does anyone know what this game is all about?!?!
Who the heck are these Catalans? Where they all born there, or do they play in Espanyol or Barca?

Catalunha: Víctor Valdés; Curro Torres, Lopo, Oleguer e Capdevila; Sergio González, Guardiola, Iniesta e Roger; Jofre e Sergio García. Técnico: Angel Alonso.

Brasil: Dida, Mancini (Cafu), Luisão, Cris e Roberto Carlos; Juninho Pernambucano, Edmílson, Zé Roberto e Alex; Ronaldinho e Ronaldo. Técnico: Carlos Alberto Parreira.


Who's playin where for the Catalans? And where do they play?
(position, club)?
the game is today 4pm Brasilia time

They are players born in the region of Catalunya in Spain

where do they play? and who plays in what position?
I mean should I know who these guys are?

Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal is playing, he played for Barca previously.

Hey are they showing the match anywhere?
Anyone will be with the highlights?
I wanna see how Cesc performs.
Interesting, Wenger said he'll star in the first team next season.
Wanna see his style and the likes.
Thanks.

I really like these sort of Maches :D
il be rooting for the Catalans as i like Barca

i think Sergio García should stick to golf......

Originally posted by St.Domingo
I really like these sort of Maches :D
il be rooting for the Catalans as i like Barca

:D Yeh but you can see him 2 footing R.Carlos cant ya (H)

Oops i ment to quote mutt there:rolleyes:

It should be players from Catalonia or players which have lived in Catalonia X years, because Iniesta is from Albacete but he moved to Barcelona six years ago.

Some important catalan players such as Puyol, Luque, Xavi and Gabri can not play the game because the spanish federation don't let them play.

The reason the spanish federation give is that they have to be focused on the Euro, but it wouldn't be strange if it was because they don't like the Catalan National team to play international matches, so they just f*ck it as much as they can.

Brazil already played against Catalonia before the World Cup, and they compromised to play here again if the won the WC. Brazil won 3-1 with 2 goals scored by Ronaldinho.

Camp Nou will be almost full: yesterday there were about 80.000 tickets sold.

players:

Víctor Valdés, Oleguer, Sergio González , Iniesta, Sergio García from Barça

Lopo, Jordi Cruyff from Espanyol
Curro Torres from Valencia
Capdevila, sergio from Depor
Guardiola from the easy life in some team in Qatar
Roger, Quique Álvarez from Villareal
Jofre from Levante
Celades from Girondins (I think...?)
Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal

Tamudo (Espanyol) and Luís García (barça) are injured.

The match will be party, because it's a friendly and because we can't see our NT team play very often, so when it plays people wants to enjoy it.

Anyone as young or almost as young as Cesc?

No, Cesc is by far the youngest.

Awesome, heh, good luck to the kid.

Originally posted by Dream Team
It should be players from Catalonia or players which have lived in Catalonia X years, because Iniesta is from Albacete but he moved to Barcelona six years ago.


What a same, Iniesta is not catalan...

I was also surprised seing Iniesta in the team.

Anyway, we have integrated lots of spanish inmigrants. I guess he's just one of them, so he's welcomed.

Why isnt Kaká in the Brazil eleven? :(

Originally posted by Shevchenko-[7]
Why isnt Kaká in the Brazil eleven? :(

injured

see, that means Milan has the best medical system.. allowing players to get injured only after the season :crazyboy:

yea, I dont know whats up with that, but R Junior is also injured somehow...

GOOOOOOOOL!!
:rockman:
Ronaldo

1-0
Brasil

Originally posted by panxoman


Jordi Cruyff from Espanyol



Something ive always wondered, is he related to the dutch legend? is young/gonna be good?

Alex is subed for Baptista because of injury

Baptista will score...you'll see ;)

GOOOOOOOOOLLLL!!:rockman:
2-0
Ronaldo again

Baptista is doing everything
marking up, passing foward well, and playing as a 3 foward
he almost just scored

Originally posted by Mikey
Something ive always wondered, is he related to the dutch legend? is young/gonna be good?

where the hell were you in the last 10 years? Jordi is Johann's son, who had a spell in Barcelona also while his father was the coach.

