THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Cerveza mas fina on June 12, 2016, 02:18:59 AM
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Euro is off to a great start with many goals already and some nice games.
Polands first game is tonight and Im pretty antsy as their last two pre euro games were not so good.
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Putting the England team in Marseille for the group stage was a bit unfortunate. English hooligans made a number to the city in 1998. They would probably have been troublemakers anywhere else but the locals were already red-hot to "keep them in check".
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will pop in to periodically laugh at england
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Putting the England team in Marseille for the group stage was a bit unfortunate. English hooligans made a number to the city in 1998. They would probably have been troublemakers anywhere else but the locals were already red-hot to "keep them in check".
England Vs Russia was already a powderkeg of a matchup. Fuckery was going to happen either way really.
My dad and my brother were lucky enough to get tickets for Republic of Ireland Vs Sweden on Monday and are over in Paris now. Glad for em' and should be a jovial game with an amazing atmosphere, though everyone's still a little on edge. At least this current Republic Squad isn't an embarrassment like the shower that showed up in 2012 so it should be a nice tight game against the Swedes.
Also still weird to have to differentiate Republic from the North since they are in the tournament as well. Should be a humdinger for the North versus Poland tonight. Two really strong squads and a hungry NI team who has really started to prove they want out of the "qualifying minnows" designation they normally get.
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Ill be watching with my Irish mate from Derry, know two others from Derry that might join. What are the effin odds of knowing two people from Derry in Denmark :lol
Gonna buy some Polish beer 8)
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Given Norn Iron is a ward of Westminster, I'm not that surprised.
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All the Irish bailed
Milik plz
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Good game from Poland, totally dominated the Irish (60/40) and had many attempts while only giving away one chance in last minutes.
Lewandowski was kept out of the game by the Irish but Milik made it happen. Finishing needs to improve but Im hopefull for getting out of the group now.
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https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640/video/1 (https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640/video/1)
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https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640/video/1 (https://twitter.com/picchiodibrutto/status/742091786047344640/video/1)
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Well, I guess it's still better than eating your boogies in mondovision ?
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Cope America update, Brazil out in group stages :lol
Wrath post if you are ok
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Czech Reublic is giving Spain a hard time, hoping they can hold them off or win
Nice to see Rosicky play, he still has it
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belgium were meant to be one of the teams to watch and group favourite but damn did italy deal with them. maybe if lukaku stepped up it might have been different but italy looked so comfortable for almost the whole game
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celand didn’t try anything,” whined the Portuguese captain. “They were just defend, defend, defend and playing on the counterattack. It was a lucky night for them. We should have three points but we are OK. I thought they’d won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end. It was unbelievable. When they don’t try to play and just defend, defend, defend, this in my opinion shows a small mentality and they are not going to do anything in the competition.”
Ronaldo showing his true colours of being a small child
Whining about a team from a nation of 300k working hard to get a result :lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AG2NYpREuc
Lel
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Awww :-[
Headline here in Denmark was
"Proud Vikings hold of Portugese"
and "the kind of battle sagas are told about"
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celand didn’t try anything,” whined the Portuguese captain. “They were just defend, defend, defend and playing on the counterattack. It was a lucky night for them. We should have three points but we are OK. I thought they’d won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end. It was unbelievable. When they don’t try to play and just defend, defend, defend, this in my opinion shows a small mentality and they are not going to do anything in the competition.”
Ronaldo showing his true colours of being a small child
Whining about a team from a nation of 300k working hard to get a result :lol
(http://i.imgur.com/N0imtGG.jpg)
:delicious
Haven't watched the brackets, could Portugal meet France ? Because it would be hilarious to yet again beat them :lol
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I think Portugal might go out in the first round honestly.
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Before the game I would have been happy with a point against the Germans, but man if Milik didnt mess up we'd have 3 now.
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is there a place i can watch these for free?
