Cade Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) Just two games today, no early game! But dear god one of these is a mouth-watering prospect. Match 1) Hungary vs Portugal - 1700 BST Coming from Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary Hungary In Qualifying, Hungary finished 4th in Group E, 1 point off 3rd place and 2 points off 2nd place in a tight group with a record of 4 wins, no draws and 4 defeats. This was not good enough to book an automatic qualifying spot. But due to their performance in the 18/19 Nations League, they got a play-off spot. In League C Group 2 (Finland, Hungary, Greece, Estonia), they finished 2nd, 2 points behind Finland with a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. This was good enough to both gain promotion to League B and to get a Euro 2020 playoff spot. In the playoff semi final they crushed Bulgaria 3-1, with the Bulgar's goal being a last minute consolation. In the playoff final against Iceland, they trailed early on and looked like going out before scoring twice in the 88th and 94th minutes to bag their place at the Euro 2020 finals. In the 20/21 Nations League, they won League B Group 3 (Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Turkey) by 3 points ahead of Russia with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (to Russia by the odd goal in a 5-goal thriller) Promoted to League A, which was their second promotion in a row. In World Cup Qualifying, they've drawn 3-3 with Poland, beaten San Marino 3-0 and beaten Andorra 4-1. Pre-tournament Friendlies produced a 1-0 win over Cyprus and a 0-0 draw with Republic of Ireland. Hungary are undefeated in 11 international games. These guys are not shite. Portugal In Qualifying, Portugal finished 2nd in Group B, 3 points behind Ukraine with a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss (to Ukraine). In the 20/21 Nations League they finished 2nd in League A Group 3 (France, Portugal, Croatia, Sweden) with a record of 4 wins, 1 draw (with France) and 1 loss (to France). Portugal had been defending Nations League Champions but have not progressed to the knock-out stages, which play later this year. World Cup Qualifying has brought a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan, a 2-2 draw with Serbia and a 3-1 win over Luxembourg. Recent Friendlies saw a 0-0 draw with Spain and a 4-0 spanking of Israel. Portugal are the defending European Champions. A damn good side even if you took away their talisman, Cristiano Ronaldo. Far more than a one man team. Match 2) France vs Germany - 2000 BST Coming from the Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany. France In Qualifying, they won Group H by 3 points ahead of Turkey with a record of 8 wins, 1 draw (1-1 with Turkey) and 1 loss (to Turkey by 2-0). In the 20/21 Nations League they won League A Group 3 (France, Portugal, Croatia, Sweden) by 3 points ahead of Portugal with a record of 5 wins, 1 draw (0-0 with Portugal) and no losses. They have qualified for the knock out stages of the tournament, which will be played later this year. They play Belgium in their semi final. Tasty. In World Cup Qualifying, they've drawn 1-1 with Ukraine, beaten Kazakhstan 2-0 and beaten Bosnia 1-0. Pre-tournament Friendlies produced two 3-0 wins, over Wales and Bulgaria. They did manage to lose a friendly 2-0 to Finland halfway through the nations league, though. Not sure why you'd play a friendly during a tournament. But there you go. One of the hot favourites for the whole shebang. Unless, of course, they dissolve into in-fighting and factional nonsense like French sides have in the past. Reports of friction between Giroud and Mbappe are abound already. Germany In Qualifying, they won Group C by 2 points ahead of the Netherlands, with a record of 7 wins, no draws and 1 loss (4-2 to the Netherlands, at home). In the 20/21 Nations League, they finished 2nd in League A Group 4 (Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine) with record of 2 wins (both against Ukraine), 3 draws and 1 loss (6-0 against Spain, ouch). World Cup Qualifying has seen Germany beat Iceland 3-0, beat Romania 1-0 then somehow lose to North Macedonia 2-1. Pre-tournament Friendlies have produced a 1-1 draw with Denmark and a 7-1 win over Latvia. A team in transition. Transitioning from being a consistently good team that always got to the knock-out stages of any given tournament to being completely unpredictable and always on the verge of a humiliating result. Joachim Low has been manager for 15 bloody years, which is about 7 years too long. I have no idea how they'll perform. And neither do you. And neither do they. Edited June 14, 2021 by Cade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiler Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Portugal easy win, with plenty corners. France Germany is a Desmond for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Got 3 out of 3 on Sunday 0 out of 3 Monday Portugal and France for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boab Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Got 3 out of 3 on Sunday 0 out of 3 Monday Portugal and France for me Likewise. Got everything wrong yesterday. Going for those two today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hungarian dictator has spent £2billion on football in the last few years. The village he comes from, Felcsut (pop 1,688) has a football team and they've gotten £100million in state funding. They finished 2nd in the top league last year. Think Gretna on a big scale. The giant stadium being used today cost £450million. 55% of all media is now state owned so it's wall to wall football, mixed with uber-nationalism and propaganda. If nothing else there'll be a great/toxic atmosphere in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 With numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Eni Aluko: "I think Hungary will set up defensively to counter the attacking talents of Portugal" These people get PAID for this!