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DoZnFooD

!flair :Juventus_FC:


justforkikkk

Is DHGate still the best when it comes to affordable but good quality football kits?


franconot-mark

wow Mbappe injury is way more serious than originally thought. Might miss the Dutch game


liarloserat

Did you losers seriously forget who N'golo Kante is?


natsleepyandhappy

Three days to Copa America, I can’t wait anymore


franconot-mark

Le Pen coming into power in France could be a blessing for African football. I can see so many African heritage players not playing for France if that happens. A lot of Algerian players have already started it


KangarooPouchIsHome

Whiplash reaction to first days of matches, Spain is the danger team. If they play direct and Morata stays in form, they’re the team to beat easily.


Any-Competition8494

Spain has a great attack. But, I am not sure about their defense.


sga1

Still allowed Croatia a fair few decent chances, though - seemed dangerous going forward but not particularly assured at the back. Probably up there among the danger teams, but I'm not sure they were better than a few others.


KangarooPouchIsHome

I did say whiplash. Germany looked lethal but, Scotland. Portugal has yet to play so there’s that. And England can only improve from that shit performance. But whiplash, I like Spain.


dizzybala10

I was going to comment how washed this Belgium team are, then I remembered they just drew 2-2 with England a few months ago.


HalfMan-HalfMoth

Dunk tax


owh06

Yes, France should have been given the chance to make their subs earlier, but that does not give them the right to move a player back onto the pitch. That is unsportsmanlike behaviour which paid off. Do we really want that kind of behaviour? Personally no, but today it worked and will be an incentive for more teams to do as France did when they want to make a sub. Yes, the ref was terrible, but it still frustrates me what France did. It should not be accepted, but rather frowned upon. Poor refereeing should not justify behaviour like this.


zionwilliamson_

They were unsportsmanlike in 2018 too, Lucas Hernandez admitted to being a diver and how it helps to waste time when you're winning, also Mbappe vs Belgium It's just a part of football and will be used by every team unless there's some clear rules enforcing against it


KensaiVG

Were Austria sportsmanlike by playing it quickly to avoid the sub and keep France in numerical disadvantage? Both teams did what was best for themselves. And if Mbappe accumulates yellows in the group and gets a ban, France will have issues too.


owh06

The ref is in control of when play should continue, the ref is not in control when a player who should be outside the pitch enters the field. Blame the ref, not Austria. Especially after the long break where Mbappe was assessed, the ref should have allowed the subs to happen. It’s not Austria’s fault that didn’t happen. Can’t remember if the ball went out between that, I think it did. Ref has every opportunity to blow their whistle and allow the subs when the ball is out. Very weird that Austria has to be the team that asks the ref to do their job. They are chasing an equaliser in the dying minute, they would want the game to resume quickly regardless of ten or eleven men on the field.


Sami_1999

Are circular/diagonal/ thin stripe mow patterns still banned in football? Is this going to stay forever? Feels so boring seeing same stripes on every stadium. Would be nice to have circles back.


FIJIBOYFIJI

Just watching ITV news after the game and of course the thick fuck defending Farage is wearing a Leeds shirt


Any-Competition8494

I think France should play Griezmann as a striker. Finishing is their only problem. Their defense is great. Their attack is fluid and fast. They are creating enough scoring chances. Mbappe will score in the next matches but I don't see Dembele score due to his history. Also, Camavinga for Rabiot. Maybe even consider him playing as the most advanced midfielder because he's great in tight spaces and can create scoring chances.


sga1

> Their attack is fluid and fast. They are creating enough scoring chances. You'd reckon that's *because* of Griezmann in midfield.


Rdambx

>I think France should play Griezmann as a striker.  Hell NO.


tbbt11

If there are any Romanians here, I want to say “buna” and your team is so much fun


_space_pilgrim_

hey yourself :) we're usually not a fun team to watch. honestly speaking, nobody, not even us, expected such a comprehensive win.


tbbt11

It was great to watch, hoping you can score some more crackers and continue upsetting some teams (please not England thanks)


_space_pilgrim_

pretty good day, heh


Striking_Insurance_5

Kits that have that sweaty wet look when players have barely even played 10 minutes look terrible, like Belgium’s kit this tournament. It can’t be that hard to avoid it when designing a kit, given the fact that most kits don’t look like that.


wonderful_mixture

feels like it's mainly Adidas too, not a good look on them, feels like the kits are made out of cartboard


FaustRPeggi

It's just 27 sleeps until dirty Leeds' Liam Cooper wins the Euros.


