World XI Game?

Guy:Incognito

Anybody know what the story is whith the world XI game tonight? is it on tv or anything? cheers.

Johnny_the_fox

Stekelly wrote:

Anybody know what the story is whith the world XI game tonight? is it on tv or anything? cheers.

itv2 are showing it. (if that helps)

Guy:Incognito

ta all the same, dont supposeanyone has a link to a stream?

FatherTed

any Irish players in this?

Johnny_the_fox

FatherTed wrote:

any Irish players in this?

nope

The Muppet

Stekelly wrote:

ta all the same, dont supposeanyone has a link to a stream?

Here you are,

http://66.246.218.107:1131/;stream.nsv

Draupnir

is it just me or did Henri camara just score? theres a lot of pinky blocks in that stream, tis like Mister Blobby is playing

Johnny_the_fox

Draupnir wrote:

is it just me or did Henri camara just score? theres a lot of pinky blocks in that stream, tis like Mister Blobby is playing

he scored two :eek:

ozt9vdujny3srf

How do ye get that stream working?

Guy:Incognito

load it in winamp

eirebhoy

What was Camara doing playing for Ronaldinho's team anyway? The bastad couldn't do it for us (in Europe). :mad:

Final score: Ronaldinho XI 6-3 Shevchenko XI
Samuel Eto'o 14
Ronaldinho 19
Samuel Eto'o 45
Henri Camara 60
Henri Camara 64
Cha Du-Ri 80

Alessandro Del Piero 26
Gianfranco Zola 50
David Suazo 54

Cianan2

Its just started on RTE 2 now....

cournioni

eirebhoy wrote:

What was Camara doing playing for Ronaldinho's team anyway? The bastad couldn't do it for us (in Europe). :mad:

Maybe its because you kept lumping long balls up to him via Hartson/Sutton. Rather than playing real football.

Headshot

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Maybe its because you kept lumping long balls up to him via Hartson/Sutton. Rather than playing real football.

did ye see his goal

nice one

Big Ears

eirebhoy wrote:

What was Camara doing playing for Ronaldinho's team anyway? The bastad couldn't do it for us (in Europe). :mad:

For me Camara was never fit while playing for Celtic , but maybe if mercenary man had stayed Bellamy would have never joined the club .

Pigman II

SPORT: World XI v Europe XI - Football for Hope
Channel: UTV
Date: Thursday 17th February 2005
Time: 00:50 to 02:30 (starting tomorrow morning)
Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Gabby Logan presents coverage of the Football for Hope benefit match at FC Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium to help victims of the Asian tsunami. Fifty of the world's top players are available for selection, including Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. With analysis from Terry Venables and Robbie Earle, commentary by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin, and Gabriel Clarke reporting from the pitchside.
(Subtitles, Stereo)

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yop

that was some game, fabulous skill, where the hell did Camara grow that skill!!!
Some cracking touches and moves, Zolas was a lovely finish.

Fair play to RTE 2 for showing it

Cianan2

Funniest bit was when Zidane had the ball next to Dida,and was unsure what to do with it. Outta nowhere,Dida just jumped in the air with his arms flailing and zidane hadnt even moved his foot at all! I laughed.

Mossy Monk

Pigman II wrote:

SPORT: World XI v Europe XI - Football for Hope
Channel: UTV
Date: Thursday 17th February 2005
Time: 00:50 to 02:30 (starting tomorrow morning)
Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Gabby Logan presents coverage of the Football for Hope benefit match at FC Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium to help victims of the Asian tsunami. Fifty of the world's top players are available for selection, including Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane. With analysis from Terry Venables and Robbie Earle, commentary by Jon Champion and Jim Beglin, and Gabriel Clarke reporting from the pitchside.
(Subtitles, Stereo)

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i never knew anything about this. was the advertising on late at night or something

i get to see it thursday anyway, or is that tonight

FatherTed

Some nice goals and the stars got to show off their tricks. Not a big crowd. I wonder why no Irish players were involved.

MrJoeSoap

The only big Irish players (in a global sense) are Duff and Roy Keane (arguably Robbie as well I suppose) and I doubt Mourinho and Ferguson would have allowed them fly over to Spain for it. Pity tho.

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Reminds me of the time Peter tried to tape American Football in Family Guy!

eirebhoy

Mossy Monk wrote:

i get to see it thursday anyway, or is that tonight

Yeah, tonight.

KdjaCL

Also being pimped on Eurosport a lot, some great goals.


Imagine if FIFA had their way all football would be ghey like that and no tackles
Nice to see lots of skill but without tackling its just pointless.

kdjac

Guy:Incognito

KdjaC wrote:

Also being pimped on Eurosport a lot, some great goals.


Imagine if FIFA had their way all football would be ghey like that and no tackles
Nice to see lots of skill but without tackling its just pointless.

kdjac

It already exists, its called continental football.

But seriously did you hear martin Jol at the England Holland game? he was cringing at the tackling and calling them legbreakers. Redknapp, Lineaker and Hansen saw no problem with the tackles, Gerards in particular was a hard ball winning tackle. The foreingers are just soft.

Memnoch

Stekelly wrote:

It already exists, its called continental football.

But seriously did you hear martin Jol at the England Holland game? he was cringing at the tackling and calling them legbreakers. Redknapp, Lineaker and Hansen saw no problem with the tackles, Gerards in particular was a hard ball winning tackle. The foreingers are just soft.

or maybe they just see football for what it is? A sport of skill, where you try to out play the other team by your skill with the football. Rather than the english game, where the idea seems more to break the other man's legs, or elbow them in the face while jumping up with them for the ball, etc etc.

Players are allowed to get away with far too much in the english game. I'd take "continental football" over sanctioned hooliganism any day.

Guy:Incognito

Memnoch wrote:

or maybe they just see football for what it is? A sport of skill, where you try to out play the other team by your skill with the football. Rather than the english game, where the idea seems more to break the other man's legs, or elbow them in the face while jumping up with them for the ball, etc etc.

Players are allowed to get away with far too much in the english game. I'd take "continental football" over sanctioned hooliganism any day.

Football has always been a physical game. This isnt basketball we're talking about here. Tackling is as much a part of the game as anything else, anyone who plays the game knows that all aspects are part and parcel of the game and are important parts. The fact of the matter is that continental players have introduced diving into the game. IMO this is a dishonest and sneaky pat of the game thats far worse than a few over zealous players diving in to tackles. Generally players dont deliberatley go out o injure others, but in a split second anyone is capable of snapping and diving in.

ANd btw, hard tackling is not "sanctioned hooliganism". God help some of you if you had played 30 years ago.

Chucky the tree

Memnoch wrote:

or maybe they just see football for what it is? A sport of skill, where you try to out play the other team by your skill with the football. Rather than the english game, where the idea seems more to break the other man's legs, or elbow them in the face while jumping up with them for the ball, etc etc.

Players are allowed to get away with far too much in the english game. I'd take "continental football" over sanctioned hooliganism any day.

tackling is a skill aswell, a very hard skill aswell. You might like your ronaldo-esqu step overs etc. i prefer seeing players going in with a good solid tackle and winning the ball back.

KdjaCL

Memnoch wrote:

or maybe they just see football for what it is? A sport of skill, where you try to out play the other team by your skill with the football. Rather than the english game, where the idea seems more to break the other man's legs, or elbow them in the face while jumping up with them for the ball, etc etc.

Players are allowed to get away with far too much in the english game. I'd take "continental football" over sanctioned hooliganism any day.

Ehh continental football is the same just slower , players have more time on the ball but they still get tackled hard, just in the PL the tackle is faster


kdjac