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Postby MilitiaRusher » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:19 pm

Its 2:20 AM over in Tokyo right now but I think Gerrard and co are still having trouble coping with jet lag, unable to fall asleep.
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Postby Red black white » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:24 pm

JohnBull wrote:I must say, it does cheapen any tournament when there's a goalie called Clint Bolton, WhTF do they get these teams from ?

Champions from all continents.

Liverpool from Europe.
São Paulo from South America.
Deportivo Saprissa from Central/North America.
Al-Ittihad from Asia.
Al-Ahly from Africa.
Sydney from Oceania.

Sadly, all teams are too weak compared to Liverpool and São Paulo. That's why there was that Intercontinental Cup and the champion was named World Champion. However, Fifa is intending to develop football around the world and I appreciate this attitude.
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Postby gonzul_morado » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:05 pm

Hi every one....I'm from San Jose, Costa Rica....a small,beautiful tropical country with warm weather and green rainforests troughout the year.....and only 4 million inhabitants in 52 000 square KM

As you see on my avatar and my signature(i hope).....I'm a big fan of the best team in Costa Rica and CONCACAF....Deportivo Saprissa.....23 league titles , 3 CONCACAF titles...and plus...in 70 years of history

Opposite of the way you think we have great expectations about this tournament...its a great window for our still developing football....and actually Im a bit desappointed you don't take it very seriously...but it's ok everyone is entitled to have an opinion....

We are actually very excited with the upcoming game against Liverpool...not everyday we have the oppotunity......we also have high hopes.....and honestly i think we have a chance of winning specially if the players think the way you do...Liverpool(1) vs Saprissa(2)

Hope to exchange opinions and comments....best regards to everyone

DALE ETERNO CAMPEON!!!
QUIERO OTRA ALEGRIA!!!

Here are some images of our humble stadium....fans "La Ultra Morada"...and images of Deportivo Saprissa
www.saprissa.co.cr
www.laultramorada.net

DALE MONSTRUO QUEREMOS LA COPA
LA HINCHADA ESTA LOCA MONSTRUO
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEOOOON
YO TE VOY A ALENTAR COMO TODOS LOS ANOS
ESA ES MI ILUSION
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEON

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Postby Red black white » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:17 pm

Hi every one....I'm from San Jose, Costa Rica....a small,beautiful tropical country with warm weather and green rainforests troughout the year.....and only 4 million inhabitants in 52 000 square KM

As you see on my avatar and my signature(i hope).....I'm a big fan of the best team in Costa Rica and CONCACAF....Deportivo Saprissa.....23 league titles , 3 CONCACAF titles...and plus...in 70 years of history

Opposite of the way you think we have great expectations about this tournament...its a great window for our still developing football....and actually Im a bit desappointed you don't take it very seriously...but it's ok everyone is entitled to have an opinion....

We are actually very excited with the upcoming game against Liverpool...not everyday we have the oppotunity......we also have high hopes.....and honestly i think we have a chance of winning specially if the players think the way you do...Liverpool(1) vs Saprissa(2)

Hope to exchange opinions and comments....best regards to everyone

DALE ETERNO CAMPEON!!!
QUIERO OTRA ALEGRIA!!!

Here are some images of our humble stadium....fans "La Ultra Morada"...and images of Deportivo Saprissa
www.saprissa.co.cr
www.laultramorada.net

DALE MONSTRUO QUEREMOS LA COPA
LA HINCHADA ESTA LOCA MONSTRUO
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEOOOON
YO TE VOY A ALENTAR COMO TODOS LOS ANOS
ESA ES MI ILUSION
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEON


Hi American guy! I'm from Brazil and supporter of São Paulo (also in World Club Championship). It's also for us a great honnor to join in this championship which we have already been champions twice, in 1992 and 1993.

You'll find messages of disdain about this championship, but it's understanding since the British guys don't really know football around the world. So, that's natural and most part of them will soon get involved in this championship. Just out of curiosity, South Americans have won the Intercontinental Cup 13 times while Europeans have won 12 times...so this superiority of European sides does not really exist.

And also, this competition is the unique that can "save the season" for Liverpool. So, the aim of Liverpool's players must be win it.

Good luck and congrats for the victory today!  :laugh:

PS: Great idea to put photos of the fans. I'll select some and post here too.
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Postby stoney » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:22 pm

Red black white wrote:SEMI-FINALS

São Paulo FC x Al-Ittihad

Liverpool FC x Deportivo Saprissa

Next game: São Paulo x Al-Ittihad on Wednesday.

GO AL-ITTIHAD   :laugh:
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Postby Red black white » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:27 pm

stoney wrote:
Red black white wrote:SEMI-FINALS

São Paulo FC x Al-Ittihad

Liverpool FC x Deportivo Saprissa

Next game: São Paulo x Al-Ittihad on Wednesday.