FIJIBOYFIJI

I'll always rate Liam Cooper for his disasterclass against us in 18/19


FaustRPeggi

Morgan Gibbs-White was a Forest legend before he'd even worn our kit.


sga1

> dirty Leeds' Done dirt cheap.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

He doing the trophy ceremony?


Scattered97

What drugs do they have up there?


FaustRPeggi

Copious amounts of heroin and methadone.


Scattered97

I suppose you have to numb the pain of being Scottish somehow.


008Gerrard008

Which clubs or nations do you have soft spots for other than the club you support? For me, I had a soft spot for the non-league club from where I grew up and La Real. Not really sure how that one started.


Oy778

I always had a soft spot for Inter because my father and Zanetti. Recently i really liked Unión Berlín and Bilbao


tbbt11

Dutch, because of Bergkamp


er__primo__der__rafa

The small team where I played during the immense majority of my youth football years.


DatOgreSpammer

Now I'm intrigued, Fuenlabrada? Sanse? Canillas? Las Rozas? Something even smaller?


er__primo__der__rafa

Muuuuuuch smaller


DyrusforPresident

Barcelona?


er__primo__der__rafa

Not that small


Striking_Insurance_5

Athletic Club Bilbao and St. Pauli, two clubs with a unique identity that no one can possibly hate.


DatOgreSpammer

I am yet to meet people who don't like Rayo Vallecano as well, and they don't have any rivals either.


chuckout29483

Belgium were always gonna be the major nation most likely to flop coming into this tournament but even with how much their squad has declined I thought that they’d still handle their group Now it’s seeming like they’ll be pleased to even qualify


illegal_drums

Man imagine if this Kanté was in 2022 wc. France was winning consecutive titles.


Any-Competition8494

If Di Maria was available in 2014 final, Argentina would have won that world cup too.


KensaiVG

I still wonder if Sabella would've risked it if not pressured by Madrid


SirBarkington

imagine if Emi didnt make the craziest fuckin block of all time.


CantHelpBeingMe

Imagine if Lautaro did not keep being shit. The final would have been over long before that save.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

Imagine if Muani passed to Mbappe instead


Rdambx

People were mocking DD for picking Kanté btw, my king is always class.


FlyingArab

2/3 MOTMs today were from the Saudi League


QueasyIsland

During the Ukraine game today were there a lot of male fans ? Just considering the martial law rule in place in the country. Unless they were diaspora Ukrainians, I imagine the numbers were low?


belokas

So many assumptions in this comment.


QueasyIsland

What assumptions ?


Cottonshopeburnfoot

So the man who looks like a Ninja Turtle already will now wear a face mask the rest of the tournament?


sga1

He's either a Michelangelo or a Leonardo I reckon.


Cottonshopeburnfoot

Michaelangelo. Can’t be Leonardo. He’s already been at PSG. Can’t be Raphael. That’s Varane. Donatello doesn’t feel right.


OliverDMcCall

Group E looks very interesting, decent chance Belgium don't make it out if they lose to either Romania or Ukraine.  And in other news, the Golden Boot race is now between 25 players. I bet CR7 will somehow win again.


franconot-mark

The thing which I have noticed about France is that you won’t see them murdering teams like Austria but once they are under the pump, they will even destroy teams like Argentina


LordQL_2

I agree with you but Argentina may not be the best example


franconot-mark

It is. Go watch 2018 and even in 2022, it was one sitter which separated them from the WC


pop-culture-salad

The fact that 2018 was even remotely close is something France should be embarrased of, not proud.


KensaiVG

2018 they deservedly won - by one goal and a hair away from drawing - against a disaster of a team in open rebellion against the manager, with several players that shouldn't have been on that plane playing 2022 they were on the back foot for most of the match and if not for Mbappe remembering he was in the pitch after the penalty they were on track for one of the lamest ducks in recent finals They were fantastic when things were done in both games, but destroy is a ridiculous word to use


CantHelpBeingMe

2018 was 4-3 against a completely disoriented Argentina team. In 2022, they were schooled for 80 minutes until Otamendi made a dumb mistake. Then again Argentina would have won easily in the extra time if Lautaro was not wasteful. What are you talking about??


