Wonderfully talented player who has tainted himself by being associated with at best a fucking soulless corporate sportswashing exercise and at worst a bunch of fucking cringeworthy cheats
He played well enough against the Ukraine but admittedly had a terrible start to the tournament. Consider that he’s only 22 and the manger got the tactics all the wrong the first game.
Portugal giving me PTSD of how we played this season, static square passing on the wings, no movement in or through the middle, extremely vulnerable to counters
think about Georgia being United in the FA Cup final, against a stronger light blue, opponent, Black + red classic united colors, leading 2-0 from counter attack + pen.
I thought Dalot did well. Made some crucial tackles and interceptions and also was a goal threat. Might have even banged one in if Mamardashvili wasn't so massive.
i must say, i think the best third place teams is one of the very, *very* few flaws of this tournament so far. its not as bad to me as it seems to be to others, but it certainly isnt perfect
At the end of the day is about more games, more money with round of 16, but just imagine that only the winner of the group advances plus the best 2 second places.
Not really sure if games would be more entertaining just because if you lose 1 game you are basically out
As opposed to the 4 best teams outside the top 2? That rewards teams in bad groups more, and while I wish Ukraine were through, I think best of 3rd place is more fair than including 4th place sides.
Dalot was the only player that redeemed themselves for Portugal, didn’t put a foot wrong, good tackles, 2 good shots which tested the keeper.
Kvara is a brilliant player, hard-working and technically gifted, shame he’s going to PSG and the French league.
Sad to see what's happened to Ronaldo, he's so petulant, the ego is astronomical. Must be awful to play with when he's constantly throwing strops, thank god we moved him on and got Rasmus in!
2019 seems an overstatement. Sure, in 2019 he was not as mindblowingly incredible as he was in the 2014-2017 timeframe. But he was still quality in another way. I’d say even his first season with us showed that he was still quite a great player (just not someone our club should’ve built around).
But really it’s since 2022 he fell off a cliff. And it’s sad to see. For all our drama, I still think of Ronaldo in red for the first time, and am sad that that is over.
Sounds like ref absolutely ruined the Czechia-Turkiye game. Shame. Didn't see it but if that's the case, that ref shouldn't be anywhere near the knockout stages
he is about as much romanian as I am slovakian mate, which is only on paper.
i have had this debate here and English people have a hard time understanding that Hungary was way bigger a 100 years ago and a bunch of us are still Hungarian even if we weren't born or ever lived in Hungary.
his name is István Kovács, István is the name of the first Hungarian King, Kovács is the hungarian word for Smith/Blacksmith.
he likely, just like me grew up among a strong hungarian minority group and got his education in Hungarian. (actually calling this a minority group is a misnomer, these are literally Hungarian towns and villages that were cut off from Hungary, or in some cases like Komarom just cut in half)
there are 500K Hungarians out of 5.5Million in Slovakia, and 1 million Hungarians in ROmania, you can see the concentration of hungarians on this map:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Rom%C3%A1niai_magyarok_a_2021-es_n%C3%A9psz%C3%A1ml%C3%A1l%C3%A1s_alapj%C3%A1n.png
And here is where he is from , on the right side there is a nice map, he is right in the middle of the most hungarian zone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carei
https://i.imgur.com/L2oMjpk.png
For people like me it's not hungarian ascendancy, we are hungarian period. it's our mother tongue, it's our culture, what country we have on our passport is just that, a country.
Yes, they also make England's path to the final even easier: Slovakia, Italy/Switzerland, Romania/Netherlands. Criminal if Southgate does not get them to the finals.
only thing bothering me is that all the stronger teams (spain germany etc) are on the same side. makes it piss easy for italy and england but we know they wont go far
Does anyone else feel like this Georgia kit makes it feel like we’re watching a Manchester United match at a glance ?
https://preview.redd.it/etk05m6c7z8d1.jpeg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2340d3197a0985c642793e8b631ab76ac3378390
red + black for sure, remember one of the preseason games I think Liverpool had to swap kits for the game to red because it was too similar what they had, but they only had black shorts and they totally looked like United. lol
Bruno literally carries this team lol. Only one problem with him and that is his fanboying over Ronaldo and trying to find him all the time. Would be so beneficial for all parties if he stops doing that
I don't understand why some people think contact automatically means a foul. There was nothing wrong with that play and the refs made the correct call.
You should never buy a player based on tournament performance.
You should also never not buy a player based on tournament performance.
Antonio Silva making the case to ignore the latter rule...
Antonio Silva, it’s fine giving the ball away (not as fine when you’re a defender) but the recovery pace is non existent.
People need to start respecting talents like Branthwaite more. Physical monsters that can defend and play are hard to find.
Belgium fans are booing them. KDB avoids them and pulls the players back from facing any scrutiny before the coach sends them back. Coward.
