2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship

Post #1 » by **magik9113** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:17 am

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/index.html

Group A

Sweden

Italy

Belarus

Serbia

Group B

Germany

England

Spain

Finland

This is always a fun tournament. Many future stars will be playing.

some players to watch for:

Theo Walcott(England)
Gabriel Agbonlahor(England)
Kieran Gibbs(England)
Manuel Neuer(Germany)
Gonzalo Castro(Germany)
Sebastian Giovinco(Italy)
Mario Balotelli(Italy)
Marco Motta(Italy)
Zoran Tošić(Serbia)
Bojan Krkić(Spain)
Diego Capel(Spain)
Feel free to add a player.

Post #2 » by **magik9113** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:43 am

Group B started today,
England 2 - 1 Finlald
Spain 0 - 0 Germany

tomorrow:
Sweden - Berlarus
Italy - Serbia

I predict an Italy - England finals

Munchlaxatives · Post #3 » by **Munchlaxatives** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:38 am

Is this on TV? I wanna catch the English side.

Post #4 » by **magik9113** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:46 am

nah it's not on anywhere in the US as far as I know. I'll be searching for links online

Post #5 » by **Slava** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:54 am

I'm surprised Adem Ljajic is not playing for Serbia but will keep tabs on Tosic.

El Turco · Post #6 » by **El Turco** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:29 am

i bet Spain and Germany tops England in the second group.

Smoove · Post #7 » by **Smoove** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:41 am

Munchlaxatives wrote:Is this on TV? I wanna catch the English side.

I'll hook you up. I'll hook all of you lads up with links.

Post #8 » by **Slava** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:51 am

Smoove wrote:
Munchlaxatives wrote:Is this on TV? I wanna catch the English side.

I'll hook you up. I'll hook all of you lads up with links.

You can't post 'em here, against forum rules. Share it on e-mail or IM!

Smoove · Post #9 » by **Smoove** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:54 am

j-far wrote:
Smoove wrote:
Munchlaxatives wrote:Is this on TV? I wanna catch the English side.

I'll hook you up. I'll hook all of you lads up with links.

You can't post 'em here, against forum rules. Share it on e-mail or IM!

That's bollocks, anyways my AIM is Capitan90 so just IM me and I shall send you website you never heard of, and you will be satisfied.

If you love Football as much as me, you would share the website i give you with everyone you know so it can become better.

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Post #10 » by **magik9113** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:57 am

Sweden dominated Belarus and Serbia held Italy to 0-0 draw.

Post #11 » by **magik9113** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:44 pm

Italy was great Friday against Sweden, won 2-1. Balotelli scored and got a harsh red card. Giovinco with two assists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RldNWcnlz8k

bargs · Post #12 » by **bargs** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:05 pm

ya, a nice victory for us italians ...balotelli pride and shame, but what a goal!!

nicely done for de ceglie e cigarini (Well....i'm a napoli fan!

)

Post #13 » by **magik9113** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:43 pm

yea Napoli's looking good as long as they can keep Lavezzi.

England - Germany today should be exciting

Post #14 » by **Sleepy** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:03 pm

Germany - England is a rather boring 1:1 after 60mins. Looks like Spain will me eliminated.
German players to watch are Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Benedikt Höwedes and K-P Boateng. Other than that, this squad isn't really impressive. Totally lacks some firepower upfront.

bargs · Post #15 » by **bargs** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:53 am

i'm looking forward to watch tonight's italy match, go ciga go ciga go!!

Smoove · Post #16 » by **Smoove** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:04 pm

Sweden 3-1 Serbia [Sweden scored all 3 of this goals under 30 mins]

Italia 2-1 Belarus [Good win for Italia]

Post #17 » by **magik9113** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:09 pm

italy looked great today, should have put in a lot more. Belarus does suck though.

El Turco · Post #18 » by **El Turco** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:49 am

watched the Italy game, great midfield, promising forwards but lacking defense that gives too many cheap possessions. particularly impressed with Aquafresca.

bargs · Post #19 » by **bargs** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:04 pm

ElTurco wrote:watched the Italy game, great midfield, promising forwards but lacking defense that gives too many cheap possessions. particularly impressed with Aquafresca.

ya ...we can say the catenaccio era is definitely over.

cigarini-marchisio is a great couple in the midfield, i'm not so high on acquafresca tough ...anyway i'm really falling in love with cigarini, sometimes he scares me, the way he takes care of the ball, the ability he has to anticipate the game flow is really astounding. i think it's a common matter of the best players to create the game without fatigue, one touch passes to open the field ..very very smart.

in the way ciga plays with those one touch passes ducking opponents and avoiding contacts, reminds me of hamsik. i'm really glad and i can't wait to see these 2 guys to play together.

i always thought that one the biggest issues of our soccer (italian i mean..) is to play quick and fast, without holding the ball too much...we usually play using individuals, insisting on dribblings or other useless stuff. why insist on that when you could simply pass the ball quick and avoid defenders? ..i do understand cigarini's attitude is mainly dictated by his small size, but he's smart enough to recognize it as he plays most of the time "di prima" ...

Post #20 » by **magik9113** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:25 pm

I feel like the other two games Italy's defense was much more impressive. yesterday they let Belarus get some chances off of corners and giveaways...silly mistakes that against a better team could hurt them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXoHRU-K-js
Their second goal was a nice play. Giovinco, Acquafresca, and Balotelli(who got was suspended last game) are the best attack of any u21 team. Marchisio, De Ceglie, and Cigarini are all capable serie A starters. Bad news though as De Ceglie got hurt last game and will be going home. Dessena will start in place of him against Germany and probably Candreva(assisted Acquafresca's goal) for Marchisio(suspended due to yellow cards).