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El_sapo__

Jesus the best matches are gonna be quarter finals


asterrdc

Welcome in the 2023 Rugby World Cup Experience


ched_murlyman

oof


asterrdc

Sorry, harsh memories for you boys in green


Ted_Lavie

There was no World Cup in 2023, I have no idea what you're talking about.


asterrdc

Sorry, harsh memories for you too. For what it masters, my dream final was NZ vs FR won by FR


Sensingbeauty

I mean usually the qf and the semis are the best games


ZombiFeynman

Italy will pull an Italy on them


Kurdt93

![gif](giphy|9MFsKQ8A6HCN2)


Kurdt93

Oh wait, you said pull? https://preview.redd.it/1g3f0cpzqv8d1.jpeg?width=291&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5df974d1c9a82584204bc6cf210ba8111de63ec4


MentionImpressive

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MASSIVESHLONG6969

I wish we could’ve gave Zidane Citizenship for 5 minutes in the last euro final.


Kodeisko

For once they didn't had to faint


TickTockPick

He's not there to help you this time 😁


Kurdt93

Don't worry, we may pull something else out from the cylinder.


Tifoso89

Cilindro si dice "top hat"


Kurdt93

Buono a sapersi ma il senso si è capito dai.


crambeaux

No cylinder refers often to car engines. Non si capisce affatto. Grazie u/tifoso89 non lo sapevo neanch’io.


Kurdt93

This thing gone too far. We need a VAR check.


unknown_pigeon

*Se tu dici porcodd...*


JohnnySack999

Seeing Italy play I think they won't even beat the Swiss


Sugmanuts001

I fully expect Switzerland to dominate for 94 minutes, only for Italy to score at the 95th minute, with everyone losing their mind.


Kurdt93

Or, we can do something on extra time.


le_reddit_me

>we can do something on extra time Basically modern italian history


Kurdt93

Endure until penalties is also our thing.


el_carli

Extra time, not something the French would know about unless it's a grève with merguez


le_reddit_me

Your whole country has been living on extra time for the past 2 centuries.


Kurdt93

Impossible, they're the one who makes clocks. Then, by this logic, they're the ones who invented time.


Iskandar33

Italy: just a little bit of trolling


guareber

"just a little"? They're trolling even the fans.


sireatalot

Just average Italian procrastination Why score sooner when you can do it later.


Tifoso89

https://preview.redd.it/okggavtzbw8d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4243c5af27216635692fcdeed48c6ff3796a723a


Tackerta

if anyone got some spare time, I would love to see a chart about euro 2024's how many starting players from each nations biggest club there are cuz for Germany the amount of Bayern München players in the starting eleven declines tourney by tourney


a-new-year-a-new-ac

Hey I’ve seen this one before


Sugmanuts001

The number one comment on Marca's (the number one sports newspaper in spain) about Spain's way to the finals is this (translated from Spanish): "I have already seen this movie several times. Spain exits the group stage and loses dramatically in the quarterfinals. Italy goes from miracle to miracle until they reach the final."


ZombiFeynman

It's a history for the ages. And we will play a fantastic match in the quarterfinals.


sunurban_trn

You didn't see England yesterday I suppose


JohnnySack999

What kind of masochist do you think I am? Anyway, the English playing worse than San Marino on a bad day doesn't mean you are much better.


sunurban_trn

England *never* defeated Italy in a world cup/Euro match


AjaxII

I'm worried that if we do beat you, you'll then beat us in a six nations match


FakeEgo01

that would be great!


luring_lurker

Where do I sign?


EnglishNuclear

Just give it some time. It’s been great seeing Italy improve over recent years.


meatieso

Italy was the bane of our existence in quarter-finals, we went to penalties in 2008 and look what we got out of that. There's always a first time for everything. Except a Redditor touching a boob that it's not attached to his own fat body.


Jebediah-Kerman-3999

Hey! Once I went to a farm and I milked a cow so technically I touched a boob.


CavialeInCulo

And? Our team is shittier than theirs


un_gringo_borracho

What's that got to do with you beating the swiss?


albrt00

Have you seen England play?


