Euro 2016

    Quote from UNREA1

    5 hours ago, UNREA1 said: The fact that we won vs France (could very well be our nemesis in recent history), in France, WITHOUT our star player Ronaldo, against all odds and after 90 minutes and all the international trash talk, I gotta admit it feels WAY TO GOOD to be portuguese right now. To me personally, it feels like this was the only possible outcome, it couldn't have gone any other way, everything feels too fucking perfect.

    Yeah, that's true. I can't deny that achievement. Plus, I know it feels good. I was 5 when we won in 88 and I still remember everything. So enjoy man! Besides, in a couple of years nobody remembers how you won, only that you did win. So there's that too.

    I'm a bit sad because match against Germany was a lot more fun and to be honest, I'm not fan enough of football to cry (I prefer rugby and basket competition wayyyy more) but what seriously suck in that match are things that really make me sick about this sport.

    At first :

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    Seriously ? Why no video like in rugby ?

    Quote from 3Dnj

    3 hours ago, 3Dnj said: (I prefer rugby and basket competition wayyyy more)

    Good thing France is going to Olympics in Basketball :)


    Quote from Sprony

    10 hours ago, Sprony said: Maybe it's different in Portugal, I don't know. But down here, 3 draws in the group, a 3rd place, lucky advance due to new tournament setup (you would have been out 4 years ago), again 2 draws that had to be decided by penalties, isn't exactly considered beating them.

    They did grow as a team, I'll give you that :)

    They should learn from e-sports on that.

    When you look at last cs go major, the winner has been good from beginning to the end and they have earned their title at every match.

    The fundamental difference is that in such games, you can't draw a match because the rules doesn't make it possible, and like in basketball for instance, the overall rules make it really rare to go to third overtime, and even to second overtime.

    And a team which doesn't win cannot advance at any point.

    To finish with the e-sports comparison, they should have a best of 3 for finals and semifinals and so on, that would reduce the amount of luck one team can have to advance. They even do best of 7 in NBA, so that's possible to do so.

    I didn't like the increased teams and the idea a 3rd place team in the group can win the whole thing with many draws and extra time/penalty wins! I hope UEFA look to go back to 16 teams next time round.


    Still doesn't excuse England's perfect "performance" against Iceland

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