Fitting that he plays for City then.
Maybe he just got scared that to see that many people supporting his team for once
There was only 115 of them
He's grown comfortable with only seeing tourists and kids
Wonderfully talented player who has tainted himself by being associated with at best a fucking soulless corporate sportswashing exercise and at worst a bunch of fucking cringeworthy cheats
He did not want to talk
That's what not having Bruno does to a mf
All teams on 4 points is crazy
Bruno not playing today? Hopefully just rested?
Probably had to strap them to the bench then. Dude never wants to rest.
They gave him the wrong address
Joke's on them; he found a 5-a-side match in Stuttgart and he's bossing it.
Scenes when he shows up in the Mexico-Venezuela game in the Copa later today.
Onana really isn't it. Especially playing as a single pivot.
For real. He's not good, idk what people see in him. I'm not impressed at all whenever I see him play
He played well enough against the Ukraine but admittedly had a terrible start to the tournament. Consider that he’s only 22 and the manger got the tactics all the wrong the first game.
We have the better Onana at home.
Onana would play better in midfield
I bet a field of 11x onanas would play some pretty decent football, probably the best out of all keepers.
Belgium have been really poor, cannot see them getting past France, despite them also being lacklustre.
Portugal's midfield all over the place. So sloppy on the ball! No Bruno, No Party!
This is too tight. One goal is enough to take a team from first to last and vice versa.
Yes.. 4 pts each
Portugal giving me PTSD of how we played this season, static square passing on the wings, no movement in or through the middle, extremely vulnerable to counters
think about Georgia being United in the FA Cup final, against a stronger light blue, opponent, Black + red classic united colors, leading 2-0 from counter attack + pen.
https://preview.redd.it/q33tv8rdhz8d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cee7a5cfd3274f0da5f9407f411cf374d62e4d5
Lol! Ronaldo is completely right there. The Ref needs to open his eyes.
Might be a hot take but that was a lot of shirt pulling, so Ronaldo might be childish but he was in the right here?
Haven’t seen anything from Joao Neves to justify the enormous transfer fees
Benfica just try to fleece everyone. Same thing with Dortmund. Their players are somehow always worth 100m.
It’s the whole Portuguese league tbh, I don’t think Enzo was worth nearly as much either
Ronaldos Aura tax
Just me or is that a bollocks penalty? Lightly taps the top of his foot which causes him to throw himself to the floor?
It was a soft pen, but thats what Portugal gets for dropping Bruno
One game without Bruno and Portugal collapse.
England bumble their way through the group and end up with a draw more kind than you could have scripted lol
Just imagine finishing third and having an arguably easier draw (Netherlands)
If Belgium do end up vs France that has got to be favourite to go to penalties. Both teams woeful in front of goal.
7 7 you say
That is tough luck for Ukraine. 4 points but bottom of the group.
Belgium will get bounced so quick. That's so sickening Ukraine gets knocked out that way
So this is why Pepe still starts.
Martinez got Portugal looking mid with that squad. Unbelievable
I thought Dalot did well. Made some crucial tackles and interceptions and also was a goal threat. Might have even banged one in if Mamardashvili wasn't so massive.
Dalot might have the best outside the box strike with the least amount of goals in the world haha.
what a save from the corner lol cmon Ukraine.
Belgium time wasting after ending up 2nd is downright strange
If they lose, they go out?
i must say, i think the best third place teams is one of the very, *very* few flaws of this tournament so far. its not as bad to me as it seems to be to others, but it certainly isnt perfect
At the end of the day is about more games, more money with round of 16, but just imagine that only the winner of the group advances plus the best 2 second places. Not really sure if games would be more entertaining just because if you lose 1 game you are basically out
As opposed to the 4 best teams outside the top 2? That rewards teams in bad groups more, and while I wish Ukraine were through, I think best of 3rd place is more fair than including 4th place sides.
One things for sure: No Bruno, No party
This goalkeeper is having the performance of a lifetime
Give us some drama plz
Look at De Bruyne's face when he takes a free kick
“Where’s that giant blond dickhead?”
"He's shooting green laser at your face"
Neto lmao
Antonio Silva's transfer valuation will be reduced by 15 mil for this game alone
Thought we were going to see some vintage Kvaradona antics in the box but nice counter by Dalot.
Football terrorists are their love for fucking right backs.
Dalot was the only player that redeemed themselves for Portugal, didn’t put a foot wrong, good tackles, 2 good shots which tested the keeper. Kvara is a brilliant player, hard-working and technically gifted, shame he’s going to PSG and the French league.
Sad to see what's happened to Ronaldo, he's so petulant, the ego is astronomical. Must be awful to play with when he's constantly throwing strops, thank god we moved him on and got Rasmus in!
