Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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- OTP’s Howard The Psychic Duck predicts… Portugal v Spain
- Video: Germany vs Greece super slo-mo fan park reactions
- Top 10 summer transfer targets: Wigan Athletic
- Top 10 summer transfer targets: West Ham
- Video: Former Chelsea striker Leon Knight’s crazed commentary of his goals
- Boom! Ex-England manager Fabio Capello has a cheeky dig at Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney
- England’s Euro 2012 goals and Andrea Pirlo’s Panenka penalty retold in stunning string animation
- Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli takes an hour to provide urine sample, Italy squad miss their plane
- Motorway banner slams England fan for choosing Euro 2012 quarter-final over wedding anniversary
- Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli suffers ear-flicking from his Italy team-mates
- Italy’s Riccardo Montolivo already able to joke about penalty miss
- New Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski sings on awful Europop track
| OTP’s Howard The Psychic Duck predicts… Portugal v Spain Posted: 27 Jun 2012 06:03 AM PDT Despite his run of correct predictions, it’s been a tough of couple of days for our Howard. Already living in a safe house after repeated kidnap attempts from leading sports bookmakers, he’s also become an overnight public enemy number one, having backed Italy to overcome England on Sunday. Thankfully ducks’ instinctive aversion to fire means [...]
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| Video: Germany vs Greece super slo-mo fan park reactions Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:43 AM PDT Super slo-mo has been a great addition to the football broadcaster’s arsenal in recent seasons. Usually it’s been deployed to give us a good look at some superb skills. But in this new adidas video, the super slo-mo cameras turn their attention to the Euro 2012 fan parks to capture in-game reactions during the Germany [...]
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| Top 10 summer transfer targets: Wigan Athletic Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:40 AM PDT OTP’s guide to some of the impending, probable and possible transfer moves at every Premier League club. Wigan haven't made it easy for us, with Dave Whelan announcing the club would not be doing any business until after Euro 2012. What rumours there are aren't exactly inspiring for Latics' fans… 1. Dimitris Salpingidis Salpangidis' performances [...]
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| Top 10 summer transfer targets: West Ham Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:28 AM PDT OTP’s guide to some of the impending, probable and possible transfer moves at every Premier League club. 1. Grant Holt First on the list is a striker, because with Baldock, Maynard, Cole, Vaz Te, Sears, Carew, Montenegro and Piquionne on the books, along with only six first-team defenders, what West Ham need is another striker. [...]
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| Video: Former Chelsea striker Leon Knight’s crazed commentary of his goals Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:27 AM PDT This ever so slightly disturbing footage of ex-Chelsea forward Leon Knight watching videos of goals he’s scored and commentating on them has surfaced. The 29-year-old was most recently on the books of Northern Irish side Glentoran but was released last week using a probationary clause in his contract. He had previously been suspended while alleged [...]
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| Boom! Ex-England manager Fabio Capello has a cheeky dig at Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:11 AM PDT Amid all the on-field action in the last week, there has been a rather tasty one-way feud bubbling up between former England boss Fabio Capello and Wayne Rooney. It all kicked off when the Manchester striker claimed that the Italian’s tactical orders for the England side had all been “lost in translation”. Capello immediately [...]
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| England’s Euro 2012 goals and Andrea Pirlo’s Panenka penalty retold in stunning string animation Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:10 AM PDT When football comes with strings attached, it normally means fans are being shafted with extortionate ticket prices. Happily, on this occasion it means a delightful depiction of some of the most memorable goals in England’s Euro 2012 campaign. OTP are particularly fond of the remake of Andrea Pirlo’s sumptuous Panenka penalty for Italy: the lusciously languid shot that strung up [...]
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:05 AM PDT After a long slog attempting to grind down England’s two stubborn banks of four, the Italy team must have longed for a quick getaway on their arduous journey back to their base camp in Poland. It wasn’t quite smooth sailing for the Azzurri though thanks to Mario Balotelli’s hesitant bladder in Kiev. The Manchester City [...]
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| Motorway banner slams England fan for choosing Euro 2012 quarter-final over wedding anniversary Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:00 AM PDT A few weeks ago OTP reported on a survey that suggested 10 per cent of England football fans believed that winning Euro 2012 would mean more than their wedding day. As this wonderfully vitriolic motorway banner shows, one England supporter has inadvertently confirmed himself as part of that patriotic percentile. The fan – known only as ‘Chris’ – decided [...]
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| Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli suffers ear-flicking from his Italy team-mates Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:58 AM PDT Italy’s players saw fit to test the length of Mario Balotelli’s infamously short fuse as they prepared for their Euro 2012 semi-final against Germany. Azzurri players including Alessandro Diamanti, Fabio Borini and Thiago Motta decided to start flicking Balotelli’s ears during a training session. Mario takes it all in good humour… at first. The team-mates [...]
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| Italy’s Riccardo Montolivo already able to joke about penalty miss Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT Riccardo Montolivo has discovered that missing a penalty in a shootout is no big deal – as long as you team then goes on to win the match. Speaking ahead of Italy’s Euro 2012 semi-final against Germany – his mother’s homeland – the Milan man was able to poke fun at himself. Asked if he [...]
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| New Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski sings on awful Europop track Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:20 AM PDT Germany striker Lukas Podolski has shown he’s a man of many talents by turning his hand to the world of music. The recent Arsenal signing has teamed up with Cologne band Brings to sing on the track Hallelujah. In his international football career, Podolski leaned heavily on the experience of strike partner Miroslav Klose to [...]
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