EURO 2020 (2021 Edition)

That last pass looks offside to me, didnt get a good replay angle

That last pass looks offside to me, didnt get a good replay angle

― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:26 PM (nineteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

same, it was definitely a forward pass and it seemed like both dutch players were ahead of the last defender

in theory, i understand the offside rule in soccer. but in practice, i understand it maybe 75% of the time

at this point im going to accept it's like a baseball strike zone, there will be missed calls.

Austria, aside from being 45% cop, have an extremely irritating habit of not trying promising passes or shots when available, so not just thugs but cowards to boot

lol that reminds me -- did you watch that black mirror episode where the british prime minister is forced to pork a pig on live tv?

dumfries was behind malen when malen played the pass forward

ok, if he was behind the ball then that's fair game as i understand it

yeah ahead of last defender but behind ball is technically not offsides, which I learned during an MLS match of all places last year

Im aware of all that, but he looked ahead as and when the pass is played from the replays we saw

The replays at the end of the game looked level/behind so fair enough

yes i had the same impression as you, and didn't watch the replays after the game.

Yes, I agree Gary, fingers crossed Harry Maguire plays

Malen made a few very frustrating decisions towards the end, tho i guess it was as comfortable as two nils get short of that being a pair of dutchmen in a featherbed

frenkie de Jong was great tonight for the oranje, slick midfield play with ever getting into top gear...RE the boyata thing upthread, no doubt he's a donkey, on a weekly basis, but honestly, he was a rock against Russia, granted they aren't much but their better players are up front and they had NOTHING off him last game, surprised with how the Belgian side lined up today, they were all over the place, first half

I'm sure Wembley is not going to end up as a mudbath but, if this rain keeps up all day, which it looks like it will, it might not be the night for silky skills.

Might be blood on the streets of London tonight

Good day to foment the revolution aye

i would truly like to see england do well in this tournament, but also kind of hoping that scotland win this one? (can't see it happening though)

Head says it’s a valiant 1-1 at best or 3-0 England.

Heart says 2-1 Scotland.

Tony Watt <3 has said 2-0 Scotland so that's what England will win by

Kane penalty after a Scottish goal overturned. Proper shitfest.

I can't see any way for Scotland to win this - who's going to score? I'll be happy with a draw.

That’s why a win is heart not head.

I can’t see us keeping a clean sheet, and can see us having chances but struggling to convert them.

Meantime a bright sunny day in St Petersburg. This looks like it could be a fun match.

Raggett your omnipresence for international tournament fixtures is a boon in these troubling tms

hamsik is a v compelling footballer

xpost One does what one can from over here.

either sweden are terrible or slovakia are pretty good

Slovakia are not very good.

Sweden are expected to be able to play though

well that's save of the tournament

maybe exaggerating but wow

one of the less entertaining games of the tournament

Well let’s see if this penalty does anything

And yes. I can’t imagine much else happening now.

i don't get why that was a penalty

Swedes winning this then another 0-0 with Poland would be kinda sad slightly lol

Isak's good but he's a little too keen to get his own name on the score sheet

nice penalty from Forsberg, pace and placement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ3vtsHw2Wo

Meanwhile in Glasgow. This doesn’t seem much more engaging yet.

agree

another weird penalty call

Nice that as soon as people started talking about how VAR is actually good now it has started fucking games up

Hm, this is a tangled penalty

A bloody good goal. Thanks, tip your waitstaff.

Only seen one replay, looked a soft pen to me

looked down his nose at croatia

Seen the incident properly now, terrible decision

Yes, ref's a cnut.