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Larojadirecta
liveru
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Sweden is so fucking dire. Zlatan wishes he was with a better team during that Italy game. Italy were fairly awful today as well and just snuck out a last minute winner, but good fucking lord Sweden is offensively bad this year.
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Belgium deserved that win. Ireland were just complete shite in the second half. Belgium then suddenly remembered how to play again and showed that they can be one of the best sides in the world when they can be arsed to be and ran riot. We have to beat a second-string Italy but we'll probably bin that as well if they play as bad as they did during the second half vs Belgium.
Iceland was robbed though. They should have won that.
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Portugal getting beat up physically by Austria. Ugly game so far.
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O man he just stepped on that dudes ancle.
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penalty goal :lol
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Wow what a frustrating game to watch.
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Loooool at ronaldo
Is there a gif of him missing
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Which time? :hitler
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apparently ronaldo missed 36 free kicks in a row on euro and world cups, yet he keeps getting them
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Everyone but Portugal has realized that once you stop Portugal playing the fast and flowing game they want to play and run a stubborn and physical game. They crack and start making mistakes, especially Ronaldo. They will beat Hungary, no doubt. Hungary hasn't got one of the most aggravating defensive walls in the tournament like Austria has or a team willing to just play their goddamn hearts out like Iceland. But getting KO'd in the last 16 is possible for Portugal.
Speaking of Stubborn. Albania knocking out Romania even though they barely have a chance at last 16 themselves was incredible. Ugly as fuck game and Romania went real dirty (I'd class Israel as the dirtiest side in UEFA but Romania's a pack of "see you next Tuesdays" at their worst), but Albania grabbing a win was deserved after the performances they put in. Ukraine and Turkey are also out so there's still a lot to play for. But the maths are pretty bad for Albania with a -2 goal difference.
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Albania really deserved a win.
Not sure if Portugal can beat Hungary, there is a lot of pressure on them now.
Poland can go through today without playing if England wins.
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People in euro commercials are, on average, uglier than people in American commercials. Soccer is teaching me a lot.
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Well a trend here is to have normal people in ads
I work a lot with advertising and often here the complaint that american people look too plastic/fake/polished in shots
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Croatia vs Spain was exciting.
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was it good?
Poland is through, all that matters
who would also have predicter the turkey pride kicking the czechs out :lol
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Croatia won. And all 3 goals were pretty slick.
I'm still to new to this to say if that constitutes a good game.
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fuck spain
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Didn't Croatia had a heartbreaking game against Spain last World Cup or Euro ?
Italy, France, Spain, Germany (England too but... :teehee ) all in the same bracket :doge
Who the hell is supposed to be the heavy hitter of the upper table ? Belgium ?
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Portugal might end up in the lower bracket as well.
Upper table I'd put my money on Croatia vs Belgium, Wilmots just isn't good enough as a coach.
Poland has a shot as well, with their defense and counterattacking they are threat against any team that wants to make the game. Not so sure about teams that don't want the ball themselves.
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If Milik and Lewy stop dicking around we can come far.
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Ronaldo is cracking under the pressure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRKzj-FPXo
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Didn't Croatia had a heartbreaking game against Spain last World Cup or Euro ?
Italy, France, Spain, Germany (England too but... :teehee ) all in the same bracket :doge
Who the hell is supposed to be the heavy hitter of the upper table ? Belgium ?
Poland, easily. Belgium were absolutely gash against Italy and the first half against Ireland. Then they suddenly remembered they are a world class side and shanked Ireland (Who also forgot how the fuck to play in the second half). And in the highly unlikely scenario that they lose against Sweden and Ireland beats Italy. They are going home as well. Belgium's consistency has been awful so far that even if they do make the round of 16, they will probably be sent packing.
Poland's a fiesty attacking side who were really unlucky not to beat Germany. They are probably the heaviest hitter. Switzerland and Wales are potent threats as well.
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Took nami for a walk and Hungery Portial went from 1,1 to 3,2 in 15 mins.