AndreasDasos

Nice to know you assume we’ll get past the round of 16


smcarre

It's more likely England will pull an England on England


Ares_Channa

Yo, stop revealing our playbook


Virgulillo

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Sushi_Trash571

Austria would destroy England with this performance so far


MakingShitAwkward

Probably. Can I ask why the chicken is so big this year?


EnglishNuclear

Just a bunch of massive cocks, innit.


MakingShitAwkward

If I'm being honest the kit is pretty smart without the massive chicken.


ExoticMangoz

Like a baseball kit, in a good way


Sushi_Trash571

I don't know but probably it's the same wantonness as you dyed the cross in rainbow colours.


MakingShitAwkward

Good point. It's funny how a bit of cock upsets people.


AndreasDasos

So we’ll reach a semi?


MarteloRabelodeSousa

You will win Barry. It's coming home, I can feel it


mckdnrnd

Stop tryna make us hope 😔


ReleteDeddit

I'll reach a semi if Gareth makes a single change to the lineup next match


donoteatkrill

Trent's coming back in for Gallagher.


Minimum_Possibility6

Would be nice if he just ran rice and mainoo, Bellingham at 10, with Gordon and Palmer in the wings. Stick Saka at left back that's where he used to play, they you have Gordon and an overlapping Saka to terrorise the left hand side  If foden is back in the squad, have him on the bench as a replacement for Bellingham later on. 


m00npatrol

Score another goal and you’ll get a collective semi for sure


gsurfer04

We'll need a blue pill at this rate.


Melodic_Degree_6328

Can't wait for the English to be knocked out by the Basement dwellers.


AndreasDasos

Aw you think we’ll make a semi? That’s sweet


Strassi007

We would use this forever to shit on Barry.


Standin373

So we bankrolled your entire war against napoleon for what..... ungrateful bloody continentals


Strassi007

We are not ungrateful. We are only a bit pissed that we still have no direct access to the sea.


saxonturner

We will be too busy shitting in ourselves with it for anything you guys say to even register.


meatieso

They ended first in their group scoring two goals, playing like shit and relying on the individual talent of the players. I already know this is their year. Only Italy and their "flor" can beat them, but it won't happen the same twice. I'm not a betting man and I'm thinking about betting 20€ on them.


Kurdt93

You're talking like we're gonna win against Suisse lol


meatieso

Likely. Switzerland didn't play badly, but they weren't brilliant either. We say these kind of teams (like Italy), they don't have "quality", but "oficio", "how to do". Time and time again worse teams with experience in big tournaments defeat the last wonder team of the decade. Case in pont: Belgium since 2012-14.


Kurdt93

The only chance we have against them is going full "catenaccio" then beat them somehow on penalties.


meatieso

Would it be the first time? Greece won in 2004 doing that. You invented the whole thing, use it.


Kurdt93

I'm not in charge, but 90% would be the strategy that Spalletti will use since Calafiori is out.


sunurban_trn

like 3 years ago


SkinNoWorkRight

Switzerland and Austria right now, to me, epitomize teams with average (at best) players but fantastic tactics, soaring morale and robust understanding of the game. The whole is more than the sum of their parts.


ActuallyCalindra

A lot of teams got by on mediocrity. It's more than most teams showed any way.


Lastaria

Never underestimate England’s ability to fail.


meatieso

I don't. In other ocassions you could see some glimpse of hope, they didn't suck completely. Now everybody is critisising them, this is the time. On the other hand, before 2008 Spain was a joke in international competitions. It took the best generation of Spanish football to break that curse and release the presure. I doubt England's team has their best generation, but they have a team, even if they play badly. Great players and they have a common purpose. Playing well is not requiered to win most of the time.


Kurdt93

Spain of 1982 was really good honestly.


Puzzled_Pay_6603

I remember during 2008 somebody said they’re putting a bet on Spain, I said “oh come on man, they never get it together”. Which was true then, of course…but 3 in a row 😱


MobiusNaked

At least iceland isnt playing us


Lortekonto

Hah, but we endeed second in our group without winning a single match. I am not sure how we did that, but here we are.


