DeRo_Is_King Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 7 minutes ago, narduch said: Did they change the pronunciation of Turkey? Apparently: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/turkey-or-turkiye-why-the-country-changed-its-official-name/y5ar25eim Nello and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Belgium scores a 2nd vs Romania, using their classic kick and run style BearcatSA and DeRo_Is_King 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 When a defender leaves his feet, gets the ball first, but follows through and catches another player, it is a foul. But when a forward leaves their feet, gets the ball first and follows through and catches the keeper with studs up in the upper shin, no one mentions it (e.g. Belgium 2nd goal). Isn't that inconsistent? See it all the time. RJB, DeRo_Is_King and masster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 20 hours ago, kacbru said: When a defender leaves his feet, gets the ball first, but follows through and catches another player, it is a foul. But when a forward leaves their feet, gets the ball first and follows through and catches the keeper with studs up in the upper shin, no one mentions it (e.g. Belgium 2nd goal). Isn't that inconsistent? See it all the time. Ya, that really was studs up right near the knee. I would love to hear a referee comment on this. TSN had Kerry Fraser as a pundit for a while and he would explain refereeing decisions for NHL games. It would be great to have something similar for soccer, and they could start with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 A probably more realistic task for Scotland (for those with a soft spot) going into the game against Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Holy shit - what an end to the two afternoon games. Germany ties Switzerland in the 93rd minute and then Hungary beats Scotland in the 99th minutes (of 10 minutes of stoppage). crazy. narduch and 74 Whitecap 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I have to say, there aren't many national sides from which I would consider an argument that their fans have had it tougher over the years than CANMNT fans, but Scotland is probably on the list of possibles Mihairokov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 4 hours ago, RJB said: Ya, that really was studs up right near the knee. I would love to hear a referee comment on this. TSN had Kerry Fraser as a pundit for a while and he would explain refereeing decisions for NHL games. It would be great to have something similar for soccer, and they could start with this one. TSN had Joe Fletcher for the Qatar World Cup. Probably budget not as large for Euros to get one. Fox has ref analysts for the Euros and Copa America. They go to them during the match when needed. RJB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Italy being the Italy of sort of old. Reminds me somewhat of the 2000 semifinal, where they hung on again the Dutch and grabbed it on penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Croatia was working very hard trying to press Italy but it isn't easy to force Italy into turnovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 22 hours ago, red card said: TSN had Joe Fletcher for the Qatar World Cup. Probably budget not as large for Euros to get one. I really can't see his fee being a deal breaker for not having him on the panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Italy calling up Herdman, you want to F Croatia, that is how it is done, buddy... Kadenge, Goal_Kick, TGAA_Star and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Nice way to draw level. Not sure why Italy only start playing when they are 1-0 down so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Croatia look all but out unless Slovenia lose to England and Czechia also lose to Turkiye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Incredible finish. There's been a lot of really good games so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) Spain played an almost entire second 11, except for Jesús Navas. Who also happens to be 38 years old, captain, does not get a rest, and sprite as ever. A while back I saw the clip of the Iniesta World Cup winner, and the whole play was started by Navas, weaving through the midfield, gets poked away and Iniesta backheels it to him to continue the play. A few seconds later the goal. 14 years on. Navas is from a little town near Sevilla, Los Palacios y Villafranca, which is where Fabián Ruiz is from, age 28; if he weren't injured, Gavi would be with the national team and he's also from Los Palacios, he's 19. Spain has actually played with all three on the pitch. The Spanish "Brampton". Only Los Palacios has less than 40,000 population. Spain has been the most consistent team at the Euros, though both scorelines vs. Italy and Albania did not show it. Thinking back to 2010, that whole tournament Spain underperformed, there was not one clearly dominant match. The Euro wins were more convincing. Spain is lacking true stars, and a bit of ruthlessness. Germany getting that late goal puts them back on the Spain side of the bracket for quarter finals. Spain gets a third place team in round of 16, and now likely the host. The way UEFA is, you can't expect to have an easy quarter final match anyways, the likely top 8 will be the top 8, though Italy seems the most vulnerable of the historical powers. I predicted the Dutch would win to a buddy the other day, so I'll stand by that. I think with Spain it's the team with most depth, most able to play subs with little to no drop-off. They also have a massive fan following in Germany and I think that could give them a boost. I don't know who people think has been the player of the tournament so far, but the player I have liked the most is Musiala. I suppose he does the same things for Bayern, but for Germany he steps up, is a leader, and really shows off his talent. I've also liked the Portuguese mids, Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes. Nothing we did not know. Edited June 25 by Unnamed Trialist 74 Whitecap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 The Austria bandwagon is on a roll. Top of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Crazy 74 Whitecap and Trois Reds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Ukraine out despite getting 4 points. But honestly, they should have scored in the 2nd half. Belgium looks very suspect, will be surprised if they can get past France. No disrespect to Romania, but whichever 3rd place teams draws them as an opponent will have caught a break, they are definitely the weakest of the group winners. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I like the cut of the jib on that Napoli foward for Georgia. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 32 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: I like the cut of the jib on that Napoli foward for Georgia. Yeah might go places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 5 hours ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Yeah might go places By places, I hope you mean Liverpool. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Sorry to get political but this made me laugh more than it should have. BearcatSA and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 First time I noticed TSN is using the Fox feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74 Whitecap Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Such a contrast between the Copa games and Italy's passive defending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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