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Iceland ended above portugal and failnaldo hahahjahahahhahahahahahaha
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This Ireland-Italy game is going to end with Roy Keane murdering the ref on pitch and no court of law would ever find him guilty with the quality of the refereeing this game :doge
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(http://i.imgur.com/sAo7dv5.gif)
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His first goal though :rejoice
https://twitter.com/amadoit_/status/745664711845384192?lang=de
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Yeah he is a great player, but a horrible person.
Also maybe not that great of a player since he keeps taking the free kicks despite knowning better.
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Poland a bit lucky in the overtime
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we made it pffff what a nailbiter
hope well be better rested against portugal/croatia, had two days less then the swiss now and it showed in the end
still first half was ours and overall good performance, should have scored more when we were playing good
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he bought his kid, nice chap
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Better than selling your kids
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Wow Croatia gave it away there
Seriously what was their left back doing trying to dribble past two portugese so deep on their half with 3 min to go... moment he lost the ball I knew they would in trouble
seriously
Def think we can take this Portugal
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fuck
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dont worry well put portugal in their place
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dont worry well put portugal in their place
4-0 Portugal confirmed.
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France Vs Ireland's going to be a brutal as fuck game. Not going to be the bloodbath that will be Italy Vs Spain. But expecting something physical and exciting.
Sorry VomKriege y'all great hosts but the lads aren't going to roll over for ya' :doge
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too bad
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Germany dominating
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Why is Hungary's goalie so old?
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Belgium :bow
Hungary collapsing like its WW1.
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Belgium still have that weird form where they just find their feet and play like world beaters, but at the same time, they can be just lazy as fuck and get completely outclassed like the Italy game. Hazard was just sublime tonight, but he was a complete non-entity against Italy. Hungary were also really dire tonight and just lost their never as Hazard sliced through them. Against a Wales that are pumped as fuck and have that same x-factor with Bale. It's going to be tricky game for both sides.
Germany was just Germany. Ruthless and efficient at dismantling Slovakia. Ozil was a machine.
Also that entire France Vs Ireland game. What a match :respect
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Wrong thread I guess but Argentina and Messi am disappoint.
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bamos chile
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Messi being outed as a fair weather player after all, proving he couldn't hack it anywhere but Barcelona. Mentally.
Man I really hate Ronaldo, but at least he's proven himself in 3 teams as a player.
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Oops
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Messi quit international football cuz he spanked a pen.
:comeon
And he's getting a pass. If Ronaldo did this after his shit game he'd be getting clobbered.
Double standards brehs.
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If he had made the PK I could understand his frustration, but. . .
I always liked him over Ronaldo because he was a better sport. I’m sure he’s just frustrated right now and will reconsider later, but come on.
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snoozefest? amazing match, best game of the tournament
forza italia
adios espana
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Not best game. Belgium Hungary was way better.
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O man this is good. Choked on a banana on their second goal.
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fuck england
go iceland
please lordy
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Not best game. Belgium Hungary was way better.
uuh what? how? cause 4 goals?
bruv this game was tight as hell with buffon and de gea making miracle savea
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cause it was better.
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So what will English superfans excuse be now? That they brexited out of the competition?
Are there even England fans with that kind of delusion ? England has been the embodiment of a mediocre "top" national squad for at least 20 years now. Was it not for their 1966 WC title, they would have an absolutely dire record in major competitions. It's a pity because they never were short on decent players but :yeshrug
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Ya this game is great
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Also with regards to England, what I gathered from enthusiasts living there is that the state of youth development and the tactical culture of coach staff was fuckawful at all levels. The FA, which play second fiddle for the billions in the PL, had a very hard time enforcing any kind of grade or official qualification which is further compounded by how insular most of the "top" England born coaches currently are (Steve McLaren coaching FC Twente is the height of exotism and experience there). IIRC it was so bad that the number of people holding a coach degree was equal or below to what you found in the Czech Republic, despite having 5 to 6 times the number of registered players. I wouldn't expect their national squad to be able to constantly perform as long as this will be the case.
