[Football/Soccer] World Cup 2018 Appreciation Station

Tav

@Elki said I should make a new football thread. The old football thread was about how terrible FIFA is but the Euros are kicking off today and everyone should be appropriately hype! I'm obviously supporting Ireland, who undoubtedly have the greatest fans in the world (here's us singing during the last Euros when we were losing 4-0 to Spain):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GonYtZrZw

and are in the tournament due to the greatest thing to ever happen on a football pitch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceG7EUOjDGg

COYBIG

Basar

I am Turkish so I should root for Turkey but I am not as 90% of the players and technical staff are asskissers to the dictator in house. I would rather watch a Belgium vs. Germany final at a bar with the 10% who are not.

Anyways, it's going to be a good start to summer!

Tav

Also who wants to post up their fantasy team? I need to come up with one by 8pm and I have no idea who to pick.

Bogart

I want Jamie Vardy to score a hatful of goals.

EN-GER-LUND.

thatassemblyguy

headline wrote:

[Football/Soccer] Euro 2016!

This headline is offensive to the Americas :rotate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_Centenario

Bogart

Looks like De Gea might have been sent home after 'allegations'.

scherbchen

I just hope this one remains peaceful.

BlitzAce1981

Entered a sweepstake at work, and ended up with Iceland as my team. Really hoping Ronaldo ends up with some minor injury that prevents him from playing on Tuesday, just so I have the slightest chance of reaching the knockout stages. Either that, or for Iceland to do a Leicester.

Anyone else taking part in a work sweepstake?

Khavall

Allez Lez Bleus!

Also I guess USA and Canada, but this ain't women's so.

mcdermott

What are these yeer-ohs you speak of?

I'm busy watching the most important tournament of the year, already well underway!

Tav

Bogart wrote: »

Looks like De Gea might have been sent home after 'allegations'.

Whooo boy

Elki

I am suitably ready and excited for some Euro action, just an hour away.

Bogart

Just saying fuck it let David Guetta play a set was a bold choice for an opening ceremony.

Tav

got home from work at 7:59, lets do this

Sparvy

Almost got very interesting very quickly there

Haphazard

Close!

Elki

I missed the first 5 minutes, for no good reason.

Haphazard

This is fun!

Sparvy

Big miss on the first attempt there by Griezmann tbh

Elki

wow

Tav

Have money on Griezmann as an anytime scorer

that would have been a nice start to the tournament

Bogart

Pretty blatant foul by Evra there.

Haphazard

Ouch, that had to hurt.

Tav

Griezmann you bastard

Elki

Tav wrote: »

Have money on Griezmann as an anytime scorer

that would have been a nice start to the tournament

Ha!

Elki

Oh man.

Elki

That's nice delivery.

Haphazard

This'll not end without goals. Maybe Tav will even get some money out of it.

Tav

Haphazard wrote: »

This'll not end without goals. Maybe Tav will even get some money out of it.

maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe

the romanian defence is tight tho

there was a fair bit of hype about them but i figured they'd crumble under the pressure of playing the favourites/hosts first

Haphazard

Jesus...

Haphazard

Well... sorry Tav?

Tav

boooo

was hoping the breakthrough would be spectacular

that was anticlimactic

Tav

Haphazard wrote: »

Well... sorry Tav?

oh, it's just Griezman to score

not score first

still in it!

Bogart

Goalie looked a bit weedy going up for that ball. Would have been better if Pogba had stuck his shot into the corner two minutes earlier.

Tav

whaaaaaat

Bogart

Whoops. Evra you dickhead.

Tav

cool as you like

Tav

Tav wrote: »

Haphazard wrote: »

Well... sorry Tav?

oh, it's just Griezman to score

not score first

still in it!

boo

(but not surprising)

Sparvy

And Griezmann is off, condolences

Sparvy

Damn france has a lot of quality offensive players this year, but also a history of imploding occasionally

Romania holding on here would be quite something

Tav

damn the game lost its sting after the penalty