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Olympic Football

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:40 pm
by mikesiva
This actually starts tomorrow (Wednesday), two days before the opening ceremony....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio ... s/football

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:06 pm
by Aidan11
Same with the London Olympics. Began before the opening ceremony.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:18 am
by budgetmeansbudget
We aren't entering any teams due the the various FAs not being able to agree on anything. Plus our men weren't good enough anyway to have qualified, no surprise there.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:37 am
by Aidan11
GB only entered a team last year because London were hosting.


Even then I don't think all the home FA's allowed players to be selected.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:30 am
by budgetmeansbudget
It has to rate as the sport that least fits into the Olympics for me.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 11:52 am
by Aidan11
budgetmeansbudget wrote:It has to rate as the sport that least fits into the Olympics for me.


I can think of worse.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:06 pm
by budgetmeansbudget
Aidan11 wrote:
budgetmeansbudget wrote:It has to rate as the sport that least fits into the Olympics for me.


I can think of worse.

People will say golf and tennis, but football takes it for me, purely on the pure saturation of it for most of the year.

Would be nice to get a break from it in the Olympics.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:36 pm
by mikesiva
I believe that the only sports in the Olympics should be those that consider the Olympics to be the pinnacle of their sport. I don't think football, tennis and golf fall in that category.

Terrible work by the keeper. Sweden go 1-0 up against South Africa in their women's preliminary match.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:08 pm
by mikesiva
In mens action Iraq hold Denmark to a goalless draw.
:clap
Honduras beat Algeria 3-2. Go concacaf!
:dance

Rio Olympics - General Thread

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:03 pm
by Aidan11
In the mens footy, Germany are beating Fiji 6-0 at half time.

Rio Olympics - General Thread

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:37 pm
by Aidan11
Germany 10 Fiji 0 in the footy.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:26 pm
by yuppie
Sweden are a goal up against the USA. 20 minutes left.

Rio Olympics - General Thread

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:54 am
by GarlicJam
Heartbreaking loss.for.the Aus women's football team. Lost their quarter final match against Brazil in a penalty shootout. 7-6.

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:52 am
by yuppie
Hope Solo shows her class when with the US loosing to Sweden. The John Terry of womans football?

Re: Olympic Football

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:15 pm
by braveneutral
Was pretty bad. She doesn't see them going far but they made the quarters with that victory I think so that's pretty far in comparison.