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Post by Alanović on Jun 26, 2024 11:30:17 GMT
Almost every match has had a comedy own goal so far, the one you're thinking of was in the Turkey v Portugal match.
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Post by bpg on Jun 26, 2024 15:19:22 GMT
I've enjoyed all the games involving Georgia. They were prepared to have a go. Great stuff.
Edit: Austria have been a surprise team of the tournament, so far.
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Post by Alanović on Jun 26, 2024 15:35:35 GMT
Agreed. Hard to decide which 8pm game to watch tonight.
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Post by bpg on Jun 26, 2024 15:46:13 GMT
I'm going to watch Belgium now and Georgia later though I might fire up my PC and watch both games at the same time. I did that last night too keep an eye on Denmark. I had visions of Denmark scoring after the England game ended and England going to Dortmund on Saturday to play Germany.
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Post by Alanović on Jun 27, 2024 7:40:47 GMT
I can't remember how I did it now given that I only had one aerial connection, but in the 2006 World Cup I got my 12" portable from the kitchen and set it up next to the 28" CRT in the living room to watch 2 games at once. They must have been one BBC and ITV at the same time. I watched Belgium (yawn, but lovely Tin Tin kits, I particularly like the brown) then Georgia last night, and what an amazing result for Sakartvelo (or A'Chartbheil, as they say in Dal Riata), and wonderful to see a full on display of petulance and entitlement from Mr Ronaldo. Just a shame he didn't get a second yellow for dissent. 2 days off now.
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Post by bpg on Jun 27, 2024 8:20:17 GMT
Yes, Mr Ronaldo did appear overly sensitive to his team not being given a free kick for his team mates falling over with zero contact.
I'd never make a referee, players like Ronaldo would get a red card just for walking on to the pitch. Some of player's haircuts would get a red card too, looking at you Mr Foden.
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Post by Alanović on Jun 27, 2024 8:25:39 GMT
Mr Ronaldo is the most sickening type of sportsperson. That is to say, supremely gifted and talented, the person in any given situation the least in need of cheating to gain an advantage, and yet he does it all the time. I truly find it impossible to fathom that mentality. You're the best, man. Act like it. Why do you have to behave like an overweight, hungover scaffolder on Hackney Marshes? Mr D. Maradona was, of course the crowning example of this breed.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 27, 2024 8:54:59 GMT
My Dutch pal says that NL are playing rubbish. England - hold my beer. At least one set of fans will be happier next week!
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Post by WDB on Jun 27, 2024 9:13:17 GMT
Aren’t England playing Slovakia next?
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Post by Alanović on Jun 27, 2024 9:16:15 GMT
They are, yes, thanks to some arcane formula initiated by Georgia beating Portugal last night. Bit of a shame, I was looking forward to England playing Netherlands, now they're going to have to lose to Slovakia on penalties.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jun 27, 2024 10:01:16 GMT
Yes, Mr Ronaldo did appear overly sensitive to his team not being given a free kick for his team mates falling over with zero contact. I'd never make a referee, players like Ronaldo would get a red card just for walking on to the pitch. Some of player's haircuts would get a red card too, looking at you Mr Foden. Phil has his double stripe cut which is his 'trademark' these days. At least he has played with energy and tried to get the ball and score. Better than the days when Beckham's haircut made more headlines than his sporting prowess. We love Phil in our family... my daughter wants his babies; which given the rumours circulating around Stockport, she is behind a long line, some of whom have been successful (and not his long term partner either - shades of Kyle Walker ). Not a person I really want to invite home but I'll happily support his football qualities.
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Post by bpg on Jun 29, 2024 22:22:59 GMT
If the weather in Dortmund was enough to stop the game, the pitch in Gelsenkirchen should be well watered for tomorrow:
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Post by bpg on Jun 30, 2024 10:40:04 GMT
The weather continues to track North-Easterly, not much chance of the pitch drying out.
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Post by WDB on Jul 1, 2024 8:26:05 GMT
Somebody mentioned the pitch as a concern early in the match yesterday, then didn’t comment again. I suppose worse things were happening than the state of the grass.
All right, I watched it (with Boy1) and it was awful. I’d watched the highlights of Germany-Denmark and it struck me then that any German player who got the ball, anywhere on the field, immediately looked for an opportunity to take it forward, or to find someone else who could, before Denmark could get players back into their defensive positions. Whereas England just tapped the ball sideways in their own half and went nowhere.
My strongest football memory (in an admittedly small field) is of England at Italia 90, scratchy in their early matches and then transformed by Mark Wright, a defender with the confidence to take the ball into the other half. That sort of enterprise seemed to be what England missed yesterday.
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Post by bpg on Jul 1, 2024 9:09:06 GMT
For someone who claims nothing more than a passing interest in the game that's a pretty accurate assessment.
The was very little movement for anyone to pass. The target player often static and the defender intercepting the pass far too easily.
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