GO AL-ITTIHAD   :laugh:

LOL

Dream, sweet dream... :D
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Postby gonzul_morado » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:45 pm

There is no chance AL-ITTIHAD will win that match ....i don't know if you had the opportunity to see the match against AL-AHLY......it was boring...neither team had a clear way of playing.....no way
GO SAO PAULO!!!
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Postby Red black white » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:45 pm

gonzul_morado wrote:There is no chance AL-ITTIHAD will win that match ....i don't know if you had the opportunity to see the match against AL-AHLY......it was boring...neither team had a clear way of playing.....no way
GO SAO PAULO!!!

I watched all matches...Al-Ittihad x Al-Ahly and Saprissa x Sydney. Al-Ittihad seemed a very weak team indeed.
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Postby Reina From Spaina » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:16 pm

The WCC is a joke if you ask me , we only play 2 games that matter, and seeing as we have just breezed to the 10 clean sheet mark in one of the toughest leagues in the world,I doubt very much that the sidney plumbers FC are gonna cause us many problemos.
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We should have sent the reserves really, Sau Paulo or whoever the South American Amigo's are, are not gonna even compete with us.

We will breeze this.
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Postby Red black white » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:26 pm

Reina From Spaina wrote:The WCC is a joke if you ask me , we only play 2 games that matter, and seeing as we have just breezed to the 10 clean sheet mark in one of the toughest leagues in the world,I doubt very much that the sidney plumbers FC are gonna cause us many problemos.
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We should have sent the reserves really, Sau Paulo or whoever the South American Amigo's are, are not gonna even compete with us.

We will breeze this.

A strong feeling that you'll regret your words. If you sent the reserves, WE would breeze this.
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Postby columbia » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:29 pm

Red black white wrote:
Hi every one....I'm from San Jose, Costa Rica....a small,beautiful tropical country with warm weather and green rainforests troughout the year.....and only 4 million inhabitants in 52 000 square KM

As you see on my avatar and my signature(i hope).....I'm a big fan of the best team in Costa Rica and CONCACAF....Deportivo Saprissa.....23 league titles , 3 CONCACAF titles...and plus...in 70 years of history

Opposite of the way you think we have great expectations about this tournament...its a great window for our still developing football....and actually Im a bit desappointed you don't take it very seriously...but it's ok everyone is entitled to have an opinion....

We are actually very excited with the upcoming game against Liverpool...not everyday we have the oppotunity......we also have high hopes.....and honestly i think we have a chance of winning specially if the players think the way you do...Liverpool(1) vs Saprissa(2)

Hope to exchange opinions and comments....best regards to everyone

DALE ETERNO CAMPEON!!!
QUIERO OTRA ALEGRIA!!!

Here are some images of our humble stadium....fans "La Ultra Morada"...and images of Deportivo Saprissa
www.saprissa.co.cr
www.laultramorada.net

DALE MONSTRUO QUEREMOS LA COPA
LA HINCHADA ESTA LOCA MONSTRUO
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEOOOON
YO TE VOY A ALENTAR COMO TODOS LOS ANOS
ESA ES MI ILUSION
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEON


Hi American guy! I'm from Brazil and supporter of São Paulo (also in World Club Championship). It's also for us a great honnor to join in this championship which we have already been champions twice, in 1992 and 1993.

You'll find messages of disdain about this championship, but it's understanding since the British guys don't really know football around the world. So, that's natural and most part of them will soon get involved in this championship. Just out of curiosity, South Americans have won the Intercontinental Cup 13 times while Europeans have won 12 times...so this superiority of European sides does not really exist.

And also, this competition is the unique that can "save the season" for Liverpool. So, the aim of Liverpool's players must be win it.

Good luck and congrats for the victory today!  :laugh:

PS: Great idea to put photos of the fans. I'll select some and post here too.

if you believe that you are either incredibley stupid or are in denial. If european clubs had taken this half as seriously as the south american clubs then the history of the competition in terms of its winners, would be much different. Also, the fact that in recent times south american clubs have sold all their best players to european teams will make a diffence this time round imo, i think that when you previously won the competiton you kept a lot of the stars within your own clubs rather then sold them on which seems to happen all the time now.

Its seen by most european clubs as a waste of time as it just gets in the way of more serious matters. In fact, i feel the only reason the competition even exists is so FIFA can exploit the european clubs to gain financial revenue, why do you think its in Japan for gods sake!

An example of how unseriously european clubs take this competition came last year when the G-14 (a grouping of the most powerful soccer clubs in europe) voted against the proposal of staging this very competition, basically claiming that it was a waste of time and unimportant. So the competion is basically seen as a joke by many european clubs. Take my word for it, whenever i have heard people talk of this competion recently in the british press or on television etc it has been in the context that its a complete waste of time. For example "liverpool now have to deal with the incovinience of going to tokyo for the Fifa world club championship and its come at a bad time with them now performing well in the league. They will hope the distraction of this competition won't disrupt the more important matter of the premiership".

Dont get me wrong i hope we play well and win the competion but if i had a choice of us performing well in the league over christams when we arrive back from Japan having lost the tournament or winning the tournamnet but then performing badly in the league over christams i'll give you one guess which one i'd chhose. This is something that i dont think we have in common with any of the other participating clubs.
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Postby A.B. » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:41 pm

The reason European clubs dont take this competition seriously because the fact that it gets in the way of more important fixtures [i.e. domestic league]. The trip to and from Japan will take a lot out of the players, and that will affect them in one way or another.

