Euro 2020/21

[Jaded]

Watching the game.  Probably skip through a recording next time.  Perhaps the 2nd half will be more interesting.

I'm not sure it will.

[fd3]

Association Football is best enjoyed by checking the results after the match.

[Peter]

Not so.  In my case (Newcastle supporter) it is better to imagine the result before the match, then forget there ever was a match.  The same will almost always be the case for England.

[Mr Larrington]

Not so.  In my case (Newcastle supporter) it is better to imagine the result before the match, then forget there ever was a match.  The same will almost always be the case for England.

Or forget there’s a match at all, like England-Croatia earlier this week or Germany-England in 2001.  For the latter we wandered into a French campsite bar, mostly populated by deeply unhappy Germans, just as Michael Owen completed his hat-trick.

[Gus]

https://fb.watch/6djcBGxsQj/ 

[Hot Flatus]

It was on in the background.

I only looked up when the commentator said "...and Grealish releases Sterling"

[citoyen]

I would normally be a bit more interested in a major tournament but I’m all footballed out after the mad league season, so giving myself a break. And I don’t think I’ve been excited about watching the England team since 1998 anyway. So I went out for a bike ride yesterday evening and only got home in time to see the last 10 minutes of the game.

Looks like I made the right decision.

Just had a browse of the fixture list… Italy vs Wales tomorrow could be fun. And Portugal vs France could be worth watching on Wednesday.

[Wowbagger]

I asked my son-in-law what he thought of yesterday's game. "Really exciting!" he replied.

He had spent the evening drinking beer with his dad whilst watching it. Dad has a strong Scots accent and both were supporting Scotland.

[fd3]

Ooooh, Portugal-Germany must have net 10 mins worth of watchable highlights!

[De Sisti]

https://fb.watch/6djcBGxsQj/ 

[citoyen]

Ooooh, Portugal-Germany must have net 10 mins worth of watchable highlights!

I saw the first half. Very entertaining game. Then had to go out so missed the second half unfortunately.

Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks, especially Pepe, so I’m glad they lost. That Ronaldo is an exceptional talent though, has to be admitted.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Portugal-Germany was a very good game. France-Hungary was also good and, more surprisingly, so was Spain-Poland.

Funny that Hungary's goal was scored by a player from their third division.  They also have a Bristol City player(!). And Poland scored their first goal against Spain, in Spain, for 27 years. They looked lucky not to concede a few more in the second half but Spain also looked lucky to have scored at all.

[fd3]

Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,... That Ronaldo is an exceptional talent though, has to be admitted.

An exceptionally talented, whining, play-acting prick.

[De Sisti]

Most footballers Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,..

FTFY

[fd3]

^

[Basil]

Most footballers Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,..

FTFY

Is it time for this old one again?
Football is a game where players spend 90 minutes pretending they are injured.
Rugby is a game where players spend 80 minutes pretending they are not injured.

[Kim]

Most footballers Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,..

FTFY

Is it time for this old one again?
Football is a game where players spend 90 minutes pretending they are injured.
Rugby is a game where players spend 80 minutes pretending they are not injured.

And hockey is a game where players spend 70 minutes injuring people?

[Basil]

Most footballers Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,..

FTFY

Is it time for this old one again?
Football is a game where players spend 90 minutes pretending they are injured.
Rugby is a game where players spend 80 minutes pretending they are not injured.

And hockey is a game where players spend 70 minutes injuring people?

Reminds me of the time at school when the teachers organised a match between the boys of our year and the girls.
Ow.  I still wince when I think back to it.

[Peter]

Basil, all this pales against the news that Hartlepool are promoted!

[Basil]

Basil, all this pales against the news that Hartlepool are promoted!

 

[Basil]

Da iawn Cymru.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Most footballers Portugal are a bunch of whining, play-acting pricks,..

FTFY

It was said by Polish TV commentators during the Portugal-Germany game that "The English referee thinks he's still in a Premier League match." Or it could have been France-Hungary, they both had English referees, but the inference was that he was allowing too much 'robust tackling'. Although they're all UEFA referees, national habits persist.

[Socks]

Basil, all this pales against the news that Hartlepool are promoted!

Great news.  And they have the best mascot - H Angus.  He waved to me and the son in law when we went to a home game.  (No monkey business involved).

[Cudzoziemiec]

Were the black armbands on the Italian team the "alternative to taking the knee" thing?

[philip]

Were the black armbands on the Italian team the "alternative to taking the knee" thing?

legend Giampiero Boniperti died: https://football-italia.net/italy-wear-black-armbands-for-boniperti/