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It hurts! But you know that....

Till we meet next time!!! :)

I always root for the winner or the US.

I like to root for underdogs....as long as it isn't Germany, heh:)

So....today that would mean me rooting for Switzerland against Spain and....no....not Belgium.....I don't like them....hmmm.....and Czechia and Danmark are both underdogs....but Ukraine is a clear case again, I root for Ukraine!!! :)

Back in the sixties, I rooted for the US team and against Poland. This is how I knew it was time to leave.

Yeah...I remember that from the 80's....the US team had been for many the team of choice....compared to our GDR dopies...less football though, more Olympia!

Yeah, during the Iron Curtain era, international competitions felt as much a competition between ideologies as it was an athletic competition. The Miracle on Ice made us USians realize that the Soviets weren't an invincible monolith, but a beatable foe who had vulnerabilities. AH...those were the days. :)

Funny, I'm a PROUD redwhiteandblue blooded USian, but when it comes to soccer the US team means nothing to me-I'll take Poland and Italy over my fellow countrymen . Recently, the behavior of some US athletes during the Olympics have me rooting against them.

Swiss making the Spaniards sweat!

A miracle is still possible!!! :)


But what a line....Fetisov, Kasatonov, Krutov, Larionov, Makarov.....

I doubt such a team would be possible today....which player would allow himself to be treated like that by some slave driver like Tichonov?

Are you religious or just saying? If you say no, I will be proud of you...not that you need it.

If it helps my team to win I don't care....

Oh, you ain't kidding, Beebs! It was like a NHL line. Didn't they all go on to play in NHL?

I'll never forget the euphoria that swept across the US after that win. It was palpable, even to non-hockey fans. It was much bigger than hockey.

Those players loved Tichnov, though. Tichnov is an interesting story.

@Novichok

If you're asking me: Yes, I am religious. A thoroughly convinced, joyful, and devoted Catholic.

Fetisov started it, he chafed the most under the old soviet system....Larionov followed I think.....the others came later....

Not all of them were successful, especially Krutov, they missed the strict environment and couldn't work so well on their own, not to mention that this famous line was broken up....

But Fetisov, Larionov and later also Kasatonov did reasonable well...


Na ja..."love" is a bit far fetched....he was more feared than loved! :)

But he achieved successes like nobody else did....

So, BB, sounds like your a hockey lover.


:):). Point taken!

Couple years ago, I watched a documentary that had Kasatonov on it. And, he made it sound like Tichnov was idolized by his players.

The fact Tichnov had to learn the game from scratch as an adult to build a team and have that kind if success is remarkable.

At THAT time I was....

Still.....the Swiss force the Spaniards to the penalties....not bad at all!

@Bratwurst Boy

...while being down a player! What a freaking fantastic tournament!

He was definitely idolized by Kasatonov! :)

I guess you never heard of the super spat between Fetisov and Kasatonov? Both worked closely together in their line but couldn't stand each other for political reasons.

Fetisov the free spirit who dreamed of the NHL and did go into an open fight with Tichonov till they let him leave...and Kasatonov who was loyal to the end and only left as he had to...a story for movies!

It took years till they spoke again..

Update:
Swiss lost....sad :(

Yeah, too bad for the Swiss.

No, I wasn't aware of the spat between fetisov and kasatonov. The thing about festinov wanting to leave rings a bell. Yeah, it has all of the tensions, desires, fractures, and recapitulation that makea for a good movie. When you gonna produce and direct it, Beebs? :)

....in my next life, heh:)

So....now for the future champion! :)

Yep, my thoughts too. Winner of IT-BE, wins Euro 2021, er, I mean, 2020.


We only have one, Beebs;), so get busy now! :)

I'm glad the "Swiss" lost on penalties. Just look at their starting eleven: Rodriguez, Akanji, Zakaria, Shaqiri, Embolo, Seferović (plus Gavranovic, Fernandes, Lotomba, Mbabu, Mvogo, Vargas, Xhaka). And Switzerland, as far as I know, never had any colonies. I can understand a two or three "stranieri" in an NT, but not more than half a team! This is ridiculous.

And two of the mercenaries missed penalties :) Good riddance.

.....and the french with their many north africans are out already too....hmm....

Meh! It's 2021, GK. Just self-identify as a Swiss, and you're good! :)

Or, as Torqi calls the French NT: The United African National Team. :)

I've been thinking about offering my services to the Polish NT as a South American scout.

Don't call me goalkeeper, I played left back all my life. ;)


Don't know this Torqi fellow, but he sounds like a sensible guy to me. :)

:) OK, you'll be Gef.

Just read that.....England is really hopeless! 🤮

I only hope they don't win! Everybody but them please!!!

twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/1410068840428544001

No, I asked BB since he put a miracle on the table.

Vile tweets. I'd be surprised if it was representative of most the country, though.

Always have been. They think sun shines out of their a*ses. *rolls eyes*

There is something wrong with the English....you don't get such crap from the Welsh or the Scots or the Irish....

Well, I am quite sure that the entire Europe (apart from England) will be rooting for Ukraine tomorrow.

Oh, I'm sure there's some Scotch, Welsh, Irish, USians, Germans, Poles, Ghanese, NZers, Bolivians, etc. who give such crap.