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Aug 6 2007, 10:35 PM
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Token Girl
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Well, Bayern hasn't quite had a stellar start to the season. In the German League Cup (Dfb Pokal), they had to go to penalties to beat third division Wacker Burghausen (though in a YAY for La Palma, Bochum did win their game).
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Aug 9 2007, 12:53 PM
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Token Girl
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Tonight is the DC United - LA Galaxy game. LA's new transfer trained with the team and may make an appearance, especially since Steve McClaren will be in the audience. I'll be there too (free ticket!) sitting with the DC ultras. The stadium is sold out, so it should be an experience.
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Aug 9 2007, 01:07 PM
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Hard to believe, isn't it?(IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There are, though - at least by American standards. They always hold a big tailgate party before the game (food, BEER, snacks, BEER). They have banners, chants, rude songs for the other teams (along with the occasional chant of 'f*ck you ref' if there's a bad call), etc etc etc. (According to my friend, the new banner for tonight will be 'Bench it like Beckham'). They stand through the entire game and don't STOP with the chants and songs. The odd thing about the DC groups (there are two big groups and a couple of smaller ones) is that they sit at center pitch down low opposite the benches instead of behind the goalposts. I've been told that it's because it looks better on tv. EDIT for Jack: My friend has two season tickets and the person she usually goes with is out of town, so I'm going with her. (IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by Tennie: Aug 9 2007, 01:08 PM
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Aug 9 2007, 01:11 PM
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Berretti
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QUOTE (Tennie @ Aug 9 2007, 01:07 PM) Hard to believe, isn't it?(IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There are, though - at least by American standards. They always hold a big tailgate party before the game (food, BEER, snacks, BEER). They have banners, chants, rude songs for the other teams (along with the occasional chant of 'f*ck you ref' if there's a bad call), etc etc etc. (According to my friend, the new banner for tonight will be 'Bench it like Beckham'). They stand through the entire game and don't STOP with the chants and songs. The odd thing about the DC groups (there are two big groups and a couple of smaller ones) is that they sit at center pitch down low opposite the benches instead of behind the goalposts. I've been told that it's because it looks better on tv. EDIT for Jack: My friend has two season tickets and the person she usually goes with is out of town, so I'm going with her. (IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Hum. OK. Nothing like the italian-standard so. There are no snacks there. (IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG: http://as-roma.net/news/data/upimages/rmju9394.jpg) (Roma's CUCS in their best years: 20.000 in the curva. Now... they're gone. Just like "our" FdL.)
This post has been edited by Porty: Aug 9 2007, 01:12 PM
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Aug 9 2007, 01:13 PM
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FDL was a different story. They paid the price for being too honourable and sticking to the old guidelines. Still the Briggate aren't so bad. Maybe the choreography suffers.
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Aug 9 2007, 01:53 PM
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(Why did FdL break up anyway? I forget the story).
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Aug 9 2007, 02:33 PM
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QUOTE (Tennie @ Aug 9 2007, 01:53 PM) (Why did FdL break up anyway? I forget the story). QUOTE There were already some problems in the group, but it all went wrong with the Milan-Juve match. As we all know, there were some flags from Viking Milano on Curva Sud. A couple of capo's didn't agreed with showing the flags. It happend anyway. The Juventini said this action was very cowardly, because the flags were found, not stolen. But later it appears that someone from FdL got those flags from some Juventini... Because of that incident there were some discussions about how to go on, not everyone had the same mentality anymore, etc. Discussions or not, they still decided to go to travel to Eindhoven for the CL match against PSV. After that match some FdL guys were treathend (with knives) by some Vikings (probably a Dutch section... don't know about that). That was how the FdL banner got in hands of the Vikings. There was complete chaos between in the FdL organisation because of this incident. Some blamed the group who got the Viking flags, some blamed the Juventini. Despite a long meeting, they decided to end the group... [Viking Milano = Juventus Ultras - Milano section] [Capo's = Leaders of the group] But again... there were already serious problems in FdL. Even with Milan (club). Curious how the biggest groups in Italy disbanded: FdL, CUCS (Roma), FdG (Genoa), CUCB (Napoli).
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Aug 9 2007, 02:47 PM
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I thought FdL was ended because they were singing racist songs and the other groups banned them somehow...
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Aug 9 2007, 02:58 PM
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Berretti
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QUOTE (dst @ Aug 9 2007, 02:47 PM) I thought FdL was ended because they were singing racist songs and the other groups banned them somehow... Nop. Nothing to do with it. FdL was a left-wing group. BRN is the right-wing (although not extreme) one in Curva Sud but it's not usual to hear or to see any racist thing in Milan Curva. "Extreme" right-wing is in the other side of San Siro: Viking Inter. (Just like Viking Juventus) Boys San are right-wing too but not as extreme as the Viking. Remember Zoro-Messina in San Siro some years ago in a match vs. Inter? (IMG: http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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