For Those Of You In Europe

[marc]

p.s… what do you guys in other countries call the sport we here in america call “football”, similar to rugby without the kicking ??

football. in english. as opposed to the other ballsport which is called football in german over here (fußball).

well if people really want to get anal about it, they sometimes call it american football

[dj_io (organic io)]

p.s… what do you guys in other countries call the sport we here in america call “football”, similar to rugby without the kicking ??

football. in english. as opposed to the other ballsport which is called football in german over here (fußball).

well if people really want to get anal about it, they sometimes call it american football

what is the pronunciation difference? i don’t know how to pronounce that curvy B thing… is it like FUUSBALL!?? or FUUTBALL?

[phonkey]

nobody cares about watching football here in america, only kids like to play it a lot. it doesn’t garner the spectator fanatacism like basketball or american football does here … not sure why, i guess our arena has enough popular sports and there is no room for one more, even baseball has been declining in popularity over the past 10 years or so

That’s too bad. Of those three baseball is the only thing I find exciting.
…allthough I must admit I’ve never seen a game of american football…

p.s… what do you guys in other countries call the sport we here in america call “football”, similar to rugby without the kicking ??

In swedish: Amerikansk fotboll

[trackit (Weird Energy)]

herep.s… what do you guys in other countries call the sport we here in america call “football”, similar to rugby without the kicking ??

here in estonia we call it also american football… i guess its called that way in most parts of the europe…

In USA i guess football = american football and soccer = regular football?

[dj_io (organic io)]

In USA i guess football = american football and soccer = regular football?

that is correct

[Marc_Shake (Marcel Schindler)]

What I really do not like is that the FIFA tries to “order” too much. Most tickets are for sponsors, only.

But I am also not interested in soccer

[Ledger]

Awful news for us English with Rooney breaking his foot so close to the cup. Some of the media here trying to be positive saying he will make it but now it appears he`s broken his foot in two places.

Typical English luck of recent times with football. A few other players that are of a decent standard at the mo but none quite like Rooney. Rekon he would have made or broken our chances (no pun intended!).

you mean due to manipulation?
that’s “our” only viable chance to win i guess.
the german team merely consists of young and way too unexperienced players.
even if they had the experience, they’d lack the talent which other internation players possess.

These are good words to read as an England fan with Germany as notorius rivals . I have also learnt though never to right you off in major tournaments even when you say you are not up to par…

Also be interested to hear what any Swedes have got to say about our upcoming match and whether you have any good will for Sven… . I personally think he is backing the right team

[Ledger]

And of course, we are in for the 6th championship!

Hopefully our goalkeepers have learnt to keep on the line when Ronaldinho will be taking freekicks if we get to meet again…

@ dj io: In Britain it is called American football also.

[It-Alien]

In Italy it is called American Football to, but it should also be noted that the real name of the other sport is soccer, not football

[trackit (Weird Energy)]

but it should also be noted that the real name of the other sport is soccer, not football

i dont think you call it soccer in italy (in italian)

[It-Alien]

we call it “calcio”, which literally means “kick”

(I hate watching at soccer, by the way; I play it sometimes and like to play it, but I prefer watching and playing basketball)

[escii]

so lets make our own thread who doesnt care about wordlcup 2006? Btw. the results are given.

I hate football. Watchin`it, playing it and everything about is a fake.

[AVB]

(I hate watching at soccer, by the way; I play it sometimes and like to play it, but I prefer watching and playing basketball)

woa!! An Italian who doesn’t really like soccer? odd.

by the way, Brazil and Italy on that 1994 world cup final here in the US, was something that’s tattooed in my brain.

What a heart destroying, beautiful game that was. I’ll never forget it.

[Cie]

No no nooo…

Germany is a tournament-team which will reveal its real strength in the match…

I am really looking forward to it, will go to several wm-cities (without tickets though) and looking forward to meet (hopefully) a lot of people from other countries… especially english and dutch… heheheheeeeee

[keith303]

Germany is a tournament-team which will reveal its real strength in the match…

germany’s “real strength” is also known as “the opponent’s misfurtune which kicks in when it already hurts to keep watching”

especially english and dutch… heheheheeeeee

good luck then hrhr

[ermi]

I might go if I win one of those CocaCola tickets or something…

I love to play football, I don’t watch it a lot, tho. But, you know, the World Cup is something else. I can’t wait for it to begin.

Brasil is definitely the favourite for the title, so many great players. But you never know. Nobody was betting on Greece for the EC, either.

[It-Alien]

I think european people already know it, but finally in Italy the big mafia of soccer has been “revealed”: corrupted players, corrupted referees, corrupting managers, even corrupted TV anchormen.

Maybe it’s time for a complete stop of this madness?

Will spectators finally understand this is just a (corrupted) show and stop paying for it, asking for a more legal, fair and human-sized game?

Of course not

[BotB]

I think european people already know it, but finally in Italy the big mafia of soccer has been “revealed”: corrupted players, corrupted referees, corrupting managers, even corrupted TV anchormen.

Maybe it’s time for a complete stop of this madness?

Will spectators finally understand this is just a (corrupted) show and stop paying for it, asking for a more legal, fair and human-sized game?

Of course not

Awww man… sports R fun!
At least the players are having fun, why not the spectators?

Else, you can always watch baseball.

[It-Alien]

well… if I pay a ticket to see a challenge, I expect to see my team winning or losing because it’s better or worse than the opponent, not because the referee has been payed by one of the two teams; this is at least what I think.

And I watch (and play) basketball, by the way

[looza]

I live 300m away from the stadium in leipzig, we have four (?) matches … I just hope this supposedly huge hooligan threat is just a stupid makeup to frighten people.