Great Hair
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It was a tactical foul, he was not the last man if not mistaken. The yellow card was the right "choice". The referee of the finale was the best of the tournament.
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Bo_Hazem
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People celebrating this disgusting move and few days before outraged over Sterling's 100% legit penalty. Talk about hypocrites.
Dr.Morris79
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Do not agree, at all.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
Thankfully they're not my friends at all. I just met them. The football federation has to tackle down on extreme behaviors and sanction them, that's what ours does anyway.
Another thing - I'm my country, overconfidence is seen as a bad thing - even on the final of Euro 2016 we still didn't believe we could win, but somehow we did. There was no overconfidence, "it is what it is" is how we think. And that made the 2016's edition win so fucking sweet. We were the underdogs, France was boasting how good they are, everyone was betting on France. Looks like Portugal took it, and felt really fucking good to rub it against their faces.
I know not everyone english fan is like that, but when, for example, my country is afraid of hosting them but not others... then something is wrong. And the constant baiting of how PL is the best league and others are shit is not real? Every time some PL club goes to the Champions is always the same fucking thing. Your league is so great that they had to grab coaches and players from all over Europe to even make it a competition against the biggest in Europe.
I'm not salty at all. Last Euro my country won, so I'm good. I knew that Portugal wouldn't win this, and I always knew that Italy was going to take it. Either Spain or Italy was my bet, but for some reason, I always knew Italy was going to take it.
I will congratulate the English team itself as they have good players and they fought tooth and nail to get to the final. The fans? I'm good.
Anyway, England played well and maybe next time they're lucky. Italy was the clear winner this year, and I'm really happy for them.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Yep. To see people saying it was 'tactical' takes the utter piss.
Lukaku's First Touch
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Why isn't there a crying/salty emoji for posts like this. 100% legit penalty, gimme a break.
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Lord Thunderbear
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And yet 'tactical" is exactly the best way to describe it. Done in the open, Chiellini knew what he was doing - had other defenders back and he did it near midfield so that he couldn't get anything other than a yellow. Rather than risking ending up in a dangerous situation - he probably wouldn't have kept up with Saka, after all he is quite older than him and it shows - he deliberately fouled him. You may not like what he did, but he was literally playing by (and with) the rules.
lame gag1990
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It was a tactical foul. Saka was out wide and it wasn't a goal scoring opportunity. Chiellini pulled his shirt. So yes, yellow card. You're the biased one hun.
Fuck it, there's still plenty of salt here so:
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Yes, bit the hypocritical point was that we can let bullshit like that fly, but get called cheaters for a legit penalty..
shirt pulling is one thing, deliberately choking someone with their own shirt is far worse.It was a tactical foul. Saka was out wide and it wasn't a goal scoring opportunity. Chiellini pulled his shirt. So yes, yellow card. You're the biased one hun.
Fuck it, there's still plenty of salt here so:
You’ve misunderstood my point. If it were England that pulled that shit (or received 5 yellows), the narrative would be completely different. Especially if they went on to win. Everyone knows it, and it’s hypocritical to deny.
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GymWolf
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Bo_Hazem
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Cheer up dude, we troll about everything in here, this is no exception.
Congrats, mate
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Bladed Thesis
and all the Italian Gaffers around here.
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Bo_Hazem
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Exactly. Let's just assume that he wasn't hit 2 times before falling, and it wasn't reviewed by the VAR team and confirmed it. Let's just consider it a "tactical" fall, genius like the pulling a shirt from behind and forcing the player to fall with zero reach to the ball.
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Lord Thunderbear
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The difference is that the tactical foul was correctly carded, whereas the divings never got sanctioned and so people just kept doing them over and over.
Regarding Sterling's penalty specifically...well, feel free to think whatever you want. It was still useless in the end, anyway, so there isn't really any reason to bother about it further.
Regarding Sterling's penalty specifically...well, feel free to think whatever you want. It was still useless in the end, anyway, so there isn't really any reason to bother about it further.
Anything that leads to a more favorable outcome can be hand-waved away as tactical. Surely a "tactical kick to the face" that prevents an opponents goal is worth a red-card? Provided it is carded correctly, I assume you're OK with it.
