Euro 2020/2021

[ztejas 43,411]

12 minutes ago, midtown said:

Why is the French national team so goos yet their domestic league such a joke? And why Serie A really good but the Italian national team poor?

Since when has the Italian national team been poor? 

And you are talking about 23 players per national team vs. 500 players in each of those leagues. 

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

38 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

How the hell de Bour got the job is still beyond me.

nederland have been in the wilderness for 7 years.   the jekyll/hide of national teams.  after missing the last 2 majors who the fuck knows what they will bring.

[midtown 3,345]

They missed the last world cup no? Isn't that bad?

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

19 minutes ago, midtown said:

Why is the French national team so goos yet their domestic league such a joke?

money

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

20 minutes ago, midtown said:

why Serie A really good but the Italian national team poor?

dude.

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

Ligue 1 isn't a joke. It isn't the EPL or the Bundesliga, but it's a fun and usually attacking style league. Their biggest problem is PSG's domination over greater Paris.

[midtown 3,345]

dude.

Serious question. I'm new to world football.

[ztejas 43,411]

14 minutes ago, midtown said:

They missed the last world cup no? Isn't that bad?

They've been up and down since winning the WC in 2006. They've had some good performances in the Euros. They also had a brutal group in 2014 with England, Uruguay and the best Costa Rica team ever and got hosed against Uruguay.

It isn't crazy for even historically dominant European national sides to miss the WC, either. Qualifying out of UEFA is brutal. They sure as shit look plenty good right now. 

Edited June 12, 2021 by ztejas

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Qualifying out of UEFA is brutal. 

This is the reason. They were knocked out by being in Spain's group then losing to Sweden in the playoff. That was a disappointment but Sweden won their group and made the quarters. This wasn't some Trinidad and Tobago thing.

Edited June 12, 2021 by SimonBolivar

[Firemans4Horn 18,034]

France are like 22 deep at centerback. It’s ridiculous. Probably 48 deep until you get to Tim Ream and Mark McKenzie. 

[Napoleon 8,660]

1 hour ago, shnsajax said:

...How the hell de Bour got the job is still beyond me.

Dutch answer to US SOCCER.

 

 

35 minutes ago, ztejas said:

...They also had a brutal group in 2014 with England, Uruguay and the best Costa Rica team ever and got hosed against Uruguay.

It isn't crazy for even historically dominant European national sides to miss the WC, either. Qualifying out of UEFA is brutal. They sure as shit look plenty good right now. 

They were OLD AS FUCK in 2014 and had to play in sauna-like conditions. 

Old people like hot/steamy weather, but they don't move very quickly in it.

Italy has a good blend of ages this go-round and the tournament is all over the the continent and not always in the middle of the day in a rainforest.

[shnsajax 3,591]

4 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

money

Their entire league is littered with their u23 prospects all starting and playing tons of minutes with enough talent that their Top 5 teams can compete in Europe. Its like Liga MX, but with talent taller than 5'7".

Edited June 12, 2021 by shnsajax

[HenryJames 66,035]

 

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

The play by play guy in this Welsh-Swiss match sounds like an old radio announcer. Everything's yelling and verbal exclamation points.

Settle down, Beavis.

[Ted Lange 16,083]

30 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Nederland not making it out of the rd of 16.  Confirmed. 

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

this pbp guy is like a male beth mowins

[HornOnTheBayou 8,905]

15 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

this pbp guy is like a male beth mowins

I was trying to figure out what bothered me about him and, yep, you nailed it.

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

terrible defending

this is not 2016 wales

[mdmost 42,999]

Swiss are on the board. 

[Braff Zacklin 13,552]

36 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

this pbp guy is like a male beth mowins

 

20 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

I was trying to figure out what bothered me about him and, yep, you nailed it.

Holy shit, I'm thinking Beth would tell him to tone it down.

Embolo gets the swiss on the board with a header off a corner.

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

Having Euro games in Baku annoys me. 

[Braff Zacklin 13,552]

Cabezazo!

[Firemans4Horn 18,034]

Great header 

[Captain Ron 12,866]

I flipped the game on just before Wales tied it up - I wondered why the Chiefs were playing soccer.

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

I expected the Swiss to have more possession than this.

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

PBP guy needs to mix in some Sean McDonough voice crack/vocal fry to really step his yelling game up to the next level.

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

he be off

[Firemans4Horn 18,034]

What’s the linesman doing? That was clear as day. 

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

I'm loving the shots of the crowd. The Welsh certainly look like they're Welsh lol.

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

I just noticed that Finland lost their friendly to Estonia last week. That's a hell of a way to go into your first major tournament.

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

I flipped the game on just before Wales tied it up - I wondered why the Chiefs were playing soccer.

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

Now this is an atmosphere.

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

O'Shaughnessy was born in Riihimäki, Finland, to an Irish father Robert (from Galway) and a Finnish mother and holds dual Finnish-Irish citizenship.[25] O'Shaughnessy's older brother Patrick is also a former professional footballer.

[ztejas 43,411]

Wales is no slouch. I made a comment on the USMNT thread being surprised that they are ranked 17th in the FIFA rankings. 

[ztejas 43,411]

Wales equalizer. Phenomenal header.

https://streamye.com/v/77fe0e

Edited June 12, 2021 by ztejas

[CooterBrown 18,002]

Bad injury for Denmark.

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

cpr

[CooterBrown 18,002]

Holy shit. Doing CPR on him.

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

Are they doing CPR?

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

CPR? WTF

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

he's dead

[Bottlecap 1,523]

omg what is happening?

[Speedtrucker 2,071]

Well this fucking sucks.

That looked bad fast

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

i didn't see what happened

[Hagbard Celine 10,849]

when he was laying on his side before the medics got to him i could see his eyes and he is gone

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

I went back and watched... he was just walking, then stumbled and collapsed face-first.

[ztejas 43,411]

So awful. What the fuck is it about soccer that makes it so much more likely for guys to die on the pitch? Seems like it happens way more than in really any other sport. 

 

[SimonBolivar 10,957]

Well that's fucking awful.

[Speedtrucker 2,071]

Yeah you could see a teammate trying to get his tongue I thought as first choking but that’s heart attack territory or something.

Fuck.

They need to stop the fucking clock and get the score off the board. It’s not about the game anymore

[The Maestro 750]

They won’t  play on right?

Edited June 12, 2021 by The Maestro