UEFA Euro 2024

Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of this hapless English sport
They are trampling out the vintage
That they use to make Malört…
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This is an opportune moment to note that Darke and Donovan are a terrible announcing team.

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…

It’s gotten to the point where I can’t help but ask, is England doing this on purpose?

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.

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.

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!

The Georgian goalie, I can’t remember his name yet, something with “Willi” at the end :wink:, has been a monster throughout this whole tournament.

Mamardashvili. Awesome goalie, it has to be said…

And he plays in Spain for Valencia FC! XD XD XD

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.

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.

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.

Morata substituted. Good!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Straight Dope deity and European football top-scorer José Maria OG does it again!

I mainly just watching Portugal now to see if they can get a fourth card for simulation.

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.