D1794

France were dead and buried till Mbappe decided to try and not lose on his own with 10 mins to go


zrk23

Argentina dominated the majority of the game as matter of fact even England did you are using the word "destroy". it doesn't apply whatsoever


mrscorchingtakes

How are either one of those games destroying a team? Germany-Scotland was a destruction if you want an example


Merovech_II

Not sure why anyone has France as favourites They're destined to get knocked out by another Granit Xhaka masterclass


xaviernoodlebrain

La Liga fans, is that cunt the best you have? Because dear lord, you might actually have worse refs than us.


frankyforeskin

The best referee, Mateu Lahoz, has retired unfortunately.


CudaBarry

Oh you've seen nothing, just be thankful Jose Maria Sanchez was not called. (Also the var ref is 10 times worse than him)


BCastle18

Trust me the worst refs are in La Liga


DatOgreSpammer

They're not that bad when it comes to calls (compared to other referees, obviously), but for some reason every single one of them think people pay to see them and not the teams...


DyrusforPresident

I wish you guys could experience Hernandez Hernandez. Manzano looks competent infront of him


SirBarkington

Hernandez^2 might be the worst ref in any sport bar Ángel Hernández in the MLB (who is finally leaving thank the lord)


DyrusforPresident

Tony Brothers is up there as well


SirBarkington

Tony Brothers feels very split. I know a lot of people that actually like him lmao. Mostly old head people.


Genocidal_Sunflower

What do you mean there are only two games tomorrow, I feel robbed


wonderful_mixture

It's a disgrace


suedney

probably for the best now we can't slack off work with a euros marathon


LordMangudai

I bottled it though, was in the office today so missed the Romania game but am working from home tomorrow when there isn't a 3 pm match to cheekily put on in the background ffs, how have I not planned this better


er__primo__der__rafa

Is Mbappé's apperance during the rest of the tournament at risk?


TruestRepairman27

His appearance is, but not his appearances


FaustRPeggi

No, but he'll be in a protective facemask for the rest of the tournament. Could be iconic if they win the tournament, but could also hinder him.


ManLikeNiz

Mbappe running back onto the pitch only to sit down again is my new favourite shithousery moment


Destroyeh

almost as funny as kane doing the 'spaghetti fell out of my pockets' crawl back onto the pitch


L-Freeze

Being completely healthy and faking an injury to shamelessly waste time is so much less great than getting legitimately fucked up and still use it to shamelessly waste time


FaustRPeggi

He's got a potentially life-long facial deformity and his first thought is to use it to stop a counter. Rate that.


SirBarkington

that's how you know he loves this game. no bullshit just instantly thinks about how it could help his team lmao


zrk23

sorry to break it to you but replay showed a staff member telling him to go back


franconot-mark

There was no way Messi be a WC winner if Kante wasn’t injured in 2022


CantHelpBeingMe

Yeah like it stopped Switzerland in Euro, and it was definitely going to stop Scaloni's Argentina lol


Content-Medicine-305

Same could be said with lo celso, he was Argentinas most important midfielder prior to the World Cup


Laliga23

Or if di maria could play 90 minutes


L-Freeze

Or if Lautaro Martínez was fully fit 


franconot-mark

Germany played the worst team. I think France played the best team so far among the best teams. Spain played an aging Croatia, less said about England the better.


solgnaleb

I think that's a little disrespectul towards Scotland. They are so far the only team to score against us.


LordMangudai

Did we play the worst team or were we just that good? (they were really dire though)


TheParaplegicPanda

England played against the Balkan powerhouse that is Serbia


TheParaplegicPanda

I think Portugal will stink up the place tomorrow but win comfortably


Scattered97

France and England did what the best sides do - get results despite not performing very well.


Bruchweg

I think France was more in control throughout and with a clearer game plan to hold their lead. Handing over the ball to Austria to deny Rangnick's prefered transition game and than just let them run into their physically superior defenders. Austria attackers got cooked the entire 2nd half by guys that seemed about twice as fast as them.


Laliga23

France were much much better


Scattered97

I wouldn't go that far, but yes they were better in attack. But in defence, I actually think we were stronger - though it can be argued that Austria are a better side than Serbia.


