# UEFA Euro 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [June 14, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885 "2024-06-14T18:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/201 "2024-06-30T18:10:41Z")
_Mine eyes have seen the glory Of this hapless English sport They are trampling out the vintage That they use to make Malört…_. 🎵 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/202 "2024-06-30T18:34:02Z")
This is an opportune moment to note that Darke and Donovan are a terrible announcing team. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/203 "2024-06-30T18:40:15Z")
There’s a German expression for a team that won totally undeservedly: “Sie haben sich im Schlaf beschissen.” So England shat themselves in their sleep… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/204 "2024-06-30T18:40:27Z")
It’s gotten to the point where I can’t help but ask, is England doing this on **purpose**? ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/205 "2024-06-30T18:41:53Z")
I have wondered for a while if Southgate is trolling us. The evidence is growing! We were awful yet again but somehow got away with it. Switzerland are going to be far more difficult so I can’t see us beating them. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/206 "2024-06-30T19:07:29Z")
Spain played with more pressure in the first five minutes than England in 120 minutes. ETA: and in the 17th minute, Georgia shows up the first time in the Spanish box, and boom! Goal. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/207 "2024-06-30T19:19:50Z")
HOLY STRUDEL, GEORGIA SCORES!! Wooooooow Georgia has proven itself to be a “giant killer”!!! Big defensive blunder on the part of Spain, I have to say. I am Spanish but I must tip my hat off to Georgia - beautiful goal! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/208 "2024-06-30T19:24:55Z")
The Georgian goalie, I can’t remember his name yet, something with “Willi” at the end 😉, has been a monster throughout this whole tournament. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/209 "2024-06-30T19:30:28Z")
Mamardashvili. Awesome goalie, it has to be said… And he plays in Spain for Valencia FC! XD XD XD ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/210 "2024-06-30T19:35:00Z")
Spain has given Georgia many opportunities for counter attacks in the last minutes. ETA: and Mamardashvili (I learned his name, ahem, copy and pasted it) again! ETA2: and now he even has to concede a goal. No chance though. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/211 "2024-06-30T19:39:28Z")
Spain scores! 1-1 Nice goal by Rodri. However, Spain has been leaving holes in defense that allow very dangerous counterattacks. They should correct that. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/212 "2024-06-30T20:13:26Z")
Spains scores again not long after the beginning of the second half! 2-1. However, Spain _still_ leaves ginormous holes in defense. They are going to have to do something about that. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/213 "2024-06-30T20:28:41Z")
Morata substituted. Good! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/214 "2024-06-30T20:35:02Z")
3-1, courtesy of Williams! Finally the constant pressure that Spain has been putting on the Georgian goal has paid back. And now 4-1… Georgia seems to be crumbling. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/215 "2024-06-30T20:42:43Z")
At 4-1 now, it’s much what I had expected. Georgia play bravely, but stand no chance. ETA: the Spain-Germany quarterfinal will be interesting. They’re the teams that both played for possession the most and dominated their opponents. I wonder how that turns out, but I expect a little more defensive approach by Nagelsmann in the next game. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/216 "2024-07-01T10:32:23Z")
England were bloody terrible. God knows how they won. It probably means we’ll go on to win the cup. Although I do have Germany in the office sweepstake. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/217 "2024-07-01T10:57:08Z")
Finding a way to win when you’re playing badly is a very good quality for a team to have. But if England don’t get their act together Switzerland will demolish them. Southgate seems determined to stick with the same approach he started the tournament with, even though it’s clear it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/218 "2024-07-01T18:13:13Z")
Straight Dope deity and European football top-scorer José Maria OG does it again! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/219 "2024-07-01T19:06:11Z")
I mainly just watching Portugal now to see if they can get a fourth card for simulation. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/220 "2024-07-01T19:59:55Z")
If you’ve ever go to the park and play a little game of football with a 7 year old relative you’ll have to live with the fact that they’ll shoot every time they get the ball, insist on taking every free kick or penalty, will rarely pass it to you, will complain constantly when things don’t go their way, and will scream at the sky frequently when their shot doesn’t go in. It must also be what it’s like for every Portuguese player on that pitch with Ronaldo. Hell, Ronaldo was screaming into the sky BEFORE he took a free kick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885.md?page=12)