Oh! Thanks, I just saw that.

I'm also surprised Tahiti is going! I thought New Zealand was going to win everything in Oceania, everytime.

The Cup it's gonna be great! The groups could be:
A: Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Tahiti
B: Spain, Uruguay, Africa Champion, Japan

Come on men you are hurting my feelings here. Milan is the only italien Football team that retired a number when the player retired. I don´t know if any other football team has done this. And altough I agree that Milan has not signed any world stars lately, but they have deals in the past years, and despite the deals with Aquilani, Flamini and Van Bommel they kept Ambrosini and Gatusso even if they didn´t need them. And btw. Milan is not just supporting their players great but their fans as well. I understand if you don´t like this club, but there are other things to highlight instead of player support, like it is owned by horny Mafioso.

When did I say that I didn't like Milan? I'm neutral when it comes to Italian teams, I just like watching the Serie A. 

Also, wasn't Maldini's number 3 shirt retired basically due to the pressure of the fans? I remember there being an outcry for that back in 2009. Fan support is an entirely different thing than player support from within the structure of the team. Milan has some of the best fans in the world. 

And retired numbers aren't a rare thing per se, even on Italian teams:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retired_numbers_in_association_football.

http://football.thestar.com.my/2012/06/29/german-police-german-italian-soccer-fans-in-skirmishes/

Ha, never thought that the German fans went into these kind of confrontations. 800 vs 600 fans in a single city? That would have been a massacre, had the police not intervened.

Yeah, I had no reason to root for one country over another so it mostly felt slow and not as aggressive as sports i watch like American football, ice-hockey, rugby, mma and such. It is always more fun to root for something you have long standing feelings towrds or go against a team rival. I just know it cannot be picked up later in life easily without reason as I truly think it is the slowest moving sport have watched and I watch a lot of sports. 

Golf is not a team sport so it generally is more likely to be boring to watch. If they could tackle each other by timing it right before shots it might be good. 

It would be so fitting if Spain beat Italy by penalty shoot out. Spain holds nerves, Italy crumbles to defeat. Or a late goal in extra time with Spain scoring late leaving Italy no chance to come back.

A golden goal rule where the game played on and on until one team scored a goal may be a better alternative to penalty shoot out. 120 minutes though is a long time for a match and penalty shoot out is needed to decide the match.

They have beaten them in Austria in a penalty shootout. Spain has everything except of a World Class striker, the only thing that could break their necks.

I Hope spain Loses. In Penalties... im still pissed we lost in Penalties... This hurts alot :c

spurgeonryan said: I think I remember you guys mentioning this yesterday?       Mario and Luigi spotted at Euro 2012 semi final - pictures "Two super Marios," says BBC commentator. Posted by Thomas East on 29th Jun 2012 at 08:57    12   Balotelli wasn't the only super Mario at the Euro 2012 semi-final between Italy and Germany last night. Anyone who was watching the football last night would have spotted Mario and Luigi celebrating in the crowd as Italy stormed to victory courtesy of two Mario goals. You often see the camera zooming in on women or, as was the case last night, crying Germans, but not grown men dressed as videogame characters. As for their cosplay credentials, you've got to say that they could have made a bit more effort with the moustaches. And Mario doesn't sport short sleeves. Must try harder. Still, they did a better job than BBC commentator Guy Mowbray who displayed a lack of Muhsroom Kingdom knowledge when the camera panned to the Mario brothers in the crowd. "Two super Marios," he said. And one Luigi, Nintendo fans watching around the world corrected him... For once, Lawro didn't say anything.

By saying "two super marios" he's right. Because Mario's name is Mario Mario and Luigi's name is Luigi Mario. therefore, there are two Super Marios