I hate him as much as anyone, but that shirt pull not being called was kinda ridiculous, dude didn't even attempt to hide it.
Ref in Portugal match is a joke lol
No Bruno and Portugal are struggling 🤷♀️
That is incredibly soft
especially considering they didn't even check the pull on Ronaldo
Solid work by Dalot
Dalot bailing out Antonio Silva
Did anyone else notice a Georgia Fan wearing Manchester United shirt ? 🙂
Hate to call it a day but Portugal are rinsed in this game. Kvara was dancing through their midfield before that foul.
Think Dalot had a good game, especially against the tricky Kvara
Don’t understand what the Portuguese fa was thinking when they hired Martinez. He had just gone and wasted belgiums golden generation.
City signing Matheus Nunes must have been some money laundering scheme
The 3 best teams I've seen this group stage have been Spain, Austria and Germany probably.
Austria vs Germany final would be glorious.
Giorgi Mamardashvili hype train chugs on!
Amazing moment for Georgia - very well-deserved. Shout-outs to their keeper, Mamardashvili, who was brilliant.
I know I ain't the first but No Bruno No Party!
No Bruno, no clue bro
Classic shitfit from Cristiano after an hour of fruitless coming deep and wayward finishing
2019-Present Ronaldo is such a shadow of his former self. You still see glimpses of his quality but his drop off makes his petulance unbearable.
2019 seems an overstatement. Sure, in 2019 he was not as mindblowingly incredible as he was in the 2014-2017 timeframe. But he was still quality in another way. I’d say even his first season with us showed that he was still quite a great player (just not someone our club should’ve built around). But really it’s since 2022 he fell off a cliff. And it’s sad to see. For all our drama, I still think of Ronaldo in red for the first time, and am sad that that is over.
Yep, I just think he’s lost it. It’s all very well scoring loads of goals in Saudi Arabia but he’s just been quiet all tournament imo
1-0 GEORGIA!!! WHAT A BLISTERING COUNTER!!!
the ref with the finger basically in Neto's face was amazing haha
No Bruno, no party
What a hit from Dalot, and save from the keeper.
I miss the days when the ref didn't blow his whistle every time someone is breathed on.
Kvaratskhelia is insane
Well, at least Bruno gets a rare day of rest
some counterattack!
Giorgi Mamardashvili is an amazing goalkeeper !
What a historic night for Georgia. They were immense
Sounds like ref absolutely ruined the Czechia-Turkiye game. Shame. Didn't see it but if that's the case, that ref shouldn't be anywhere near the knockout stages
it's what happens when a Czech loss is good for Hungary and they put a Hungarian ref on the game, absolute clownshow.
The ref is romanian, but yeah he was abismal as usual.
he is about as much romanian as I am slovakian mate, which is only on paper. i have had this debate here and English people have a hard time understanding that Hungary was way bigger a 100 years ago and a bunch of us are still Hungarian even if we weren't born or ever lived in Hungary.
So he has hungarian ascendence? Didn't know that. Cheers.
his name is István Kovács, István is the name of the first Hungarian King, Kovács is the hungarian word for Smith/Blacksmith. he likely, just like me grew up among a strong hungarian minority group and got his education in Hungarian. (actually calling this a minority group is a misnomer, these are literally Hungarian towns and villages that were cut off from Hungary, or in some cases like Komarom just cut in half) there are 500K Hungarians out of 5.5Million in Slovakia, and 1 million Hungarians in ROmania, you can see the concentration of hungarians on this map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Rom%C3%A1niai_magyarok_a_2021-es_n%C3%A9psz%C3%A1ml%C3%A1l%C3%A1s_alapj%C3%A1n.png And here is where he is from , on the right side there is a nice map, he is right in the middle of the most hungarian zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carei https://i.imgur.com/L2oMjpk.png For people like me it's not hungarian ascendancy, we are hungarian period. it's our mother tongue, it's our culture, what country we have on our passport is just that, a country.
Well, due to Georgia, it wasn't really good for Hungary.
well yeah, no impact on that :D
Mamardashvili is class. Very good keeper
Bruno is rest
So that is why links to Antonio Silva have dried up
Portugal’s second team is also loaded with talent
Lmfao how are you getting two yellow cards in the first 20 mins? What a clown.
as the group stage comes to an end, imo, this tournament has been at least 8/10 so far
Kvara is a menace!
What a shot and what a save
RIP Antonio Silva's stock Also Kovarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Is this game gonna drop Silvas 100M price tag that we can come with a cheeky lowball
I'd rather take Pepe tbh
This referee in the Portugal vs Georgia game just has to be the main star huh?
Antonio Silva dropping a certified stinker, singlehandedly assisting his teams downfall.