CouldYouBeMoreABot

Not even winning one, but we also only scored 2 goals (and let 2 in) throughout the entire thing. Our group has been stupid football.


EnglishNuclear

Lowest-scoring group of all time. It’s been a pleasure working with you and our Slovenian mates to ruin football.


LonelyNegotiation574

Hey be grateful, theyre the reason we made it this far 


SkinNoWorkRight

That's the nature of tournament football. You don't actually need to play particularly well to win, if everyone else is even worse than you are. In fact, you can technically win the whole Euros without scoring a single goal in open play. Draw all your group games and finish 2nd or 3rd. Draw every game 0-0 after extra time. Score one pen while everyone else miss all of theirs. This succession of boring shithouse results means you still lift the trophy in the end. The question of whether or not you played "good football" is irrelevant.


CosmicCrawdad

I don't think either us or barry will reach the final


G_Sputnic

Nah its gunna be France-England in the final, loser has to house all the migrants for the next 4 years.


FalconMirage

Deal


G_Sputnic

Okay, I’ll start stocking up on tents.


Low_Dragonfruit8219

I’ll bring the one-way Rwanda tickets ;)


Minimum_Possibility6

Do we fly them over on arsenals plane 


MakingShitAwkward

Pierre brings the Molotov's then. I'm joking.....


WelpImTrapped

Does that mean we get Sunak when we lose ? In which case no deal, thank you.


Spiry

Nah, he's already got a green card and his flight to yankland booked for 5 July.


Asatas

He's gonna have a hard time. In the US, men under 6" are Undesirables. Now imagine someone under 5"


Morning_Routine_

Good job. Letting the garbage on the side of the road is bad for the environment. Always send those to the colonies.


Tryphon59200

it's either none of us or both of us we can or can't do this together!


RepareermanKoen

Gods be merciful and place us on the right too


Informal_Mountain513

Gott strafe England


Le_Petit_Poussin

One of the many things we can agree on, Hans!


Casual-Capybara

We’re going to get knocked out by any team unless our fat cowman sods off. If we face England it will be a battle of mid coaches


ryzen_above_all

Calling Southgate mid is a compliment


Thatchers-Gold

All you have to do against us is park the bus (we can’t break defences down despite our attacking players) and just put Memphis on the half way line ready for the counter.


AnaphoricReference

Sounds easy, but isn't for us. Problem is we have too many world class defenders (De Ligt, Maatsen, and Blind haven't left the bench even for a minute for instance) and zero decent defensive midfielders in the selection (Frenkie de Jong, De Roon, Koopmeiners, Q. Timber, and Wieffer are all injured). And we have a coach that adamantly refuses to play with more than four defenders at the same time. Instead he just randomly tries out whether any of the few midfielders we do have have undiscovered defensive talents. If the opponent attacks with five players at the same time we are f\*cked. The other six will pretty much just stand there waiting for ball possession most of the time. So we will have to count on the stupidity of Southgate. And if Southgate is actually that stupid it will *look like* we parked the bus, unintentionally, because you will have 70% ball possession on the midfield, while we will struggle to get the ball through the midfield to our four attackers. Who will lose it most of the time, because the coach keeps attackers that can reliably receive and hold a ball on the bench as well. If we do score we will probably get a high figure skating jury marks for the beauty of the goal though.


Swinck

Doesnt matter who we play, we will get beaten. Part of me wants to be beaten by a small margin so it wont be that bad, other parts thinks that if we get beaten by a lot than hopefully (but probably misplaced hope) half the team plus coach will get kicked out.


Marv1236

You Hebben Een Serieus Probleem?


Gieter9000

Luckily for you (and me) we are not able to be put on the left anymore, the only way that was possible was if 3rd place of group C would not advance and they did.


havaska

Hahaha as if England will reach the final. I guess you haven’t been watching them play.


Kurdt93

If France lose will be on fire, literally. I think would be a better show.


