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Euro 2016 |OT| Take a bow sson
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Kiraly
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I wasn't completely serious, was just fuckin' with Blablurn.
Here is a table that shows which third place the group winners of A,B,C and D will meet.
On the left are the different combinations of best third and then a list of which group winner they will meet. Complicated as fuck.
Hungary fucked either way if they manage to end up in third, Germany or Spain awaits.
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At least it brought Bayern to where they are now. Barca 2008/9 was the worst defeat in recent history but since then, so many Real Madrid fans came to us.
Good, good. That is always welcome.
Fingers crossed man. Just hoping we get a win for a bit of morale. It would ease my mind too haha.
Most people don't see it that way. They're rooting for the best only. The Euros are always great for the smaller teams.
Ive even enjoyed Turkey despite our poor play. Its nice seeing your country battling it out against the best teams in the world.
All bout that perspective.
Melfice7
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What did Pepe do now
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Me too. Especially lovely waking up in the states to some footy. I'll miss all the games today due to work.Gutted the games are kicking off at 8pm today and tomorrow
jimbobsmells
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What actually caused Ronaldo to squeal like he saw a spider?
This is the way it always is. Within a stadium it is the Association/Federations responsibility and if the supporters misbehave then it is the Association/Federation that gets in trouble. As well as the fan(s) involved.
Milchmonster
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Stereogatari
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Seeing the players/countries I don't know so well is my favourite part of these tournaments (I guess because Turkey are rarely in it, so I always find joy in seeing the other "lesser" countries).
Eg. at the World Cups I'm always interested in Japan, Australia, the lesser South American team, the African teams.
The known quantities (Western Europe + Brazil and Argentina) bore the hell out of me. There's too much hype and sycophantry by fans. We see these guys every year in the CL.
Don't me wrong though. I eagerly anticipate the knockout stage when the good teams start playing each other and we can get down to business.
Facism
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best to let it go. We're getting nothing from this team, this horrible lineup that has no actual REAL CBs on the pitch, or this charlatan manager. Turkish FA needs an FBI corruption probe.
Stereogatari
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But if we get through it'll be knockouts and by that stage who knows. Our players are actually good, they just aren't self-confident. Maybe getting through would give them that confidence boost.
He was imitating himself in order to demo why his action didn't merit a foul.
Was pretty silly.
Kenzodielocke
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Really going to be interesting who those 4 best third placed will be.
I know, but this was such a minor harmless occurence and there is pretty much nothing Portugal could have done about it.
gutter_trash
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LOL! for what?
Maybe UEFA should open probes into the terrible policing and stewarding of this tournament? You're always going to have moronic supporters following every country that can go off at a moment's notice but some decent policing can go a long way to preventing it.
Facism
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Can't agree, mate. Too much rot in the turkish football setup. Been like that for decades. Institution needs gutting
DrForester
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Why on earth are games scheduled at the same time now when there's only 2 per day?
I wouldn't worry too much about it. It'll just be some fines.
Final games of the group need to be played at the same time. To prevent teams from making an agreement for a draw for example.
Final games of the group need to be played at the same time. To prevent teams from making an agreement for a draw for example.
So they don't have the benefit of knowing the outcome of the other group match beforehand.
So results can't be manipulated for a better draw in the knockout rounds.
gutter_trash
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Everyone has WiFi and smartphones
Italy wins, they clinched top spot of their Group. They can play Game 3 with all subs and it won't change a thing
Agent_Tiro
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Some serious questions need to be asked about the in-stadium security. Very worrying that so many fans have been able to smuggle items in.
The more worrying thing for me is how is the world cup going to be policed in 2 years time when you have Russian officials supporting the hooligan behaviour.
Stereogatari
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Oh yes please.
Yes can't say I disagree. A lot of institutions in our country need gutting.
gutter_trash
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Today's games sound lame, I'm skipping today. I find Switzerland to be the 2nd most boring team in the universe.