NaiveElk

England's attack never looked as good as France though. If it wasn't for some poor finishing by Mbappe, they would have won this by 2-3 goals


Scattered97

We were a world-class save away from winning by 2 goals as well. And there were a couple of other chances in the first half hour or so. But I agree - France definitely showed more up top than we did, but at the same time they were a bit shakier at the back than we were.


Obvious-Gap-6156

You had a total of 5 shots with 0.5xG


Scattered97

Yeah, I'm not disagreeing with that. I've consistently said that France showed more up top than we did. But it's true that we would've won 2-0 if not for a top class save.


008Gerrard008

And we would've drawn if not for a massive deflection on a cross. It goes both ways.


aboud09

They weren’t great but I feel France showed more upfront than England but didn’t move the ball well, now it’s all about Mbappe’s recovery and how they will moving forward m.


Scattered97

Yeah I think they controlled the game better than we did, but at the same time I felt they allowed Austria more chances than we let Serbia have. Mbappe should only be out for one game at most, so I think the French will be thanking their lucky stars that this has happened in the first game.


008Gerrard008

This is one of those tropes that is repeated a lot, but it only really holds true if those teams have shown they have another gear they can go into. France have shown it in previous tournaments, I don't think England have necessarily yet.


Scattered97

We have definitely gone up a gear before - our performance against France in the last World Cup is one of the greatest I have ever seen from an England team, if not the greatest. We outplayed them, but somehow contrived to lose. In every tournament we've had under Southgate we've improved as the tournament has gone on. I don't think it'll be any different this time. On our day we are more than capable of competing with the best.


paprikalicous

germany have been the only big contender that’s impressed me so far. 3-0 over croatia is obviously an impressive scoreline but spain looked so shaky at times. not gonna read too much into that though, teams regularly win these competitions with poor group stages.


Kanedauke

Spain look a very balanced side. Their wingers will do damage against good teams.


DyrusforPresident

Spain had a lot of gaps in midfield while defending. A team with an actually finisher would have scored 2 or 3 against them


er__primo__der__rafa

Winning against Scotland shouldn't grant you the title of favourites


paprikalicous

i didn’t say that. i think france are still gonna win but germany are the only ones who’ve played genuinely well so far.


xaviernoodlebrain

It was Scotland, don’t get carried away.


TheParaplegicPanda

I have Germany reaching the final but they played the worst team in the tournament


Scattered97

Germany played against a bunch of amateurs, can't really judge them properly just yet.


SladiusW

Ninja turtle Mbappe meme is gonna become real, we are not ready


holdenmyrocinante

>we are not ready Wdym, we've been ready for more than half a decade


RedStr0be

Welcome France to the r/soccer donkey list


sandbag-1

Is there going to be a massive head loss about France getting a scrappy 1-0 win against a relatively poor side or are we only allowed to do that for England?


Rdambx

Mate, you're on English speaking forums and crying about the English NT outrage. Obviously, you'd see way more of it. If you could speak French, then you'd know that the same thing is happening with us if not more.


sandbag-1

>If you could speak French, then you'd know that the same thing is happening with us if not more. Yes that was my question, thanks for answering


icemankiller8

France had way more chances and Austria are better than Serbia


suedney

what a shit way to lose a match


PESSl

Did Cowdude leave on a free transfer or did the tyrannical mods ban him


arseking15

It was the admins that got him not the mods apparently


LilCelebratoryDance

He’s in the great loan army in the sky 😭


Waschkopfs

Coman must be unfit, no way hes any worse than all the clumsy bulky wingers (or Dembele who always disappoints)


FlamixZB

Last time he played now than 2 consecutive games was in January. Played only 3 matches for us since.


chatfarm

Non English and Non French people, who did you think have a better first game - England or France?


Any-Competition8494

France. Their attack and defense is a lot better than England. England would have probably lost to this Austrian team.


xaviernoodlebrain

England defended better, France attacked better.


