So when the Copa and the Euros are over and done with - are any of you going to bother watching this?
no because they're mostly youth teams
>>68724906
They're allowed 3 players over the age of 23
>>68724890
IT'S COMING HOME
>>68724914
Ronaldo is gonna play and he's gonna TSUUU it up for us
>>68724914
that's why i said mostly
How am I supposed to tell the Swedish players and Nigerian players apart?
who here /LIFELONG/ FIJI FAN?
>>68724890
I guess so, I wasn't even aware Germany was going. Looks like an easy group too
i would watch it if Messi was playing just to have a good laugh at how he would do against 23 year olds
>>68724937
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtfAtm1HJvQ
>getting memed on by finnish national television
>>68725001
i hope this faggot is forgotten about in 10 years
>>68725000
Neymar is playing 2bf
>>68725001
>not including the offside goal
HARAM
>>68724937
Is he really or you are just memeing?.
It would be funny if he starts owning a bunch of kids.
yea it will be fun
>>68725075
Im pretty sure he already announced he wouldnt be there. thank dog
>>68725075
>Ronaldo misses the start of La Liga in order to play in a shitty Olympics with a bunch of kids
That would be hilarious
>>68725075
he can barely play the euros know way he could survive rio
It's coming home la
>>68725001
kek is this what Finland does every time they fail to qualify?
No US = no watch. What a joke that Fiji gets in there but not the US.
>>68725096
>implying 1 of 7 Tsunaldo can win LaLiga16-17
hahahahah
Why wouldnt I watch it? Not like I have anything better to do.
>iraq v south africa
>fiji v south korea
>honduras v algeria
YEAH CAN'T WAIT SENPAI. HOLD ME BACK!!!!!
Of course, football is the only olympic sport I care about. With Italy not qualified I will shamelessly root for Japan.
>>68724890
wait... rio is still going to happen?
>>68725426
there is no way it won't happen
too much money pumped into it already, it's too late to fail now.
Sure, why not?
>>68724890
No one is even watching the Olympics
>>68724890
>germany
>brazil
Will the history repeat itself?
>>68724890
>Mex7c0 current gold medal holders
should be fun
>fiji
>iraq
>honduras
>mexico
Memelympics
Yeah as I'm half Iraqi. Would be nice seeing >us get humiliated by Neymar again.
>>68724890
yeah, i'll watch. wtf else am i supposed to do with my life?
>>68725717
Watch better events.
Hoo-boy, I can't wait to see that Fiji/Worst Korea match!
>>68725075
Luis Suarez and Memevani played in 2012, but obviously there was no other tournament for South American teams that year so they were free.
I don't think many clubs will let the players do both tournaments. Even Nerman had to skip Copa America to play the Olympics. Messi is already confirmed out.
Nerman better win this after taking a vacation during Copa America
>>68725800
I think you will, European and American teams will be weakened because of the summer tournaments. Maybe watch out for Niggeria, although their group looks quite evenly matched.
>>68725760
plenty of hours in the day to do both.
To be fair some decent players are going to play at it:
>Neymar
>Thiago Silva
>Zlatan
>Lindelöf
>Mikel
>Musa
>Ighalo
>Funes Mori
>Lanzini
>Correa
>Dybala
>Icardi
>Vietto
>Calleri
Also read somewhere Reus might be going with Germany.
Fiji meme.
Should be good. Not as if I've got anything better to do.
>youth
Irrelevant. If FIFA stopped being whiny bitches and let the Olympics be the crown jewel of the sport, maybe. But until then, no.
>>68725989
Dybala is confirmed out.
He didnt get Juventus permission to play.
>>68726018
>Irrelevant. If FIFA stopped being whiny bitches and let the Olympics be the crown jewel of the spor
I don't want to replace the World Cup with a fucking medal
>>68725989
>Ighalo is considered a decent player
What a time to be alive lads
>nigeria vs sweden
can't make this up
>it's a """"youth""""" competition where Nigeria sends 30 year olds and nobody calls them out episode
>>68726138
African football is hilarious
The Togo national team was supposed to play a friendly against some other country, they lost 13-0 and then the other team realised it wasn't the Togo team but a bunch of people wearing the Togo kit.
>Fiji
>Iraq
>South Africa
>>68726162
top keks
>>68724890
rooting for Fiji
>>68726162
Then who was phone?
>>68726018
>olympics
>team sport
the inclusion is retarded in the first place
FIJI
I
J
I
>>68726218
Handball is a pretty great deal, with the Olympics on par with the WC.
>>68726218
This
>>68726240
It's a bit silly with Euros or World Cup literally every year and then Olympics on top every fourth.
I wish they scrapped the Euros alltogether at least, or just followed a similar calendar to football.
>>68724890
Sweden
Yes
>>68726240
it probably is because nobody watches handball desu
>>68725161
Umad ur meme team is trash?
>>68725643
Is not necessary to say that you are half Iraqi not with that flag.
>>68726456
CHI
>>68725161
US lost to Honduros and then Colombia on a play-ff.
They should delete this shitie tournament
>>68726549
>t. Assmad his country didn't qualify
>>68725440
You seriously underestimate our capacity(especially the cariocas') to fuck things up, netherling.
>>68724941
Must be hard when your belly is covering your eyesight.
>>68726467
Duly noted, I'll also assume that you are an impoverished drug-dealing fiend who lives in a godforsaken slum.
