ran on the pitch, Marcelo played more exciting.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Aug 13, 2008, 06:15: PM: I watched Ivory Coast beat Australia, Nigeria beat USA and 10 man Cameroon hold off Italy. It dosent get any better?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: nedved on Aug 14, 2008, 12:33: AM: shame noone takes olympic football that seriously, i think it should be treated as the ultimate cup imo. none of this youngster bollocks
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: ^_^ on Aug 14, 2008, 04:00: AM: Honduras was robbed out of the tournament anyway :down:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Buckwheat156 on Aug 14, 2008, 11:18: AM: Nigeria all the way!! im hoping the olympics stays in africa
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Aug 16, 2008, 12:17: PM: Motherfuck Brazil they where fucking raugh housing Cameroon and diving at every opportunity. :down:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: zizou871 on Aug 16, 2008, 02:50: PM: How 'bout them Belgians? Kickass. Thanks for taking care of those damn Italians. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: nedved on Aug 16, 2008, 09:07: PM: Quote from: melbourne on Aug 16, 2008, 12:17: PM
Motherfuck Brazil they where fucking raugh housing Cameroon and diving at every opportunity. :down:

its not as tho cameroun werent cheating.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Sander on Aug 17, 2008, 01:19: AM: fkn argetina :angry: now we'll support the red devils?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: moby on Aug 17, 2008, 08:29: PM: there have been some players that have steped up here.

marcelo

lucas

riquelme

messi

cisse
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: zizou871 on Aug 17, 2008, 11:30: PM: Riquelme was awful against Australia. That's the only Argentina game I've seen so far. They said he was playing poor compared to the previous games so maybe it was just an off day. I didn't see the game against Holland either. Messi looked good though.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Aug 20, 2008, 07:43: AM: Quote from: ELITE on Aug 14, 2008, 04:00: AM
Honduras was robbed out of the tournament anyway :down:

How did Ramon Nunez do? I only watched him in the Italy game.

Argentine beat Brazil 3-0 last night. Anderson was a disgrace. I hate that kid now.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: manutd. on Aug 20, 2008, 07:44: AM: What did Anderson do? Dive?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: Adi on Aug 25, 2008, 10:59: AM: He just kept being dirty and annoying. He always thought he was right when in fact he was wrong every time you look at the replay.

Anyone else watch the Argentina vs. Nigeria final. Decent game, especially by Di Maria.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Aug 25, 2008, 08:03: PM: I've always seen the dirty annoying side of Anderson.

Nigeria where unlucky they could have won that game, they dominated but they failed to keep it together when it mattered.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: ^_^ on Aug 26, 2008, 12:57: PM: Quote from: Adi on Aug 20, 2008, 07:43: AM
Quote from: ELITE on Aug 14, 2008, 04:00: AM
Honduras was robbed out of the tournament anyway :down:

How did Ramon Nunez do? I only watched him in the Italy game.

Argentine beat Brazil 3-0 last night. Anderson was a disgrace. I hate that kid now.

Overall he did well; only saw the highlights of the second two games because of work. But had Honduras used Suazo instead of Pavon they would have been able to advance.

Anderson has always been a little annoying mother fucker. Always trying to be hard, it's really bothersome.
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: cigar omar on Aug 26, 2008, 09:20: PM: Also those two Hunduran cats at Wigan look alright, where they at the games?
Title: Re: Olympic Games Football Thread
Post by: ^_^ on Aug 29, 2008, 09:57: AM: I don't remember, but I know they have been playing great in England. We are on the rise :banana: