The Doors Forum

Started this for creating a place to talk about champions. In every competition, in evey sport, collective or individual.

I will start with my religion: SL Benfica

We just made it. Portuguese soccer champions!

Portugal is on the streets, celebrating this tremendous force in my country.



Time for party and getting drunk.
Sorry for this people, but you know... I'm a latin!

Boston Celtics....AGAIN! Sorry LA, you will be toast!

Rondo is scary, but LA may not MAKE IT PAST PHOENIX!!

Go Yanks 27 time World Champs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmmmmm.....didn't my Red Sox just destroy the Yanks last night?


...we'll see, we'll see.....so.... it still is the best rivalry in all of sports!

RED SOX VS. YANKEES

IT'S THE ONLY SERIES WE LOOK FORWARD TO...eh? mistic?!!!
A good friend is a Yankee fan and we get along just fine!

Yeah, last night wasn't pretty but we took 2 out of 3. We're not doing too bad considering A-Rod and Teixiera aren't hitting and Vasquez, well, don't get me started on Vasquez...........

MysticHeatedWine wrote:Go Yanks 27 time World Champs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cough*ftheyankees*cough*

jim4371 wrote:

MysticHeatedWine wrote:Go Yanks 27 time World Champs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cough*ftheyankees*cough*

Go Twins? Chris?

jamestkirk wrote:Boston Celtics....AGAIN! Sorry LA, you will be toast!

Rondo is scary, but LA may not MAKE IT PAST PHOENIX!!

Yay Celtics!

jamestkirk wrote:

jim4371 wrote:

MysticHeatedWine wrote:Go Yanks 27 time World Champs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cough*ftheyankees*cough*

Go Twins? Chris?

So....LA faithful....it looks more and more like it will be a classic NBA
showdown AGAIN--Celtics vs Lakers!

Anyone wanna takes bets? CELTS all the way!!!

jamestkirk wrote:So....LA faithful....it looks more and more like it will be a classic NBA
showdown AGAIN--Celtics vs Lakers!

Anyone wanna takes bets? CELTS all the way!!!

That would be thrilling, James And I guess some good rivalries will be exhibited here.

Clash of Titans...

jamestkirk wrote:hmmmmm.....didn't my Red Sox just destroy the Yanks last night?


...we'll see, we'll see.....so.... it still is the best rivalry in all of sports!

RED SOX VS. YANKEES

IT'S THE ONLY SERIES WE LOOK FORWARD TO...eh? mistic?!!!
A good friend is a Yankee fan and we get along just fine!

It went the other way last night, a 9th inning walk-off home run for the Yankees!

I know, buddy...I didn't say the Red Sox could beat the Yanks...very often....
but "Go Bo-Sox" anyway!

jamestkirk wrote:I know, buddy...I didn't say the Red Sox could beat the Yanks...very often....
but "Go Bo-Sox" anyway!

They just beat the Yankees. Congratulations!

Encuentro wrote:

jamestkirk wrote:I know, buddy...I didn't say the Red Sox could beat the Yanks...very often....
but "Go Bo-Sox" anyway!

They just beat the Yankees. Congratulations!

Thanks!

Best rivalry in sports...ahead of LA/Celts even!

Not sure why but Boston has the most loved/hated teams in sports...next to NY & LA.....well--Dallas Cowboys might be the most hated!

Inter campione! Won the Champions League, 2010.
Mourinho, the "special one" did it again.
Congratulations

Forca inter , great game

Finally....Boston Celtics vs. LA Lakers in the finals....

It will be Celts in SIX. Fingers crossed.

Anyone taking the Lakers?!! Don't bet the farm!

So, not that easy for now for our english friends.

I thought it was becoming an easy game for England when Gerrard score at minute 3 but the USA sure make a good game. Very competitive and dinamic team.
Exciting games to come

Exciting...but what is with the crazy new soccer ball with a mind of its own?!!

What a time to test drive a new soccer ball design!!!
I feel great empathy for the goalies! They must be wondering where the ball will go constantly....
what a worry.





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This is one of the most controverial balls ever.
Also you cannot forget the war between Nike and Adidas...

Most lonely place in a soccer field... And sometimes the dirtiest one too:


I remember my youth days when it was hard to have one of ours to go to defend the net. Usually was the smallest or the fatest one

It also reminds me the title of that novel by Peter Handke's The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty. I think Wim Wenders made a film from that novel.

1st game of Portugal in the World Cup: mediocre.
I had few doubts but now I'm convinced about the shitty team we have in the tournament. No doubt there's only 2-3 players that would fit the great 2006 team. The rest is crap including the coach. I hope I have to swallow these words after the next two games.

Best teams so far: Germany and Holland. Waiting to see Brasil and Spain.

Maybe after two games for each team (end of the next week) we will be able to define our favourites.

Silver Forest wrote:
1st game of Portugal in the World Cup: mediocre.
I had few doubts but now I'm convinced about the shitty team we have in the tournament. No doubt there's only 2-3 players that would fit the great 2006 team. The rest is crap including the coach. I hope I have to swallow these words after the next two games.

Best teams so far: Germany and Holland. Waiting to see Brasil and Spain.

Maybe after two games for each team (end of the next week) we will be able to define our favourites.

err.. Argentina

Mexico Sucks!!! Go Japan!

New Zealand (Roughie!) blew it with that celebration...frowned on? Are
there penalties for such behavior? Too bad...setting a record &
then acting like that to sour the victory!

desertlizard wrote:

Silver Forest wrote:
1st game of Portugal in the World Cup: mediocre.
I had few doubts but now I'm convinced about the shitty team we have in the tournament. No doubt there's only 2-3 players that would fit the great 2006 team. The rest is crap including the coach. I hope I have to swallow these words after the next two games.

Best teams so far: Germany and Holland. Waiting to see Brasil and Spain.

Maybe after two games for each team (end of the next week) we will be able to define our favourites.

err.. Argentina

I like Argentina but there's an obvious desiquilibrium in the team. The strikers are excellent but the defense is not so good. Both Germany and Holland seem more complete. Also, I think Maradona still has to prove to be the right man (coach) for the job (I'm especially thinking about his emotional structure...).
Brasil seemed not at full steamn but there's this tradition that world champions usually started the competition in slow motion.
Let's see what Spain brings to the tournement.

I didn't saw New Zealand's game but the result seemed good. The "All whites" aparently did good. Congratulations Roughie
Same goes for Mexico, desertlizard It will be interesting to watch Mexico against France.

ps: I didn't watch that New Zealand celebration. What was that, James?

The Royal Sperm wrote:Mexico Sucks!!! Go Japan!

Err...Peru didnt even make it to be in the tournament so... you better wash your mouth boy

SF>

Winston Reid just stripped off his shirt to celebrate his last minute goal and got a yellow card. One news source made mach ado about nothing saying it marred a great comeback and was un-sportman-like conduct..

Now I see it was rather a silly comment by the news media and... hell, who wouldn't celebrate?!!

Way to go Reid!!
Big comeback New Zealand!!

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Man, just watched the game Switzerland vs. Spain. Living in Switzerland it was so clear they woud lose this game. But WTF??!!! They won the game 1:0, how amazing is that. Everybody is going nuts right now!!! What a wonderful moment Of course Spain played way better, but the Swiss defense tactic was pretty good. And a good portion of luck!

jamestkirk wrote:SF>

Winston Reid just stripped off his shirt to celebrate his last minute goal and got a yellow card. One news source made mach ado about nothing saying it marred a great comeback and was un-sportman-like conduct..

Now I see it was rather a silly comment by the news media and... hell, who wouldn't celebrate?!!

Way to go Reid!!
Big comeback New Zealand!!

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I just cannot understand that stupid FIFA rule. What's wrong about that?

A different way of conducting a "decency rally"?

Some people just don't understand the emotional explosion of scoring a goal. Those people most probably never played football.

I don't remember the game or the player but I know I watch once a footbal player getting the second yellow card (consequently the red card) because he was celebrating the scoring of a goal. Can you believe such a stupid thing? It's a refined way to kill the game.

OK, there's probably some other creative ways of celebrating but taking a shirt being considered offensive? They're crazy.

ps: Spain lost I heard they played well but lost. Super defensive teams sometimes get luck. It's an old discussion: results or art? I still go with art. I downloaded some Brazil 1970 world cup games and compared it with the 1982 team. Both are amazing and for sure the best national teams I ever saw playing. That's football art. The '70 team was world champion and the '82 team lost for Italy in one bad luck day.