European Cup! Murrican style!

Explain the Euro cup to an american

They are showing every game here on major network television... Why can't you just watch?

How can I watch if I dont understand it?

You don't understand the sport? ...

No not really, nor the tournament itself. I thought they already played the tounament in south africa and another one a few weeks ago. and when will ireland play against ulster?

Does some other country want to adopt me?

You dont have to understand any, Just stare and SHOUT!!!

作者： Jim Jimmies, 06.06.2012 at 20:43

No not really, nor the tournament itself. I thought they already played the tounament in south africa and another one a few weeks ago. and when will ireland play against ulster?

If this didn't sound like the worst troll ever, I would have actually made an effort to explain the Euros to you.

Only 19 hours left lads!

作者： learster, 07.06.2012 at 16:08

作者： Jim Jimmies, 06.06.2012 at 20:43

No not really, nor the tournament itself. I thought they already played the tounament in south africa and another one a few weeks ago. and when will ireland play against ulster?

If this didn't sound like the worst troll ever, I would have actually made an effort to explain the Euros to you.

Only 19 hours left lads!

I wish it was a troll... today i was arguing with my friend why his favorite team, man united, isnt playing, or if it was a FIFA tounament



EURO CUP! CHINA STYLE!

http://vimeo.com/42694791

作者： Jim Jimmies, 07.06.2012 at 19:17

I wish it was a troll... today i was arguing with my friend why his favorite team, man united, isnt playing, or if it was a FIFA tounament

Alright, here you go:

In football, every country has it's domestic league, where only clubs play. For example:

England has the Premier League (Manchester United, Arsenal London, etc)
Spain has la Liga (Real Madrid, Barcelona, etc)
France has League 1 (Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyon, etc)
Italy has Serie A (Juventus Turin, AC Milan, etc)
Germany has the Bundesliga (Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, etc)

Same goes for most/all of the European countries.
Those leagues play every year on a seasonal basis. The top teams qualify for the the Champions League, the European elite club devision, where only the best teams of each league participate. The tournament that you refered to as played a few weeks ago must have been the Champions League and you probably meant it's final, where Chelsea London played Bayern Munich. Now that is only club level.

The European Cup is an international tournament, where no clubs participate. The European countries that qualified for the end round, that is about to begin, draft their best national players from the clubs to form a national team that represents their country at the Euros.
This is always an amazing thing for me, as you have all the best players you love and hate, that are spread out through the leagues clubs, united in a single team that represent their country. So players that are usually opponents now play together and try to give their best for their country.
Now, not every country does qualify for the Euro Cup. The tournament only hosts 16 nations that must qualify through a series of qualification games.
Here you can look up who qualified: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012#Final_draw

The tournament itself has a group stage, where a win equals 3 points, a draw 1 point and a loss 0 points. The two teams with the most points at the end of the group stages progress to the knockout stage. From there on it's you win or you go home.

This is the most important trophy a European nation can earn besides the World Cup and it's only hosted every 4 years. It's always a huuuge festival of nations, where people wave their national flags, come together in huge crowds to watch the games and have plain fun. In my home city of Berlin there is a fan mile at the Brandenburg Gate where theres always between 500.000 to 1.000.000 people watching the game together. I myself like to go to smaller public viewing events, but I often was at the fan mile too. After a win most of the people are extremly happy and stroll the streets singing, strangers become friends and you just party hard. It's always a great time!

Watch this video if you like:
http://youtu.be/JvUzF-AMJpI
It's our teams way through the World Cup 2010 (which is much like the Euro Cup, only that the whole world can participate). You might get a grasp of the atmosphere, even though the commentary is in German.
Berlin fan mile:
http://youtu.be/A9VMLTLr-qg

作者： Jim Jimmies, 06.06.2012 at 20:02

Explain the Euro cup to an american

Gary Lineker says:"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."

作者： learster, 08.06.2012 at 08:34

作者： Jim Jimmies, 07.06.2012 at 19:17

I wish it was a troll... today i was arguing with my friend why his favorite team, man united, isnt playing, or if it was a FIFA tounament

(soccer stuff)

ha i finnaly get it now. watched both games today and you know what, i acttually like soccer. sucks that ireland is in the same group as spain though