Other Sports: Soccer/Football Thread Part Six

[Jack Straw]

Please make that stop/start shit illegal.

 

[Starat327]

Please make that stop/start shit illegal.

This. 100% this.

 

[kudymen]

Felt sad and bad watching Ronaldo cry last game

Watching crying Pepe now? I dont give a f***.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Felt sad and bad watching Ronaldo cry last game

Watching crying Pepe now? I dont give a f***.

What did Pepe do to you?

 

[kudymen]

What did Pepe do to you?

I am the only person in the universe whose leg or head was not broken by him

 

[Appleyard]

Portugal played the better football and deserved to win...

we are going to get a France vs England final aren't we?

Two of the most talented teams whose managers right now play the most awful football.

The purist in me wants Spain vs Turkey ahahaha.

 

[Appleyard]

I am the only person in the universe whose leg or head was not broken by him

Yeh. That whole Madrid back line were a bunch of .

Apparently Pepe is actually a pretty cool guy... but the red he used to see makes everyone hate his guts. Scummy player.

And he dived soooo much back in the day. I remember him getting a foul for Madrid v Henry when Henry just... went past him... and Pepe threw his hands up to his face like Henry had haymakered him. And the idiot La Liga ref gave Pepe the foul when Barca would have scored.

 

[trostol]

England is in a tough spot...you want to win..but you also kinda want to lose so they can get rid of Southgate

 

[Appleyard]

England is in a tough spot...you want to win..but you also kinda want to lose so they can get rid of Southgate

Exactly this even as an English man.

 

[TCTC]

This France-Portugal game pretty much went exactly as I expected. Absolute snoozefest.

Props for Portugal though playing the entire tournament with 10 men.

 

[Jack Straw]

England is in a tough spot...you want to win..but you also kinda want to lose so they can get rid of Southgate

If they win it will most likely be in spite of Southgate. Like before, someone scoring a world class goal.

 

[Appleyard]

If they win it will most likely be in spite of Southgate. Like before, someone scoring a world class goal.

Yeh. They actually looked good when tactics went out of the window and it was just every man for himself...

which aint a great indictment of Southgate.

Our best chance to win vs top teams is probably the other team scoring first lmao. As they the brakes come off.

 

[Starat327]

Yeh. They actually looked good when tactics went out of the window and it was just every man for himself...

which aint a great indictment of Southgate.

Our best chance to win vs top teams is probably the other team scoring first lmao. As they the brakes come off.

Not even sure I'd say the brakes fall off. Think tje team just decides to take it on themselves to figure out how to win because they also have no confidence in the 'system'.

England definitely need a new coach. Anyone but Roberto Mattinez would be an upgrade.

 

[FLYguy3911]

O Canada.

What a tuck.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

One of the most entertaining matches Canada has ever played. You can see where Canada lacks quality, but they are magnitudes ahead of any other generation of Canadian soccer.

Crepeau's gaffe could have been heartbreaking, but props to him for putting it behind him and bearing down to make some great saves in the PK.

Unfortunately, Canada may now get the drubbing they deserved in the group stage match vs Argentina.

Massive accomplishment, though, regardless of the next result.

 

[ellja3]

Yeh. They actually looked good when tactics went out of the window and it was just every man for himself...

which aint a great indictment of Southgate.

Our best chance to win vs top teams is probably the other team scoring first lmao. As they the brakes come off.

Couldn't agree more with everything you said here. I do think they lose today. We're talking about the team that struggled against Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia, Slovakia and is historically awful at penalty kicks.

 

[ellja3]

Let's go SUISSE!

 

[Starat327]

Is this game as boring as the stats look? I was power washing and forgot it was even on

 

[kudymen]

I was power washing and forgot it was even on

Are you Gareth Southgate?

 

[Starat327]

Are you Gareth Southgate?

I can see why you'd think so, but no. If I was, I wouldn't have forgotten about the game, I'd have just not cared about winning it.

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow

 

[Starat327]

We need a goal? OK, let's forget everything the manager told us.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Wow

Wow

 

[FLYguy3911]

What a shot.