Euro Championships

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know where stadium security was when these Italian fans were being beaten up. I thought it was standard practice for away fans to be escorted out at the end of matches like these. I certainly remember Brazilian officials protecting German fans in an organized fashion after the 7-1 semifinal thrashing of Brazil in 2014, having them remain in their seats at the end and escorting them out in groups. Epic fail by Wembley organizers; also people were apparently roaming around inside without tickets.

Big failure indeed. I used to live in London. They have matches every weekend (local teams) and they are used to handling crowd control and rowdy fans. They probably handle hooligans better than any country out there. They just didn't deploy their expertise this time it seems.

There were crowd control problems even before the game started. England fans without tickets bumrushed the stadium. Its being pretty covered up but considering it was a high security risk with the Prime Minister on-site as well as the 2nd and 3rd in line its inexcusable.

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^— lol, the PM and all those all made it out alive. You know what’s worse than bumrushing?

Locking down your country.

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I wish the racists could be identified and banned from ever attending a match.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish the racists could be identified and banned from ever attending a match.

NBA and MLB games would be a lot more diverse

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Anonymous wrote:I love the “don’t criticize three players to miss a penalty”. They’re professionals. Not criticizing them is the bigotry of low expectations

There is criticizing and there's heaping racist abuse. The latter is disgusting and needs to be better monitored on social media platforms.

With that said, three missed PKs didn't lose the game. What's worse, even if 19 year old Saka had made his penalty, England still would not have been guaranteed a win. They would have continued with penalties.

The real failure was England's failure to score a goal in the 120 plus minutes of play before penalties. Criticize that.

A lot of people in the know are criticizing the coach's selection of kickers.

Putting a 19-year old, novice of the big matches in the most critical position since the 1960s was a daft move.

Experts agree, England was out-coached. They also question they way the Coach jerked around Rashford.

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Insufferable. The lot of you

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Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the “don’t criticize three players to miss a penalty”. They’re professionals. Not criticizing them is the bigotry of low expectations

There is criticizing and there's heaping racist abuse. The latter is disgusting and needs to be better monitored on social media platforms.

With that said, three missed PKs didn't lose the game. What's worse, even if 19 year old Saka had made his penalty, England still would not have been guaranteed a win. They would have continued with penalties.

The real failure was England's failure to score a goal in the 120 plus minutes of play before penalties. Criticize that.

A lot of people in the know are criticizing the coach's selection of kickers.

Putting a 19-year old, novice of the big matches in the most critical position since the 1960s was a daft move.

Experts agree, England was out-coached. They also question they way the Coach jerked around Rashford.

If you’re not prepared to take a kick, shouldn’t be on the field. Absolutely outcoached

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Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

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Anonymous wrote:Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

Stop calling Saka a kid; he’s a professional. Bigotry of low expectations

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Anonymous wrote:Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

I was surprised he only got a yellow...the fact that he is a vet shouldn’t matter, but the fact that Saka had an acre of space in front of him should have cemented it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

I was surprised he only got a yellow...the fact that he is a vet shouldn’t matter, but the fact that Saka had an acre of space in front of him should have cemented it.

Not last defender not goal scoring opportunity. Absolute yellow

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

Stop calling Saka a kid; he’s a professional. Bigotry of low expectations

He's only 19. Its amazing he's leading a national team at a age so young but don't underestimate the weight of the team's expectations on him and the U.K.'s racist response rearing its ugly head.

I hope he can keep his head high and ignore the naysayers.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chiellini should have received a red card for the horse collar tackle of Saka. It is either serious foul play or violent conduct under FIFA rules and just as likely to seriously injure someone as a two-footed tackle. Totally intended to hurt the kid and it is not even arguable it had anything to do with going after the ball or a legit tackle. Bad non-call, and even worse when it is grizzled veteran v teenager. Fair play is fair play and FIFA ought to demand better. This bad conduct has no part in the game.

https://youtu.be/1zW0Cs-LtCc

Stop calling Saka a kid; he’s a professional. Bigotry of low expectations

He's only 19. Its amazing he's leading a national team at a age so young but don't underestimate the weight of the team's expectations on him and the U.K.'s racist response rearing its ugly head.

I hope he can keep his head high and ignore the naysayers.

He’s not leading if he’s too nervous to take a penalty. He’s a young man, not kid, and he’s a professional.