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Title: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 14, 2021, 02:59:37 PM
christian erikson is apparently ok, but that was very scary looking. can't believe the cameras kept rolling as he was getting CPR for like 13 minutes.

let's talk slovakia (wow!)
also this sweden spain match is p good for 0-0.

i need to see all the kits before i choose my team. finland is pretty hot. i really dislike belgium for some reason (2014 is the reason)

who you got?

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Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: cfbandyman on June 14, 2021, 03:54:10 PM
Les Bleus
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Tobias on June 14, 2021, 04:02:13 PM
that Spain/Sweden game was kinda a wild 0-0, think Spain ended up with like 85% possession
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 14, 2021, 04:03:57 PM
Sverige!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 14, 2021, 04:05:58 PM
Slovakia sit on top of Group E, and they're going to get an exhausted Swedish squad on Friday  :eek:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 14, 2021, 04:58:37 PM
i need to see all the kits before i choose my team.

ok it might be Austria with the black and teal (?) kits and talking WAY too much crap to adorable macedonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuHf_H3EQzk
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 14, 2021, 05:48:40 PM
Don't forget about Copa America, I'm currently watching a very fun Argentina vs. Chile match. It not as great given they decided to have this in rough ridin' Brazil, no fans, no scenes.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: wetwillie on June 14, 2021, 06:24:30 PM
Die Mannschaft
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 14, 2021, 08:35:08 PM
Die Mannschaft

Die DONEschaft
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: pissclams on June 14, 2021, 09:27:20 PM
sorry but there’s plenty of sports that I can root for right here in the red, white, and blue without having to force myself into cheering for a game (not sport) that had to steal its name from america’s #1 sport.

but don’t let me tell you what to cheer for, comrade
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 15, 2021, 11:26:25 AM
full capacity in budapest for hungary vs portugal.

headphones volume = UP!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 15, 2021, 11:29:40 AM
portugal is normally pretty strong in the kit dept, but this is a bottom tier kit matchup
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 15, 2021, 11:54:50 AM
what % of the time does CR finish that?  95%? 99%?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 15, 2021, 12:42:55 PM
oh my god hungary did not deserve that  :frown:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Tobias on June 15, 2021, 12:44:36 PM
what a cruel last five minutes
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 15, 2021, 12:52:05 PM
ooof
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 15, 2021, 12:52:27 PM
^^they played hard but portugal is clearly the better team
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Tobias on June 15, 2021, 12:59:22 PM
nobody irl murdered Pepe (how old is he?) on the field so the mission was a failure
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 15, 2021, 03:21:35 PM
i feel like that french defender should probably sit the rest of this one out. his head irl double doinked (xpost)
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 16, 2021, 10:45:33 AM
https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1405187091441532933?s=20
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: CHONGS on June 16, 2021, 12:29:25 PM
Guys this is random, but can soccer people quit with labeling a "group of death" for every goddamn tournament they have.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Cire on June 16, 2021, 12:36:07 PM
They can’t.

There’s always one


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Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 16, 2021, 12:53:11 PM
Guys this is random, but can soccer people quit with labeling a "group of death" for every goddamn tournament they have.

Especially in a competition like this one where 3/4 of group of death is likely to advance to the knockout round.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 16, 2021, 01:01:06 PM
there is a very obvious GoD in this tornament but i actually haven't seen/heard anyone use that term (i haven't read a lot and i've just been watching the games)
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 17, 2021, 11:15:14 AM
the scenes at this denmark belgium game!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 17, 2021, 11:25:59 AM
Felt inevitable once it fell to him, but incredible composure from Poulsen to slot that home. What a start and what an atmosphere
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 17, 2021, 01:11:58 PM
best game of the torn a ment so far. belgium at full strength are terrifying
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 17, 2021, 02:54:31 PM
is this MF'er Christian Fuchs really going on national TV as an Austrian wearing a black shirt with skulls on the collar?   :sdeek:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 19, 2021, 10:31:16 AM
can you upset alert a draw?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 19, 2021, 11:42:22 AM
although eng-sco was probably close to as big of an "upset"
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: wetwillie on June 19, 2021, 11:49:20 AM
Germany has life!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 19, 2021, 01:40:54 PM
Well well well, Germany had one more great match in them. They still need a draw against Hungary tho.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 19, 2021, 02:34:01 PM
Hungary, congrats fighting sallois