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Lord Thunderbear
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It would be a terrible tactical decision since you would be doing the rest of the match with one less player, and i fail to see why one would need to kick someone to the face to stop him to begin with when there are far less violent ways to achieve the same result. Besides, if you're doing it "to prevent an opponents goal" specifically, you would likely be in a location that already warrants a penalty for such fouls, so it probably wouldn't even be of much help.
I can't understand why you're even still arguing about it, anyway. Was it a deliberate foul? Yeah, so what? It's not like he was trying to hide it either.
If you're so angered by it but you're fine with divers that try to fool the referee all the time while never being carded for it...well, then you're actually just angry that the usual diving routine didn't work at all in the final. So stop with that moral grandstanding, as you never had an higher ground to begin with. Rather, it seems more akin to a salt mine...
I can't understand why you're even still arguing about it, anyway. Was it a deliberate foul? Yeah, so what? It's not like he was trying to hide it either.
If you're so angered by it but you're fine with divers that try to fool the referee all the time while never being carded for it...well, then you're actually just angry that the usual diving routine didn't work at all in the final. So stop with that moral grandstanding, as you never had an higher ground to begin with. Rather, it seems more akin to a salt mine...
lame gag1990
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Well the cards are the justice system so yes, I'd be okay with it if the correct card was awarded. Chiellini pulled Saka's shirt to stop him from breaking away. He didn't "choke him". We've seen it a million times and he was awarded a yellow card as we've seen a million times. So bitter. Get over it, they lost to a better team.
I'm guessing this Chiellini shirt pull will be the modern equivalent of Maradona's hand of god for the Euro failure. Bunch of moaning booers that continue to live in the past will harp on for generations. Sterling dives and all we hear is "embrace the dark arts" and giggles. Chiellini pulls someone's shirt and all we hear is "cheating" and whining. Pathetic really. Same old shit from England fans.
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Dr.Morris79
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Yep, by a bunch of hypocritical wankers too. Funny how they think their shit doesnt smell when some of it is quite overpowering..
Prison Mike
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
So true!!
Jesus man, get a grip. Nobody here is disputing the result, I haven't accused Italy of cheating (that was you lot after the Denmark game , talk about hypocritical), I haven't said it should have been a red-card, or told England to "embrace the dark arts". Wtf are you talking about you insufferable fool. Is this some sort of inferiority complex you have because Italy didn't have a decisive win, and had to take it through to penalties?
You're happy to judge England, and England fans at the drop of a hat, but your reaction to anyone discussing Italy's performance is to shut it down and have a temper tantrum? People like to talk about football results, its part of the allure of the game. Get over yourself.
You seem desperate to paint others as bitter, and "living in the past" when you can't accept a VAR confirmed penalty from another game! England got the final of a major Tournament, played great, scored the fastest goal in a European Championship final ever, made the country proud... best outcome in 55 years. You're the pathetic one.
Remind me who the hypocrites are?
On Italy Vs Belgium; someone suggesting Italy was diving - "It was TACTICAL-ACTING"
"ENGLAND DIVE! FUCK THEM ALL ESPECIALLY THE FANS"
"ENGLAND DIDN'T DESERVE TO WIN AGAINST DENMARK, DESPITE OUT-PLAYING THEM"
"STOP TALKING ABOUT ITALY'S PERFORMANCE - THEY OUTPLAYED THEM, NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP"
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StreetsofBeige
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For you guys talking decisive win or not it comes down to each person's interpretation of what a big time win is, and what a squeaker win is.
A team can win 1-0 and be outplayed by the other all match. It happens in every sport. It happens every day in the NHL where one team dominated play but the other team had a hot goalie that night and win despite their team being outshot 38-20. Thats why at the end of the match, the top 3 players of the game will usually have one of the goalies.
A team can win 1-0 and dominate play, but only win by one goal.
Some people go solely off the score and 1-0 win is a squeaker no matter what. Other people will look holistically at the game being played over 1-2 hours and if they won 1-0 dominating play, to them they decisively won despite being close on the final scorecard.
A team can win 1-0 and be outplayed by the other all match. It happens in every sport. It happens every day in the NHL where one team dominated play but the other team had a hot goalie that night and win despite their team being outshot 38-20. Thats why at the end of the match, the top 3 players of the game will usually have one of the goalies.
A team can win 1-0 and dominate play, but only win by one goal.
