Discussion about the tournament? Picks for the final?
What a result for the Netherlands! Even though Van Nistelrooy was miles offside. My pick for final is Netherlands Germany.
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Discussion about the tournament? Picks for the final?
What a result for the Netherlands! Even though Van Nistelrooy was miles offside. My pick for final is Netherlands Germany.
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Italy who?
For the record, Van Nistelrooy was most certainly not off-side. A defender can't put a player off-side by moving behind the line. Only an attacker can do that to prevent off-side, but he has to remain there.
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Apparently Panucci was watching developments while inside the goal....and stayed there.
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Didn't really get a long enough view of it to see all that Wouter. I stand corrected for now?
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After last night I don't seem to care as much. I'll be in Le Mans when our boys will beat France. That will be exciting!Originally Posted by Spastik_Roach
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Was a good night yesterday. Didn't even see the match, homework sucks. All my mates kept texting me from the pub...
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I play hockey and there are no offsidesIt's just easier (just for the record)
If an attacker can put himself out of the game by moving himself over the backline, effectively nulling the offside. Why can't a defender do the same in the opposite effect?
Just out on a whim here, isn't offside between the players involved and the defenders/target goal? Thus putting himself behind the goal line cuts him out of the "offside" effect.
And a player who isn't considered to be 'active' can't be offside, at the refs discretion. The Netherlands player was just standing round. May be a refs bad judgment but... thats the way it went.
Miscommunication seems to be a direct result of misplaced, text based sarcasm.
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if its anything like the world wars the dutch will get flanked by the teutons
on a lighter, less offensive note, i still can't get over the fact that germany's top two scorers in the WC were polish, nationalism truely has died after what people saw what it can do over the last few hundred years. nationalism got abused and now has a bad name, just like communism. god damn it
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it was actually me who killed vasilli zaitsev, heinz thorwald, carlos hatchcock, and simo hayha
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It was deemed that Panucci was pushed over the line by the keeper and deliberately did not re-enter the field. That according to the rule book seems to have suspended the off-side position.I play hockey and there are no offsides
If an attacker can put himself out of the game by moving himself over the backline, effectively nulling the offside. Why can't a defender do the same in the opposite effect?
Just out on a whim here, isn't offside between the players involved and the defenders/target goal? Thus putting himself behind the goal line cuts him out of the "offside" effect.
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Yes it was quite a game last night. By far the best game the Netherlands have played under van Basten. I can't even name a player that didn't play good. Look at Engelaar: first ever game at an European Championship and he was excellent. Not to mention the performances of Boulahrouz, van Bronckhorst, Sneijder and of course van der Sar. First time since long I actually enjoyed watching the Netherlands play.
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Oh Lord, have mercy on those Dutch people now in France.....
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Truth. Congrats BTW, I really enjoyed your team's game today. Hope ours will go well, too at last
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They're putting something in the water over in the Netherlands.
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we call it beer
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If Germany gets taken out, The Netherlands is my team... They should let Rumania win and have France and Italy leave the cup!
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