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Well....sunday the world will watch (and you and Anti and me)....lets see if they dare!

I'm off to catch some z's. Hopefully I won't have any penalty-related nightmares. Good night.

Yeah....need to come down too....'night all

I watched the "penalty" situation again today, with calm head.

Daylight robbery.

The VAR system was supposed to eliminate the referees' mistakes (or "mistakes"). It didn't. If anything it aggravated
the situation. When "the wrong team" has a faulty goal accidently awarded, then the VAR system is always there to point
out the mistake and cause the disallowment of the goal. However, when "the right teams" scores a faulty goal or has
an idiotic "penalty" awarded, then the venal referee can simply decide that he doesn't wish to see the video replay.

Absolutely disgusting. This is not football anymore.

Hasn't it always been that way? One reason (among many) that Americans don't find soccer appealing is that the referees have too much unaccountable power... and can essentially award goals to teams on a whim....

How often are international referees disciplined for poor/biased performance?

The fact that the Dutch "referee" didn't even take 15 seconds to take a look at the situation on video replay is nothing short of scandalous.

As for the English "fans" - one of the wankers used laser beam to blind Schmeichel during the penalty...

i.postimg.cc/QM6dS7fz/01.png

... what a bunch of sorry *^%#$%.


It has but VAR has aggravated the situation even more.


Not nearly often enough.

FORZA ITALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that will be the entire Europe's battle cry on Sunday but I'm afraid the result of the final has already been established.

I endorse this....

pbs.twimg.com/media/E5umr1iXoAUmAhl?format=jpg&name=small

On the other hand, I can understand TPTB wanting England in the final over Denmark...(big country vs small country) but why would they be invested in an English victory (especially after turning the continent against the English team)?

This referee Makkelie has been officiating every match lately, and you can see on his face how corrupt he is.

He would probably sell himself for even a handjob by the cleaning lady at the railway station in Poznan.

Łukasz Podolski signed a 1-year contract with Górnik Zabrze...

psnfutbol.com/2021/07/06/official-podolski-signs-with-gornik-zabrze/

... it is not often that we see a world champion playing in Ekstraklasa! Welcome, Poldi. :)

The german papers are also quite united in that, they call the win "gifted".......

The bad behaviour of the "fans" was also observed, and yes, the comments are mainly pro-Italy now! :)


Tell him we still love him! :)

:)

I don't expect fireworks from a 36-year-old forward, but it will be interesting to see Podolski finally playing for his beloved boyhood club.

Anyway, I've heard that there has been a last minute change of the VAR referee for the Euro final...

Not enough for the Danes!

England face Uefa censure after laser pointer shone at Kasper Schmeichel

Disciplinary proceedings opened after Euro 2020 semi-final
England also charged over booing of Danish anthem

theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/08/england-face-uefa-censure-after-laser-pointer-shone-at-kasper-schmeichel

Whole Europe will support Italy come Sunday, that's for sure!

Yes, yes... they will be fined some peanuts money (50k euro or something) and it will all just blow over... until the next time. :-/

Fantastic performance by Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz who eliminated Roger Federer at Wimbledon and advanced to the semifinals.

OK, so this is a Londoners take on the game.
Yes, the penalty was soft but was upheld by VAR and I have seen those given week in week out in all the major European leagues.

Also the Danish media that I read were not moaning about the penalty and were proud of their team's achievement.
In any case, England had a bigger penalty shout when Kane was taken down, but that was not given.
Either way, who do you think was the better team?
The stats don't lie.Figures below are England first then Denmark.
Possesion % 58 v 42
Passing accuracy 87 v 81
Attempts on target 10 v 4
Passes 730 v 534
Shots 20 v 6
Corners 6 v 5

Denmark are a good team, better than Germany but except for a short phase in the game, when they scored, they looked tired, maybe a lack of fitness.England dominated the game and were clearly the better team.

I would suggest that it would have been crueler for England to go out on penalties than for Denmark to lose on a disputed penalty.

Looking to the final,.
England's advantages are being at home, youth, confidence and only conceding one goal in this tournament to Italy's three.
Italy's advantages are that they will also have many fans at Wembley due to the large number of Italians living here, they have a huge goalkeeper, they are more skillful in almost every area than England and they are better versed in "The Dark Arts" (witness how little football was actually played in the last 5 minutes of their game against Spain.

So, all you England haters, I think Italy will be too strong for England.
But you never know...... :-)

I don't understand it, you can fall against someone and maybe rewarded with a goal?

FORZA ITALIA!

I am not biting mate :-)

Can anyone name a less consequential and more boring activity than watching sports? And why do these people in bars scream and jump when a round ball hits a net?

Football is the most important non-essential thing in the world.

Forza Italia! :)


Can you name a more peaceful alternative for tribal wars than sports???

Living in a stable doesn't make you a horse. ;)


FORZA ITALIA!!! :)


What do you mean "non-essential"?

Getting drunk and falling to the floor unconscious. This is what most sports fans do when their team wins. When it loses, they do the same at the local police station.

Sports is so much better to let it all out! To show your neighbour what you truly think of him....enjoy victories together, cry over defeats....and nobody dies, gets hurt or has to clean up and rebuild whole cities afterwards (rarely that is)!

Naive as always. You watch too much tennis and golf. Only race riots can beat the destruction by sports "fans".

@Novichok

Actually I'm talking about football! It has to be a team sport.....no tennis nor golf heats up german blood as much as football and I guess that's the same in the whole of Europe.

If you would live here you would feel it, you would be part of it.... but looking in from the far away US you might not be able to understand that!

I can think of only three things more important than football in life: God, family and fatherland (for obvious reasons, so I won't explain).

What else could be more important?

Job? Yer havin a laugh... maybe if you are a Nobel-prize-winning scientist whose discovery can change the world, rock star or a top Hollywood actor. Maybe...

However, 99,9% of people in the world have menial, boring jobs with ZERO effect on the world at large (no matter if they are a street sweeper or a medium company CEO), from which they dream to retire as soon as possible.

Career? What does this word even mean? People won't remember exactly what you did or even care one year after you retire, and in 10 years it will be completely forgotten (unless you're a famous writer, scientist etc. - 0,001% of people). Those who sacrifice their time, health and family relations for their so-called careers are only moderately intelligent (to put it mildly).

Money? Nope. Most "needs" that people in the first world have these days are not genuine but rather invented or forced upon them. If one has enough to support his family on a decent level then struggling hard to get more and more is nonsensical. After all, we only live for 80 years or so, so what's the point of wasting your life to chase after money?

Health? Yeah, right! I would be infinitely more healthy if I wasn't a football supporter (imagine supporting Polish NT!). I would have healthier nerves, digestive system and would probably consume significantly less alcohol, so that would give me a chance to extend my lifespan from approx. 80 to approx 83-84, but I would miss on all the emotions and all the drama, all the love and elation and all the heartbreak and hate. Not worth it. :)

So, yeah, the below list...

1. God (that's a question of eternity, after all, not mere 80-90 years in this vale of tears).
2. Family (close friends are counted in this category as well)
3. Fatherland.
4. Football.
(for atheists it's 3Fs - Family, Fatherland, Football :))
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176 Health
177 Job/career
178 money
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784361 posting on PF

... looks pretty accurate :)

😁

My list:

1. Money.
2. Money.
3. Money.

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189. Money

If you have enough, you can buy a football team or at least follow your favorite one in your own private jet.