That warmed up to be fun game and some really good PKs too. Not getting the PK on target to force the save is a pet peeve of mine but not as bad as sailing it over the crossbar I suppose.
OT: EURO 2024 Thread
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Here’s the thing that pisses me off: once they changed the rules - or decided to start clamping down / on keepers coming off their line, on PK, they should’ve stopped that nonsense as well.
France is in the semis without scoring a single goal from open play. Absolutely unreal.
Yep, no gimmes at this stage and neither England nor the Dutch have been overly impressive. Today's game is kind of...boring, so far.
That Ronaldo approach to a pk needs to be banned. Be a man and hit the ball -just like the Frenchmen did.
Gives the player a CLEAR advantage which is exactly why they stopped keepers from coming off their line.
Forget about soccer history… Look at the world history in these matchups:
France v Spain
England v The Netherlands
France v Spain
England v The Netherlands
Spain has by far been the best team in the tournament. I would be stunned if they don’t take the title, but France is due to start scoring on offense as well so, who knows, but I’m absolutely loving these two matchups.Solid match ups but a shame that we had to see Germany vs. Spain and France vs. Portugal in the quarters. Oh well, that’s how the draw falls sometimes. I like Spain and England to advance. Not really going out on a limb here.
My only reservation about picking Spain to advance is that they may have some key guys serving yellow card suspensions. I haven’t done a deep dive on it yet, but they may need to play a style in this game that they’re not accustomed to playing.
That’s a fantastic point. Two starting defenders for Spain are out.
Three out for yellow cards and 1 injured starter.
Was out all afternoon and evening, so I just watched the Netherlands-Turkey match and what a fun watch that was! Great goals, some awesome saves (especially the last one by the Dutch keeper) and nothing left in the tank for either team. I hope the semis live up to the teams playing - hope someone scores early in each match to open things up.
Maybe even France can score from open play now....which as of yet, they haven't.
Well, I got my hope answered of an early goal, now let's see some good action, although it was already off to a good start, as Spain probably should've scored on Fabian's header. Rooting mildly for Spain - very mildly - rooting for England to win it all.
Holy crap, what a goal by Yamal, still just 16 years old (and 360 days or so, lol). This could be fun.
This should be the final. They're clearly the best two teams, IMO.
If they didn't tell me he was 16, I wouldn't even think about his age the way he plays.
That's some quality soccer. Crazy how much respect France is showing Spain when on defense. But I get it; Spain's the real deal. Their support play is clinical.
And they just said they revised their decision and now it's a goal by Olmo. Still hate the lack of good/timely replays at soccer matches, as they still haven't shown a good enough replay angle to tell if it's a goal or not (and they probably have one) - they could learn a lot from American sports coverage on that.
Very impressive. Massive pressure situation for any player, let alone someone that age. But he's demonstrating good composure and delivering.
We should all be bathed by Messi when we're infants. That's gotta be the secret.
Well you can blame France for that. Had they won their group as expected, this could have been the final. Instead Austria took the bracket slot which France was expected to take, which is a reason why the two halves of the bracket were so unbalanced.