The Soccer Thread (Version 8)

It's not a Chelsea celebration unless Terry changes into his uniform.

 

Still the best:

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Fowler snorting the goal line is still the gold standard.

 

Wolfsburg fighting to stay in the top division, and have to play a two-legged playoff against the third-place 2.Bundesliga team. Hard times for a team that made it to the Chanpions Legaue quarterfinals last year.

Hamburg stays up after beating Wolfsburg today and is the only team to play in the top division every season since the league was founded in the 1960s.

 

No drama today in the EPL. Liverpool and Man City both with big leads.

I wonder if it will be over for Wenger after the FA Cup final.

 

Will he even be able to field a back line without Koscielny and Gabriel?

 

Real takes it down in La Liga. I still don't think that they are a great team, but a great collection of players.

 

The final day of EPL is always bittersweet- all that soccer on the NBC networks and all anti-climatic.

 

Six points separated 8th through 17th place. Each higher place is worth an extra $2.6 million.

 

One game means hundreds of millions for Man United. Either Champions League or jack shit.

 

Yup. That Bailly red card was a killer. He has been outstanding. Time to see if Pogba is worth the $$.

 

I know we've dabbled in rugby on this thread before, so this is good news.

NBCUniversal to Televise Rugby World Cup in 2019, 2023