Euro and Copa America 2021

[grateful]

France-Germany at 3 pm today!

This is THE game to watch!

And just like that...France.

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France have benefitted from four own goals this season (v Croatia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan & Germany) - their highest tally in history. Lucky
least it wasn't a tie

[grateful]

Those blue guys are killing it!

[Thousand Made-Up Loves]

i'm still at a loss to explain this move.  the argies couldn't host because of covid, so let's more the party to brazil... that has even worse covid???

It's pretty simple. Bolsonaro is a butcher and he is desperate to pretend that everything is A-OK in Brazil. Also, he probably cut Conmebol a sweeter deal than they would have got scheduling US venues at the last minute, unfortunately.

[Starsky]

CONMEBOL probably also paranoid it’s officials might be arrested for corruption in the US


It also must be admitted that covid numbers on a per capita basis have been worse lately in Argentina than Brazil; sadly amongst the worst in the world. Argentina has been losing about 600 people a day which adjusted for population is around 4400 for the US! It’s bad down there…

This Copa America should have been played in the US or not played at all

[Starsky]

Sort of unrelated but it’s 15 years since my favorite goal of all time.. I still get goosebumps


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZdcpdxoTA

For English speakers this commentator gets it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=COe5Y29-BZY&t=7s

The count by the way is 26

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3Om0WfErA

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The goal was pretty nice, but my first thought was about the incredible passing that led up to that...26, pretty amazing stuff
almost seemed like the other team wasn't there, but they were actually trying hard to stop them

[Starsky]

Well that’s the point!! It’s a collective goal! All 26 passes are the goal! The last touch goes in the net

[Starsky]

Belgium 2 - Denmark 1


That last Belgium goal! That’s how you play


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb_L-a_kNHM

[Starsky]

Portugal - Germany is a cracker


1-2 at halftime and Portuguese players have scored all three goals so far!

[Starsky]

Denmark beats Russia 4-1 to advance to knockout phase making everyone happy


Really lost any respect for UEFA when they made Denmark play their opener just a few hours after Eriksen died and was brought back to life on the pitch

[Starsky]

New angle on the goal 35 years ago today


I remember exactly where I was watching…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=icBYJMZur2U

[vansmack]

New angle on the goal 35 years ago today

#notthehandofgodgoal

[Starsky]

It’s also 35 years from that one…

I think it’s remarkable the amount of whining some people do about it… as if the goal changed the result…Nobody was going to beat Maradona that World Cup. After Argentina was up 2-0 it basically lay back and England managed to get one back. Just like when Argentina was up 2-0 against Germany and it laid back and Germany tied it up in the final only for Maradona to thread a beautiful pass for the 3-2 winner… It would have been the same end result that day. But I do find it enjoyable on some extra level that after the hand of god Maradona did that to England like “You didn’t like that? How about this one?”


I remember that day…watching with family in Menlo Park and after the hand of god goal trying to figure it out..those where the days of smaller TVs…not hdtv…Univision not exactly renown for their camera angles etc although it was probably a feed but again not a million cameras like now.. my dad insisting Maradona had headed it in! That was embarrassing…

It’s just remarkable to me: you have the goal of the century and you are going to focus on the hand of god you whiny bitch? Really?

[Starsky]

And on the 35th anniversary of these goals I root for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿!!