He looked promising but he faded away, he's getting old now almost 30 I think

sorry sir

GOAL!!!!!!!!!
Ricardo Oliveira
3-0!

Originally posted by Virgo
where the hell were you in the last 10 years? Jordi is Johann's son, who had a spell in Barcelona also while his father was the coach.

He looked promising but he faded away, he's getting old now almost 30 I think

also played for man utd for some time

No Milan player from brazil is playing in the game

GOOOOOOOOOOLAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOO!!!!!

youre right
JULIO BAPTISTA!!!!!!!!!!!
BICYCLE KICK!!!

4-0!

:rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Yes 4-0 is nice hehe :)

more humillation please!

why would you want Catalunya to be humiliated?
btw told you WilliamFALmeyda ;)

Originally posted by -William-
why would you want Catalunya to be humiliated?
btw told you WilliamFALmeyda ;)

Cause every time i see a Cataluña match i see several peeps burning spanish flags, anti-spanish flags and that kind of stuff.

Not funny stuff if you are spanish.

Btw dont wanna start a thread catalan vs spanish, plz i dont hate cataluña i just dont like radical people.

call me WFA for short
youre right he's still doing great
Edu (arsenal) is also doing well for Brasil


All the originals have been subed, and Brasil are playing with 10 new field players

4-1

There are more than 80.000 people at camp nou, don't generalize because there are 100 radicals. It's a party not a match against Spain.

4-2
sergio Garcia's second

GOOOOOLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
Julio Baptista!!!!!!!! header!!!!!!!!
:rockman:
5-2

Final wistle

Brasil 5-2 Catalonia

Ronaldo
Rondalo
Oliveira
Baptista
Baptista

Sergio Garcia
Sergio Garcia

Argentina here we come!!!!

Originally posted by WilliamFAlmeida
Argentina here we come!!!!


Can't Wait.

:taz:

that Oliveira is the Valencia player ?

The bicycle kick goal was a gem.

although the score seems to show great match it hasn't been that good.

Brazil won 2-5, but that's no surprise. NO many teams are able to beat them.

Brazil is the best team in the world and we were missing our best players some"kidnaped" by spanish NT and some others injured.

Hope some day we'll play more than just friendly international games.

Good luck to Brazil.

by the way, Baptista : this man is f*cking good.

Obviously Sevilla doesn't want to sell him.

Baptidios (H)

told you guys he was gonna score! :p

Originally posted by panxoman
Brazil is the best team in the world and we were missing our best players some"kidnaped" by spanish NT and some others injured.

:rofl: kidnapped

btw how well did sergio garcia play, i see he scored twice, although he'll probably go on a loan next year to some team where he can play regular mins.

Sergio Garcia scored teh second goal in great play.

First goal was scored by Gerard (yes gerard, strange by true)

by the way Crusad3r: No spanish flags burned in the last 2 or 3 years: people goes to this games to have fun.

Where can i see the highlights ?

Originally posted by panxoman
Sergio Garcia scored teh second goal in great play.

First goal was scored by Gerard (yes gerard, strange by true)

by the way Crusad3r: No spanish flags burned in the last 2 or 3 years: people goes to this games to have fun.

Maybe the catalan TV just cut the bad things, and that cuts are showed in national chanells. Just like Usa Tv cutting awful images of american dead soldiers... Censured !

You guys think that TVE well i have TVE International, would show the highlights ? I would like to see Brazil ;)

Originally posted by dannyeli
You guys think that TVE well i have TVE International, would show the highlights ? I would like to see Brazil ;)

i guess they will do

Originally posted by Crusad3r
Just like Usa Tv cutting awful images of american dead soldiers... Censured !

why would the national tv show images of dead soldiers that would just upset their families like it happend wit the beheaded man i dont see how that would be useful the ppl that wanna see that can just go on the net and see it .....theyre not hidding anything and everybody knows US soldiers are dying every day so whats your point?

