Euro Championships

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Anonymous wrote:Keyboard warrior. Lol I like that one.

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Anti-Trump vote reppin’ tonight. Lol how’s the Loudoun crowd feeling it?

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Anonymous wrote:Anti-Trump vote reppin’ tonight. Lol how’s the Loudoun crowd feeling it?

Doesn’t make sense

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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.

Not last defender not goal scoring opportunity. Absolute yellow

Doesn't need to be the last defender or a goal scoring opportunity to receive a red card. Go read the rule. Both serious foul play and violent conduct can receive a red card. Seven reasons to red card:
Serious foul play
Violent conduct
Spitting at a person
Deliberate handball – denying a goal-scoring opportunity
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity
Offensive, aggressive, abusive language or gesture
Receiving a second caution

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

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

Doesn't need to be the last defender or a goal scoring opportunity to receive a red card. Go read the rule. Both serious foul play and violent conduct can receive a red card. Seven reasons to red card:
Serious foul play
Violent conduct
Spitting at a person
Deliberate handball – denying a goal-scoring opportunity
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity
Offensive, aggressive, abusive language or gesture
Receiving a second caution

Oh so you are going to read the rules to me?

Serious foul play - no lot of acting
Violent conduct- no not shirt pulling
Spitting at a person- no
Deliberate handball – denying a goal-scoring opportunity- no
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity- no
Offensive, aggressive, abusive language or gesture- no
Receiving a second caution- no

Look at the video. At about 9 or 10 second you him stop his forward movement and his shirt is not pulled tight. He feels the shirt pulled and then push backwards, throws his arms up and kicks his feet out. He is embellishing the foul. Also at 9 seconds he actually hits the ball with his arm. That’s a clear hand ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnq3HPSEDck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My heart: Portugal

My head: France

My gut: Italy

Really looking forward to this long-awaited tournament!

You called it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

Italy's goal is a massive beast though. 6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands. He had 4 inches on Pickford. Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

He wanted it more.

If you think that was awful, you are a complete novice to International high-level futbol.

The amount of physicality there is in high-level soccer has always been there and this wasn't even that aggregious as it was taking out a knee or ankle that would cause a career-wrecking injury. The shirt tugging and stuff is par for the course.

Americans are so naive and think it's a pretty little game.

We were taught to play physical back in the 70s/80s, I was taken down by my ponytail in several games, clawed with nails, jerseys ripped from tugging....AND I WAS A GIRL.

Chiellini wanted to WIN. It was a completely psychological tactic. Did you happen to see the way the Denmark players terrorized Harry Kane...even when he didn't have the ball he was two-handed pushed???

The ones that want it more are the ones that win.

He pulled the kid to the ground BY HIS NECK. It was disgusting. Chiellini should have been sent off.

That’s a cheap tear away Jersey. I am surprised it held up in the rain.

In a major Championship game, Refs give a lot more leeway and less likely to throw down a red card (and any cards). You could see that throughout the game and you see it major Euro, Champion's league and WC finals.

What Chiellini did was a scare tactic which players do a lot to newbies. Try to rattle them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

Italy's goal is a massive beast though. 6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands. He had 4 inches on Pickford. Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.

Even England was worried pre-game if it went to penalties. They felt they were the weaker team in that area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

Italy's goal is a massive beast though. 6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands. He had 4 inches on Pickford. Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.

Even England was worried pre-game if it went to penalties. They felt they were the weaker team in that area.

Putting in your three youngest players to shoot penalties was stupidity, but England wasn't supposed to even make it that far. I would like to see Mount play as a #10 with Grealish and Sterling up top. Actually, I would like Rashford to take Sterling's spot. Mount is not a winger and does not play there on Chelsea. He was ineffective in that final Euro game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

Italy's goal is a massive beast though. 6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands. He had 4 inches on Pickford. Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.

Even England was worried pre-game if it went to penalties. They felt they were the weaker team in that area.

Putting in your three youngest players to shoot penalties was stupidity, but England wasn't supposed to even make it that far. I would like to see Mount play as a #10 with Grealish and Sterling up top. Actually, I would like Rashford to take Sterling's spot. Mount is not a winger and does not play there on Chelsea. He was ineffective in that final Euro game.

He was ineffective the whole tournament. Perhaps because he was not in his natural position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why no one comments on goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed?

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy.

Italy's goal is a massive beast though. 6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands. He had 4 inches on Pickford. Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.

Even England was worried pre-game if it went to penalties. They felt they were the weaker team in that area.

Putting in your three youngest players to shoot penalties was stupidity, but England wasn't supposed to even make it that far. I would like to see Mount play as a #10 with Grealish and Sterling up top. Actually, I would like Rashford to take Sterling's spot. Mount is not a winger and does not play there on Chelsea. He was ineffective in that final Euro game.

He was ineffective the whole tournament. Perhaps because he was not in his natural position.

Mount is young and not fully developed. I like his spark though. He is not someone you can isolate 1v1 like a Pulisic from his team Chelsea or Sterling for that matter and he doesn't play defense all that well. He does play quickly through the middle and can get on the end of things that way. Not sure who else England would play at a #10 right now? Maddison is very hit or miss. Lingard was in form this season, but wasn't even mentioned for the team. Foden reminds me of Grealish, but not as strong. One of those guys will have to step up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

He wanted it more.

If you think that was awful, you are a complete novice to International high-level futbol.

The amount of physicality there is in high-level soccer has always been there and this wasn't even that aggregious as it was taking out a knee or ankle that would cause a career-wrecking injury. The shirt tugging and stuff is par for the course.

Americans are so naive and think it's a pretty little game.

We were taught to play physical back in the 70s/80s, I was taken down by my ponytail in several games, clawed with nails, jerseys ripped from tugging....AND I WAS A GIRL.

Chiellini wanted to WIN. It was a completely psychological tactic. Did you happen to see the way the Denmark players terrorized Harry Kane...even when he didn't have the ball he was two-handed pushed???

The ones that want it more are the ones that win.

He pulled the kid to the ground BY HIS NECK. It was disgusting. Chiellini should have been sent off.

No not a goal scoring situation. Clear yellow card.

+1. many other times players (of both teams) took down an opposing team's players who had started an offensive action. referee called a fault ad that was it. a red card is for an outrageous action. when Zidane head-hit Materazzi during the France-Italy final, he was rightfully expelled.