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  1. 1.

    MattR

    Anyone else having trouble with the HD feed of ESPN2?

    (EDIT: ESPN in HD just came back to life so hopefully ESPN2 is close behind.)

    (EDIT 2: And there it is. All is well.)

  5. 5.

    pseudonymous in nc

    The Graun’s team lineups made me laugh out loud:

    Proyecto de arte modernista española (0-10-0)

    Honk, honk, c’est l’autobus français (10-0-0):

  7. 7.

    pete

    The Grauniad tips their hand by listing the teams thus:

    Honk, honk, c’est l’autobus français (10-0-0): …
    Proyecto de arte modernista española (0-10-0):

    I’d love to see three goals, heck I’d settle for two, but I’m betting one. By Spain.

  14. 14.

    pseudonymous in nc

    I think it was borderline, but the fact that Fabregas buckled with light contact while the ball was high in the air convinced the ref not to give it.

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    It’s not only Zizou’s birthday; it’s also Jean Tigana’s and Paddy Vieira’s. Per the Graun, Tigana was the engine of France’s Euro 84 winning side; and Arsenal legend Vieira was the engine of France’s victorious teams at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

  18. 18.

    burnspbesq

    @Randinho:

    Who was on whom?

    The notion that it’s ALWAYS the defender at fault when two players running side-by-side in pursuit of a ball get their legs tangled up is ridiculous.

  21. 21.

    burnspbesq

    Nifty little shove there. Should be no goal. At least we know that this referee isn’t going to call anything that’s not a felony, and the players can adjust to it.

  23. 23.

    burnspbesq

    @Randinho:

    Bullshit. Alba extended his arm, hit the defender in the chest with his hand, and the defender lost his balance. Alba gained an obvious advantage through contact. Unless the rule is “offensive players can do whatever the fuck they want,” that’s a foul.

  26. 26.

    Randinho

    @burnspbesq: he went to ground well after Alba put his arm out. He wasn’t off balance at first. He was beaten and lunged. I’ve gone to the commenatry on Goal.com, ESPN’s Soccernet and Guardian MBM. None of them saw it The way you saw it. Not one.

  27. 27.

    Leeds man

    Speaking of questionable calls (and I agree with Randinho on the goal), Ramos was just standing his ground against Benzema. Don’t see a yellow card there.

  31. 31.

    Amir Khalid

    @Alison:
    If I recall correctly, the first association-football crowds to do the wave were at the 1994 World Cup; so yes, it does seem to be an American thing. Only, outside America it’s often called the “Mexican wave”. So that confuses things a bit.

  32. 32.

    Leeds man

    @Alison: Another embarrassing American export

    Not as annoying as the recent(last decade or so?) obsession with meaningless statistics, which I assume is also somehow blameable on the Murkans.

  33. 33.

    Amir Khalid

    BBC live-blog commenter Sir Robin:

    Del Bosque should be French. He looks like he belongs in an Asterix book. Put a couple of pigtails on him and he could be Obelix’s older brother. And yet he seems to have the brain of Getafix. France have their work cut out.

  37. 37.

    pseudonymous in nc

    @Amir Khalid:

    If I recall correctly, the first association-football crowds to do the wave were at the 1994 World Cup

    Nah, it was the 1986 World Cup… in Mexico.

  40. 40.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    @Amir Khalid: From what I just read about it, the “Mexican wave” name came about because most people outside North America first saw it at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Also, too, it appears it might be an awful Canadian export, from the NHL.

  49. 49.

    Amir Khalid

    The match has gone flat. It desperately needs another goal — either from Spain to finish it off, or from France to wake it up.

  50. 50.

    pseudonymous in nc

    This Graun comment says it all:

    “This risk-averse Spanish keepball is the footballing equivalent of Mormon sex,” suggests Mitt Romney Alexander Sharkey. “Joyless, dutiful, prissy, and single-minded about producing a result.

    I’d like the ref to blow the whistle and put France out of their misery.

  52. 52.

    Randinho

    It’s not so much that Spain parks th e bus as it is they grab the ball, put in the bus and drive it all over the pitch.

  54. 54.

    Leeds man

    @SRW1: Maybe Ronaldo & friends can do something about it.

    Well, there will be a lot of whining, and looking to the heavens.

  55. 55.

    Amir Khalid

    Well, there was a second goal — eventually. So Spain are through to the semifinal against Portugal. But this has been a disappointing match, in terms of football.

  57. 57.

    Amir Khalid

    BBC live-blog posts reader comments under the heading GET INVOLVED. The latest such comment:

    Akinpelu Kayode on Twitter: “Cannot understand why you keep saying “Get Involved” when most of the French players on the pitch were not?”

  59. 59.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Leeds man:

    Harper would be considered a socialist (or at least a RINO) in the USA. Anyway, there is an actual opposition here.

    I’m sure Harper would take the governor off if he had a base of enablers who were still seeking revenge for their ancestors’ loss in a civil war in which they fought on behalf of the worst cause ever.

    You folks have nothing close to comparable, so it follows that you can’t really make the RINO comparison- which is very good for you.

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