ForAcademicPurposes
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UEFA EURO 2024 |OT| Es Kommt Nach Hause
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
No COPA AMERICA THREAD
ForAcademicPurposes
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Loltaly
ForAcademicPurposes
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OG winning the golden boot
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
True. Same old story with England. Amazing how Southgate can make these players look average.
Laptop1991
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Everyone knew Southgate didn't have what it takes to win a tournament, but the "British" FA like their yes men, England are awful, and it's embarrassing how bad they are.
T8SC
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But instead, you have Memphis and Wout.
To think, Netherlands once had the likes of Kluivert, Bergkamp, Seedorf, De Boer, Davids, Van Persie, Van Basten, Rijkaard etc and now you have Cody Gakpo, Memphis Depay and Wout Weghorst. What happened to Dutch football?
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Cyberpunkd
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Of course Poland lost, being pathetic losers that they are.
Laptop1991
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ForAcademicPurposes
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Are you all in for some Le Coq and ball torture?
ForAcademicPurposes
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Hoohoooo close.
Speedy speedy Frimpong
Speedy speedy Frimpong
ForAcademicPurposes
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Anthony Taylor's but a discount Howard Webb.
Portugeezer
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Netherlands looked good. Unlucky to have that goal disallowed as I don't think the keeper would have been able to save it, even if the offside player wasn't blocking the potential dive.
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
What a shitty match. So disappointed with France, Deschamps OUT please and Zidane IN.
I'm French and me and my friends are thinking the same.
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T8SC
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Genuinely surprised by the Netherlands. Its odd to see such a good defense but I think their attack lacks that killer instinct, just cant rely on Memphis & Wout. Interesting decision with the offside though, commentators seemed to think they were looking for a way to disallow it rather than look at it properly. Was he really blocking the keeper? Keeper didnt look like he was going to dive whether he was there or not, he was unsighted due to the crowd of players the ball came through. Unlucky Netherlands.
France not as strong as everyone thought? Same results as England so far, the two "favourites".
I also seen this earlier:
2016:
Man Utd win FA Cup
Real Madrid win UCL
Iceland beat England
Portugal win Euro 2016
2024:
Man Utd win FA Cup
Real Madrid win UCL
Iceland beat England
... I've said from the start, Portugal are my outsiders to win. (Outside the two favourites).
ZIdane has only managed a world class Real Madrid team (Twice). I rank him the same as Pep, very good with a very good team. Lets see what he can do with Everton.
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
That was a harsh decision. Dumfries wasn't causing obstruction and then the reply said offside? Nonsense.
ForAcademicPurposes
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Taylor is laughable inconsistent. He's like a random number generator. Is it a foul? will he play advantage? A booking? Nobody knows.
John Marston
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I never watch football except for euro and the World Cup.
Because the stakes are high & it's exciting.
Coming from a hockey culture I still don't get how diving is tolerated.
Players going down like they are sniped in the head with a rifle yet getting up like nothing happened 20 seconds later.
The replay shows just 2 arms barely grazing each other.
As a casual viewer those pussies break the game flow & I wish the refs could give them a yellow card for delay of game.
Of course hockey players have protection & football players are practically naked but that shit bothers me.
Because the stakes are high & it's exciting.
Coming from a hockey culture I still don't get how diving is tolerated.
Players going down like they are sniped in the head with a rifle yet getting up like nothing happened 20 seconds later.
The replay shows just 2 arms barely grazing each other.
As a casual viewer those pussies break the game flow & I wish the refs could give them a yellow card for delay of game.
Of course hockey players have protection & football players are practically naked but that shit bothers me.
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ForAcademicPurposes
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Agreed with BBC pundits. Maignan doesn't even have the body position to be able to properly dive there.
He couldn’t even see the ball because his own defenders were blocking his view.
That’s why he never went for the dive.
He couldn’t even see the ball because his own defenders were blocking his view.
That’s why he never went for the dive.
clarky
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Yeah that was some bullshit.
ForAcademicPurposes
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Helm’s Deep.
ThisIsMyDog
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T8SC
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Unfortunate goals but at least you're on course to progress.
Let's go Romania
Our team may not have superstars but we have heart and we have the loudest most passionate fans!
