@Chongo posted:
What he did to Maicon against inter wasn’t right. At the time Maicon was considered the best right back in the world.
HALA DORTMUND!!!
Would love to see Reus get this one...
Vinny is my absolute all time favorite City player...absolute legend of a human being, had the chance to leave many times and chase money and titles before Pep got there. City was always in his heart...wife is a Manc, chose to raise his kids as Mancs.
As much as it pains me, I will have to pull for Bayern under him. My only questions about him as manager is, where does he stack up as a technical guy compared to Guardiola? He has everything else...the drive, the passion, the respect from the players. He is a players coach. They will love him.
We will find out very quickly if he has the technical chops.
I have a Brazilian friend who is obssessed with West African pidgin.
Grealish cut from the England squad. Southgate doesn’t know how to use him.
@Fedya posted:Sorry, Germany-haters.
It was Scotland, FFS.🤦♀️
@Fedya posted:It's like playing Ghana, isn't it?
Exactly! Nothing to brag about.
Now, Spain destroying Croatia. That's an impressive result, Fedya. Honestly, every time you talk about this sport I realize that you are probably not a big fan. Good for trash talk opportunities, perhaps? Worth it! 
Hateful®.
Part of it is that increasingly, I see that my interests don't coincide with what the broadcasters seem to think sports fans should care about. I think what really made me realize it was the year after the great Bayern/Atletico Madrid semifinal, they were drawn in the group stage together, and the broadcasters decided they'd rather shunt those matches to subscription services and show people an EPL team beating up on third-rate competition. (Tennis coverage has probably long been even worse in that regard, compounded by the culture wars seeping into the coverage.) And I don't make the big money like some of you hoity-toity crowd to be able to afford a whole bunch of streaming subscriptions.
I've got a friend who's part of Montréal's Italo-Canadian community, who has been a fan of Italian football going back to the 70s, and he's made the same complaints about coverage of the sport in Canada.
@Fedya posted:Hateful®.
Part of it is that increasingly, I see that my interests don't coincide with what the broadcasters seem to think sports fans should care about. I think what really made me realize it was the year after the great Bayern/Atletico Madrid semifinal, they were drawn in the group stage together, and the broadcasters decided they'd rather shunt those matches to subscription services and show people an EPL team beating up on third-rate competition. (Tennis coverage has probably long been even worse in that regard, compounded by the culture wars seeping into the coverage.) And I don't make the big money like some of you hoity-toity crowd to be able to afford a whole bunch of streaming subscriptions.
I've got a friend who's part of Montréal's Italo-Canadian community, who has been a fan of Italian football going back to the 70s, and he's made the same complaints about coverage of the sport in Canada.
Broadcasters only care about the money. Apparently, Fox is not showing any of the games on their network. Good for them. I am going to boycott the whole fucking tournament.
It appears I was misinformed. There was a game on Fox yesterday and I hear the Germany game was also on Fox.
Romania/Ukraine this morning was on Fubo, I believe.
Belgium/Slovakia, on right now, is interesting.
I remember listening to the "Schlußkonferenz", when Deutsche Welle's sports show would go around from one stadium to the next during the entire second half, in the days when they were still on short-wave and had the rights to do that for their international listeners. They also carried Bayern's appearance in the CL final in 1999, but the less said about that match the better.
Oh wow, it looks like Belgium is about to have a goal disallowed by VAR for the second time. 
Belgium has aged out from it's golden generation...the iron was hot 5-8 years ago when DeBruyne wasn't an old man, the Hazards still had top value and Kompany was still serviceable.
Same is happening to Portugal...the iron was hottest 4-5 years ago when Ronaldo wasn't basically an MLS player. At this point, I even question whether or not CR7 could contribute even as much as a limited Messi in MLS.
Pep Guardiola had an influence in the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Finals! 🤯
— mcfc lads (@mcfc_lads) June 18, 2024
🗣️ Boston Celtics Coach, Joe Mazzulla:
“Dallas has one of the smartest defenses. We had to be creative to counter them. Pep helped me in transitions and how to move guys.”
[via @VarskySports] pic.twitter.com/aIr9ihvsIS
@Fedya posted:Romania/Ukraine this morning was on Fubo, I believe.
Belgium/Slovakia, on right now, is interesting.
I remember listening to the "Schlußkonferenz", when Deutsche Welle's sports show would go around from one stadium to the next during the entire second half, in the days when they were still on short-wave and had the rights to do that for their international listeners. They also carried Bayern's appearance in the CL final in 1999, but the less said about that match the better.
I am a former shortwave radio listener too. Even though I watch more games now still have nostalgic feelings about the old SW radio days.
BBC, VOA and Deutsche Welle.
Funny old game, soccer. Portugal have dominated and all it lead to is a Czech Republic goal. 1 nil.
Oops, I forgot I had to pause the game. I am 10 minutes behind.😊
@Goalline posted:Oops, I forgot I had to pause the game. I am 10 minutes behind.😊
Oh, there have been worse hot takes.
A foul not called, and it leads directly to a goal in the other direction. 
Wow, another nice goal from Shaqiri. But not as nice as his Euro 2016 goal.
The FA gets what the fucking deserve for every game they stick by Southgate. Like the USMNT sticking with Turdhalter. England is worse because they have plenty of tallant to be better than they are. It's just tactics with them...playing Foden on the wing instead of centrally for example.
USMNT can at least claim they are devoid of players, particularly on the back line.