>>68724890
#pray4fiji
>>68726018
>>68726218
>>68726240
basketball's biggest prize is the gold medal, WC is a distant 2nd
it's really mostly football that doesn't give a fuck about it and as far as I know the only one with an U-23 limit in team composition
I'm watching it for Nerman
>>68726125
So civil war?
nah
i watch football 365 days a year, it's nice to take a break once in a while and enjoy weird niche sports, like archery or pole vault
it's the comfiest sporting event of all, and football imo ruins it
it should be removed in place of wrestilng, i'm outraged one of the original ancient-times events was cut
i read an article in the paper this morning about gang members storming into a Rio hospital to rescue a fellow wounded gang member. they killed a patient and a nurse. turns out that hospital is one of the 5 that has been assigned to treat tourists during the Olympics, and is the closest to the stadium that will hold the opening ceremony.
>>68726706
nba finals has higher ratings than basketball olympics in murrikka
for other countries it maybe is bigger, because its a shit tier sport compared to football in non murrikan countries --- no other competition to aim for, that is prestigious enough/people care about, like EURO or so
>>68726868
I'm not talking about club competitions, of course NBA overshadows everything else. When national teams are involved, the Olympic gold medal is a step above the WC.
>>68726891
the point is its not saying much because nobody cares about the WC in the first place
murikka has NBA, and the rest of the world doesnt care
>>68724941
Must be hard when you can't afford glasses.
>>68726918
I guess? I don't know what kinda point you wanna make.
Basketball's still pretty big in Spain and in the Balkans, for what it's worth.
>>68726115
He's pretty good senpai. Did well last season before he and Deeney dropped off.
>>68726609
Literally makes no sense
Just leave the banter to competent nations, cuck
>Fiji
Why
yeah I'm watching we choke for the 50th time.
>>68726932
the (original) point is (most) people dont watch olympics for the team sport desu senpai
>>68725138
Well yes.
You don't do compilations in Portugal?
>>68726966
>you will never be the Dallas Cowboys of soccer
why live
why isn't GB there this year?
>>68727026
only happens in the olympics
4 silver medals.
>>68724890
>figi
>iraq
>korea
>honduras
>nerman ditched the copa team to play in this shit
>>68724890
Why does group B has two swedish teams?
>>68727107
hahaha xD good one
>>68727100
>nerman ditched the copa team to play in this shit
a chance for the gold medal, he has the rest of his career to try win the other international competitions
>>68727107
>*two african teams
wasted opportunity, Mex7c0
>>68727056
Because muh separate national teams.
>>68727153
gold medal is meaningless when its against weak competition without even the teams best players, they are only allowed like 3 players over 21 or 23, this is essentially almost youth tournament tier
>>68724890
Stopped reading at southafrica to be honest.
>>68727107
>07
>>68727194
It actually has 3
>Congolombia
>Sweden
>Niggeria
But only 2 out of the 3 are muslim though, so that's why I went with swedish
>>68727270
>70
It keeps happening.
reminder that ryan giggs played at 2012 olympics for team GB at the age of 38
>>68727270
>>68727107
The ride never ends!
>>68727267
I wish it was a fully U23 tournament. This mixed scheme takes the prestige away because some (or most) NTs don't even bother sending their best. If we win it'll just feel like "ok, cool, finally", but that's it.
>>68727314
>this kills the chicano
>>68727107
>7 (seven)
>>68724890
No, this is almost as bad as watching women play.
>>68725632
It's the only way Mexico's not going to get embarrassed like they did at the Copa America.
>>68727107
London is practiaclly a Nigerian DOMTOM. What are you on about PU70?
>>68727729
England is not playing though
I'll root for the meme teams, Iraq, Japan, Fiji. Niggeria, South Africa.
>>68728146
>I'm a cuck: the post
>>68728146
You need a team in group D too, burger-senpai.
>>68724890
>Iraq, Fiji, and Honduras are in
>USA isn't
Wow.
>>68728146
>I'll root for the meme teams, Iraq, Japan, Fiji. Niggeria, South Africa.
>>68728244
>You need a team in group D too, burger-senpai.
Honduras?
Anyway, I want a Republic of Korea-Japan match, since I've deprived of a USA-Mexico or Russia-Ukraine match and the butthurt they could cause.
>mfw germany beats poopxico 7-1
>>68728828
all that Dokdo butthurt is glorious.
Sweden has a great team but Zlatan is going to ruin it. Also how can it not feel pathetic being 34 and playing with a bunch of u-23s.
>>68724890
post yfw ouia'tsa'tsoovoo gets one for da fij
>>68726583
are cariocas your niggers?
are you a carioca?
>>68724890
>no syria, north korea, afganistan
>>68726982
No one knows Finland exists in Portugal. Sorry.
>>68729066
>are cariocas your niggers?
We all nigger here, bro. If a BR ever tells you otherwise keep your belongings close to you, back away slowly, no fast movements and seek the authorities.
>are you a carioca?
Hell no.
>>68727056
The women's team actually qualified by virtue of their performance in the Women's World Cup last summer, but the English FA flatly refused letting their players go as Team GB as they don't want to give those fucks at FIFA any ideas (like making the UK play as a united team in FIFA competitions).
>>68728828
>>68728906
We got that in 2012 for the bronze-medal match, with a predictable aftermath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics#South_Korean_political_statements
Basically, Korea is fucked if they try anymore Dokdo/Takeshima shit.
I saw like 4 of the games during the 2012 Olympics. Was pretty gud actually