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Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 19, 2021, 02:42:52 PM
^ lol they do have like 3 players named that

POR's backline (esp Pepe) looked pretty rough
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 20, 2021, 03:45:18 AM
eff pepe
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 21, 2021, 03:36:56 PM
This Denmark Russia game is an all-timer. My God!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 21, 2021, 03:49:34 PM
That was absolutely glorious, wow
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 21, 2021, 03:54:12 PM
love to see it
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 21, 2021, 03:57:42 PM
Absolute scenes
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 23, 2021, 03:06:31 PM
that first spanish goal smh...was the gk trying to punch it over the bar?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 23, 2021, 04:12:27 PM
Damn. I was almost right about Germany.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 23, 2021, 04:36:29 PM
Sad to see Hungary go out like that.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 23, 2021, 05:54:24 PM
Sad to see Hungary go out like that.

i know national teams are often less than the sum of their part, but that was a pathetic performance by GER...really didn't deserve anything
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 23, 2021, 10:36:22 PM
Sad to see Hungary go out like that.

i know national teams are often less than the sum of their part, but that was a pathetic performance by GER...really didn't deserve anything

I don't think this is true, at all. Germany is just old, this core of players had a great run and this and probably the '22 works cup is the end of that run. The thing with countries like Germany is unlike Belgium, Greece, Iceland, and the United States is there is no golden generation. They get a group, ride them until they're done then toss them and start again.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 25, 2021, 06:20:35 PM
Sad to see Hungary go out like that.

i know national teams are often less than the sum of their part, but that was a pathetic performance by GER...really didn't deserve anything

I don't think this is true, at all. Germany is just old, this core of players had a great run and this and probably the '22 works cup is the end of that run. The thing with countries like Germany is unlike Belgium, Greece, Iceland, and the United States is there is no golden generation. They get a group, ride them until they're done then toss them and start again.

i'm pretty casual, but haavertz, rudiger, werner etc as old?  i dunno. there's hummels and maybe the goalie.  who else?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 25, 2021, 06:48:44 PM
Sad to see Hungary go out like that.

i know national teams are often less than the sum of their part, but that was a pathetic performance by GER...really didn't deserve anything

I don't think this is true, at all. Germany is just old, this core of players had a great run and this and probably the '22 works cup is the end of that run. The thing with countries like Germany is unlike Belgium, Greece, Iceland, and the United States is there is no golden generation. They get a group, ride them until they're done then toss them and start again.

i'm pretty casual, but haavertz, rudiger, werner etc as old?  i dunno. there's hummels and maybe the goalie.  who else?
Muller is 31 Kroos is 31


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Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 25, 2021, 09:55:42 PM
^that's still close enough to prime to not look as shitty as they did, imo
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 25, 2021, 10:03:06 PM
^that's still close enough to prime to not look as shitty as they did, imo

They have looked shitty for quite a while even before this tournament, it's exactly why they were in the GOD, they were drawn into the third pot.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 26, 2021, 07:10:23 AM
^that's still close enough to prime to not look as shitty as they did, imo
I agree with that, I was making the point that next World Cup will probably be the absolute end of the road for a good chunk of the core.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 26, 2021, 07:11:19 AM
^that's still close enough to prime to not look as shitty as they did, imo

