Football Thread

[Harkonnen]

Take into account they have played their two games in Italy...
And against not very strong squads (Turkey and Switzerland).

Never play bad team in previous euroes tourneys?

[Harkonnen]

Coach is Turkish_Trabzon, he doesnt want to show real Turks in his team.


These 3 GKs, the most experienced one is the one in the middle. Which one did he choose? Of course the most mena looking one.
I can even make a full blond-ginger and european looking 11 from recently capped players.

To be honest I would not be surprised if there exist widespread antiblond sentiment/bias in football. In fact it looks obvious.

[Autrigón]

You don't believe in Spanish team? We both played badly at group stage more or less, it's hard to predict who will go trough.
Spain is probably slight favorite.

No, I don't believe in them. Spain won against Slovakia because...well you know...I've seen teams of nuns playing better than Slovakia.

[Jana]

No, I don't believe in them. Spain won against Slovakia because...well you know...I've seen teams of nuns playing better than Slovakia.

We defeated Slovakia 0-4 in their country pretty recently so I agree, they played horribly against Spain few days ago. But also in part because Spain applied high pressure (you seem to do this fantastically at times) and they struggled to keep ball possession. Even though Slovaks are not as bad as they looked hat day.

I'm not impressed with Spain but neither with Croatia, both are far from their best days. Everything is open IMO.
0-6 humiliation against you after WC still hurts, even though we later menaged to avenge it in Zagreb.

[Jana]

This Spanish team trashed Germany 6-0 just a year ago. So they are def. favorites against Croatia. Especially because we lost almost all matches against "big" teams since the WC (some very big loses). But Croatia generally preforms better in underdog role. It will be interesting, really can't predict anything.

[Harkonnen]

To be honest I would not be surprised if there exist widespread antiblond sentiment/bias in football. In fact it looks obvious.

Looks like some brave dissidents exist at the outskirts of footy-powers-to-be:

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/w...le-52m-5570117

Football sticker goes on sale for £5.2m

A shopkeeper has unveiled the world's largest collection of rare football stickers and cards including a one-off item he has listed - for £5.2m.

For the past three decades, he has amassed a record-breaking collection and now has 'well in excess' of half a million items - including some of the rarest in the world.

Among his most prized collections are three Mexico 70 completed collections - described as the holy grail of collectors- with one set containing the original 'backs' and valued at around £60k.

He also has many 'black prism' cards - which are one-off creations - including that of current Finland and Union Berlin striker Joel Pohjanpalo, who has become the "mascot" of his newly-opened store.

And online he has listed it for an eye-watering £5.2m - as he says there is 'nothing to compare it too.'

He added: "He is almost like the shop mascot. I have got other black prism ones but none that are as funny as him.

"I've also got a hell of a lot of limited edition cards where the demand completely overshadows the supply.

"But my most expensive listing on the website is for £5.2m. Pohjanpalo is just a real quirky character.

"He scored against Demark in the Euros and is a decent player, but is a bit of a throwback with floppy blond hair.

[Harkonnen]

Feel the heat

[Sebastianus Rex]

We defeated Slovakia 0-4 in their country pretty recently so I agree, they played horribly against Spain few days ago. But also in part because Spain applied high pressure (you seem to do this fantastically at times) and they struggled to keep ball possession. Even though Slovaks are not as bad as they looked hat day.

I'm not impressed with Spain but neither with Croatia, both are far from their best days. Everything is open IMO.
0-6 humiliation against you after WC still hurts, even though we later menaged to avenge it in Zagreb.

Why are slovakians considerably swarthier than hungarians and croatians if they are geographically more northern and supposedly more "central" Euro ?

[silver_surfer]

Wales have been eliminated from the Euro 2020. They will now set their sights on qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.
Denmark by far the better team, and I'll be rooting for them from now on. Denmark can beat any team on their side of the bracket, they have a shot at making the final. Danes have looked impressive all tournament, even during their first two defeats when they created enough chances to win 4 matches.
Despite the quality of their opponents, this is such a serious accomplishment for a team that aint traditional powerhouse.

[Jana]

Brave and very good display of Austrians who were in game until very end. They can go home with their heads held high, especially considering how they made Italians look bad and Italians played best football in the tournament during the group stage. On the other hand expected win of Danes against Wales. Both them and Swedes are very good teams and potential suprises of the tournament IMO - for example during our WC run in Russia our toughest game by far was against Denmark in 1/8 finals, and it was pretty much the same team plus Eriksen.

It's good to see how competitive matches are.