But I am torn tomorrow, because Wales vs Russia and England vs Slovakia are both highly interesting. ,,,, hmmm Larry David gif
But I am torn tomorrow, because Wales vs Russia and England vs Slovakia are both highly interesting. ,,,, hmmm Larry David gif
mehrmantrout
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England will draw, Wales will win
Point taken, but I don't think it was the fault of the format, when 2/3 were great. Furthermore, some historical shit went down that cup i.e. a UEFA team beating CONMEBOL in a final for the first time.
I think we need to wait to see the how good the Round of 16 is before we can judge this tournament. The group matches have been a lot more tentative and tactical - almost like first leg CL matches, except without that 2nd leg - but I like the unpredictability, so far.
Stereogatari
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I'm thinking if they want to expand the tournament they should just go all the way and have 32 teams, then there's no bollocks 3rd placed teams going through.
Mind you, I have enjoyed working out the mathematical scenarios thanks to the 3rd place going through format. It's also slightly exciting, adds a wildcard element to it.
But really they should just go back to 16 team format.
If you're gonna go 32, invite some top teams from other federations maybe, aka Copa America. That way San Marino doesn't have a -38 GD.
I think it's interesting that a lot of people are overlooking the fact that Wales can still win the group.
In spite of that l don't see England not getting the win here. I'm hopeful that it can be comfortable so that we can demonstrate that we can finish as well as create openings.
Stereogatari
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Risky move? What is the difference in who they could play if they finish 1st or 2nd?
Not only that but I suspect the stewards are poorly/untrained and are underpaid for what they're expected to do. While it was idiotic of the Croatian fans to be throwing flares onto the pitch the steward who picked a lit firecracker up shows how these people aren't being trained how to deal with them. I mean, who walks over to a lit firework and picks it up?
AndyMoogle
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He most likely thought it was a flare.
That's my point. These stewards should be trained to know the difference, fuck any delays that may happen to the match, this is people's safety we're talking about.
Kiraly
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Look up the Disgrace of Gijon.
1st get a 3rd place from group C,D or E, 2nd plays agains 2nd from group C (Germany or Poland). France definitely want to end first, but a draw is enough.
Agent_Tiro
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From the footage it looked more like he was a press photographer than a steward. He seemed to have his camera in front of him if I recall correctly. Not really an excuse for approaching it though.
edit - just looked through again and it turns out it more was more a litter picking piece of equipment and a manbag on his back rather than a camera and tripod that i initially thought. Turn out they were "fire marshalls". Which makes it even worse.
It's hilarious really. I really hope they don't seriously regret the lackadaisical security.
Nice article on the Romania vs. Albania game today on ESPN:
Romania vs. Albania a potential classic encounter at Euro 2016
http://www.espnfc.us/european-champ...ia-a-potential-classic-encounter-at-euro-2016
Much more at the link.
It should be a great game. What's funny is the one goal the Swiss scored on Albania was an assist by Shaqiri a player who's family originates from Kosovo.
He wanted to play for his home country, good on him, but there is a lot of talk amongst, Albanians and former Albanian soccer players, that if we could get some of our extremely talented players from Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and bring them to play for Albania we would make some noise in the EuroCup and International games.
The talent is there but it's a very young program with a ton of talent and limited resources, as of right now.
Romania vs. Albania a potential classic encounter at Euro 2016
http://www.espnfc.us/european-champ...ia-a-potential-classic-encounter-at-euro-2016
Much more at the link.
It should be a great game. What's funny is the one goal the Swiss scored on Albania was an assist by Shaqiri a player who's family originates from Kosovo.
He wanted to play for his home country, good on him, but there is a lot of talk amongst, Albanians and former Albanian soccer players, that if we could get some of our extremely talented players from Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and bring them to play for Albania we would make some noise in the EuroCup and International games.
The talent is there but it's a very young program with a ton of talent and limited resources, as of right now.
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