They have looked shitty for quite a while even before this tournament, it's exactly why they were in the GOD, they were drawn into the third pot.
Yeah lol this is a great point.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 27, 2021, 02:51:53 PM
kind of a tough red for netherlands, but i guess u gotta give that one according to the rules
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 27, 2021, 02:55:15 PM
Now I'm stuck in a Netherlands jersey the rest of the day after that performance and I have to go out in public.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 28, 2021, 12:51:07 PM
holy crap holy crap holy crap
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 28, 2021, 12:57:10 PM
Loving this
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 28, 2021, 12:59:38 PM
https://twitter.com/lukewhitehouse7/status/1409570390750420994
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: ChiComCat on June 28, 2021, 04:26:23 PM
France/Switzerland looks just as fun as Croatia/Spain
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 28, 2021, 04:34:53 PM
What an absolute goal fest today  :D
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 28, 2021, 04:48:10 PM
Pandemonium! France is OUT
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 28, 2021, 05:07:52 PM
What a day
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 28, 2021, 05:12:07 PM
Hope everyone had a lovely Soccer Christmas. See you tomorrow!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 28, 2021, 05:26:19 PM
I hope the Germans score like 8 goals.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 28, 2021, 06:21:21 PM
First the Netherlands now France :cry:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 28, 2021, 07:16:08 PM
First the Netherlands now France :cry:
those Benzema and Pogba goals though  :sdeek:  two classics
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 29, 2021, 10:24:49 AM
what a treat we have lined up this morning (the world coming together once again to watch England fall on its collective face), and so close to July 4!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on June 29, 2021, 11:23:19 AM
Conflicted with England. Love the players, love the country, hate their twitter fans
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 29, 2021, 11:56:09 AM
Nothing funnier in the world than English fans after they lose.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on June 29, 2021, 12:35:46 PM
It will be even funnier when they finally slay their German demons and then lose to Sweden, Ukraine, Czech Republic, or Denmark
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 29, 2021, 12:39:41 PM
good grief
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 29, 2021, 12:45:35 PM
sounds like  Group of Death was actually Group of Suck
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 29, 2021, 04:31:33 PM
oh no sverige  :frown:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 29, 2021, 06:32:59 PM
oh no sverige  :frown:

that red card was interesting...was it just too reckless of a challenge even if he got ball and wasn't malicious?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on June 29, 2021, 08:30:49 PM
oh no sverige  :frown:

that red card was interesting...was it just too reckless of a challenge even if he got ball and wasn't malicious?
Yeah anytime you have cleat on a planted knee it is pretty much straight red no matter what.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 30, 2021, 05:56:25 PM
hah

https://twitter.com/kierandoody/status/1410116785022582785?s=20
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on June 30, 2021, 07:12:45 PM
clearly at least 204,900 people get it but i dont
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on June 30, 2021, 09:39:26 PM
Grealish's hair looks so much like TLB Knightley's it almost has to be on purpose
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 02, 2021, 01:31:13 PM
 :zzz:
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on July 02, 2021, 02:19:44 PM
Michael Oliver is a rough ridin' menace.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 02, 2021, 02:25:31 PM
Michael Oliver is a rough ridin' menace.
That was brutal, is he known for trash reds like that?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 02, 2021, 02:32:43 PM
ok that goal was incred
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on July 02, 2021, 03:13:48 PM
Michael Oliver is a rough ridin' menace.
That was brutal, is he known for trash reds like that?

Has a rep for being a look at me guy. I thought he was pretty bad outside of that red. The yellow at the end of extra time was just as trash and if Switzerland would have won that shootout it would have been very critical to their chances in the semifinal.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 02, 2021, 03:14:49 PM
The yellow at the end of extra time was just as trash and if Switzerland would have won that shootout it would have been very critical to their chances in the semifinal.

yes that one was weak also
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 02, 2021, 03:23:38 PM
bel-ita is a fun one!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on July 02, 2021, 07:11:41 PM
bel-ita is a fun one!

did BEL look like the #1 team in the world?  or close?  i think this is their first game i watched this euro and i don't think so at all.  i know e hazard was out.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on July 02, 2021, 09:38:24 PM
bel-ita is a fun one!

did BEL look like the #1 team in the world?  or close?  i think this is their first game i watched this euro and i don't think so at all.  i know e hazard was out.

