I thoughI heard that Germany had not ever beat Italy in a competitive tournament match. Seems like this game is more like the final than a quarter final matchup. Ought to be really fun to watch, maybe the best match of the tournament .
PershingSt said:
yes , true
but there are a lot of draws during these matches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany–Italy_football_rivalry
but since it is semi-final...if extra time passed, to PK
I think Germany have more chance to win, I was barely heard ITA wins penalty kick shoot out, except 2006 world cup final.
I was barely heard GER lost penalty kick shoot out...since 1996.
A bad referee to Germany. The absence of Merkel in the stands. Not a single victory over Italy in the last 10 years. Everything speaks against Germany. But football is football. There are 90 minutes to find out who is the best today.
yes, but I am fan of ITA soccer team, actually fan of Andrea PirloAtiFCOD said:
he plays in US now.
German Soccer team is one of my favorite teams, but anyway I like ITA soccer team better.😀
soccer is not popular here, behind NFL(American football), NH(hockey) L, MBL(baseball), Boxing, NBA(basketball)....equal polular to golf I think
the main reason is ...they score too less...and a lot of draws...
NFL, NHL, MBL, NBA no draws, Boxing seldom draws.
adding soccer is very popular among girls in US...not guys😀
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XXPXXP said:
Good, since girls control the remote control, soccer will be more and more popular. 😀
I tried to watch american football for an hour. But all a saw was 20 sec playing (while action lasts) the minutes of walking, talking, referees walking with tables...camera showing the crowd eating and chatting. Then 20 secs playing....then 5 mins brake again. Moreover I couldnt find out the rules (i know main rule like touch down)...There is continious playin in soccer (except injuries or penalty kicks) and a draw can be more exciting than eg. a 2-2 result match. 🙂
AtiFCOD said:
NFL - American Football is more competitive and aggressive than soccer.
general rules are
each team holding the ball, have 4 chance to move the ball on their offense side - at least 10 yards.
after 10 yards, they have another 4 chance till touch down
there is only one pass of each chance, and only pass forward.
each touch down is 6 points , plus, team may choose to make a 1 points free kick or 2 points game.
and ...each team may choose to use their one of offense chance to kick a free goal if succeeded in doing that, it is 3 points without extra points
and penalty based on play like offline, face-mask, illegal formation, etc etc, each penalty have different numbers like back to 5-15 yards...
so this is general rules, not like ruby, they have multi pass, the key points is ...
NFL has only one pass forward.😀😀
