Pretty funny read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Balotelli#Personality_and_reputation

6/10/2012 1:56:13 PM

That little behind-the-back backheel to keep the ball inbounds from Balotelli was pretty nifty.

Italy looked much stronger than I expected, their long ball is very good. There was surprisingly less flopping during that game than I thought there would be too.

6/10/2012 2:05:19 PM

Someone needs to shoot whoever has the whistle...

6/10/2012 3:06:28 PM

Not the prettiest game but this has been exciting stuff so far. Hard not to root for the Irish.

6/10/2012 3:15:23 PM

Yeah that whistle is annoying

6/10/2012 3:35:48 PM

Quote :

"Within days of joining Manchester City, Balotelli was involved in a car crash.[84] It was reported that Balotelli was carrying £5000 cash at the time - and that when a police officer asked why he had such a large sum of cash Balotelli replied: "Because I am rich".[85]"

6/10/2012 5:43:28 PM

Quote :

"In December 2011, Balotelli broke a 48-hour curfew before City's game against Chelsea to go to a curry house, although he "was not drinking alcohol, signed autographs, posed for pictures with fellow diners and was involved in a mock sword-fight using rolling pins"

6/10/2012 6:53:06 PM

Quote :

"After Manchester City won the league on 13th May 2012, Balotelli promised on BBC Radio One to record a song in commemoration of the feat, entitled "Mr Mario and the Sky Blues". Balotelli considers himself a "genius" and this is why he thinks he is misunderstood"

6/10/2012 7:19:51 PM

I'd love to see how they'd respond to an Ochocinco/TO type over there.

6/10/2012 7:33:15 PM

Exactly my point.

6/10/2012 7:48:34 PM

Quote :

"Italy looked much stronger than I expected, their long ball is very good. There was surprisingly less flopping during that game than I thought there would be too."

I agree. I think that's a very likable Italy team. There's nobody really bitchy and Balotelli is always a fun player to watch. And of course Pirlo is the fucking man.

6/11/2012 9:43:48 AM

de Rossi had a superb game at sweeper.

6/11/2012 10:37:07 AM

6/11/2012 10:58:45 AM

Eleven

England:
1 Joe Hart
2 Glen Johnson
3 Ashley Cole
4 Steven Gerrard(C)
6 John Terry
11 Ashley Young
15 Joleon Lescott
16 James Milner
17 Scott Parker
20 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
22 Danny Welbeck


FRANCE
1 Hugo Lloris(C)
2 Mathieu Debuchy
3 Patrice Evra
4 Adil Rami
5 Philippe Mexes
6 Yohan Cabaye
7 Franck Ribery
10 Karim Benzema
11 Samir Nasri
15 Florent Malouda
18 Alou Diarra

6/11/2012 11:49:29 AM

anyone got watchespn id/password?

6/11/2012 11:56:27 AM

Is there an uglier player in this tournament than Ribery? I vote no.

[Edited on June 11, 2012 at 12:02 PM. Reason : zfgh]

6/11/2012 12:01:40 PM

Rooney's hairplugs

6/11/2012 12:07:38 PM

Lescott, only because Ribery has half an excuse.

Quote :

"When he was two years old, he and his family were involved in a car accident in his hometown, colliding with a truck.[5] Ribéry suffered serious facial injuries that resulted in over one hundred stitches and left two long scars down the right side of his face."

6/11/2012 12:09:03 PM

Christ, Milner.

6/11/2012 12:16:05 PM

Wow, Milner blew that one pretty hard.

6/11/2012 12:17:15 PM

Quote :

"I've just decided I'll be making fun of James Milner this tournament... "

6/11/2012 12:20:00 PM

Oxlade-Chamberlain looking dangerous.

6/11/2012 12:20:30 PM

I see you, Haircut.

6/11/2012 12:31:43 PM

Nice ball.

6/11/2012 12:31:59 PM

Easy enough for Nasri. Too much space. 1-1

6/11/2012 12:40:34 PM

Ribery with as much possession as england this half. Sitting back far too much to end the half.

6/11/2012 12:47:59 PM

I love how Ashley Flop is not getting any calls. Keep crying wolf, bitch.

6/11/2012 1:07:28 PM

England is defending France as if they were Barcelona.

6/11/2012 1:25:43 PM

They're scared to death, as always.

6/11/2012 1:29:24 PM

#6 in the world, y'all.

I'm fairly confident USA could do what England's doing here.

6/11/2012 1:35:04 PM

Way to be a little bitch, Milner.

6/11/2012 1:35:34 PM

They can still steal the win, though.

6/11/2012 1:38:26 PM

^^^ I wouldn't go that far. Lately we've struggled with Canada and frickin' Antigua.

I've been to Antigua. Cricket is bigger there than soccer.

[Edited on June 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM. Reason : ^^^]

6/11/2012 1:39:10 PM

He means play defensive the entire game and make it close with a set piece or two. That's the USA's bread and butter.

6/11/2012 1:41:43 PM

We did the same thing less than a year ago against this same French team and only lost 1-0. It's not like England's goal came off anything we couldn't do ourselves.

6/11/2012 1:46:04 PM

All in all a point here without Rooney vs a hot France side isn't terrible.

6/11/2012 1:49:06 PM

What a shit game.

I'll blow a German if Ballack knocks Lalas the fuck out.

6/11/2012 1:51:30 PM

Yeah, Alexi has a very punchable face. The stupid shit that comes out of it doesn't help either.

England played completely not to lose after they gave up the equalizer. I really would have liked to have seen some attempt at offense after the 80th minute at least. Sub in Walcott earlier and at least apply some forward pressure and give yourself a chance to steal a win.

Nice that they got a point, but they need to show more push up the field in their next two games. Honestly, i think they need to get a win against Sweden because they don't want to be up against it facing the Ukraine in their 3rd match.

6/11/2012 2:05:40 PM

lol @ Alexi trying to make a joke and Ballack looking like he was about to strangle him.

6/11/2012 2:17:47 PM

I turned it off after the game...what was the joke?

6/11/2012 2:20:09 PM

It wasn't even funny. Just Lalas being an idiot like usual. Ballack was commenting that he was disappointed in the game and that even though England had solid defense it was boring and football shouldn't be played that way. Lalas was like "COME OOOOONNNN! WE CAN'T ALL BE GERMANS!!!" and Ballack just looked at him with a cold stare and said "Germany has nothing to do with this."

6/11/2012 2:37:49 PM

Quote :

"Germany has nothing to do with this"

6/11/2012 2:54:00 PM

was rossi on talking to the desk again?

6/11/2012 2:55:18 PM

shevchenko! x2

[Edited on June 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM. Reason : 2]

6/11/2012 4:02:08 PM

Great gif potential for that Ukrainian kid. So pumped.

6/11/2012 4:08:45 PM

holy fuck what was that?

6/11/2012 4:11:57 PM

damn Sweden

6/11/2012 4:12:59 PM

6/11/2012 4:16:27 PM

more pixels



even more

6/11/2012 4:22:38 PM

set em up

6/11/2012 4:24:49 PM