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These cunts lost :rejoice
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YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
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YOU'RE GOING HOME
YOU'RE GOING HOME
ENGLANDS GOING HOME
:rofl :rofl :rofl
brexit :rofl
Wales are still in the Quarter Finals :doge
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yessssss perfection
wife and me went crazy and you could hear people screaming on the balcony :-*
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include 5 spurs players in a starting XI, brehs
haha yeah and don play vardy :lol
hodgson is a hack
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thousands of englishmen now googling "what is Euro 2016"
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https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/747533417655439360 (https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/747533417655439360)
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Hodgson just resigned :rofl
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guess it wasnt true :doge
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Also with regards to England, what I gathered from enthusiasts living there is that the state of youth development and the tactical culture of coach staff was fuckawful at all levels. The FA, which play second fiddle for the billions in the PL, had a very hard time enforcing any kind of grade or official qualification which is further compounded by how insular most of the "top" England born coaches currently are (Steve McLaren coaching FC Twente is the height of exotism and experience there). IIRC it was so bad that the number of people holding a coach degree was equal or below to what you found in the Czech Republic, despite having 5 to 6 times the number of registered players. I wouldn't expect their national squad to be able to constantly perform as long as this will be the case.
Oh yeah, when I switched to watching La Liga on the reg I was astounded by how small a skillset players brought through the English system actually had. About the only "high level" skill you can reasonably expect to find in that cohort is how to perform a studs out tackle.
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Also with regards to England, what I gathered from enthusiasts living there is that the state of youth development and the tactical culture of coach staff was fuckawful at all levels. The FA, which play second fiddle for the billions in the PL, had a very hard time enforcing any kind of grade or official qualification which is further compounded by how insular most of the "top" England born coaches currently are (Steve McLaren coaching FC Twente is the height of exotism and experience there). IIRC it was so bad that the number of people holding a coach degree was equal or below to what you found in the Czech Republic, despite having 5 to 6 times the number of registered players. I wouldn't expect their national squad to be able to constantly perform as long as this will be the case.
breh they lost to a team with like 300K ppl and a couple dozen pro players. yeah the system is shite. but you cant blame it for this loss. them boys just played with no heart and no plan. it's what you get with a tottenham spine. believe in natural born bottlers brehs. add in the rest of the teams ego's being inflated to all hell and you get a scenario where the best effort you get out the whole lot is a 5 minute cameo from a teenager who popped onto the scene 4 months ago.
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Yeah, I'm not blaming every misstep on that but I think it's not immaterial to the glass ceiling the England team is hitting in all major competitions. Should they have won the match, I'd have a lot of doubts they could beat France, let alone Germany or Italy.
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75% of this defeat is on Roy really
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Liverpool legend Dietmar Hamann labels the Premier League a 'fraud' that's full of 'bang average' over-hyped and over-paid players
Dietmar Hamann slams the Premier League after England lose to Iceland
The 52-year-old says English fans have been mislead by the global brand
Hamann thinks that Germany and Spain have leagues with more quality
He also thinks that John Stones and Ross Barkley are the only two players that the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona would want
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3663861/Liverpool-legend-Dietmar-Hamann-labels-Premier-League-fraud-s-average-hyped-paid-players.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ7rXwLBapg
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Liverpool legend Dietmar Hamann labels the Premier League a 'fraud' that's full of 'bang average' over-hyped and over-paid players
Dietmar Hamann slams the Premier League after England lose to Iceland
The 52-year-old says English fans have been mislead by the global brand
Hamann thinks that Germany and Spain have leagues with more quality
He also thinks that John Stones and Ross Barkley are the only two players that the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona would want
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3663861/Liverpool-legend-Dietmar-Hamann-labels-Premier-League-fraud-s-average-hyped-paid-players.html
He's not wrong but that's pretty funny coming from a guy who played almost 15 years in PL for somewhat overrated sides. Also hyperbolic to the extreme : PL may not be the best football in the world, there is some serious wage inflation and as discussed above it may have dreadful effects on the level of English players but their top sides aren't that atrocious either on the European stage bar Real/FCB and Bayern level of performance (I'd argue Ferguson's MU rank with those, in fact). Money is not all but still goes a long way in making monster teams.
