That Hungary team talk
Too many groups
All those shit teams
England
VAR
Taz's predictions
Nothing. International tournaments are the best.
That Hungary team talk
A bit late to the party, but football was definitely better before (fuck off phonics). What I loved about my man Cuauhtemoc was how he got to move all over the pitch doing whatever the fuck he wanted, just putting lobbed through balls into the box over and over. You don't get to do that shit anymore. You had a ton of players like that. The big lumps who would just stand around waiting for a cross. The wingers that could do nothing but cross the ball. Midfielders only there to break legs. And on and on. You could tell how a team would play based on who their star player was. Players today might be even better technically, but they spend 95% of their efforts pressing, tracking back, etc. Tactical discipline is king.
Fwiw, it was probably even better in the 70s/80s. A few gifted players running circles around a bunch of hacks.
Then again, I don't watch football anymore, so what do I know.
Who was the last luxury player? Pirlo?
Commentator calling Pepe 'Pep.' It might be technically correct in Portugese; but he's been called Pepe in English for the last decade, why suddenly change now?
Whoa, those Hungarians behind the goal are packed. Has Hungary eradicated COVID? Should they have just hosted the whole thing in Budapest?
Jota having a shocker.
Iraq-Iran is about to kick off lads and I don't just mean geopolitically
Absolute sitter for Ronaldo.
Hungary are so turgid.
I love Ronaldo immediately looking to the linesman after skying that sitter, desperately hoping for a flag.
Morata-esque from Ronaldo.
That's three times Danilo has flung himself to the deck. Pathetic. Such an unlikable side.
Also a big fan of that Hungarian lad being hit in the mouth/nose and clasping his eyes/forehead.
Portugal have been proper bad in the second half.
Yep, and Hungary are actually growing into it.
They need to bring on the boy Joao Felix.
Lolled at ITV commentator referring to Viktor Orban as "somewhat controversial" there.
Hartson claiming "I don't know if that actually hit his hand"
It's not a penalty but it clearly did.
Why the fuck is he that far offside?
I haven't been that disappointed by an offside in quite some time.
Patricio showing some soft hands there.
What a shit goal.
That must be a red card if it's a penalty, no?
Imagine celebrating that hard. Italy has made him so small time.
That rule has changed I believe. You can't give a penalty and a red for denying a clear chance, unless the player doesn't make an attempt to go for the ball.
@Manc: He's now the first scorer in Euro history. He would celebrate that hard regardless cause it's Ronaldo, but here it's at least justified.
VAR isn't going to look at that?
Meanwhile Platini who was the previous record holder scored all 9 in one Euro.
Why is Nigel De Jong all over ITV's coverage? I don't remember him making much of an impact in English football except for some horrific tackles.
This Ronaldo kid looks good.
I've seen a couple of people mention a possible "upset" if Germany win, yet Bet365 have them as favourites. What's the narrative here?
Germany are Germany and France are France.
Hummels is a plum.
Cracking ball by Pogba.
That was a great finish by Hummels. Morata should take some notes.
Enjoying this. Really good tempo and it's very counter vs possession.
Got caught on some camera cables.
He's lucky he didn't kill someone.
He was close to taking someone out:
Something dropped by Deschamps too.
Pavard knocked the fuck out by Gosens.
That's MMA worthy.
That was such a sublime finish. Kinda shame it was offside.
What’s the theory behind waiting so long for the linesman’s flag there? The flag will go up eventually so why not straight away?
There's definitely an alternate universe in which Higuain isn't a bottle merchant and Low is managing Frankfurt.
Alright, Timo Time!
I reckon I could beat Hummels in a race.