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6/25/08
Germany vs. Turkey Euro 2008 Semifinal Live Comment Thread
Open Wide For Some Soccer!
I know that probably 3 or 4 of you on this site have been wondering where all the Euro 2008 live threads have been. Well, I can't answer that question, but I can give you this: It's your Germany vs. Turkey semifinal live thread!

Yes, now that we're in the late stages of Euro 2008, and the diving, sucktastic Italians are out of it, I think people are pretty interested. Plus, watching anything - including soccer - beats working.

Obviously this isn't the semifinal match-up anyone expected. Turkey is basically the George Mason of Euro 2008 and Germany beat a heavily favored Portugal squad in the quarterfinals. Here are some tidbits to keep in mind.
  • German coach Joachim Loew will be back on the bench after his one match suspension for getting into a verbal brawl with the Austrian coach.
  • Loew is expected to name the team that started the 3-2 quarter final win over Portugal
  • Turkey has eight players out through injury or suspension
  • Semih Senturk will replace Nihat Kahveci upfront for Turkey (I have no clue who either of those guys are)
  • Germany have won four of their five previous European Championship semi finals in 1972, 1976, 1992 and 1996 with their only defeat coming against Holland at Euro 1988
  • Turkey have committed the most fouls in the tournament (87) and have collected the most yellow cards (14)
I'll be rooting for Turkey, primarily because I like Cinderella teams and I like eating turkey.

All right, enjoy the festivities and the diving. And last of all, let's get the Simpsons take on soccer, which may be the most hilarious clip in the history of television.



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6/25/08
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Is it too late for me to take back my prediction of Turkey winning?


6/25/08
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Classic Simpsons excellence!

6/25/08
2
Cinderella appears to be still hungry for some turkey

6/25/08
0
More turkey goodness! man, these jokes could go on all day.

6/25/08
1
Man that was a ridiculous goal by, uh (don't make inappropriate blond haired German joke) that guy.

6/25/08
0

WOW.... Turkey with a bit of luck there. That should make this one interesting.

And Germany comes right back. Much prettier.

 

(These comments would have been timely if ESPN360 wasn't doing weird things to my browser)


6/25/08
0

Did they seriously fix that guy's head with a staple gun, or was that a joke? If they did, maybe we should re-think some of the jokes about the toughness of soccer players.


6/25/08
0
Bastian Schweinsteiger needs to be in next year's Name of the Year tournament.

6/25/08
0
1 - 1.....wow, can Turkey do it?? I picked Turkey to win and I'm shocked

6/25/08
1
I am just not sure Turkey has the experience.  But then again, Greece did win Euro 04.  But you can see Germany just waiting for that one little defensive mistake by Turkey.

6/25/08
0
er is ESPN 360 having problems?  Seems there was a power outage or something, and now no picture on tv 

6/25/08
0
I'm glad I was able to see the last two goals of this game on TV.

And by that I mean ESPN blows with their technical difficulties.  Epic fail.

6/25/08
0
WOW!  Turkey scores late to draw even.  Just simply amazing.

6/25/08
0
MrNFL wrote:
I'm glad I was able to see the last two goals of this game on TV.

And by that I mean ESPN blows with their technical difficulties.  Epic fail.
I won't argue with you there.  But they are claiming lightning strikes or something like that.

6/25/08
0
Germany scores!!!

6/25/08
0
Picture dies again.  Watch Turkey tie it with one minute of extra time and have ESPN miss it.

6/25/08
0
I find it funny, these ESPN announcers aren't even at the game???

6/25/08
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MrNFL wrote:
I find it funny, these ESPN announcers aren't even at the game???
No, this way they can cover more games when multiple games are on.  Saves ESPN money from having to hire people to actually go to the games.

6/25/08
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MrNFL wrote:
Germany scores!!!
And a sweet one at that.

6/25/08
0
Germany takes it 3-2.  I surely hope tomorrow's coverage goes a LOT better than todays.

6/25/08
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Kegger wrote:
No, this way they can cover more games when multiple games are on.  Saves ESPN money from having to hire people to actually go to the games.
Makes sense.  Although if those guys were actually there, we could've at least gotten a play-by-play of the game when the video died.

6/26/08
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but everybody must to know that Turkey was play very good from germany

 
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