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I'm definitely in my infancy in terms of being a fan of Euro football, but to my naked eye I agree. Spain and Germany both have better "flow" to their games.
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Do you mean club football?
@Vomkriege: if we look at numbers in the last 11 years we get this:
CL finalists:
Spain: 8
England: 7
Germany: 4
Italy: 3
Eur Leag. finalists:
Spain: 8
Portugal : 4
England: 4
Ukraine: 2
Russia: 1
Scotland: 1
Germany: 1
not bad at all for pml in fact only serie a does better
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Come on man don't say that
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Come on man don't say that
Poland is the dark horse in the quarters, but they got shaky Vs the Swiss in the last 15 minutes and the goal from Shaqiri really came down to Poland forgetting to keep their marking on point even though they were parking the bus. Once Shaqiri booted it it was unstoppable (And what a beautiful goal it was). And they were absurdly lucky not to go out in Extra Time with how well the Swiss kept up the pressure. Portugal's finding their feet again. Just took one moment of Ronaldo and the Portuguese took out Croatia.
Shit's too close to call. Especially since Portugal started figuring out not to let other teams not to push their buttons and made Croatia pay for that tactic. Poland need to attack hard and get some good feeds to Lewandowski while playing physical. Struggling it out for a 1-0 win isn't going to work if the team is tired as fuck by the end of the match.
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I disagree, portugal scored on a counter, we shouldn't overreach.
But we also can't let them come 24/7 like we did the Swiss at the end.
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I disagree, portugal scored on a counter, we shouldn't overreach.
But we also can't let them come 24/7 like we did the Swiss at the end.
Judging by his last few games Ronaldo either gonna get a hatrick on you guys or miss 13 shots a half and throw a reporter in a lake.
:dunno
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Lager!!!!!!!!!!!
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Portugal caught up. It's all over.
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hold me brehs the stress
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meh
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Tough luck, Lager.
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Lager post if ur ok
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Eat dicks Poland.
Also double stress for PL as they got beat by minorities. :hitler
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I was actually pulling for lager to win for once. :fbm
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I actually lager to win for once. :fbm
lager to win for once I as well.
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Lebron brings Cleveland a chip.
Cac superiority declined in soccer.
I'd really hate to be a racist fuckhole right now.
PS suck 5 dicks douche, you had this coming.
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No fucks given.
Go sell printers or whatever your supposed superior breeding got you into, asshole.
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Portuguese people aren't cacs? :heh
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CAC is a scale and someone is always lower than someone unless you're nordic ... like I am :PP
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Portuguese people aren't cacs? :heh
No.
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CAC is a scale and someone is always lower than someone unless you're nordic ... like I am :PP
Basically what I'm saying is I'm top of the CAC.
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Is there a cac tier list somewhere?
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Damn very sad it had to be Kuba that missed, one of our strongest players this tournament.
Guttered were out but overall a great tournament performance.
Thanks for rooting for Poland.
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Is there a cac tier list somewhere?
Don't hesitate to come and visit your local far right party chapter !
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Wales aint going to make it.
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O they have started to pull it together. Still the ref is letting Belgium play with hands so...
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damn that was nice
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stream cut out on third goal :(
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ya they deserve this game. Very good game.
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YO WHALES :gladbron
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England lost to Iceland and Wales got to the Semi Finals
:woody
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Cannot comment on the actual football content, but will that Belgium team really lives up to the hype surrounding it the last few years ? There's talent there but it doesn't seem certain this generation can do something akin to the 1986 team...
