May 19, 20214 yr Almost 3 weeks away and I feel very unprepared for this, and some really fun groups made more interesting with all of the Covid unknowns. Group A: Italy, Swiss, Turkey, and Wales Group B: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Russia Group C : Austria, Holland, North Macedonia, and Ukraine Group D : Croatia, The Czech's, England, and Scotland Group E: Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden Group F: France, Germany, Hungary, and Portugal Group F looks like the Group of Death with 3 of the top 5 Favorites together. We get to see Lewandowski and Haaland both in a major tournament. England vs Scotland!
May 19, 20214 yr And if not them, since they probably won't do shit, I hope this cat puts one in the case:
May 19, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, shnsajax said: We get to see Lewandowski and Haaland both in a major tournament. No Haaland. Group C is what unnecessary tournament expansion yields
May 19, 20214 yr Author 7 minutes ago, alincoln said: No Haaland. Group C is what unnecessary tournament expansion yields Jeez, I swapped Norway and Denmark in my head. Like I said, I am not prepared.
May 19, 20214 yr Fixture list https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0254-0d41684d1216-06773df7faed-1000--euro-2020-all-the-fixtures/ Thankfully, on ESPN.
May 20, 20214 yr 13 hours ago, alincoln said: No Haaland. Group C is what unnecessary tournament expansion yields Meanwhile, in Group F ...
May 20, 20214 yr 20 hours ago, shnsajax said: auld enemy england/scotland is like us/mexico there is no such thing as a friendly escocia refers to the fixture as "the auld enemy" the alltime record is actually very close: 48-41-25 for England they played the first recognized international match 30 November 1872, of course a nil-nil draw however they have only played in uefa/fifa competition 5 times they did not meet in a non-british competition for the first 124 years of the series the first time was their only fixture in a tournament in euro96 they last played 4 years ago if you ever played AD&D you will remember the 20-sided dice rolling double zeros twice in a row is of course technically 1 in 200, but in practice it's more like 1 in 2 million that's what Celtic's Leigh Griffiths did on 10 June 2017 at Hampden Park move the video forward to the 3:00 mark (halfway through) the goals were scored on 70', 87', 90' & 93' up until alisson's goal the other day, it was the most miraculous thing i've seen in football in some time they play their 6th Full International on Friday 18 June 3pm our time set your vendor zooms accordingly
May 20, 20214 yr @jive re: frogs incredibly dangerous and deep, and yet france like italy and nederland have a habit of going duck duck goose in tournaments, 2 on, 1 off
May 20, 20214 yr Author @jive re: frogs incredibly dangerous and deep, and yet france like italy and nederland have a habit of going duck duck goose in tournaments, 2 on, 1 offIt’s hard to see that happening but then again Benzema could blackmail Mbappe with a sextape for a couple of million next week.
May 20, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said: england/scotland is like us/mexico there is no such thing as a friendly escocia refers to the fixture as "the auld enemy" the alltime record is actually very close: 48-41-25 for England they played the first recognized international match 30 November 1872, of course a nil-nil draw however they have only played in uefa/fifa competition 5 times they did not meet in a non-british competition for the first 124 years of the series the first time was their only fixture in a tournament in euro96 they last played 4 years ago if you ever played AD&D you will remember the 20-sided dice rolling double zeros twice in a row is of course technically 1 in 200, but in practice it's more like 1 in 2 million that's what Celtic's Leigh Griffiths did on 10 June 2017 at Hampden Park move the video forward to the 3:00 mark (halfway through) the goals were scored on 70', 87', 90' & 93' up until alisson's goal the other day, it was the most miraculous thing i've seen in football in some time they play their 6th Full International on Friday 18 June 3pm our time set your vendor zooms accordingly Plus two of the coolest national anthems out there.
May 21, 20214 yr scotland announced their selection today and leigh griffiths did not make it despite only scoring twice for celtic in 2021, you still send kirk gibson to the plate with a bum leg
May 21, 20214 yr On 5/19/2021 at 10:24 AM, Jive Turkey said: I love that Kanye is alone in his listing. No one could hope to be a Kanye understudy. He’s never coming off the pitch. [Full Stop]
May 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said: Sergio Ramos left off the Spanish squad. no Real Madrid players on the team. Spain's squad no longer looks like a mish-mash of Barcelona's & Real Madrid's rosters. Lots of one name players along the top right.
