BritPat
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.What a save by Lloris. Utterly utterly brilliant.
Who was the clown saying the Brazil keeper was better than him?
Great game that. Always good for a tournament to see the hosts make the final. Germany were unbelievable int he first half, the goal knocked the stuffing out of them though.
Griezmann superb, Lloris world class.
Muller was garbage the entire tournament. I knew the abscenses would hurt. Who would've thought Gomez would be so sorely missed. Crosses upon crosses to no one....still say that was a dodgy pk call by the italian ref....
Oh well, Bundesliga starts in a month...Pröst
I hope Ronaldo scores 5 on those wussy socialist Frenchies.....
France has 2 days rest before facing off against Portugal. Portugal on 3 days rest. Expect a sloppy final.
This loss is devastating! We didn't get to see the German manager pick his nose and eat his snot on camera this time! How disappointing!
Nice salute to Iceland, by the french!
It wasn't always like this. Horrible scheduling this Euro.
Teams at the very least should have 3 days rest.
Yes...thx...but I hear he's not really 18... more like 26? He looks great though....and I'll be a huge Portugal fan for the final...Ronaldo can show he, unlike Messi, has what it takes to win a finalFrom your mouth to God's ears..
Also Bayern Munich fan? Congrats on Renato Sanches. You guys got a special talent.
I'm a big time Real Madrid fan so here's hoping Pepe, CR7, and Portugal lift the Euro on Sunday. Would've been more difficult to choose who to root for if Benzema and Varane were playing
Yes...thx...but I hear he's not really 18... more like 26? He looks great though....and I'll be a huge Portugal fan for the final...Ronaldo can show he, unlike Messi, has what it takes to win a final
Interesting and cool story. I know a bit of benefica and sporting, actually having seen them both - sporting v 'pool or Celtic at Fenway and benefica vs Florentina in CT. Just love watching class football when it comes around.Nahh hes 18. Back story on that, but I dunno if your familiar with Portuguese soccer, but theres a big rivalry between the 2 Lisbon teams Benfica and Sporting. Eternal enemies just as bad as the Milan or Madrid derbies...
Well Benfica are the most storied club in Portuguese football. They've won the most titles, they have the most fans. Sporting at one point were right behind Benfica. The last 20 + years things changed. Porto overpassed Sporting, and are now considered if not just behind Benfica, theyre on par.
The one thing Sporting has had throughout this all was their famed youth academy. They've produced some of the best Portuguese talent the last couple of years. Ronaldo, Figo, Nani, Paulo Futre just to name a few.
Within the last couple of years, Benfica has been pumping in more money into their academy, and now we are starting to see the beginning of their uprise. Renato Sanches is the biggest star to come out of that. He's also playing a position where Portugal has up and coming talent coming out the butt. Sporting as another up and coming star, hes playing for Portugal these Euro's his name is Joao Mario.
Butt hurt about the fact Renato was getting more attention throughout Europe than Mario, big time officials from Sporting (including the club president) started to come out on the attack of Renato, and thats where this fuss about his age came in. The club (Sporting) put outthere that he (Renato) was really 23 and not 18. Everything been confirmed. Hes 18. He's also taking Sporting to court for trying to defame his name.
Its ridiculous. By the time the knockout stages came, the whole world minus people associated with Sporting where calling for Sanches to be included in the starting 11. They came out looking like fools when Renato scored vs Poland..
So long story short..It was all a political move by a butt hurt club.
Who wins today fellahs?
Rooting for Portugal