Good for Wales tho. Diversity in international competition is always good, especially since club competitions have been locked down for and by the big clubs...
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Shaping up as a very nice tournament
Poland first time 1/4 finals
Nireland first time 1/4 finals
Wales first time 1/2 finals
Iceland first time 1/4 finals
Spain and England out
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Boring
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both sides are playing pretty poorly.
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im visiting family and not watching
had a big ass pizza though
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lol yellow cards
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Are you expecting people not to react to the live feed :comeon
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Jesus so long so boring. Like watching the porn PD posts.
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Those penalties made up for the match
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I'm bothered by the delay... my neighbors are watching something that's faster than what I get :maf
Yeah I get that. I gave up on streaming sites a while ago because delays, buffering bugs and giant porn ads were really too much to bother. But you know, you're watching the game for free outside of whatever channel has the exclusive where you live, so... :yeshrug
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I also bailed out of legit streaming. All the same issues minus the porn.
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fuck
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FUCKKKK
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it's over
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Jesus :( Murder
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OMG
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Everyone's getting a chance. It's been a while since we've seen a France like this
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wooooo
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That was a display of the gulf between one of the best teams in the world and a ragtag bunch of vikings with a coach who's a part time dentist but goddamn Iceland just fought to the bitter end. Could have easily been 5-4 since Iceland started getting past France's weak back line near the end of the game and the French forwards started gassing out.
France were good but I think that back line is going to really hurt them against any of the three teams remaining in the competition.
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Ok bring on the semis
@breh: dont think you can judge a defence on letting two slip when you won
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Ok bring on the semis
@breh: dont think you can judge a defence on letting two slip when you won
I think I can when it's been a constant nag with the French the entire competition and Iceland got very close to putting more in the back by the end of the match. Could have easily been 5-4 the way France's back line was playing by the end of the match. Iceland just kept going and France wasn't allowed to let up off the accelerator even with their lead. And even then you had a poor backline performance against the Republic Of Ireland and Switzerland in previous games where both those teams were unlucky not to score after some poor French defending.
They are strong at the front and bad at the back. Germany's going to tear them to pieces if they keep playing as they have.
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Portugal continues to fuck itself to victory.
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I can see Portugal take it home in Greece 2004 style, but I'd rather see France or Wales take it home. Wales would be great for football.
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Good game so far. Wales is holding up very well.
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seems im not missing much
tomorrow will be a pub night though :)
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First half was terribly boring and the kits make it worse
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noooooo
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Really great header
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fuckkkkkk jesus
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Beautiful
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Wales karma for voting yes in brexit.
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I hate ronaldo and portugal but respect their hustle
the inevibillity of their euro win is starting to dawn after scraping by so many games
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I can only hope.
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Wales really were hurting without Aaron Ramsey who really was their player of the tournament. Bale was trying to fill two roles by taking up Ramsey's attacking midfield (Which didn't do much good) and Kanu wasn't the force he was. Then they just got shellshocked by that goal from Ronaldo and the fight went out. Hell of a performance though. Ireland have to face them for Russia qualifiers so it's going to be an interesting match (Woo trip to Cardiff)
France Vs Germany is either going to be incredible or boring as shit.
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Some people think that a 0-0 game is always boring, but it really depends on the level of play. Like Holland Argentina 0-0 in 2014 was a tactical masterpiece with two matched sides.
Its like another level of football you have to be on to enjoy those games though.
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Kraut salt is best salt. :delicious
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Sports apathy :aah
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(http://i.imgur.com/zGLq6dI.jpg)
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Not that my opinion matters but I would be totally ok with Portugal winning, if it is to happen. We already have two Euros in the bag and we just beat Germany in a high stakes game. I have a friend of portuguese descent (Benfiquiste as usual here) so it will probably be fun all around.
Wouldn't mind beating them and keeping the trauma going tho.
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Man fuck that firs goal.
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Why the fuck are people complaining that France is using Iceland's chant? Isn't it obvious it's out of respect considering France beat Iceland? I saw it and thought it was cool as fuck.