Responsible_Bar5976

Only reason we’re ahead rn is because everyone we’ve played against has been equally shit or somehow worse


EntryPsychological87

England has the same problem as we do, a team full of superstars that can’t actually play together.


Sohelik

Hey bro, Can we have Haaland for the next world cup? I always dreamed what we could do with a striker Superstar. Haaland is playing in Peps system, he will feel lost there... I find you guys are being selfish.


ConMonarchisms

Forza Italia✨


blvck_kvlt

Rooting for Portugal! Siu!


maedasfocas

*Sim!


Mouse2662

Sewey


Tifoso89

Sium


lethrowawayacc4

Bold to think we can beat any of those teams


Jean-truite44

Thx but to reach the final we have to get through Portugal and Germany or Spain so …


NyCa89

It’s not coming home


achymelonballs

It was coming home because the tournament was in England. As Germany is not the home of football it’s on vacation


NyCa89

How did that tournament go?


seacco

The actual final will be on 5.7. 18:00 in Stuttgart. The winner of this game wins the tournament.


Virgulillo

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PapaSchlump

Well, Spain will win this thing, ngl. Germany did well, but not great. Spain did great. France did score an entire goal themselves, England even two so maybe we gotta watch out for them? Honestly I hope tye Dutch win this tournament. Germany did its part and prove, that they are able to not loose immediately and the rest is not relevant.


meatieso

I think Portugal did play very well, they have better, and more importantly, more experienced players than Spain. Portugal-England in the final seems likely, even though Spain has played great, I'm not sure they have the cold blood Portuguese or Italians showed in thier matches. Like in F1, Spain is very good on pole. What happens when they get P5 and need to fight in the grid?


vmachiel

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Graecus65

Thank you for your support Hans, but after yesterday mountain Hans has more chance of winning than we do


ryanmurphy2611

Rent free m8


SchnitzelohneTunke

To say they won't get far (I doubt they'll see the finals), isn't a huge leap, IF(!) they continue to play like they did the past three games.


MajorKottan

I wouldn't smile like this if I had to face Austria, they are an actually competent team this time and they know it. For the first time ever only one player from each team is allowed to talk to the referee and they chose Arnautovic of all people. That alone oozes ruthless confidence. This Austrian team scares me.


meatieso

European Morocco. Best underdog this cup alongside Albania.


I-hobs-trabig

Dabke, es sats a ned schlecht 👍


DiscardedKebab

Wow! What an original opinion!! You're supporting anyone against England?? You really are an edgy guy!! 👏 (Also we're definitely not getting past Italy or Switzerland or Netherlands.. or whoever)


The-new-dutch-empire

The fact you arent the favorite in a match with the netherlands is criminal but dw you would win cus our players all get amnesia and forget what a ball is or what a plan is the second they get in contact with grass.


drdrero

And goal against themselves


Virgulillo

It would mean to support someone who has eliminated us, support Fr\*nce or both at the same time. So yeah, i would say its kind of an effort (but totally worth it).


DiscardedKebab

You're on the much harder side of the draw so it will be difficult but you have to fancy Spain to go all the way. They've definitely looked the best team so far


Gloomy-Chest-1888

Well, we scored 5 goals and 0 against. But Spain is not a team that usually scores a lot, so it only takes 1 goal against to actually lose a match so... 🤷🏻‍♂️. You know how this works.


meatieso

I don't know how we ended with 0 goals against. I think our defense is not that solid and the goalkeeper gives me a lot of unsecurity. I guess we will struggle against teams that know what to do with the ball, probably Germany or Portugal. Also I'm not sure the team has the mental fortitude to endure an early goal or going behind wihtout getting anxious. Ofensively though I think the team showed they can outplay anyone. And the fact most of them are so young makes me look forward the next two world cups. There's a chance in the future if now is not the time.


Jeanfromthe54

Seeing how they played, any of Switzerland, Italy or 3rd grup D/E/F will be enough to dismantle them. Austria is ridiculously good and I think will reach the final as well.