Originally posted by Crusad3r
Maybe the catalan TV just cut the bad things, and that cuts are showed in national chanells. Just like Usa Tv cutting awful images of american dead soldiers... Censured !

Maybe, but then you can be sure that antena3, tele5 or TVE would show the images.

If they don't it's because there's nothing to show. I think there hasn't been images like those in last 2 or 3 years.

Originally posted by 0le_Spain
why would the national tv show images of dead soldiers that would just upset their families like it happend wit the beheaded man i dont see how that would be useful the ppl that wanna see that can just go on the net and see it .....theyre not hidding anything and everybody knows US soldiers are dying every day so whats your point?

lol, thats not the point mate, maybe i did a bad example.

Originally posted by dannyeli
You guys think that TVE well i have TVE International, would show the highlights ? I would like to see Brazil ;)

I'm not that sure. In fact, I think they won't ....

So is anyone going to maka a highlightsvideo in the end or not?

How was Francesc?

Originally posted by 0le_Spain
why would the national tv show images of dead soldiers that would just upset their families like it happend wit the beheaded man i dont see how that would be useful the ppl that wanna see that can just go on the net and see it .....theyre not hidding anything and everybody knows US soldiers are dying every day so whats your point?


Propoganda. Most informed Americans are opposed to hostility in Iraq. Showing images of dead soldiers enrages the less informed masses, and they will support any kind of retaliation on the part of the military. Everyone gets an equal vote, and Americans live from soundbyte to soundbyte, so showing the images will help our current President push his own agenda, even if the majority of informed Americans (and the majority of Americans in general, according to the last popular vote and the current apprval rating) are opposed to military action.

Sorry to go so far off topic, but the question was asked and it deserves a proper answer from an American.

Originally posted by Psyatika
Propoganda. Most informed Americans are opposed to hostility in Iraq. Showing images of dead soldiers enrages the less informed masses, and they will support any kind of retaliation on the part of the military. Everyone gets an equal vote, and Americans live from soundbyte to soundbyte, so showing the images will help our current President push his own agenda, even if the majority of informed Americans (and the majority of Americans in general, according to the last popular vote and the current apprval rating) are opposed to military action.

Sorry to go so far off topic, but the question was asked and it deserves a proper answer from an American.

Obviously u have no idea of who i was talking to and what i was saying but if u you back and read the posts again then maybe you'll get a clue that i wasnt asking a question to anybody else but Crusad3r.

Not only that but ur statements are full of contradictions. Who are the informed Americans? is this some kind of cult? where do you get your news?:rolleyes:

Pictures -

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Oh, how I wish for Ronaldo to get back to his top player physique...:(
































Cmon Ronnie ya can do it, you came back from a carrer ending injury.:o And I'm sure that you still love the game more than the money, so pull your self together and show the world once again that you are one of the best footballers that this world has seen.:p
















Hoping for improvements in the Copa America.:D

I totally agree with you man..........
I love the guy, but it seems like he's not even trying sometimes....

RUSI
nice pics BTW, where can I get more?
and will anyone have higlights?!?1

What sort of ball is that?

Originally posted by PaPaGeorGeo
What sort of ball is that?

A ball by Puma.

yea, italian national team (i think) and MLS also use it, it's a good ball.

Oh man Ronaldo is so fat :crazyboy:

Julio Baptista was from Sao Paolo aight?

And wasnt he a defensive midfielder or sumthin?

Bring him to Milan (H)

Yes, but Caparros in Sevilla uses him a bit forward and it works like a charm. He has scored 20 goals this season.

Sevilla only payed €2,5 M, and now his value is much higher.

he costs now like 25 M, Caparros did a very good job with him! (H)

he's so big eh..

even Adriano would lose a wrestling match with him

Ronaldo will get his weight right in the off-season i hope. He still has it, both of his goals yesterday were quite class. And Baptista, holy ****! What a goal, remembers me of Rivaldo at Barça, damn good bycicle kick. Nice game, 5-2 was a good result, now morale is up for the game against Argentina.