People are idiots.
I thought it was a song or something, which I found pretty weird (Frenchmen chanting Icelandic ? :confused ) but apparently it's just synchronized clapping ? Gotta love all those casual observers during big events :doge . I mean I know French crowds aren't always top notch (especially at the Stade de France) and there's a long deficit in how central the game is compared to Italy, UK, etc... but the club ultras are from the Italian school and they know to set up tifos and shit... Am I missing something here ?
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awww yeah pretty tipsy now going home
great victory
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Also, who'd have thought Germans would be regretting having Gomez as 9 :neogaf
But yeah it's weird to see a Germany team without a great striker, seeing how proficient they were in that domain.
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They have a good striker though
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Well congrats to France. I feel we were a bit unlucky in the game (both goals were clearly individual mistakes) but still not too sad. We just didn't create enough high quality chances to deserve the victory.
We played really well in the first half (that pressing & high risk counter protection :lawd), but this was another example that players and coaching staff know how to defend against this style of tiki-taka/dominant football. Enough examples of that already with matches lost from Barcelona, Munich, Spain and Germany in the last couple of years.
I would put some blame on Löw that the team didn't develop more tactical versatility - why not try giving the opponent the ball and lure them out of defense? But that's probably easier said than done. Tactical mastermind Pep wasn't really able to teach such a different style to his teams either, it's probably even more difficult if you have just a couple weeks with the team.
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(http://i.imgur.com/6kbSwH7.jpg)
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Is that British humor?
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Ronoldo being a bitch.
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Also don't know who i should cheer for. Portugal isn't a real country. It should just be a part of spain. On the other hand the French are a dirty people.
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Hate to say it but Im gutted for Ronaldo
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what a boring game.
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Well cant be exciting without the best player, I mean Portugal is Ronaldo
If France lose this I will forever mock them
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this match sucks
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seems france is getting scared of making a mistake, typical final jitters
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Portugal has no attack power and France keeps making poor shots.
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Jesus
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sigh....
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ya unless France gets lucky.
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Just get a goal so I can go read malazan.
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seriously
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That pole shot
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hope portugal wins
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I ate an entire package of chips ahoy because of this game. Out of boredom.
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Got leave the house before penalties too :(
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why
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well
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why
Gonna go play D&D
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aawww yisss please portugal win this
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I'm OK with this. Goes to show people they aren't just team Ronoldo. Plus it was france's game to lose.
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I think Ive said it a million times since portugal sneaked passed poland that if they meet france they can do it
sneaking through so many games is what champions do
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Im delighted its finally another small country winning
maaan hope they hold on
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Portugal really picked it up in overtime
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guess poland is better then france
-we scored against portugal
-we lasted till penalties
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Congrats to Portugal, it was destined to be an Euro for the history books. Fairly large contingent of Portuguese descent citizens here, especially round my part, so we'll have horns, parties and probably some good mood in the next few days.
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how can you call a game where portugal beats france without ronaldo a shitshow dufus please stop
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that makes it even better
it seems you don't really like football
its all about that tension arc that has been building over all these games, the inevibillity of the portugese win, as minutes ticked by in this game you knew it was getting closer but still your gut said it couldnt happen
and then just as you thought it would be a penalty shootout jesus eder had a moment of brilliance
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Told you fucks Portugal to would win
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:neogaf at all the fucking tools crying a river about how the competition was obviously rigged for France and who suddenly vanished into thin air.
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that makes it even better
it seems you don't really like football
its all about that tension arc that has been building over all these games, the inevibillity of the portugese win, as minutes ticked by in this game you knew it was getting closer but still your gut said it couldnt happen
and then just as you thought it would be a penalty shootout jesus eder had a moment of brilliance
Nah it was just a shitty boring match
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It was until over time. But Lager is saying the shittiness just makes it more intense like gonzo porn.
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the transfer window drama is in full swing breh