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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2024 18:28:17 GMT 1
Football isn't even the no.1 national sport in Georgia and they have done something their Rugby team haven't done..... getting out of a group at a major tournament and into the knockout rounds. That should change at the next Rugby World Cup when it expands to 24 teams, using the same format as the Euros.
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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2024 18:35:36 GMT 1
Last night at the Copa America... Group B: Ecuador 3-1 Jamaica Venezuela 1-0 Mexico Table: 1. Venezuela (Q) 2-6 (+2) 2. Ecuador 2-3 (+1) 3. Mexico 2-3 (0) 4. Jamaica (E) 2-0 (-3) Venezuela are through to the next round and will be keen to get something against Jamaica in order to avoid Argentina. Ecuador and Mexico go head-to-head for a quarter-final place. Jamaica are the first team eliminated.
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 27, 2024 19:42:26 GMT 1
Venezuela the possible dark horses AKA the Austria of the Euros?
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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2024 21:06:21 GMT 1
Venezuela the possible dark horses AKA the Austria of the Euros? I hope so. They're long overdue some success. They're on course for a first World Cup appearance and the potential shown when they reached the U20 World Cup final a few years ago is hopefully finally being realised.
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Post by Pablo on Jun 28, 2024 0:26:06 GMT 1
I recorded the highlights and so will watch tonight, but seemed like the Czechs took offence at the Turks celebrating in front of them and taking the pee a little? But that was after the final whistle, and assume yellow cards are wiped now, so unless a Turkish player picked up two to get a red it affects nothing apart from the image of the game. And seeing as fans have been throwing the plastic cups at players, then that image is already tarnished. I believe the hostilities at the end were because Czechia knocked out Turkey in one of the past tournaments and this was retaliation. However it was only one part of the chaos. Ref spoilt the game after the first Czech red card, which was soft and set the tone of the game - surprised he didn't book someone from the crowd.
I think yellows are wiped after the QF matches are played if it's the same as the World Cup. There was a player banned for the next match as a result of the chaos in the match for getting 2 yellows - one of the star players I think.
There were far more Turkish players that were booked, so should they beat Austria in the next round, their QF match could be threadbare team.
The cups and rubbish being thrown on the pitch is quite bad in this tournament. Also the amount of people breaking through security and running on the pitch.
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2024 15:22:03 GMT 1
Last night at the Copa America... Group C: Panama 2-1 USA Uruguay 5-0 Bolivia Table: 1. Uruguay 2-6 (+7) 2. USA 2-3 (+1) 3. Panama 2-3 (-1) 4. Bolivia 2-0 (-7)
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Post by Ligerswubsme007 on Jun 29, 2024 2:11:20 GMT 1
Canny ware tommrow if gose 1-1 etc extra time I think get win ace do ease sted 😳
Dogs are kool
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 13:13:31 GMT 1
Canny ware tommrow if gose 1-1 etc extra time I think get win ace do ease sted 😳 Dogs are kool Yes, extra time and penalties from this point forward.
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 29, 2024 16:32:40 GMT 1
That pinball machine opening montage on Auntie Beeb is fûcking schieße!!.
Why do UK broadcasters use their own on-screen captions and not the ones FIFA/UEFA provide?. Really is ridiculous.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 17:47:57 GMT 1
That pinball machine opening montage on Auntie Beeb is fûcking schieße!!. Why do UK broadcasters use their own on-screen captions and not the ones FIFA/UEFA provide?. Really is ridiculous. I don't get the pinball thing either. No reference to the tournament being in Germany at all. I could understand the generic half-arsed title sequence they used for the Qatar World Cup but this makes no sense. We do get the FIFA/UEFA in-game captions, it's just the constant score/clock graphic which is different.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 17:53:53 GMT 1
Italy behind against Switzerland. Seems a good time to mention defending champions have a very poor record in the European Championship in the last few decades.
1964: USSR (runners-up) 1968: Spain (quarter-finals) 1972: Italy (quarter-finals) 1976: West Germany (runners-up) 1980: Czechoslovakia (3rd place, no semi-finals) 1984: West Germany (1st round) 1988: France (did not qualify) 1992: Netherlands (semi-finals) 1996: Denmark (1st round) 2000: Germany (1st round) 2004: France (quarter-finals) 2008: Greece (1st round) 2012: Spain (winners) 2016: Spain (2nd round) 2020: Portugal (2nd round) 2024: Italy (?)
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 29, 2024 18:10:40 GMT 1
That pinball machine opening montage on Auntie Beeb is fûcking schieße!!. Why do UK broadcasters use their own on-screen captions and not the ones FIFA/UEFA provide?. Really is ridiculous. I don't get the pinball thing either. No reference to the tournament being in Germany at all. I could understand the generic half-arsed title sequence they used for the Qatar World Cup but this makes no sense. We do get the FIFA/UEFA in-game captions, it's just the constant score/clock graphic which is different. Yep, it's usually a song and titles to do with the host nations culture. With Qatar I got it as they didn't show the ceremony and just virtue signalling nonsense and past montages of previous tournaments as the titles. This is just stupid though, but why don't BBC or ITV use the in game score/clock they are given?. Have ITV gone out to Germany with their own cameras like at France 98 and not used the official feeds?.
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 29, 2024 18:13:00 GMT 1
I have bad memories of pinball machines, and those titles don't help.
