33 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

Does anyone understand how this tournament is considered fair when certain teams play at home every time while others need to travel for every game? I am so confused. Hungary now played against Portugal and France in front of nearly 60k people in their home stadium. Germany will play EVERY single group stage game at home. Same for England.

???

Along with the terrible refereeing this tournament more and more feels like some random preseason cup in America or Dubai to me. A total mess. Nothing makes any sense.

Basically it's Hungary hosting as they will have had the most fans at the tournament.

3 minutes ago, Blue Exile said:

If we win the group - although a draw against the Czechs is looking more likely than a win, we will play one of France, Portugal or Germany. 
 

I think we should be seriously hoping we don’t win the group.

The thing is you want to get your team playing well. We certainly are not.

What is worrying is that Grealish looked yesterday just like I had seen him at Villa, great at winning free-kicks yet no end product.  Yet he preferred Grealish to Sancho. He must see them in training so it is concerning for us England fans. I fear he is tactically clueless after the whistle goes.

41 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

Does anyone understand how this tournament is considered fair when certain teams play at home every time while others need to travel for every game? I am so confused. Hungary now played against Portugal and France in front of nearly 60k people in their home stadium. Germany will play EVERY single group stage game at home. Same for England.

???

Along with the terrible refereeing this tournament more and more feels like some random preseason cup in America or Dubai to me. A total mess. Nothing makes any sense.

Couldn't agree more. But this is UEFA we are talking about, everything they touch of late turns into a mess.

lol Havertz doesnt really like Pepe huh ?

Also, EURO 2020 was a celebration for the anniversary of the tournament thats why theres like 5-6 hosts and they were suppose to have more but because of COVID cities who didnt agree to allow a certain amount of % in the stadium couldnt host it.

Its like that every tournament guys and when is the last time the host of the tournament won the whole thing ? Sometimes you guys moan about anything.  

Edited June 19, 20215 yr by DidierDrogbalala

Can’t see a way back for Germany

Portugal are an annoying team. They never really play well, they always look a bit sh*t, but they keep winning.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

Portugal are an annoying team. They never really play well, they always look a bit sh*t, but they keep winning

If they hadn't had won the last Euro I'd guess they're managed by Ole.

41 minutes ago, coco said:

Basically it's Hungary hosting as they will have had the most fans at the tournament.

Hungary have by far the worst COVID deaths/million of the population in Europe. You’d wonder at that!!!

I've just now realized... Why the hell is Anthony Taylor refereeing an international match? Is he actually considered a good ref?

1 minute ago, Brigadeiro said:

I've just now realized... Why the hell is Anthony Taylor refereeing an international match? Is he actually considered a good ref?

You need a control ref to make all the other refs look better

KAI ! 

Pepe is as much of an asshole as he has always been. Portugal always seem to go into tournaments with so many unlikable players.

Kai is having a good game

57 minutes ago, Blue Exile said:

If we win the group - although a draw against the Czechs is looking more likely than a win, we will play one of France, Portugal or Germany. 
 

I think we should be seriously hoping we don’t win the group.

I don’t care, I want us to smash Czech. Bring on Portugal, France or Germany, if we lose, Southgate is out, we get a decent manager in to get the most out of this attacking talent.

What a turnaround ! Gosens is really impressive, Germany's best player with Kai today.

Own goal is going to be top goalscorer.

2 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Kai is having a good game

His movement into spaces is spot on. This is why I said they shouldn't have taken him off against France. He was finding the gaps and moving the French defence. 

3 minutes ago, DidierDrogbalala said:

What a turnaround ! Gosens is really impressive, Germany's best player with Kai today.

Instead of buying Hakimi, can we buy Goosens instead? Or have both? He has been quality for Atalanta, & won’t cost £70m

3 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Instead of buying Hakimi, can we buy Goosens instead? Or have both? He has been quality for Atalanta, & won’t cost £70m

Why? We have Chilwell.

Just now, ducavis said:

Instead of buying Hakimi, can we buy Goosens instead? Or have both? He has been quality for Atalanta, & won’t cost £70m

Yea he's been really good for Atalanta this season, 11 goals and 6 assists is crazy stats as a left wing back. If we can get rid of Emerson and Alonso i would love if we could go for him but after spending 50 million on Chilwell last season i really doubt it happens.

9 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I don’t care, I want us to smash Czech. Bring on Portugal, France or Germany, if we lose, Southgate is out, we get a decent manager in to get the most out of this attacking talent.

When do England ever get a decent manger?

However I agree let's smash the Czechs and face whoever it is.

Germany were really good in that half, I'm not sure about their defensive shape though. We saw how bad it is at times with Portugal's goal. If you have Havertz as your last man, then you know something ain't right.

Good game this between Portugal and Germany, three goals in the first half.

They are certainly playing better than in the first game,

Never seen Kai work this hard

18 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Germany were really good in that half, I'm not sure about their defensive shape though. We saw how bad it is at times with Portugal's goal. If you have Havertz as your last man, then you know something ain't right.

The coach aint right