Other Sports: Soccer/Football Thread Part Six

[Curufinwe]

Chasing Messi but will never catch him

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Chasing Messi but will never catch him

Yeah, but how many Euros has Messi won?

Checkmate.

 

[Appleyard]

Is Ronaldo chasing a scoring record or something? Hilarious that Portugal rests their entire team except him.

Gonçalo Ramos is the only other pure CF they have... and tbh at this venture in career he is probably a better "pure" goalscorer than Ronaldo.

BUT he picked up a knock last match, after the game... from an awful sliding tackle from a steward who was chasing a pitch invader and fell. Seriously. He only returned to proper training yesterday.

They took like 7 guys who can play wing and only 2 whose best position is through the middle. Ofc Jota can play there too... but does not too often.

But tbh they just dont have many out and out goalscorers through the middle. The guys left at home were Bruma, Horta, Trincão, Mota, Carlos Forbs and Jota Silva, who are ALL wingers too.

The 3rd best out and out CF who is Portuguese right now? Probably Paulinho who last played for Portugal in 2020... and just moved to the Mexican league aha. Fábio Silva (Rangers) and Youssef Chermiti (Everton) might round out the top 5... but both very young and not great players yet, just "Talented".

 

[Appleyard]

This has been an... interestingly refereed game.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Portugal ends up in the half bracket of death with Spain, Germany, and France.

England and Italy luck out, but would face each other in the quarters if they get through R16.

 

[BritainStix]

You mean cat?

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I would react, but that power has been taken from me.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Lot's of lopsided matchups in the R16.

 

[TCTC]

The English probably singing "It's coming home" again just because they have an easy route to the final, only to lose against Italy/Switzerland in the QF.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

LOL Mexico

 

[Jack Straw]

Can’t believe Mexico had a penalty to tie the game and didn’t score.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Can’t believe Mexico had a penalty to tie the game and didn’t score.

Or the next sequence...or the next sequence.

Euros might have better teams but Copa America is 1000x more entertaining.

 

[trostol]

dude seriously..that's an embarrassing drop by dude lol

 

[Jack Straw]

Bighuge upset

 

[trostol]

Bighuge upset

not bigger than Georgia

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Jose Martinez playing peacemaker and not instigator? Now I've seen everything

 

[FLYguy3911]

Mexico is washed.

 

[Curufinwe]

Or the next sequence...or the next sequence.

Euros might have better teams but Copa America is 1000x more entertaining.

The Europeans seem sluggish. Possibly due to the heat and the tournament happening at the end of an 10 month season.

 

[FLYguy3911]

 

[Halladay]

The Southgate jokes are hilarious. If England had any ambition in winning they would have gotten rid of him after the last world cup.

 

[FLYguy3911]

The good ole USMNT.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

The Berhalter jokes are hilarious. If USMNT had any ambition in winning they would have gotten rid of him (for good) after the last World Cup.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

The Berhalter jokes are hilarious. If USMNT had any ambition in winning they would have gotten rid of him (for good) after the last World Cup.

Did you steal this from an England/Southgate post?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Did you steal this from an England/Southgate post?

Uh…

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Uh…

That sentiment has followed England since 2018. "If they're serious about winning, the need to remove their association with Southgate for good."

I know Berhalter left the USMNT and (probably) shouldn't have been brought back, but the message is the same: nations that need to jettison coaches that aren't not putting their sides in the best position to fulfill their potentials.

 

[Halladay]

The Berhalter jokes are hilarious. If USMNT had any ambition in winning they would have gotten rid of him (for good) after the last World Cup.

f*** off .

Though to be fair, England has a squad that can win the Euros and World Cup. Maybe Jurgen takes that job. Id love for Southgate to go to United as rumored before when ETH gets sacked.