13th June 2018, 08:15 | #11 |
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Why did Italy not make it?
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13th June 2018, 10:17 | #12 |
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.....only one more day
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If that question is serious then i can telling you that Italy lost the qualification games against Sweden.
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They are a bit in a down-cycle talent wise.
During the 2016 European Championship, they made up for that by having one of the best managers in the game as their coach (Antonio Conté). That guy has since gone to Chelsea and the manager they replaced him with ignored some very good Napoli players (the team that was runner-up in the Italian league this season) that might have pushed them over the top in qualification. |
13th June 2018, 20:01 | #16 |
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I can see USA not in it.
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What do the Americans know about Soccer anyway? They think it's a wimpy sport. American Football is the wimpy sport. The players wear all that protection, are supposed to be at the top of their physical health, and yet they play a couple of downs and have to go to the bench for oxygen. Then they get hit with all that protection on and they get sidelined like a bunch of crying woosies with stupid non injuries like a bruised finger, a bruised rib, or had the wind knocked out of them. Soccer players play an entire 60 minutes game with just a short half time. No downs and let's take a break after each down while we decide on the next play. No substituting players when they are injured unless they can't stand or run anymore because they broke a limb. Soccer players do not wear any protective gear and they can get kicked in the head, the body, the shin and many have been kicked and seriously injured including breaking bones and limbs. Yet Americans laugh at soccer players. They should be laughing at their own football players. |
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13th June 2018, 21:38 | #17 |
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What The Fuck?
Who renamed this Thread? I never, never ever would call it "Futbol" or "Soccer"! Can some mod rename it again to FOOTBALL please? the world doesn't revolve around the United States, even if most Americans think otherwise. Thanks. |
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The average footballer runs around 10K in a normal length game (90 minutes). This varies from position to position. Midfielders tend to run more than that, up to 13-14K in some cases. Whilst those distances are not that impressive for any long distance runner, they actually require a lot of energy because those kilometers are not being run at a steady pace. Instead, there are a lot of changes of pace, going from walking to sprinting back to jogging. As well as many changes of direction. So they expend quite a bit more energy than a person who just does a 10K run. |
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13th June 2018, 23:15 | #19 |
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Yes, and they make American Football players look like pussies!
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So the 2026 tournament has been awarded to USA-Canada-Mexico. Does this mean that all three of these countries will automatically get in as host nations? What a liberty. Although, if they were to change the rules about that, it would be a right damp squib if the host ended up not qualifying for their own tournament. Bring on the joint England-Scotland-Wales-N.I. bid for 2030
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