May 24, 20214 yr On 5/20/2021 at 11:05 PM, Napoleon said: I love that Kanye KANTE is alone in his listing. No one could hope to be a Kanye KANTE understudy. He’s never coming off the pitch. [Full Stop] FIXED Left the original post using my phone and apparently my phone is a bigger fan of the "entertainment artist" than the French soccer player. My apologies to Kante and his family.
May 24, 20214 yr Author 3 hours ago, maninblack said: Looking forward to the next chapter Looks like a great book that I have no desire to read. Like rewatching Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS or Robben failing to score on the breakaway in 2010.
May 25, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, shnsajax said: Looks like a great book that I have no desire to read. Like rewatching Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS or Robben failing to score on the breakaway in 2010. Which breakaway? The one where Puyol wrapped him up with an arm from behind and kind of tackled him and didn't even get called for a foul vs getting a straight red? Or when he fired to the side of Iker rather than chipping him like every Latin player and every southern European player would have?
May 25, 20214 yr the nats have been responsible for the firings of multiple national team managers including english and mexican gaffers.... so whenever an el tri bitchass throws juergen at me, i just reply.... Los países bajos
May 25, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: the fuck why aren't these embedding I tried and it said YouTube wasn't allowing embedding of the video
May 25, 20214 yr On 5/19/2021 at 10:24 AM, Jive Turkey said: winners. On 5/19/2021 at 11:26 PM, Hagbard Celine said: @jive re: frogs incredibly dangerous and deep, and yet france like italy and nederland have a habit of going duck duck goose in tournaments, 2 on, 1 off true, but they choked to portugal in the finals of the last euros so this is just the second on.
May 25, 20214 yr 13 hours ago, Ted Lange said: I will be watching in Spanish, apparently. 🤷♂️ (Same for Copa America.) Edited May 25, 20214 yr by Napoleon
May 25, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, Ted Lange said: Linear television, WTF does that mean ESPN? Should be EABoD
May 25, 20214 yr EURO 2020 squads for every team *Austria EURO 2020 squad* Goalkeepers: Daniel Bachmann (Watford), Pavao Pervan (Wolfsburg), Alexander Schlager (LASK) Defenders: David Alaba (Bayern), Aleksandar Dragovic (Leverkusen), Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen) Martin Hinteregger (Frankfurt), Stefan Lainer (Mönchengladbach), Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg), Stefan Posch (Hoffenheim), Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin), Andreas Ulmer (Salzburg) Midfielders: Julian Baumgartlinger (Leverkusen), Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim), Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim), Stefan Ilsanker (Frankfurt), Konrad Laimer (Leipzig), Valentino Lazaro (Internazionale), Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig), Louis Schaub (Luzern), Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), Alessandro Schopf (Schalke) Forwards: Marko Arnautovic (Shanghai Port), Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg), Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart), Karim Onisiwo (Mainz) *Belgium EURO 2020 squad (26-man squad, with 11 reserves)* Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), Mats Selz (Strasbourg) Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Jason Denayer (Lyon), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica) Midfielders: Timothy Castagne (Leicester), Nacer Chadli (Istanbul Basaksehir), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), Thorgan Hazard (Dortmund), Thomas Meunier (Dortmund), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Dortmund) Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Leandro Trossard (Brighton) Reserves: Thomas Kaminski (Blackburn), Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), Zinho Vanheusden (Standard Liege), Jordan Lukaku (Antwerp), Thomas Foket (Reims), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Anderlecht), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Brayn Heynen (Genk), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht), Charles De Ketelaere (Club Brugge)... ...Click below for the rest of the squads... https://sports.yahoo.com/euro-2020-squads-every-team-184717137.html
May 25, 20214 yr On 5/19/2021 at 10:24 AM, Jive Turkey said: Their front 6 is just fucking stupid. "Benzema and Griezmann just aren't getting it done so far" "Alright guess we'll have to sub in Giroud and Dembele and hope for a miracle" I mean obviously there's a few stacked teams - it's the Euros - but that France attack is like 2002* Brazil level. Edited May 25, 20214 yr by ztejas
May 25, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, ztejas said: Their front 6 is just fucking stupid. "Benzema and Griezmann just aren't getting it done so far" "Alright guess we'll have to sub in Giroud and Dembele and hope for a miracle" I mean obviously there's a few stacked teams - it's the Euros - but that France attack is like 2002* Brazil level. I would say "Argentina 2006, 2010, 2014 level", though they never got it done. Argentina's 2010 squad (especially) had Top 3 scorers from ~Spain, Italy, & England (maybe) along with the guy who scored both goals in the Champions League Final... ...but Diego was their manager. 😪
May 25, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Napoleon said: I would say "Argentina 2006, 2010, 2014 level", though they never got it done. Argentina's 2010 squad (especially) had Top 3 scorers from ~Spain, Italy, & England (maybe) along with the guy who scored both goals in the Champions League Final... ...but Diego was their manager. 😪 Good comp. Idk if Argentina was that deep across the middle though. Although I am a bit out of touch on Pogba's form - he always seems to be bouncing back and forth between disappointment and revelation.
