where do you find these pics?

Nice, I love this stuff.

A friend of mine has a Nesta's Lazio banner signed by the whole team... lucky *******!

So Platini says the Euros may be a continental event in the future. I think it's a bad idea. I like a country getting to host, it makes it special for them and in theory is going to be good for them with all the tourism. People I know that've been always have great stories about being in a square with 5,000 other England fans, or mixing with the hosts or other teams fans and how much of a great experience it is - you would lose that.

Link

I can see it now..

FIFA OK goal-line technology
By Football Italia staff

The International Football Association Board have voted in favour of FIFA introducing goal-line technology into the game of football.

The IFAB, the body that determines the laws of the game, met today to discuss the implementation of two specific technologies to aid match officials in determining goal-line decisions.

A number of high-profile cases have hit the sport in recent years, including Frank Lampard’s incorrectly disallowed goal for England against Germany at the 2010 World Cup, Ukraine’s incorrectly disallowed goal against England during Euro 2012 and, at club level, Sulley Muntari’s incorrectly disallowed goal for Milan against Juventus last season.

FIFA are now in support of assisting their referees with technology and its ratification from the IFAB means that the governing body can now consider which of two systems - Hawk-Eye and GoalRef - to progress forwards with.

Technology could begin to be implemented in stadiums as soon as the start of the calendar year of 2013.

Oh look, England benefit (well, we didn't really) and they want to push it through.

If you need anything in football, just get England to benefit from it.

You just can't be satisfied, can you?

FIFA OK goal-line technology

dont know if this has been posted elsewhere but this is quite pathetic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eGYjrCLDaE

Oh god

I have no problem if a players jumps in the air/dives to avoid getting kicked, after all not all fouls necessarily need a contact, but what's with them faking being in pain/injured?

Who are these players and how could they be awarded? In my view, there should be no award for that, it's what should happen anyway. Divers should be heavily punished instead.

Who are these players and how could they be awarded? In my view, there should be no award for that, it's what should happen anyway. Divers should be heavily punished instead.

In what respect?

Not sure Mandzukic/Ramirez/Asamoah should be above Maicon and Kagawa.

At the risk of being criticised, sometimes when the word 'loyalty' is thrown around it makes me laugh. Ryan Giggs has earned a fortune playing for United, winning everything multiple times in the proccess - is that necessarily loyalty?

Totti and Gerrard of those are the most loyal given their teams fortunes, but even then they won a lot.

People like Matt Le Tissier who didn't earn a tonne and played for a team who won nothing, for his entire career despite interest from much bigger clubs are better fitting for the word.

/rant.

And now Serbia's most famous sporting hero Jaric has waded into the row, raking up Britain's centuries-old links to the slave trade, which was officially abolished in 1833.

'Could Englishmen teach us about human rights? They invented hooliganism and slavery. Shame on us if they can teach us anything,' he tweeted.

Who's Dante?

Bayerns best defender?

It is understood 27-year-old Serbia international Kolarov became involved in a lengthy exchange with a supporter carrying an Albania flag as he warmed up on the sideline during the game.

There is a long history of tension between Serbia and Albania, particularly over the disputed Kosovo region.