Some people go solely off the score and 1-0 win is a squeaker no matter what. Other people will look holistically at the game being played over 1-2 hours and if they won 1-0 dominating play, to them they decisively won despite being close on the final scorecard.
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lame gag1990
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lol This is great. I've just discovered a salt mine.
Prison Mike
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
What does the English in this thread think about this?
Bo_Hazem
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People expecting racism to go away need to wake up. It's like expecting people will eventually stop every kind of crime out there. There are scums everywhere. But those coming from the mentioned countries is pretty shocking, especially as most of those mentioned countries, assuming what he showed was true, have so many black players in their national teams. He's a racist that I've seen many of his videos before so won't fully trust him.
But also media has been pretty racist against whites in general, especially in the USA which is kinda funny.
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Cockles & Whelks
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UK media is hysterically crazed over all things woke. Players who missed would have been abused with zeal no matter what the colour. David Beckham got "hanged" after his foolishly got sent off. https://www.goal.com/en/news/beckha...-world-cup-red-card/ngaxbyhnu5l61nlmgpi9cf3nh
Interesting about the mural...I assumed someone had written the "N' word.
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Your post history in this thread throughout England's success in this tournament is the only example of salt here. I feel sorry for you that wishing England loses at every opportunity, and trashing England fans has been such an important part of your life.
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Dr.Morris79
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I always knew most of it was a load of cobblers regardless, and from my own experience, the only time i've ever personally experienced racism was at work from one of our residents, a black lad from London, he wasnt vulgar but he had it in his head that whites were just mostly racist, so in turn he was on a low level. The thing is, we wasnt, after a year of being there I think he got over himself and we used to have a good laugh, he was a funny bloke. Missed him when he left.
Yeah I remember that at the time, it was mental! And like Bo said, this shite wont ever go, it'll be at the world cup and the next Euro, as shit as it is, dickheads find something to home in on
The mural thing though, what the hell? Got to admit, the coverage duped me an all. But thats what they played on I guess, racism does exist so they'll make any old shit up to sell themselves. The thing is with the English, if they wanted to make proper headlines about how racist we truly are in todays society they wouldnt find much..
Wankers.
lame gag1990
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Diddums.
Prison Mike
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O-N-E
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DKehoe
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This is veering into politics but Paul Joseph Watson should stick to shilling snake oil supplements.
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Dr.Morris79
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Well I just thought it was a big'ish deal in blighty at the minute, it's the only thing on the TV and net!
...it's everywhere.
DKehoe
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Yeh, I get wanting to talk about it. Between the sports aspect and the politics aspect it's everywhere just now and it's something everyone has an opinion on. But the mods have been pretty firm about the no politics stuff so just be careful there.Well I just thought it was a big'ish deal in blighty at the minute, it's the only thing on the TV and net!
...it's everywhere.
Dark Rider
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Why are we having a civil war over the meta about fans being xyz?
We are invested in the game obviously and sometimes having an allegiance to one team or the other might nudge how some view one event in a match one way or the other but I don't think we need to get at each other throats over it even if we can't reach to an agreement over it. So far no one is changing their mind about two incidents and fans behavior and that is ok we can disagree on things and still get along fine.
We are invested in the game obviously and sometimes having an allegiance to one team or the other might nudge how some view one event in a match one way or the other but I don't think we need to get at each other throats over it even if we can't reach to an agreement over it. So far no one is changing their mind about two incidents and fans behavior and that is ok we can disagree on things and still get along fine.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
The hatred and abuse Southgate himself got when he missed the penalty in 96 but most of these little snowflakes would have been born around then so won’t remember. He had to take the piss out of himself wearing a bag on his fucking head for a pizza advert for fucks sake to get it to die down.
I also remember them burning effigies of Beckham when he got sent off in the World Cup the hatred and the abuse he got then was appalling.
Christ even Waddle and Stuart Pearce copped a fuck ton of it when they missed their penalties.
Plus there was no social media. That’s the cancer, that’s what needs to be cancelled.
I also remember them burning effigies of Beckham when he got sent off in the World Cup the hatred and the abuse he got then was appalling.
Christ even Waddle and Stuart Pearce copped a fuck ton of it when they missed their penalties.
Plus there was no social media. That’s the cancer, that’s what needs to be cancelled.