Euro 2020

[mauve]

Just read the reason why Goretzka made the heart-sign after his goal. He ran into the fan curve of the Hungary hooligans who had sung "Germany is homosexual!" to show the love-sign against homophobic statements. Goretzka is someone who sets signs against right wing populists. So, well done!

 

[Elina UA]

Me after yesterday's :

Austria squashed one ball.

Ukraine:

a) Best players: Jarmolenko (it's Yarmolenko), Yaremchuk and Malinovskiy

Malinovskyi? Have you seen his stats? He's actually the worst player in all three matches.

Oh, he plays in Serie A...
Now i get why you wrote that.

 

[Looren]

Malinovskyi? Have you seen his stats? He's actually the worst player in all three matches.

Oh, he plays in Serie A...
Now i get why you wrote that.

Malinovskyi is an amazing player, true that he's not at his best at this Euro but he's really great !

 

[ESC94]

Just read the reason why Goretzka made the heart-sign after his goal. He ran into the fan curve of the Hungary hooligans who had sung "Germany is homosexual!" to show the love-sign against homophobic statements. Goretzka is someone who sets signs against right wing populists. So, well done!

One more reason to like him.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Austria squashed one ball.


Malinovskyi? Have you seen his stats? He's actually the worst player in all three matches.

Oh, he plays in Serie A...
Now i get why you wrote that.

On the Ukraine - Austria line-up screen (from Google) Yarmolenko's name is written Jarmolenko. Besides, I am not Ukrainian and it may happen that I can make mistakes in letters. We want to go and see the mistakes that have been made in the Thread ESC Italy? I have never made anyone feel inadequate for the mistakes made because I try to understand the meaning rather than limit myself to appearances.

Malinovskiy if he was a poor player would not have been called up for the national team. I do not judge him for what he has done in 3 matches of the European championships but for the game he expresses in Atalanta. He is a pillar of Gasperini's game and has been important for Atalanta's success both in Italy and in Europe. His talent could be decisive when we least expect it. The national teams are not a perfect yardstick for players: there are champions who have failed to shine in the national team and normal players who gain strength in the national team. Do you want some examples? Totti has never done anything special in the national team (apart from the famous penalty against the Netherlands) while Shick who has failed almost everywhere in the clubs in the national team is reinvigorated and is fundamental. Benzema, a top player, is also criticized in the national team while Shaquiri who was only a good player with Switzerland is often decisive.

You quoted some of my words but those were not the words that struck you. My analysis hurt you. You thought that I consider Ukraine poor but I didn't say that. I wrote both "strong points" and "weak points". Is the defense of Ukraine with 5 goals conceded strong? Goals suffered by Austria and North Macedonia who, with all due respect, do not have M'Bappe and Ronaldo. I do these analyzes on all national teams (including Italy). On the other hand, if you think that I am an arrogant who speaks from the top of 4 world championships ... it is not like that at all. However, even if it were, this is true. If you want to silence "the greats" you have to win.

P.S .: the coach and the assistant coach of Ukraine are great connoisseurs of Italian football. You are laughing at Malinovskiy and Italy without realizing that the Italian system was taken by you as an example (you are not the only team to have done so).

 

[heke1988]

So my wishes for the winners of the Round of 16:

Wales - Denmark ---> Wales

Italy - Austria --> Italy

The Netherlands - Czech Republic --> The Netherlands

Belgium - Portugal --> Belgium

Croatia - Spain --> Croatia

France - Switzerland --> Switzerland

England - Germany --> Germany

Sweden - Ukraine --> Ukraine

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

So my wishes for the winners of the Round of 16:

Wales - Denmark ---> Wales

Italy - Austria --> Italy

The Netherlands - Czech Republic --> The Netherlands

Belgium - Portugal --> Belgium

Croatia - Spain --> Croatia

France - Switzerland --> Switzerland

England - Germany --> Germany

Sweden - Ukraine --> Ukraine

You hit your Scandinavian brothers hard We do a game. For me they qualify:

Wales vs Denmark = Denmark *

Italy vs Austria = Italy

Belgium vs Portugal = Belgium

France vs Switzerland = France *

Sweden vs Ukraine = Ukraine (if it can be more balanced between attack and defense)

England vs Germany = Germany (although England may surprise us or the challenge may end in penalties)

Croatia vs Spain = Croatia

Netherlands vs Czech Republic = Netherlands

Our predictions have only two differences. Let's see which of us wins

 

[heke1988]

You hit your Scandinavian brothers hard We do a game. For me they qualify:

Wales vs Denmark = Denmark *

Italy vs Austria = Italy

Belgium vs Portugal = Belgium

France vs Switzerland = France *

Sweden vs Ukraine = Ukraine (if it can be more balanced between attack and defense)

England vs Germany = Germany (although England may surprise us or the challenge may end in penalties)

Croatia vs Spain = Croatia

Netherlands vs Czech Republic = Netherlands

Our predictions have only two differences. Let's see which of us wins

Finland is not part of Scandinavia and our ancestors became from east, except Finnish Swedes.

