What was that shite, clearly offside!
Itās a pity Jack Charlton is not around to analyse how Spain play out from the back.
Fuck
This Upamecano lad is very highly rated despite generally looking shite
This needs another half an hour.
Ah this outstanding entertainment
France shouldnāt have won this. They only won because Mbappe jumped into the crowd before VAR could call it an offside.
Onside because Spanish defender deliberately played at it apparently. Rule is ridiculous at that rate.
Iām very sorry, please explain that? The Spanish defender tried to stop the pass so it was onside?
For an absolute ham, Lloris has done well here
Theyāre changing the offside rule again guys. Itās going back to the daylight rule.
Whatās the difference between that french goal and lukaku offside goal a few days earlier? ā¦
Thereās a lovely sweet spot of entertainment that occurs when a competition is officially competitive yet lacks true importance. Such competitions, in the parlance of this forum, are classed as āprestigiousā.
The competitive status of such competitions means teams are serious about winning. But the āprestigiousā status of these competitions means they arenāt particularly serious about not losing.
So you get thrilling, throwaway entertainment, like a smashing bubble gum pop single.
Such āprestigiousā sporting events which hit this sweet spot include Littlewoods Cup semi-final second legs, Saturday night NFL matches at Croke Park where Dublin go eight points down and then relentlessly reel in their opposition, who are always Monaghan, Stephenseses Day Celtic League derbies at Thomond Park between Munster and Leinster.
The Nations League is now the definitive occupier of this lovely little space.
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Talk floating about that the next iteration of the nations league will be a joint league with South America with 6 of their countries slotting into the top tier and 4 into the second tier with groups going from 4 to 5 teams.
An away trip to Colombia could be epic
A few of āthe shoes off for the boys in greenā crowd might not make it back
All the way to Craven Cottage.
Greece denied a late face-saver away to their beloved Cypriot neighbours
Is it four down four up from A to B? If so England are gone.
What has happened to Diego Dalot? Transformed.
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