May 25, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, ztejas said: Good comp. Idk if Argentina was that deep across the middle though. Although I am a bit out of touch on Pogba's form - he always seems to be bouncing back and forth between disappointment and revelation. Well, Kante is way better than Mascherano in 2010 (Masche was captain), but Masche 2014 was close to having a Kante-level influence as a complete destroyer but from a much deeper position. Masche was a fucking warrior in 2014. I never cared for him before that World Cup, but he was the heart, soul, and machete of that team. Different tournament, but you can tell that he cares about wearing the kit... The Argentine midfield was weaker than it should have been in 2010 due to the manager and in 2014 due to people sitting back and watching Messi do his thing rather than work WITH him like the others at Barça did. Their best midfield was in 2006, when they lost to Germany in a shootout after having to sub out their keeper in the first half and thus were unable to bring on Messi late, because they just had 2 subs to use on field players. (And Germans being German, they had done their research and Jens Lehmann had his cheat sheet of Argie tendencies for each player that he would pull out of his sock and check before each shootout attempt. And it worked.) Here's their goal against Serbia & Montenegro in 2006 that consisted of 26 touches. 25 passes and one shot on goal. They held the ball for over 70 seconds passing it around before Cambiasso scored off of a beautiful assist. (Diego didn't even pick Champions League champs Cambiasso nor captain Javier Zanetti from Inter Milan, but brought the boyfriend of his girl's best friend.)
May 25, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, Napoleon said: Well, Kante is way better than Mascherano in 2010 (Masche was captain), but Masche 2014 was close to having a Kante-level influence as a complete destroyer but from a much deeper position. Masche was a fucking warrior in 2014. I never cared for him before that World Cup, but he was the heart, soul, and machete of that team. Different tournament, but you can tell that he cares about wearing the kit... The Argentine midfield was weaker than it should have been in 2010 due to the manager and in 2014 due to people sitting back and watching Messi do his thing rather than work WITH him like the others at Barça did. Their best midfield was in 2006, when they lost to Germany in a shootout after having to sub out their keeper in the first half and thus were unable to bring on Messi late, because they just had 2 subs to use on field players. (And Germans being German, they had done their research and Jens Lehmann had his cheat sheet of Argie tendencies for each player that he would pull out of his sock and check before each shootout attempt. And it worked.) Here's their goal against Serbia & Montenegro in 2006 that consisted of 26 touches. 25 passes and one shot on goal. They held the ball for over 70 seconds passing it around before Cambiasso scored off of a beautiful assist. (Diego didn't even pick Champions League champs Cambiasso nor captain Javier Zanetti from Inter Milan, but brought the boyfriend of his girl's best friend.) Yeah I was wondering whether to include Mascherano or not since he seemed to play a bit further back in 2014 but he was freaking awesome on that team - certainly Kanteesque.
May 25, 20214 yr FUCK! Even the Spanish channels are going with the streaming service bullshit... Univision’s TUDN and its newly launched streaming service PrendeTV will combine for Spanish-language U.S. coverage. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/euro-2020-soccer-tournament-ready-235438434.html
May 26, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Ted Lange said: I believe it will be on TUDN & their streaming service, not just streaming. That's how I read it as well. Probably big games on TUDN and lesser games on PrendeTV for starters, since they just launched. I just don't care for signing up for a million streaming services. (Or even 2.)
May 26, 20214 yr On 5/20/2021 at 8:56 AM, WBT said: My company shows no signs of ending work from home so this should be fun This right here.
May 27, 20214 yr somebody needs to do a pool for this. i'm just not technically savvy enough to set it up, and not sure how you do a pool and allocate points with group stages that then feed into a knockout tourney. but i'd give my money away and make picks.
May 31, 20214 yr U21's are playing today. ESPN and ESPN+ Netherlands vs France Spain vs Croatia Denmark vs Germany Portugal vs Italy
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