My father's sister always used to buy me crappy cheap clothes for Christmas and because she was his fave, I always felt the need to wear them so not to hurt his feelings.
One year I had a pinball machine for Christmas and my mother once said to me that "Pinball Wizards wear clothes like this!". It was the worse thing I've ever had to wear on Christmas Day.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 18:18:01 GMT 1
I don't get the pinball thing either. No reference to the tournament being in Germany at all. I could understand the generic half-arsed title sequence they used for the Qatar World Cup but this makes no sense. We do get the FIFA/UEFA in-game captions, it's just the constant score/clock graphic which is different. Yep, it's usually a song and titles to do with the host nations culture. With Qatar I got it as they didn't show the ceremony and just virtue signalling nonsense and past montages of previous tournaments as the titles. This is just stupid though, but why don't BBC or ITV use the in game score/clock they are given?. Have ITV gone out to Germany with their own cameras like at France 98 and not used the official feeds?. I don't have a problem with them using their own graphics. They've shelled out for the rights so they're entitled to put their own branding on it. I think the general match pictures are those from the host broadcaster but I think ITV does have additional cameras inside the stadium that they can cut to if necessary but they're probably used more for the half-time/full-time analysis.
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 29, 2024 18:32:17 GMT 1
Yep, it's usually a song and titles to do with the host nations culture. With Qatar I got it as they didn't show the ceremony and just virtue signalling nonsense and past montages of previous tournaments as the titles. This is just stupid though, but why don't BBC or ITV use the in game score/clock they are given?. Have ITV gone out to Germany with their own cameras like at France 98 and not used the official feeds?. I don't have a problem with them using their own graphics. They've shelled out for the rights so they're entitled to put their own branding on it. I think the general match pictures are those from the host broadcaster but I think ITV does have additional cameras inside the stadium that they can cut to if necessary but they're probably used more for the half-time/full-time analysis. I remember France 98 like it was yesterday. They took their own equipment over and shown the match from the other side of the pitch of that of the FIFA feed. So when Michael Owen hit the post against Romania, we saw him hit it from the right hand side of our TV screens, while the rest of the world saw it happen on their left. It was just so they could show off the Vauxhall pitchside advertising hoardings, as they sponsored ITVs coverage, although the rest of Europe calls that company Opel so anyone in the stadium from Romania watching would be confused. I'll always remember that match as the "Get Owen on the pitch" game.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 18:56:56 GMT 1
Round 2: Switzerland 2-0 Italy Switzerland thoroughly outplay the Italians to send the champions out with a whimper. It's Switzerland's second consecutive quarter-final at the Euros and they await the winners of tomorrow's game between England and Slovakia. This is the 7th time in the last 10 Euros that the defending champions have failed to make the last 8.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 19:03:26 GMT 1
Last night at the Copa America... Group D: Colombia 3-0 Costa Rica Paraguay 1-4 Brazil Table: 1. Colombia (Q) 2-6 (+4) 2. Brazil 2-4 (+3) 3. Costa Rica 2-1 (-3) 4. Paraguay (E) 2-0 (-4) Colombia are through to the quarter-finals. Brazil will join them if they avoid defeat against Colombia in their final game but they need to beat them to top the group. Paraguay are eliminated.
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2024 22:23:20 GMT 1
Round 2: Germany 2-0 Denmark Germany reach their first tournament quarter-final since 2016 after beating Denmark. The game was paused for around 20 minutes during the first half due to lightning. In the second half, Denmark thought they'd taken the lead only for the goal to be ruled out for offside. Moments later, Germany were awarded a penalty which was converted, and from then on they looked the only likely winners. They will face the winner of tomorrow's game between Spain and Georgia. 2 matches into the knockout stages and we've lost 2 of the final 4 from the last Euros. The other 2 play tomorrow...
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Post by lordmelbury on Jun 29, 2024 22:24:38 GMT 1
I don't have a problem with them using their own graphics. They've shelled out for the rights so they're entitled to put their own branding on it. I think the general match pictures are those from the host broadcaster but I think ITV does have additional cameras inside the stadium that they can cut to if necessary but they're probably used more for the half-time/full-time analysis. I remember France 98 like it was yesterday. They took their own equipment over and shown the match from the other side of the pitch of that of the FIFA feed. So when Michael Owen hit the post against Romania, we saw him hit it from the right hand side of our TV screens, while the rest of the world saw it happen on their left. It was just so they could show off the Vauxhall pitchside advertising hoardings, as they sponsored ITVs coverage, although the rest of Europe calls that company Opel so anyone in the stadium from Romania watching would be confused. I'll always remember that match as the "Get Owen on the pitch" game. I remember coming back from the pub after the Romania game and watching it back on Eurosport only to realise it was shown back to front from what I was watching previously. What a waste of money to transport camera equipment and commentary facilities just to show off a Vauxhall hoarding to UK viewers. Worse car I've ever driven anyway.
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Post by Pablo on Jun 29, 2024 23:05:05 GMT 1
Another offside decision by a toe.
Not sure why there was a huge hoo-hah over the German penalty decision in the analysis. It hit the defender's hand and the ball changed direction. I get there's a ball-to-hand argument but the rules seem pretty clear to me.
From the stuff I've saw, I can't fault the ref and VAR this time.
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