EURO 2020 (2021 Edition)

Also having to fly back from that well known European capital city of Baku.

Update on football from home

4 hrs driving the (the wrong way) and you haven't seen a single car coming the other way in 40 minutes now, but the road signs... Well, they are getting --- weird. pic.twitter.com/Kaa92hmAIF

— Peter Lorimer (@pighilltweets) July 4, 2021

This is v sad but unfortunately a grain of truth to this.

Never going to begrudge anyone hating England or wishing they would lose, but I wish more people not from here would realise that this team is probably one of the most progressive institutions in English society, which is why it’s so funny that the newspapers *hate* them winning

— assigned military aged male at birth (@AliceAvizandum) July 4, 2021

I expect a few complaints to be winging Sky News' way after talking about "Brits from all over Europe" descending on Rome to support England.

Seems like a good time to remind everyone that Wales actually reached the semis of the last Euros and I don't remember that being treated like VE Day.

The press seems to be pretty firmly behind England and idk if there is any contradiction in racist thugs supporting multiracial teams engaged in broadly progressive political gestures, either at the domestic or international level. They’re legernds if they win and (insert slurs of choice) when they don’t.

I do think England will beat Denmark but the Danish style of play might unsettle England a bit more than Croatia did.

Yes, I haven't seen any sign of the press 'hating' this team winning.

There is nothing the tabloid press can do to stir if results are going well though I saw some pre-tournament fuckery around taking the knee that would've intensified if Eng hadn't progressed through as they have or if Muller had punished Eng after Sterling's back pass.

All in all Southgate has managed all of these outside elements well and reckon he will look after the players should they go out in calamitous circumstances xp

I bought the Sunday Times yesterday out of curiosity, and... check out this incredible report from the England game, extolling the innate virtues of "the middle-class flavour of the crowd" pic.twitter.com/y1unOajy5w

— Dan Hancox (@danhancox) July 5, 2021

lol thought about posting that but on UK Pol or Real England thread

Funny how so many of the people quoted are from Red Wall areas ... yet they are middle class, this is surely not possible?

the most irreal

expats, a great bunch of lads

Morata and Moreno both dropped, in favour of Oyarzabal.

Gawky looking fellow. Don't see that making too much difference to the result. By the way, it's been periodically bucketing down in my part of London, wonder how Wembley's doing.

sunshine apparently (but, like you say, it's been on and off all day in w12, 5 miles away)

Spinazzola's absence and how Italy cope is the oy doubt for me

Replacing him with some guy who can't get in the Chelsea team doesn't bode well.

I’m definitely expecting a Raffaella Carrà tribute by both teams in minute 78.

wow

Forza Azzurri

i love this pace

(i mean the italians', lol)

has the ball shrunk?

no it's just the new colour illusion

Spain are playing great now.

Beautiful pass Pedri

helluva cut there

Spain much better with this nippy, mobile front 3. Pedri looking good again.

helluva long time for the goal to be empty there

well it wasn't empty, a defender (wisely) stepped in

lol good lord

What a break italy

What in the world

holy shit what a goal.

j/k, just wanted to make u think ur feed was lagged

hot stuff by donna rumma

man what a save. thought for sure Spain was going ahead there.

this v much feels like the Final

Italy missing Spinazzola.

Italy don't quite know how to deal with this at the moment. Of course they're dangerous on the counter but I'd be surprised if Mancini doesn't tweak his tactics at half time

Lol or even before then

offside flag holder has the scariest fucking dead eyes on the planet

Slightly better from Italy. Nice couple of move.

Not sure about Enrique dropping Morata..

that last Italy counter looked like it was going to be something and then he just ran until he was dispossessed, hoping for a foul called outside the box, which it most definitely wasn't.

lol @ Oyarzabl

Oyarzabal making Morata look clinical at the moment

oyarzabal vs immobile: who can be more of a duffer in this game?

Italy 0 shots, period. credit to Spain for bottling them up

there's one