You've had a fair few of those other the years though, Gheorge Hagi was a magician.
There's been a few upsets already, Belgium are most certainly not playing their best football ... Could be another upset tonight and the underdog to win...
Hopefully a good game for the neutrals.
FeralEcho
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Yes we've had amazing players over the years,guys like:
Hagi,Mutu,Chivu etc.
But currently our team is kind of devoid of that one person who can pull some magic trick and turn things around on their own but nonetheless they are very motivated so we hope for the best.
T8SC
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I'd usually cheer on the underdog, but I got Belgium in a sweepstake, so there's money riding on this.
Just as I went to press reply....
ForAcademicPurposes
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This is the history of Tottenham.... err um Lukaku
T8SC
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Some of your players showed some sparkle, I'm confident you'll progress from the group in second. Belgium finally decided to show up but I can't see them going very far in the tournament, quarter finals if they're lucky unless they drastically improve.
Moving onto Round 3 of the group phase now, I'll update the topic later with the latest positions, including those all important third place places.
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Lukaku's First Touch
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Lukaku is just a meme. Amazing.
T8SC
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The final round of the group phase begins tomorrow, here's how things stand.
Group A
| Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Won 5-1 against Scotland Won 2-0 against Hungary |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Won 3-1 against Hungary Drew 1-1 with Scotland |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | Lost 1-5 to Germany Drew 1-1 with Switzerland |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | Lost 1-3 to Switzerland Lost 0-2 to Germany |
Group B
| P | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | Won 3-0 against Croatia Won 1-0 against Italy |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Won 2-1 against Albania Lost 0-1 to Spain |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | Lost 1-2 to Italy Drew 2-2 with Croatia |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 | Lost 0-3 to Spain Drew 2-2 with Albania |
Group C
| P | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Won 1-0 against Serbia Drew 1-1 with Denmark |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Drew 1-1 with Slovenia Drew 1-1 with England |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Drew 1-1 with Denmark Drew 1-1 with Serbia |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
Group D
| P | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Won 2-1 against Poland Drew 0-0 with France |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Won 1-0 against Austria Drew 0-0 with Netherlands |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Lost 0-1 to France Won 3-1 against Poland |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 | Lost 1-2 to Netherlands Lost 1-3 to Austria |
Group E
| P | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Lost 0-1 to Slovakia Won 2-0 against Romania |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Won 3-0 against Ukraine Lost 0-2 to Belgium |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Won 1-0 against Belgium Lost 1-2 to Ukraine |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | Lost 0-3 to Romania Won 2-1 against Slovakia |
Group F
| P | Team | GP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Won 2-1 against Czech Republic Won 3-0 against Turkey |
| 2 | 
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | Won 3-1 against Georgia Lost 0-3 to Portugal |
| 3 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | Lost 1-2 to Portugal Drew 1-1 with Georgia |
| 4 | 
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
Third Place Standings:
ForAcademicPurposes
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Nope.
T8SC
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Chaotic last 10 minutes from both teams, unlucky Scotland.
However, it didn't look good for the Hungarian player who went down injured. Hopefully he's ok, far too reminiscent of Eriksen for Denmark with the shield of players.
Update - He's suffered a fractured cheek bone but conscious & stable.
However, it didn't look good for the Hungarian player who went down injured. Hopefully he's ok, far too reminiscent of Eriksen for Denmark with the shield of players.
Update - He's suffered a fractured cheek bone but conscious & stable.
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ForAcademicPurposes
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ForAcademicPurposes
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Italol
ForAcademicPurposes
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Talk about the biggest dagger ever right at the end.
Jesus that's cruel for Croatia.
Jesus that's cruel for Croatia.
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LiquidMetal14
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What a finish here. I hope Croatia still makes it on the best 3rd place teams.
calistan
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Crazy kind of a tournament if a team can qualify with two points and zero wins.
It takes two weeks and 36 games just to get rid of eight teams. It's so ridiculously drawn out. The real tournament doesn't begin until the knockout stages, this is all just filler for TV.
LiquidMetal14
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Absolutely agree. These expanded tournaments are to let more teams participate when the exclusivity of it has been one of the draws. It's been very good to watch as a spectator but the players suffer more. This is summer break too so less time to recoup.