 

[mauve]

Mine would be:

Wales - Denmark ---> Denmark

Italy - Austria --> Italy AND Austria

The Netherlands - Czech Republic --> Czech Republic

Belgium - Portugal --> Belgium

Croatia - Spain --> Croatia

France - Switzerland --> Switzerland

England - Germany --> Germany

Sweden - Ukraine --> Ukraine

 

[mauve]

You hit your Scandinavian brothers hard We do a game. For me they qualify:

Wales vs Denmark = Denmark *

Italy vs Austria = Italy

Belgium vs Portugal = Belgium

France vs Switzerland = France *

Sweden vs Ukraine = Ukraine (if it can be more balanced between attack and defense)

England vs Germany = Germany (although England may surprise us or the challenge may end in penalties)

Croatia vs Spain = Croatia

Netherlands vs Czech Republic = Netherlands

Our predictions have only two differences. Let's see which of us wins

What does * mean?

And Heke meant which teams he would LIKE to win and not which one probably will win.

 

[Jopi]

Finally, I am happy for Croatia. I believe Modric and his teammates will wake up in knockout matches and will be tough opponents to beat. I want to make a prediction: who wins between Spain and Croatia? I say Croatia! Why? The quality in the passing and in the individual players is about the same but Croatia can be a little more compact in defense than Spain (they have very fast players with a strong physique)

I'm waiting for Mourinho's prediction

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Finland is not part of Scandinavia and our ancestors became from east, except Finnish Swedes.

You are right. Thanks to you, I now know a lot more about Finland. I went to read a lot about Finland to understand where my mistake was. This is how I am: when I make a mistake, I am determined to understand why and improve myself. Summing up:

a) Finland is not Scandinavia from a linguistic point of view (although Swedish is also spoken - Sweden and Finland were united from the 12th to the 19th century). The origin of the Scandinavian languages is "Northern Germanic" while Finnish (much loved by one of my heroes Tolkien - The Elvish language Quenya is based on Finnish on the grammatical side and on Italian and Spanish on the phonetic side) is another thing.

b) Finland is not Scandinavia from a political point of view. The "Napoleonic wars" led Finland to become a grand duchy annexed to Russia. He could not join any Scandinavian political movement.

c) Finland is not Scandinavia even from a geographical point of view! While Denmark, for a historical reason, it is. Finland is a fascinating and famous country located in the north.

The fairest and most respectful way to refer to Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Aland Islands and the Faroe Islands is "Nordic countries".

 

[AlekS]

Alternative reality & instant karma met each other
Russian U18 national team coach () right before Russia's last game: "Did Ukraine go home? Ukraine went home! There was so much whining: footbal uniform, they printed Crimea. Nothing helped! They should have been making less noise and doing more business, football business".

Not hiding his happiness, as well as female TV host:

(Our trolls added a little video in the end)

Well, as we can see ...


Judging from our game against Austria, I am this close from congratulating Sweden beforehand

Cheering hard and being sceptic at the same time.

My other fave games would be:

 

[Elina UA]

Malinovskyi is an amazing player, true that he's not at his best at this Euro but he's really great !

I know, he's amazing, but he sucks at the Euro. Mostly because Sheva puts him in the wrong position. Maybe, there's Malinovskyi's fault in his bad performance, too. So it's unfair to Bushchan to put the worst player in the top 3 instead. No, it's just hilarious And he won't improve at this Euro because Sheva shows 0 consciousness about his bad position. So putting Malinovskyi in top 3 is hopeless.

 

[Elina UA]

On the Ukraine - Austria line-up screen (from Google) Yarmolenko's name is written Jarmolenko. Besides, I am not Ukrainian and it may happen that I can make mistakes in letters. We want to go and see the mistakes that have been made in the Thread ESC Italy? I have never made anyone feel inadequate for the mistakes made because I try to understand the meaning rather than limit myself to appearances.

You shouldn't feel attacked because I didn't do that. I just wanted to inform you.

Malinovskiy if he was a poor player would not have been called up for the national team. I do not judge him for what he has done in 3 matches of the European championships but for the game he expresses in Atalanta. He is a pillar of Gasperini's game and has been important for Atalanta's success both in Italy and in Europe. His talent could be decisive when we least expect it. The national teams are not a perfect yardstick for players: there are champions who have failed to shine in the national team and normal players who gain strength in the national team. Do you want some examples? Totti has never done anything special in the national team (apart from the famous penalty against the Netherlands) while Shick who has failed almost everywhere in the clubs in the national team is reinvigorated and is fundamental. Benzema, a top player, is also criticized in the national team while Shaquiri who was only a good player with Switzerland is often decisive.

