I have to admit I think the Welsh players appeared happy just to be there, a semi. I thought and expected a lot more. I just didn't see any fire today. Either way , I think either France or Germany beat Portugal.
EURO 2016 Semi-Finals Game Thread
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Meh they tried and lost. What can you do? Just because they're not crying doesn't mean they didn't give it their all.
Gigi is a world class keeper who's been in tons of important competitions and just lost in penalties and he was smiling and seeking out German players after the game to congratulate them. I don't see the harm.
If you're OK rooting for Patrice Evra, perhaps you should re-examine some of your life choices. I sure hope Sir Alex paid you fair market value for your soul.
Deutscheland uber alles. Aside from the Portugese trio, France produces the biggest douchecanoes in European soccer.
Seems like the perfect time to mention France's best striker allegedly tried to blackmail another player over a sex tape, and that because of both of those guys were left out, Franck "Underage Prostitutes, anyone?" Ribery is on the team.
Ribery was on the Team for Euro 2012, as well as Benzema. And they´re both probably starting their new season already with Real/Bayern already.
Today's literary giants exercise was extremely difficult. Both countries are just LOADED.
Voltaire, Proust, de Beauvoir, Satre, Flaubert, Dumas and de Sade all sidelined for, perhaps a lesser author from a technical standpoint but, for my money, the one who encapsulated a certain tonal shift in global political philosophy as well as noted Coen Brothers heo:
CAMUS
On the other side, we said "almost, but not quite" to Goethe, Kant, Hegel, Hesse and Mann (Thomas) and chose a man not born in Germany proper but a German writer nonetheless (no, it's not Wittgenstein) and another dutiful chronicler of the absurd:
KAFKA
So, today: Camus v. Kafka
We have two hours. How badly am I off?
Voltaire, Proust, de Beauvoir, Satre, Flaubert, Dumas and de Sade all sidelined for, perhaps a lesser author from a technical standpoint but, for my money, the one who encapsulated a certain tonal shift in global political philosophy as well as noted Coen Brothers heo:
CAMUS
On the other side, we said "almost, but not quite" to Goethe, Kant, Hegel, Hesse and Mann (Thomas) and chose a man not born in Germany proper but a German writer nonetheless (no, it's not Wittgenstein) and another dutiful chronicler of the absurd:
KAFKA
So, today: Camus v. Kafka
We have two hours. How badly am I off?
Kafka was Czech. He wrote in German, but only because Bohemia was dominated by Austria.
This is like picking Alex Trebek as the greatest English game show host.
This is like picking Alex Trebek as the greatest English game show host.
It so offends me that you would feel the need to correct me in this important venture. I admitted that he was not a German nationalist per se, but can we really call Kafka anything but a German writer?
Sure. I can call him a Czech writer, because that's what he is. I don't call F. Scott Fitzgerald an English writer, I call him an American writer.
Agreed, he is a Czech Writer or a German-language writer, but he certainly isn't a German writer.
It's the Carolingian Derby! A 1200-year geopolitical rivalry marked by almost constant warfare!
TALE OF THE TAPE:
Dictator:
Napoleon vs. Hitler. Egotistical modernizing genius who dragged Europe into the modern era vs. genocidal maniac. Big edge to FRANCE.
Arts:
France has the big edge in painting (Jean-Louis David, Monet, Manet, Matisse, Renoir, Degas, Searat, etc.), but Germany has the big edge in composers (Beethoven wins this single-handedly, but Wagner, Strauss, Schumann are no slouches either). So, DRAW.
Literature:
Proust, Flaubert, Hugo, Zola, Voltaire vs. Goethe, Mann, Hesse, Grass, Brecht. Probably a draw.
Philosophy:
Descartes vs. Kant is a titanic battle for the Enlightenment Era, but the Germans have a much deeper bench with Neitzsche, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Leibniz, and Husserl. I'm not that impressed with the French existentialists, who were mostly developing themes found in German writers (especially Heidegger) anyway. There's a reason that when Monty Python staged the Philosopher's Football Match, they picked Germany to play Greece in the Final. Edge: GERMANY.
Cuisine:
Big, big edge to FRANCE.
Intangibles:
Big edge to FRANCE.
Pick: France 2-1.
TALE OF THE TAPE:
Dictator:
Napoleon vs. Hitler. Egotistical modernizing genius who dragged Europe into the modern era vs. genocidal maniac. Big edge to FRANCE.
Arts:
France has the big edge in painting (Jean-Louis David, Monet, Manet, Matisse, Renoir, Degas, Searat, etc.), but Germany has the big edge in composers (Beethoven wins this single-handedly, but Wagner, Strauss, Schumann are no slouches either). So, DRAW.
Literature:
Proust, Flaubert, Hugo, Zola, Voltaire vs. Goethe, Mann, Hesse, Grass, Brecht. Probably a draw.
Philosophy:
Descartes vs. Kant is a titanic battle for the Enlightenment Era, but the Germans have a much deeper bench with Neitzsche, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Leibniz, and Husserl. I'm not that impressed with the French existentialists, who were mostly developing themes found in German writers (especially Heidegger) anyway. There's a reason that when Monty Python staged the Philosopher's Football Match, they picked Germany to play Greece in the Final. Edge: GERMANY.
Cuisine:
Big, big edge to FRANCE.
Intangibles:
Big edge to FRANCE.
Pick: France 2-1.
Nothing sends chills up my spine like the La Marseillaise. My eyes were close to watering, and I do not have a drop of French blood in me.
Rooting against the French here but arts goes to France. You forgot sculpting/Rodin
Not close in arts man
And as a rye man, German has healthier bread. Cuisine is obviously Advantage France, if you put on the grand scales, but not everywhere in the category. French bread is so bad they had to invent Dijon mustard to make it palatable.
Not close in arts man
And as a rye man, German has healthier bread. Cuisine is obviously Advantage France, if you put on the grand scales, but not everywhere in the category. French bread is so bad they had to invent Dijon mustard to make it palatable.
It's too bad that they have to play the final in Paris at the Stade de France. Stade Velodrome's atmosphere is world class.
That would've been an absolutely amazing goal. Nice 2-man game there. I will be watching Umtiti closely this game.
Muller is so incredibly off form. Can has looked overmatched thus far but that was a nice ball in from him
That ball down the line to setup the cross was very well executed. The other team I've watched with that type of synchronized movement this tournament was Italy.
Are the refs equipped by Nike? That would explain the sox being a completely different color to everything else.
Germany really asserting themselves the last 10 minutes. Blending series of short passes with the occasional long ball to create space. Lots of diagonal runs from Muller and Draxler (?) as well.
For quality of play, intensity, attacking intent, and high stakes, this is already the best international match I've seen in years.
Veteran keeper move there to get your guys an extra few seconds of air. As a FB, I appreciate that.
If Giroud and Griezmann aren't going to pressure the Boateng/Schweinsteiger/Howedes trio then France can't afford to play 2 strikers. Boateng is stepping into space and picking passes. It'll continue to be one way traffic