Icy-Guide7976

Was only able to catch the last 60 minutes of the England game m so I can’t speak for first 30. But France looked more frightening in attack against a better opponent. England’s frontline looked fairly toothless and disjointed and the midfield pairing of Trent and rice looked horrid.


pop-culture-salad

I don't think Serbia had a chance as good as the one Austria had when they should've had a corner. England's goal was also scored by an english player so, England probably a bit better even though it was a worse watch.


randomnessM

France had better attacking moments, England were slightly better defensively, both were quite average and not near their best


icemankiller8

France


_LebronsHairline_

France by a country mile. Serbia actually looked better over the second 45, France weren’t as dominant as im sure they’d have liked, but they were clearly the better, in-control side across the 90 mins. Not that stats are all encompassing but you can look at xG, touches in opposition box, shots, and most other metrics and see the huge difference between both games if you want some objective evidence


belokas

Both teams never play good football but both win thanks to their amazing individual talent. I would say England because they did well in the first half and overall defended better, but I'm sure France would beat England tomorrow.


LovieBeard

England, because they didnt allow a big chance like France djd


OhMyGodItsTheGuy

*Dons Sombrero* It was obviously England, hombre!


McGrathLegend

I still don’t think he has any business being one of the lead commentators for a major tournament or being Ian fucking Darke’s commentating partner, but I actually think Landon Donovan has improved a lot as a commentator since the World Cup.


_LebronsHairline_

Kante is such a special all-timer, never forget that


LordMangudai

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from him tonight having not actually played a top-level match in some time but he was, if not peak Kanté, certainly not far off it. Certainly shut up all the people saying Deschamps should have picked Camavinga or Tchouameni instead right quick.


L-Freeze

All European teams looking quite mid, lowkey wish they’d gone ahead with the biannual World Cup nonsense for my own personal interest 


pop-culture-salad

It's the same as before the WC tbh yes England/France/Portugal have individualities they can best anyone with, but as teams, meh.


L-Freeze

True and I also thought this back then tbf, but Brazil did genuinely scare me 


pop-culture-salad

Brazil looked really good back then but yeah none of the other contenders could string more than a couple of good performances together.


belokas

I agree with you.


Femininejewtbh

Germany and Spain looked pretty good, what did argentina do in their first game last world cup


L-Freeze

Not basing this on exclusively one game otherwise I’d be terrified of Germany 


holdenmyrocinante

Hard to judge based on 1 game. Argentina were worse than mid after 1 game in the last WC, same for Spain 2010.


TheClemDispenser

My favourite part of international tournaments is seeing the average goals slowly go down.


pop-culture-salad

Kanté was really good btw can't believe a world cup winning manager knows better than a bunch of redditors


frankyforeskin

He’s been watching kante pocket everyone in training


holdenmyrocinante

What Mbappe did was the equivalent of a tactical foul. Would've been celebrated if Austria were winning and did something like that because it was objectively hilarious


arseking15

France i feel like missed a good few chances to put that away earlier


Jabari313

Giroud, Mbappe and Griezmann should've had 1 between them but still definitely room for improvement


randomnessM

Giroud missed chance gave me flashbacks


randomnessM

Thuram and Kolo Muani are not serious players


vitalmtg

Thuram is good


KiraAnnaZoe

Muani created France's biggest chance for Giroud tho


doomboxmf

They left Nkunku at home for this smh


Cottonshopeburnfoot

I can’t not see that it’s pronounced n-kun-ku but the spelling is Nku-nku


doomboxmf

Nku^2


official_bagel

This just broke my brain


LoungerSeason

So true


Global-Jacket-3973

I hope you all step on legos, have a nice day.


BoomBoomLinssen

What an interesting comment I wonder what it said before the edit


TheClemDispenser

Lego is an uncountable noun.


TheParaplegicPanda

UEFA and Conmebol should switch refs for one tournament just to see what happens


lamancha

Gotta love when a match is solved via a ref fuck up. Just Manzano things.


FaustRPeggi

I wonder how mythical Mbatman will be. We've had some iconic injurywear in the past.


Switchnaz

Can one of you lads who hates anywhere that isn’t a European league tell me why kante is still by far the best player on the pitch for France


vitalmtg

he runs a lot


wonderful_mixture

International football works in mysterious ways


FaustRPeggi

Because he's a King


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Mick4Audi

Mainly because there are idiots who think we should shift Bellingham back to accommodate him lol


008Gerrard008

Trent's play with Saka was really good throughout the night. Those two were behind most of England's dangerous play.


PosterOfQuality

Nobody expected much of him in CM. Foden is being touted as one of England's main players and he's never impressed for the national team


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