Euro 21

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Kevin Thurlow
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Re: Euro 21

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:21 pm

"From what I read in non English press, reaching the final thanks to a highly debatable penalty awarded to the home team did not make England particularly popular."

The "i" spoke to the manager of the Peru team, who commented that it was definitely a dive, and just what South American players would do! (I guess he can say that).

But it's professional sport - there is quite a lot of cheating by players, officials, and people running the various football associations.

Home sides frequently benefit from dodgy decisions - remember 1966? England's 3rd goal, which definitely did not cross the line. Why Hunt just celebrated I don't know, Greaves would have buried the rebound in the back of the net and we would still be arguing about who scored it...

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Paul Cooksey » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:47 pm

I think Paolo is right. Although if he has happened to read any Italian press, they might not be the most neutral.

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Paolo Casaschi » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:50 pm

Paul Cooksey wrote:
Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:47 pm
I think Paolo is right. Although if he has happened to read any Italian press, they might not be the most neutral.
Italian press is obviously not to be trusted on the subject, but it was not only them. This is a good summary in English:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... -continent

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Re: Euro 21

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:01 pm

Kevin Thurlow wrote:
Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:21 pm
Greaves would have buried the rebound in the back of the net and we would still be arguing about who scored it...
I made a similar point yesterday on a Mushrooms chat group. I was of course thrilled that we won, and my Mum went berserk, but my hero was ( and still is ) Greaves and if Ramsey had overcome his prejudice against players he considered lazy it would all have been so much more straightforward.
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Re: Euro 21

Post by Paul Cooksey » Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:44 pm

Mick Norris wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 9:16 am
Italy aiming to be the first country to win the Euros and Eurovision in the same year :lol:
Oh no! https://twitter.com/efdiegi/status/1414171196237680641

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:57 pm

That's a good shout
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Re: Euro 21

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:23 pm

I'm curious to see what's going to happen in London tonight. Quite a bit of carnage irrespective of the result.

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:24 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:23 pm
I'm curious to see what's going to happen in London tonight. Quite a bit of carnage irrespective of the result.
I don't think the R rate will go down

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Re: Euro 21

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:27 pm

No, quite the opposite I would imagine. Even where I live there are people partying already.

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Re: Euro 21

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:38 pm

Relieved that England are playing Italy rather than Belgium - the Moretti has gone to the back of the fridge and the Trappists have come to the fore :)

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:12 pm

Not sure about that England line-up to be honest, there doesn't seem to be a lot of creativity in mid field. I can see 0 - 0 and a long night ahead.

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Re: Euro 21

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:15 pm

Win or lose, Piccadilly Circus will be the place to be later.
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Re: Euro 21

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:50 pm

It's got bad there already. Likely to be a long game.

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Re: Euro 21

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:59 pm

National anthems - Italy passionate, England disciplined

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