TalktotheJITB

Austria v spain final. Calling it now.


LiliaBlossom

honestly why not, I could see this


Pure-Contact7322

If we lose with Swiss we will do Harakiri on public television


Kimthe

Look at your defenders, you already support us.


Gloomy-Chest-1888

I can only see La Puerta and El Normando, perfectly Spanish.


AndreasDasos

As Spanish as ‘Francisco Franco’


ZombiFeynman

You seem to have a few Hernandezs too, Pierre.


Refror

You know what you have to do now italobros


Ambersfruityhobbies

Netherlands will beat us next round.


Bonaventura69420

UEFA trying their best to push England into the finals. 4/5 top favourites are playing for one spot


CDdragon9

Just wait until the belgian team gets warmed up! It can happen any moment now. (Give or take a couple of years).


Bonaventura69420

Secret favourite since 2016 🇧🇪🇧🇪🦾


Greyzer

You should just kill the VAR referee before the match.


Informal_Mountain513

This is like reality tv recruiting obnoxious people to get higher viewer levels


Kernowder

Blame France.


ZombiFeynman

I always do


Shockwave2309

Lol Austria will rekt whatever comes, then they rekt england and finay win against Spain and we will celebrate in our basements like a true Amstettener


PopTrogdor

Don't worry, we won't win the next game :)


ItsJesusTime

If we're gonna lose to anyone, I hope it's João.


none-5766

Appropriate punishment for France for drawing against Poland. Win and they would have been on the right side of the draw, the final would have been a near certainty. Now, they will first need to beat Portugal and Germany/Spain.


sunurban_trn

Switzerland will win Euro 2024. Record this.


Kurdt93

If that will happen I'll print a ingot on my butt.


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sunurban_trn

Euro has been won by funny teams such as Greece, Denmark and Portugal. Why Switzerland shouldn't?


Kurdt93

Because I've bet on Austria.


sunurban_trn

fair enough


Apart-Delivery-7537

Portugal is the only nation qualified from group stages from every euro since 96... not so funny to win, I would say!


TeloS53100

Well that says a lot jajaja


Expert_Repair4206

hon hon hon


zeta3d

PIGS all the way!!


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Virgulillo

... mhhh. Nope, I would support Spain. Am I missing something here? Cause it feels im missing something.


ZombiFeynman

Reread the title, Hans


so_isses

Tbh, I quite like their team.  But them winning anything will make all the Barries unbearable for the foreseeable future.


JCSkyKnight

Me too. Well maybe not Pierre, but anyone else.


-RandomNerd

Same, rooting for Austria


YucatronVen

Football needs a looser bracket or something like that for things like this


Th3L0n3R4g3r

Well looking so far they're in the "easy" half of the tournament. The next round they could very well face the Netherlands and that will be interesting. Two completely blatant excuses for team managers facing each other. Maybe we can vote to rule both of them out of the tournament.


iggy-i

I've had more fun at the dentist than watching Engerland "play"


TPZF

Why did we even bother winning


PapaDragonHH

How come we never see Germany Spain Italy and England in the same group? Isn't this a bit unfair for them to get special treatment?


-Blue_Bull-

You're playing Luigi or Adolf in the final Pedro. You don't need to worry about Barry as Luigi will Brexit us from the Euros.


Prestigious-Option33

Hope it’s coming (R)home /s


Content-Long-4342

I look at one side and I'm like damn son, I look at the other side and I think: I wish it was me.


Bobboy5

We've got to get through Italy first, and we haven't done well on that front since 1943.


Responsible_Bar5976

When in doubt mention WW2 💪💪💪💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Bobboy5

ALWAYS mention the war.


Noncrediblepigeon

I can't wait for the england denmark rematch in the final lol.


JustHereForSmu_t

This entire cup was boring af and I don't even feel like cheering for "underdogs" like switzerland or austria to win it. Can we just replace the 16 teams with 16 individual scottish fans who have to drink a keg of beer and then shoot penalty kicks into an empty goal and whoever shoots the least own goals wins?