kurtsimonw Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 2-0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 just before yesterday evening's game and walking distance from..... a pleasant evening's cricket (Glamorgan got tonked by Hampshire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 haha, my mate going lose £40. Told him Brazil wouldn't walk it like everyone said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Rafael with another MOTM display for Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Oh wow. What a miss. And that's the gold for Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Joga bonito, joga bonito. Loving it. Best moment of the match - the little confrontation between Juan and Rafael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm glad Brazil didn't win the Gold. It would be more fitting for them to win their first Olympic football Gold medal at Rio 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Rafael is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm glad Brazil didn't win the Gold. It would be more fitting for them to win their first Olympic football Gold medal at Rio 2016. It would be more fitting for me for them to not win at Rio in 2014, and then not to win at Rio in 2016 again :nod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 this will be a majority of Brazil World Cup squad in 2014 and I have said before they dont look good enough to win it. rumour is Manezes is probably getting the sack for not winning the Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Mexico well deserved the win. Only saw the second half but very impressed with the Mexican number 9 who scored the second goal, big and strong, maybe worth a bid. The keeper was very commanding on crosses aswell. On a tangent it's always struck me as odd how few Mexicans have really succeded at the top level of european football when they have a decent pedigree in world cups....Hugo Sanchez, Rafael Marquez, Javier Hernandez, anyone else I've missed out as top level Mexicans? Don't say Dos Santos ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 How many have came over? The money has exploded in Europe over the past ten years or so, but before that I dont think Mexican footballers would have much reason to leave Mexico would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm surprised Mexico haven't challenged for the World Cup when you consider their population and that football is their number 1 sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm surprised Mexico haven't challenged for the World Cup when you consider their population and that football is their number 1 sport. Yeah would make sense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm glad Brazil didn't win the Gold. They should not even have been in the final imo.It should have been Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 LONDON (Reuters) - Attendance for the men's and women's football tournaments at the London Games set an Olympic record on Saturday after 86,162 fans saw Mexico beat Brazil in the men's final at Wembley Stadium. That crowd took the cumulative total for the 32 men's and 26 women's matches to 2,186,930 - bettering the previous record set in Beijing four years ago when 2,137,462 watched the tournament. In all 1,525,134 watched the men's games compared to 1,397,448 in Beijing and 740,014 watched the women's matches there compared to 661,796 here. An Olympic and European record attendance of 80,203 for a women's match was set when the United States played Japan in the final at Wembley on Thursday. "The attendances at the football tournament throughout the Games have been fantastic, despite some early concerns about tickets not being sold," said a spokesman at FIFA, soccer's governing body. "But to set an Olympic attendance record not only shows the great love of football in Britain, but also the real strength of football as an Olympic sport." Average attendance 45,898 for the Men's tournament. 24,944 for the Women's tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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