The 2023-2024 Football Thread

[Lioness~]

Will watch England - Schweiz today.
See if there will be a 'sharp Swiss knife' hidden somewhere, would'nt surprise.
Lot of headlines says: 'it's not coming home' - but the englishmen might get their sh## together.
No favorites for me, just hope for a good game, with hopefully some drama 😎

 

[Apple fanboy]

Will watch England - Schweiz today.
See if there will be a 'sharp Swiss knife' hidden somewhere, would'nt surprise.
Lot of headlines says: 'it's not coming home' - but the englishmen might get their sh## together.
No favorites for me, just hope for a good game, with hopefully some drama 😎

I'm not hopeful. I'm expecting to lose to be honest.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I'm not hopeful. I'm expecting to lose to be honest.

I always go into these expecting a loss and that’s the best mindset I think. Makes winning even better too but think this will be our last match tbh.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I always go into these expecting a loss and that’s the best mindset I think. Makes winning even better too but think this will be our last match tbh.

Agreed. Hope to be surprised though.

 

[decafjava]

So far pretty good, both trams scored in a short span.

 

[decafjava]

Both trams? Both teams. Anyway congratulations England.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Another nervy performance but best match they’ve had of the tournament so far. A solid and confident penalty performance too and being English, it’s not something we are used to seeing.

Is it bad that I was nervous seeing Trent step up? I should have had more faith

 

[Apple fanboy]

Another nervy performance but best match they’ve had of the tournament so far. A solid and confident penalty performance too and being English, it’s not something we are used to seeing.

Is it bad that I was nervous seeing Trent step up? I should have had more faith

I was nervous for the whole match. Well done England. I just hope we sort out the left hand side from the start in the next game. We were too one sided for the first 70 odd minutes.

 

[daneoni]

Fair play to Eng did not expect them to win.

Saka the one who stepped up today

All the pen takers looked cert.

Feel for Akanji but it was an awful pen. Maybe don't let a defender take the first pen unless proven.

Slowly improving performances from Eng but still look like they play on a knife edge

 

[Apple fanboy]

Netherlands just equalised. I was hoping Turkey would win this one as they are the team I got in the sweepstake.

 

[laptech]

The final will be anyone's game because all those through to the semi-final have done so bumbling and wobbling along the way. Not one of them has shown that they deserve to win the Euro's. They have all been lacklustre, struggle to make chances and score goals.

 

[Silencio]

A couple of games aside, the quality of the Euro tournament has not been great. Conservative tactics + squads exhausted from long club seasons. There's only so much blood one can squeeze from that modern footballing turnip, but all the leagues and footballing bodies will keep twisting the screws out of pure greed.

Spain looks like the strongest team left, but there's not much separating any of the four remaining squads. France is really the best team on paper, but they're missing that creative spark that would really unleash Mbappé. Put Paul Pogba next to Kanté in that midfield and they would cook, or at least they need Griezmann to discover some form again.

The more Luke Shaw can play, the better off England will be. They finally had some balance on the left side with him on the pitch.

 

[pachyderm]

A couple of games aside, the quality of the Euro tournament has not been great. Conservative tactics + squads exhausted from long club seasons. There's only so much blood one can squeeze from that modern footballing turnip, but all the leagues and footballing bodies will keep twisting the screws out of pure greed.

Spain looks like the strongest team left, but there's not much separating any of the four remaining squads. France is really the best team on paper, but they're missing that creative spark that would really unleash Mbappé. Put Paul Pogba next to Kanté in that midfield and they would cook, or at least they need Griezmann to discover some form again.

The more Luke Shaw can play, the better off England will be. They finally had some balance on the left side with him on the pitch.

Very good assessment, imho.

 

[Silencio]

Spain's creativity from the wings from Nico Williams and especially from the incredibly impressive Lamine Yamal — how is that guy only 16 years old!? — have set them apart from the other teams in the tournament. I can't see either England or the Netherlands getting past them.

 

[daneoni]

Having Rodri makes them almost unfair to play against. You'd need pace and movement, which England don't use...ever.

 

[pachyderm]

Spain's creativity from the wings from Nico Williams and especially from the incredibly impressive Lamine Yamal — how is that guy only 16 years old!? — have set them apart from the other teams in the tournament. I can't see either England or the Netherlands getting past them.

They won't.

 

[Lioness~]

I didn’t know that if you get 2 yellow cards (not even in same match), you’re out next match in the European Women’s Football's qualification.

Might be risky, but our coach is not resting any of those who have a yellow card earlier in the EURO against France on Friday. We need a win and have the best team possible, we're already missing some players, and If we don’t win this, it’s the end of the Euro anyway. We need a win against France!

Will watch the last game in Men’s EURO that I can see for free tonight on our national channel - England - Netherlands.
Then my attention goes to the Women’s games.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Really enjoyed France v Spain. The best match of the tournament so far.

Agree that Spain are most likely the winners of the tournament.

Feel nervous about tonight.

 

[timber]

If Spain wins this they will be fair winners.

And if that happens it will end in a sort of heartbreak, either England loses a second final in a row or the Netherlands lose another final to Spain.

But in just one game anything can happen and everyone can dream.

 

[Lioness~]

I believe a bit more on Netherland...their coach is just smiling.
While Southgate nervously chewing his gum.

And there 1 goal came while I started to write this.

 

[timber]

So far very entertaining match.

Probably a bit nerve wracking for those with skin in the game.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Oh my goodness! We just scored the winner. They are much improved tonight.

 

[decafjava]

Good one by Watkins, good match. Now I can sleep rather than wait in extra time or penalties. 🤣

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Better performance by England tonight, we deserved that, great to watch.

 

[Herdfan]

USMNT coach Berhalter is out.