UEFA Euro 2020 Football Championship - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Wow, great play by the Swiss, France failed to lock down the game.

Hi,

I kinda think that the French team did not pay enough attention to the game and their ability to hold things till the end. It's hard to fault Deschamps on this since he has taken France to victory in the World Cup, and has some great history, but in the end, a loss as this, will likely make them even more dangerous in the WC.

But something has to be said for a team that believed they could do this, and did not quit like the French did with 15 minutes to go! Even after the Swiss 2nd goal, they did not play well at all, but it may have been that the Swiss had the better plan all along and were simply waiting for the French to play their "laisser-fare" (spelling) game towards the end ... which was what took place!

As for today's game between England and Germany ... I'm not sure that England can survive an aerial assault by Germany, but I'm not sure that Kane and Sterling can not put Germany on the back foot ... this game feels like 1-1 or 2-2 and then go to penalties for another crappy shoot.

Edited by moshkito - June 29 2021 at 10:38

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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

France looked like they found their mojo then relaxed with 20 minutes to go. Critical mistake. I think they definitely underestimated the Swiss.

England-Germany can be the ugliest game of the tournament as long as England win.

well, you know how it will end when it comes to a penalty shootout Wink

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Edit: I'm misreading some posts for some time. It is not good. Anyway...

France... I was guessing that they had a great chance of winning the cup. I think the French players (at least some of them) underestimated Switzerland. This is a critical fallacy, to think that you can beat a team easily if you're technically superior to them.

Today, I'm supporting Sweden... And expecting Germany vs. England to be a very good game.

Edited by Shadowyzard - June 29 2021 at 02:19

Sehr gütes spielen fußball auf der Sweiss

Terrific football day today! This game was even better!

Lewian, congrats. Perhaps you're not that "crap" at predictions. Wink

Edited by Shadowyzard - June 28 2021 at 16:18

well, well, well. Friede's sister will be disappointed; she always roots for France

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What a game of football we are witnessing

Fantastic Spain - Croatia game, horrible goalkeeping mistake and a late fight back by Croatia. You'd never have seen Spain give up two late goals 10 years ago.

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^ The second half was awesome IMO. Far more exciting than yesterday's games. The last part was... terrible; the pediod after the score was Croatia 3 - 5 Spain.

Spain gave me pain... Anyway, congrats. They deserved more, even if slightly.

Icarium wrote:

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

The Dutch were poor, Czech Rep weren't great but were better than the Netherlands, they were clueless after going behind.

Belgium weren't great but Portugal turned into a team of thugs and divers as the second half went on, just awful. I have no idea how Pepe ever stays on the field. The referee lost the plot.

how the portugese tackled De Breune and made him leave the pitch, and tried to do the same to Lukaku , i sort of believe they had tactics to go after those two players in particular as they are recived as most threatning to the opposing team. I don't say the planned foul play against those two playes in particular but I would not vote against such claim either, if talks in locker-room had specific tactics of "going after and try to destroy the game for De Breune and Romelu Lukaku".

in German this is called "den Schneid abkaufen" (an expression that is not limited to soccer but to any kind of competition; it could be translated as "to take the fight out of someone"). not necessarily intended to injure the player, but definitely to discourage him to do anything significant. foul your opponent hard so it hurts right from the start as a warning

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Poll Question: Which team do you support?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Austria	0	[0.00%]
Belgium	2	[6.25%]
Croatia	1	[3.13%]
Czech Republic	1	[3.13%]
Denmark	2	[6.25%]
England	7	[21.88%]
Finland	1	[3.13%]
France	1	[3.13%]
Germany	2	[6.25%]
Hungary	1	[3.13%]
Italy	2	[6.25%]
Netherlands	1	[3.13%]
North Macedonia	1	[3.13%]
Poland	1	[3.13%]
Portugal	4	[12.50%]
Russia	1	[3.13%]
Scotland	1	[3.13%]
Slovakia	0	[0.00%]
Spain	0	[0.00%]
Sweden	0	[0.00%]
Switzerland	0	[0.00%]
Turkey	1	[3.13%]
Ukraine	0	[0.00%]
Wales	1	[3.13%]
None	1	[3.13%]
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