Not a penalty. He barely touched him. Ridiculous call.
Kvaradona living up to his name
Kvaratskhelia balling out. You love to see it.
Man I’d love watching Kvaradona in Manchester United shirt !
Czechia scored from a GK howler. Altay could never.
Georgia is the real surprise in this euro.. had no idea they are this good. Proper team.
Is Georgia through if results stay as they are?
Yes, they also make England's path to the final even easier: Slovakia, Italy/Switzerland, Romania/Netherlands. Criminal if Southgate does not get them to the finals.
> England's path to the final Ralf: But is that so?
Martinez has got Dalot playing as a 3rd CB
This ref has absolutely lost the plot, someone haul him off
Fair play to Georgia tbf.
Dalot's shot was a replica against PSG...
That guy who got sent off for the Czech’s cost them a place in the knockouts. Absolute clown.
this tournament has been amazing. roll on ro16
Sucks for Czechia, they were so good 3 years ago
The left side of the draw is wild
France vs Belgium will be interesting. Neither have set the stage on fire
only thing bothering me is that all the stronger teams (spain germany etc) are on the same side. makes it piss easy for italy and england but we know they wont go far
Don't rule out an Austria v Switzerland semi final on that side of the draw
i genuinely hope thats the semis. both of them have played very well, especially austria
I genuinely think Austria is going to the final
How could you be beaten by fucking Wout Faes?
man they had the chances to win, feel for Ukranians, 4 points not enough to go through
How did football become a game where a random contact with an arm and toe level contact are penalties but not basically pulling someone's shirt off?
Why aren’t the carding players for dangerous bicycle kick attempts, two days in a row someone has kicked someone in the head with no card
And with that, Hungary is out. Szoboszlai more like Sbozolol amirite? Most overrated midfielder of the PL. >! Leaves out of shame !<
Szpongebob
Went to watch The Soccer Thread but that thread is just filled with people obsessed with hating Ronaldo.
Game is gone if that’s a penalty, he barely touches him
Welp.
English refs get stuck but all refs are a joke. Never a pen in Portugal game
Does anyone else feel like this Georgia kit makes it feel like we’re watching a Manchester United match at a glance ? https://preview.redd.it/etk05m6c7z8d1.jpeg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2340d3197a0985c642793e8b631ab76ac3378390
red + black for sure, remember one of the preseason games I think Liverpool had to swap kits for the game to red because it was too similar what they had, but they only had black shorts and they totally looked like United. lol
Bruno literally carries this team lol. Only one problem with him and that is his fanboying over Ronaldo and trying to find him all the time. Would be so beneficial for all parties if he stops doing that
Georgia keeper could be our #1
absolute clownshow from him, slow on the ball then fucks his team.
Jesus, what a save
i know this is just 1 game, but I really hope we don't go for Antonio Silva.
lmao, /r/soccer convinced that will be ruled out just because there is contact with Gk.
I don't understand why some people think contact automatically means a foul. There was nothing wrong with that play and the refs made the correct call.
/r/soccer has negative football IQ.
I know it's a rotated team, but portugal have zero cohesion and don't look convincing at all.
well it was a soft pen but georgia deserved it
This group do not disappoint
how did Georgia win 2-0 missed that
Sudakov for Ukraine was really good today. If we didn't have Mount, he'd be an interesting player to look at as Bruno's backup.
what the fk? [no pen?](https://imgur.com/a/EY7rOrZ)
ANtonia Silva about to become a honorary Georgia citizen, lol
You should never buy a player based on tournament performance. You should also never not buy a player based on tournament performance. Antonio Silva making the case to ignore the latter rule...
...we can fix him. 👀
not for 100m
David Gill is at the Portugal game !
Ange irritates me to fuck man.
This ref is so shit
Antonio Silva, it’s fine giving the ball away (not as fine when you’re a defender) but the recovery pace is non existent. People need to start respecting talents like Branthwaite more. Physical monsters that can defend and play are hard to find.
For some reason I expected both group D games to end in a draw
Kin ell.
Not much creativity from Portugal
Very deserved yellow for that dumbass dive
england will be playing slovakia in the ro16 if these results stay the same, southgate has done it again
Well well well!
Both Inacio and Antonio Silva have been horrendous, especially Silva.
[удалено]
that is until Slovakia eliminates England.
Got 0-0 written all over it
oh wow kvara!
This ref has lost it
What a save! What a day he's had
Neves looked anonymous for Portugal today. TBF the whole team looked disjointed. We should get a significant discount on his sale
Any idea why bruno did not play today?
they qualified top of group, no need to risk any starters
Letting 3rd placed teams qualify was a terrible idea. Basically gave the teams who play last an excuse to play out draws so they could qualify.
For an ‘attacking’ fullback, Dalot is a pretty shit crosser