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As long as it wasn’t a Nigel Reo-Coker type of situation

The real winner was the guy who’s probably financed his kids’ university education through homemade wine sold at this game

Beautiful finish, gutting for Croatia

The guy selling homemade hooch here is doing roaring business now that the Italians are losing

I’ve never felt a room deflate so quickly (except when watching Newcastle) as this Italian cultural centre just experienced. The two Chinese tourists next to me are having a blast. Great save by Donarumma on the pen though

Secretly cheering for Croatia while at the local Italian cultural centre. Tons of unlicensed betting going on and one guy is secretly selling homemade wine

Up there with Mao for great cultural revolutions tbh

This is my favourite part of the post

Was convinced I had missed us have a red card based on our passing/start to the game. I was mistaken

I found the subdued contemplation from the Korean fans unreasonably funny, like

Honestly, as someone who works in sports media, this is such bog standard language when journos are looking to fill word counts

Players look like they're getting in their own heads right now.

I didn't realize how poor our scoring record in the PL at Villa was. No top flight goal there since 2013, good lord.

Took me far longer it should've but Sunderland's keeper looks like a grown up version of Adam Pearson.

I kind of assumed it was the drugs/supplements they were taking now but it seems to happen more than other sports where that would ostensibly happen as well.

I feel this could very much be a "back in my day" take, but I honestly don't remember players collapsing on the pitch until Marc-Vivien Foe? I could be totally wrong but this seems to be happening more often and I'm curious what the reason behind it is.

Ah well, it's been fun

Bruno getting caught in possession a few times now

The roar of the crowd over the Champions League intro was spine-tingling.

Dean Smith close to joining MLS club Charlotte F.C. Lampard was the second choice apparently...

I love that in the match cam you can hear some random yell "fucking do him" right before Gordon's goal.

The account for the replays got shut down pretty quickly. Saw one game then tried another and account had been suspended

I think because it seems so ordinary, just Mark Viduka making lattes for uni students that wander in

The whole interview comes across as "it's not really my fault" and that he hasn't learned a single thing from any of these events. It did remind me that Mark Viduka now owns and runs a coffee shop, which I find slightly hilarious.

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