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@Bruno didn't NED's 1st against ENG give you some Odysseas feelings? Every ball not directly straight at him goes into the net... But the NPC observer will say it's just "indefensible".

1 minute ago, BlueStar said:

Keeper with normal arms saves that

Glad it's just not me that got the feeling he could have done more. The ball goes very very fast, so I I thought it could be just my feeling.

What a goal.

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Weirdly not even nervous. Not arrogance or anything, just a bit of a que sera feeling 

Give it 60 minutes.

2 minutes ago, Bizza said:

God I fucking hate games on ITV. Get everyone hyped up with the anthems then ruin the mood by going to yet another ad break.

This comment tells me you don't have an "in-house DJ" at St James Park.

EURO 2024 main theme sounds a bit like a Side B of Campeone 2000. I like it!

https://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-selecoes/europeu/euro-2024/detalhe/jornal-alemao-pede-desculpa-pelos-assobios-de-adeptos-a-cucurella-foi-antidesportivo-e-injusto

"We've lost fear that gripped us." - Southgate

Not sure what this is supposed to mean; maybe he is going all in today.

8 hours ago, Yorkie said:

 

What the hell is going on there, btw? Rock bottom with one win in 15, but flew through their Copa group with no problems. Is it because I recently bought a couple of their shirts?

Its quite normal in Brazil.

Hey at least you bought those shirts after they won something.

Botafogo is my favourite brazillian team so I bought a shirt with the number (20)23 last year when they were 14 pts ahead to celebrate the upcoming league title. They still managed to bottle it.

4 minutes ago, Astroblack said:

Mbappe has Ronaldo disease. 

Maybe got it from his sisters 4 nights ago?

England x Spain in the final, reminiscent of your longbowers against the Spanish army back in August 1385.

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

Can't get over how shit the Adidas shirts are.  Look forward to seeing every sinew of Joelinton's obscene physique every game next season. 

 

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I wish Benfica would be done with Adidas, tbh. Absolutely tired of them.

4 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

Because at least we'd lose to a side that plays football.

With France you have a way higher chance of winning this.

Spain is leagues above everyone else. They will win this naturally.

The two most detestable NTs on this earth.

You guys gotta do something about this if you reach the final, dont even consider losing.

24 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

He can't accept he's done at the highest level, it's sad really.

 

He's gonna try and win a World Cup because he's jealous that Messi did, or die in the attempt. 😪

And destroying the chances of an entire generation in the process.

Thats it I am done with Portugal NT and this cunt.

I refuse to watch more games.

13 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

The hell is happening? Are kids getting out of the bad neighborhoods via education or something horrible like that? Is there another sport?

I am not Brazillian but I do have lots of Brazillian friends.

My perception is that they are just too arrogant to recognize how behind they have fallen.

They see themselves as the 5 time world champions that take lessons from no one.

This includes club football. Just see the level of delusion their journalists had before Flu played City.

2 minutes ago, aussiemag said:

A good coach gets that squad playing far better. 

But still the squad is shockingly weaker than 20 years ago.

1 hour ago, Displayname said:

Just read that Southgate feels hurt by the personal attacks.

Baffling to me that someone would even consider taking that job if they are sensitive to comments from English football fans. After a long career in England himself you would think he would have known what he was getting into.

Good tolerance of abuse pretty much comes along with the job description. Hard to feel sorry for a person in such a privileged position in the first place.

Presidents and managers being hurt by mean fans saying mean things is another new aspect of modern football and not exclusive to England at all.

Everything that resembles a slight manifestation of insatisfaction or demand for results is seen as rude and violent.

This year I heard Benfica's manager saying that rude fans that boo the team at the end of the game should stay home. Years ago if a manager had the audacity to address the fans like this he would not enter the training facilities the next day.

Brazil seems to be royaled fucked for a loooooong time to come now.

We see nothing good now, and nothing good on the horizon.

We have had more entertainment in 15 mins of this match than all EUROs QF matches together. 

1 hour ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

It's all just empty words at this point though, no? He starts by going "Twice coming from behind and now a penalty shoot out". A bit of grit and riding good fortune doesn't make the lack of endeavour much more palatable imo. He sits and says this every time, and not to ignore his obvious achievements in building the environment he has from pretty much nothing, but for me at least its just got pretty boring. Maybe the tournament as a whole has an impact on that view with its lack of quality generally, but then it also sticks a bit more that we've been so flat when there's an opportunity to be bolder around less risk. Yes, nice, the resilience and togetherness, happy stuff. All good. How's about a bit more? No? We just doing this again. Pfft, okay.
I think a lot of people (or maybe just me) are just a bit worn out with football atm. Seems a bit football for football's sake of late, not helped with VAR and PSR and such. Maybe I'm just looking for something a bit exciting about it all again and unfairly putting it on Southgate, but isnt that exactly what the national team is meant to be? I think I'd honestly prefer if we went down in a bit of blaze of glory than get to the final like this. It's all a bit underwhelming. 
 

Kind of my reflections back to 2016.

Silverware is good, but lately I have been wondering what is about football that glued me to it in the first place - something that hasnt been happening for a while now.

If I could go back to relive any NT tournament, I would go straight to reliving the EURO 2000 campaign even knowing we would lose in a very cruel way.

I came to realize that nobody here has fond memories of a NT that yes won something but in the end it won while being completely cynical and relying heavily on luck. Whereas if you ask anyone about our 2000 campaign you will see that same person smiling from ear to ear and telling you where they were in the 3-2 against England, or the 3-0 against Germany. And so on.

The same way everyone fondly remembers the 1974 Dutch side because of "total football", but many dont even remember who actually won that same World Cup.

Many people will tell you that this is just virtue signalling, as in, if you win you shouldnt complain about the way you win. I used to think like that too.

Only recently I have started to realize how toxic this cynical view can be for the game itself.

You folks are pulling a Portugal 2016. 

Saka saving Southgate's ass.

Southgate you are such a coward... ridiculous stuff.