[EU] Europa League 2012/13 (23 Viewers)

[Bayernstar]

wtf!!!

 

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[Gian]

Hope Chel$ea don't win it, don't want them with back-to-back European trophies

 

[Yamen]

What you laughing at.. 50 million worth

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Nice goal!!

freaking screamer for sure.. considering he's a defender!

 

[Salvatore]

I think Chelsea are approaching £100m spent on Torres so far.

 

[Yamen]

The mask will take care of it.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

nice goal by gaitan how did he do in this game?

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Portugal's Liga Sagres to overtake Serie A in 2014/2015. Sad.

 

[Goodfella]

Why is it sad?

Weren't you against rooting for Italians in Europe?

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Sad is in "pathetic". As long as we're number 1 always in Serie A, it's all good. But it's going to be a bit harder for us to attract top level players in a 5th best league.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Sad is in "pathetic". As long as we're number 1 always in Serie A, it's all good. But it's going to be a bit harder for us to attract top level players in a 5th best league.

when was the last time we attracted a big name outside serie A?

 

[Joe]

Portugal overtaking Serie A is NOT true.

Portugal have jumped over Ligue 1.

 

[Völler]

Portugal overtaking Serie A is NOT true.

Portugal have jumped over Ligue 1.

Here is a fact for you: If Benfica wins the Europa League, Portugal has a better starting point than Serie A going into the 13/14 season. This means that unless Serie A outperforms Portugal in 13/14, Portugal will overtake Italy in coefficient points and will be the forth best league in the 14/15 season.

People need to realize that we have to root for Italian teams in Europe.

 

[Joe]

I've always rooted for Italian teams. I believe a strong Serie A = Strong Juventus. Stronger Serie A = more appeal.

Some people just say Fuck Inter, fuck Lazio, fuck this fuck that just because they can't see beyond their hatred.

Everyone should look at the bigger picture.

I hope Chelsea do us a favour...

 

[GordoDeCentral]

please paint this big picture for us, assuming our rooting has any effect in the first place. What does it matter if it's perugia/napoli/inter in second place? teams that are well managed will rise to the occasion whether you root for them or not, your rooting for them only shows how fickle of a fan you are.

 

[Bayernstar]

this is quite ridiculous a league with clubs like juventus, ac. milan and inter ( I know you hate them both ) but they are still good clubs with some trophies at their pocket, could be the 5th best league in europe...:confused2

 

[Nzoric]

this is quite ridiculous a league with clubs like juventus, ac. milan and inter ( I know you hate them both ) but they are still good clubs with some trophys at their pocket, could be the 5th best league in europe...:confused2

Thank the two latter teams in your post for that.

 

[Joe]

please paint this big picture for us, assuming our rooting has any effect in the first place. What does it matter if it's perugia/napoli/inter in second place? teams that are well managed will rise to the occasion whether you root for them or not, your rooting for them only shows how fickle of a fan you are.

The bigger picture? The bigger picture is that if other Italian teams fail in the European tournaments that hurts Juventus down just as much.

The other part of that sentence I'm not going to touch. That was just...

 

[Nzoric]

The bigger picture? The bigger picture is that if other Italian teams fail in the European tournaments that hurts Juventus down just as much.

The other part of that sentence I'm not going to touch. That was just...

How is it going to hurt us as much? You cant just anwer a question with a statement rather than an actual answer, dont turn into deneb

 

[GordoDeCentral]

The bigger picture? The bigger picture is that if other Italian teams fail in the European tournaments that hurts Juventus down just as much.

The other part of that sentence I'm not going to touch. That was just...

nice circular argument there, it sucks because it sucks

that was just what? i dont think you understand what a rival is, how many times have you been to a derby in a stadium?

 

[Völler]

please paint this big picture for us, assuming our rooting has any effect in the first place. What does it matter if it's perugia/napoli/inter in second place? teams that are well managed will rise to the occasion whether you root for them or not, your rooting for them only shows how fickle of a fan you are.

Are you actually serious? When I say rooting I mean "supporting because it will be for the greater good of Serie A", not because it will literally effect their performance on the pitch. When you choose to support for example Fiorentina in Europe you do it because you realize that good results in Europe will also mean a stronger Serie A and therefore a stronger Juventus. Sure, a well managed team will rise to the occasion anyway, but ignoring Italian teams in Europe won't make you a better fan. Only ignorant. Hoping Italian teams will fail in Europe will mean that you simply do not care about the level of Serie A or that you simply think that bad results in Europe don't affect the competitiveness of Serie A.

Sure, everyone has a team they can't support no matter what, but being against every single Italian team in Europe is just stupid.

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that was just what? i dont think you understand what a rival is, how many times have you been to a derby in a stadium?

I've seen Juventus-Inter and Barcelona-Real of the big ones. Is that good enough for you?