Euro 2020 Archive Thread

As a neutral I am hoping for a crazy match or I’m going to turn it off.
I think there’s a good change this will start in very boring fashion with lots of defensive errors creeping in (like with France) and we could end up with a real crazy match again (then of course we might not).
It’s amazing how poor the ‘top’ teams defenses are from what I have seen (which isn’t much to be honest).
If it does go crazy I think England could well pull through as I have a feeling they are faster. The interest for Germany is to keep it boring then.
Anyway a good old tussle between 2 poor managers should at least make it funny, no?

(I’m tempted to say something about France but it would be off topic and nothing anyone doesn’t know already).

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I’m hoping we got all the excitement out the way last night. Another boring 1-0 to England will do nicely.

If it’s a boring match Germany are more likely to win, didn’t you read my post above? :astonished:

The way this tournament is going so far, Pickford will decide the penalty shootout with a monster save.

Maybe not. Genuinely no idea what’s going to happen there.

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Wish this would be with english subs.

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This kind of stuff is why I just can’t get behind England.

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Mount or grealish…

Neither!

Is Hendo expected to start?

No, because Southgate is an idiot.

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Germany not allowed to train at Wembley to preserve the pitch?

Oh, the irony. :man_facepalming:t2:

So many games being played at bloody Wembley because it probably can’t pay off, so the pitch is a little bit crap considering it’s the “home of football”. But this is a whole new level.

Almost makes me wish for a Germany win on penalties, Pickford to act stupid and end up like Hart against Italy in 2012 and Neuer to decide the game.

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I hope not.

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It’s Southgate, so no. Kalvin Philips has much more experience in big games.

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Southgate apparently using a back three because Germany are using wing backs. I’m really not sure you should be changing the shape of the team at this stage of a tournament.

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Maybe he doesn’t trust Grealish in this game and without Mount, he’d drop a defender back (just add a RWB and play Walker RCB) and play Sterling & Saka (if he keeps his place ahead of Foden) behind/around Kane in a 3-4-3. We’ll see if that happens. Interesting game indeed. I think England will hope Germany have a bit more possession, but not too much initiative (Portugal, being a more conservative side, were really crap in defending the sides, switches of play, Gosens was alone all day). Then look to hurt Germany’s back 3 CB’s, which looked as their weak point (and not since yesterday, already in the last tournament). But never write off Germany, their mentality and experience always makes them a serious side as long as they’re still in the competition.

This will be the worst game of the 2nd round by a mile.
Southgate will go out not to lose rather than win.

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I’m at a wedding reception this evening (6pm start), so missing most of this game. Going to be fashionably late so I can watch the entire first half.

Thankfully it’s England, so it’ll be a bore fest.

Mourinho calls Gosens “Guzans”.

:joy:

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Have you ever hear the English commentators pronounce Alderweireld and yes it is a tricky one for none Dutch/Flemish speaking people, but it doesn’t even come close.

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Oh yeah I know. Although I’m Croatian, I was born and lived in Belgium (French speaking), so I know what you mean. Very different pronunciations. Ancelotti recently called Gbamin “Kabamen”.

:joy:

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Did he lift his eyebrow? :sunglasses:

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