You quoted some of my words but those were not the words that struck you. My analysis hurt you. You thought that I consider Ukraine poor but I didn't say that. I wrote both "strong points" and "weak points". Is the defense of Ukraine with 5 goals conceded strong? Goals suffered by Austria and North Macedonia who, with all due respect, do not have M'Bappe and Ronaldo. I do these analyzes on all national teams (including Italy). On the other hand, if you think that I am an arrogant who speaks from the top of 4 world championships ... it is not like that at all. However, even if it were, this is true. If you want to silence "the greats" you have to win.

P.S .: the coach and the assistant coach of Ukraine are great connoisseurs of Italian football. You are laughing at Malinovskiy and Italy without realizing that the Italian system was taken by you as an example (you are not the only team to have done so).

Look, everyone knows that Italy is superior in ESC/music/football/you name it. You must be happy and move on. You don't need to remind us. Really, you should not waste your sharp mind on this. You can contribute to the forum much more, if you move on. And haters gonna hate, so ignore them. They just want to troll you and suck your time and energy, so do the exact opposite: ignore them.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

You shouldn't feel attacked because I didn't do that. I just wanted to inform you.


Look, everyone knows that Italy is superior in ESC/music/football/you name it. You must be happy and move on. You don't need to remind us. Really, you should not waste your sharp mind on this. You can contribute to the forum much more, if you move on. And haters gonna hate, so ignore them. They just want to troll you and suck your time and energy, so do the exact opposite: ignore them.

The first few lines of your message were perfect. It may be that you wanted to correct me. However, the last lines, the ones in which you say that I overestimate Malinovskiy because he plays in Italy, showed the true intention that animated your words. This is why I answered you in a firm but always courteous way.

When you write that I make Italy look like the most beautiful country in the world, you continue to follow in the wake of your previous words. As an Italian I can love my country as you as a Ukrainian love Ukraine but my comments have never been propaganda or an excess of love. I always speak on the basis of facts: facts are like math "I'm not an opinion". Show me where I have touted or exaggerated and I am ready to consider what I have written. If Italy has won 4 world championships, if the musical notes have been theorized in my country, if the Romans starting from Rome have given way to the law and to the determination of politics and nations (and I tell you that Rome must thank very much the Greece), if Italy is the ESC country with more "Top 10", if Italy is called "Bel Paese" etc ... are they just the fruit of my imagination? They are just simple facts. In addition to this I can also list the negative facts of my country and I can list how much beauty other nations and people have given to us Italians and to the world.

You don't have to think I'm arrogant. I will always speak truthfully (although this can be uncomfortable). I don't like falsehood. I love competition, respect and truth. This is me. On the other hand, keeping negative feelings in the heart and exposing them through empty concepts is something sad and at the same time hides envy and wickedness. The haters don't notice that they accuse others of propaganda when they do it. There is an old saying "The ox has arrived that gives the donkey a horned”

Going back to talking about football ... whoever wins will be the strongest and I will respect him Until that time I will continue to do my analyzes in the hope that no one is offended. What if people take offense? They are free to hate me or not speak to me anymore

 

[ShoeFlo]

Me tonight, realizing there is no match to watch



What am I doing with life now Watching Copa America instead?

 

[njdevils94]

 

[AlekS]

^ Our I-net fans will praise him as the greatest strategist of our times if we win ... or they will crucify him (figuratively) at the Olympic stadium football gates if we lose

Meanwhile our real-life fans are way more polite

^Swedish Embassy in Kyiv.

 

[Looren]

Well those are my HOPES for the round of sixteen !

Belgium/Portugal : Belgium

Italy/Austria : Austria

France/Switzerland : Switzerland

Croatia/Spain : Croatia

Sweden/Ukraine : Ukraine

England/Germany : Germany

The Netherlands/Czech Republic : Czech Republic

Wales/Denmark : Denmark

And what I think will happen :

Belgium/Portugal : Belgium will win 2/1 I think

Italy/Austria : Italy will crush Austria 3/0 or 3/1

France/Switzerland : It'll go to overtime and France will win 2/1

Croatia/Spain : Croatia will win 2/0

Sweden/Ukraine : It'll go to penalties and Sweden will win

England/Germany : I think that England will win 1/0

The Netherlands/Czech Republic : Will be hard for The Netherlands but I think that they'll win 2/1

Wales/Denmark : Am pretty sure that Denmark will win 2/0