Italy appeared to be clearly better, was annoyed by Adrian Healy, ESPN play-by-play guy, acting like Belgium is done forever, like they won't still be a top 10 team at the world cup in 16 months. He kept talking about a passing of the torch
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 06, 2021, 01:59:46 PM
screw it, LFG azzuri
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on July 06, 2021, 04:19:02 PM
strange game so far...evenly matched but more attacking opportunities than usual on both sides...very up and down it seems to me...neither team  being conservative
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 07, 2021, 04:11:47 PM
weak penalty
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on July 07, 2021, 04:16:10 PM
weak penalty
exactly
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: sys on July 07, 2021, 04:19:18 PM
i swear i could come up with like 20 rule changes to fix this almost good sport.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: sys on July 07, 2021, 04:22:30 PM
one rule change is they need one or more penalties that fall in between the "has absolutely no impact on the game or players involved in any way" and "like 80% chance it decides the game".
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 07, 2021, 04:44:02 PM
sweet caroline, lmfao
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Pete on July 08, 2021, 09:42:10 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875710973/england-bodyflag2_400x400.png)
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: DaBigTrain on July 11, 2021, 02:10:37 PM
That was a quick opening strike!
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: sys on July 11, 2021, 03:30:46 PM
i can't believe the first score on a corner kick in the history of the sport occurred in the euro final.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: chum1 on July 11, 2021, 04:44:58 PM
Those goalies must be praying for the game to end in extra time so that they don't have to endure all of the pressure with penalty kicks.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: michigancat on July 11, 2021, 04:52:22 PM
Shootouts are so boring
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on July 11, 2021, 04:59:52 PM
well the tactic to bring in pk takers at the end backfired spectacularly...as did the tactic of putting the pressure on a 19-yo to take kick #5...


didn't italy also bring zaza(?) in especially for pks where he missed that very funny one, however many years ago?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Spaces on July 11, 2021, 05:09:35 PM
Sancho and/or Rashford should've come on half an hour earlier, not just for penalties.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: Kat Kid on July 11, 2021, 05:38:16 PM
Definitely the funniest way for England to lose it.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: ben ji on July 11, 2021, 08:32:24 PM
I'm not a soccer fan but love watching the euro/world cup, just something different about watching two countries go at it.

I didn't watch any of the south America tournament except for the Argentina/Brazil final and that seemed like a more watchable brand of soccer than most the Euro games I watched.

My soccer strategy is limited to being an average FIFA player but it seems like the Brazil/Argentina game they were constantly moving up and down the field while most euros just slowly pass the ball back and forth up the field.

Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: ben ji on July 11, 2021, 08:33:14 PM
I do love the last 20 minutes or so of a knockout match and one team is down a goal and the pressure starts to build.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 11, 2021, 08:49:02 PM
Sterling had an outstanding tournament but man he completely disappeared in the final. What happened?
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: DaBigTrain on July 11, 2021, 08:50:01 PM
I don't think he played well.
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: michigancat on July 11, 2021, 08:53:13 PM
I'm not a soccer fan but love watching the euro/world cup, just something different about watching two countries go at it.

I didn't watch any of the south America tournament except for the Argentina/Brazil final and that seemed like a more watchable brand of soccer than most the Euro games I watched.

My soccer strategy is limited to being an average FIFA player but it seems like the Brazil/Argentina game they were constantly moving up and down the field while most euros just slowly pass the ball back and forth up the field.
I watched quite a bit of Argentina//Colombia and it was a blast to watch, too.

Italy was ok to watch today but England just kinda quit attacking when they got up a goal
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: dal9 on July 11, 2021, 09:08:04 PM
Sterling had an outstanding tournament but man he completely disappeared in the final. What happened?

ref was not going for his flops, even when they were semi-legit...reaction to the denmark game my guess
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on July 11, 2021, 10:34:46 PM
Sancho and/or Rashford should've come on half an hour earlier, not just for penalties.

Yep
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: chum1 on July 13, 2021, 09:53:49 AM
Lol

https://twitter.com/HarryMaguire93/status/1414903645095796737
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: mocat on July 13, 2021, 10:15:56 AM
oof
Title: Re: EURO 2020 (2021)
Post by: MakeItRain on July 13, 2021, 11:01:47 AM
 :lol: that's great