This is still a Mickey Mouse cup, it hasn't developed into anything prestigious.

There is no chance AL-ITTIHAD will win that match ....i don't know if you had the opportunity to see the match against AL-AHLY......it was boring...neither team had a clear way of playing.....no way
GO SAO PAULO!!!


I watched Sydney v Saprissa in the first half and I got to be honest, but Sydney deserved to be up front by at least 2 goals. Saprissa were defending for most of the half and were hardly attacking.
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Postby Red squirrel » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:53 pm

Will any one be taking the morning off work on Thursday or wot.
I dont think its worth it myself but i will tape it anyway...
Good luck to the boys and come back safe!
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Postby Bandeirante_SPFC » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:00 am

columbia wrote:
Red black white wrote:
Hi every one....I'm from San Jose, Costa Rica....a small,beautiful tropical country with warm weather and green rainforests troughout the year.....and only 4 million inhabitants in 52 000 square KM

As you see on my avatar and my signature(i hope).....I'm a big fan of the best team in Costa Rica and CONCACAF....Deportivo Saprissa.....23 league titles , 3 CONCACAF titles...and plus...in 70 years of history

Opposite of the way you think we have great expectations about this tournament...its a great window for our still developing football....and actually Im a bit desappointed you don't take it very seriously...but it's ok everyone is entitled to have an opinion....

We are actually very excited with the upcoming game against Liverpool...not everyday we have the oppotunity......we also have high hopes.....and honestly i think we have a chance of winning specially if the players think the way you do...Liverpool(1) vs Saprissa(2)

Hope to exchange opinions and comments....best regards to everyone

DALE ETERNO CAMPEON!!!
QUIERO OTRA ALEGRIA!!!

Here are some images of our humble stadium....fans "La Ultra Morada"...and images of Deportivo Saprissa
www.saprissa.co.cr
www.laultramorada.net

DALE MONSTRUO QUEREMOS LA COPA
LA HINCHADA ESTA LOCA MONSTRUO
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEOOOON
YO TE VOY A ALENTAR COMO TODOS LOS ANOS
ESA ES MI ILUSION
QUIERO VERTE CAMPEON


Hi American guy! I'm from Brazil and supporter of São Paulo (also in World Club Championship). It's also for us a great honnor to join in this championship which we have already been champions twice, in 1992 and 1993.

You'll find messages of disdain about this championship, but it's understanding since the British guys don't really know football around the world. So, that's natural and most part of them will soon get involved in this championship. Just out of curiosity, South Americans have won the Intercontinental Cup 13 times while Europeans have won 12 times...so this superiority of European sides does not really exist.

And also, this competition is the unique that can "save the season" for Liverpool. So, the aim of Liverpool's players must be win it.

Good luck and congrats for the victory today!  :laugh:

PS: Great idea to put photos of the fans. I'll select some and post here too.

if you believe that you are either incredibley stupid or are in denial. If european clubs had taken this half as seriously as the south american clubs then the history of the competition in terms of its winners, would be much different. Also, the fact that in recent times south american clubs have sold all their best players to european teams will make a diffence this time round imo, i think that when you previously won the competiton you kept a lot of the stars within your own clubs rather then sold them on which seems to happen all the time now.

Its seen by most european clubs as a waste of time as it just gets in the way of more serious matters. In fact, i feel the only reason the competition even exists is so FIFA can exploit the european clubs to gain financial revenue, why do you think its in Japan for gods sake!

An example of how unseriously european clubs take this competition came last year when the G-14 (a grouping of the most powerful soccer clubs in europe) voted against the proposal of staging this very competition, basically claiming that it was a waste of time and unimportant. So the competion is basically seen as a joke by many european clubs. Take my word for it, whenever i have heard people talk of this competion recently in the british press or on television etc it has been in the context that its a complete waste of time. For example "liverpool now have to deal with the incovinience of going to tokyo for the Fifa world club championship and its come at a bad time with them now performing well in the league. They will hope the distraction of this competition won't disrupt the more important matter of the premiership".

Dont get me wrong i hope we play well and win the competion but if i had a choice of us performing well in the league over christams when we arrive back from Japan having lost the tournament or winning the tournamnet but then performing badly in the league over christams i'll give you one guess which one i'd chhose. This is something that i dont think we have in common with any of the other participating clubs.

I think it´s difficult for a british or for a european recognize the superiority of the south american football.

We are just 10 countries and we have 9 world cups while Europe is composed by 52 countries and have 8.

About Intercontinental Cup in 44 editions we got 23 titles while the europeans... 21.

In all statistics we are better. We have the two greatest players in history, Pele and Maradona...

...this disdain it´s just fear to me.

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Postby stratovariusrlz » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:15 am

What would be the European Clubs without the south american players???  The english players are disgusting! liverpool is only winning now because of morientes, luis garcia, cisse... England has only 1 thing to be proud.... you created soccer. We added soccer touch of perfection. The English team will be beaten by Equador in the World Cup !


get ready for soccer leassons sunday.... amoroso, cicinho and junior will give it for you...
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