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Full house. Terrific ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Boab said: Full house. Terrific ! Big Portugal support too. Shared the tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Some stadium. Great to see a full house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDJ87 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 That Portugal top is rank 🤢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Landmesser Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 20 minutes ago, Boab said: Full house. Terrific ! Hurrah for a fascist disregarding public health advice. Fair play to him, the horrible ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, August Landmesser said: Hurrah for a fascist disregarding public health advice. Fair play to him, the horrible ***** Not the EU rules but safety covered. Crowd have all been vaccinated they are saying. Edited June 15, 2021 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Winchester Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 STV is utterly shite in comparison to BBC UHD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Not sure what it is, considering that UEFA provide the pictures to both channels but it does feel worse on ITV somehow. Maybe have to push a few buttons and move a few sliders on their mixing desk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Cade said: Not sure what it is, considering that UEFA provide the pictures to both channels but it does feel worse on ITV somehow. Maybe have to push a few buttons and move a few sliders on their mixing desk? Only the BBC are doing a 4K broadcast of the games, ITV (STV) don't have that capability yet I don't think. Hurray to lower resolution for the sake of adverts at half time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock _turd Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hungary are living dangerously to say the least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Portugal copying Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Ronaldo misses an open goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Big let off there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, August Landmesser said: Hurrah for a fascist disregarding public health advice. Fair play to him, the horrible ***** Strict entry requirements…unlike Glasgow ! Let’s keep it football. Plenty space over in the Shed to discuss the bampot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock _turd Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Ronaldo coudnae score in Broxburn get him signed up pronto he will fit right in a Hearts 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwidoug Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Ronaldo's missed 2 now that Robbo would have buried. I'd have buried at least one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 That half flew in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock _turd Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hungary are giving the ball away far too much bound to get caught out before much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Dan Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Lovely to see a full house. We can’t be far away now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hartson really is clueless, and people moan about minorities getting these jobs ahead of him 🙈. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC01 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Cue John Hartsons pearls of wisdom any second now as the boredom sets in. Edited June 15, 2021 by HMFC01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Boy Daniel said: Lovely to see a full house. We can’t be far away now. Well we had 12k yesterday and staying in level 2 for another month today so depends on what far away means really. Budge said she didn’t think we would see a full house next season and it wouldn’t surprise me if she was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale for King Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, HMFC01 said: Cue John Harston pearls of wisdom any second now as the boredom sets in. It’s just his swinging both arms around when he jumps and misses the ball, not intentional 🙈. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, HMFC01 said: Cue John Hartsons pearls of wisdom any second now as the boredom sets in. Been a not bad game , Hartson is unrea , theres over 40mins well 30/40 nearly 40mins left was quite a good Hartsonism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC01 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) I can't help but think Hungary might sneak a 1-0 win. I'd like to hear that crowd go wild celebrating. Edited June 15, 2021 by HMFC01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The longer this is going the more the Hungarians are coming into this, Portugal getting more frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Heading for another 0-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) waaait.......................VAR Edited June 15, 2021 by Cade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 pity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 offside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Well off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Ffs the time for that flag going up 😐🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Another dodgy bit of keeping though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 denied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC01 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Credit to the lino he waited until play stopped. He best watch his back now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Landmesser Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The new rule about waiting to raise the flag once the phase of play is complete is total horseshit. That was miles offside, so flag immediately. Ffs. Anyway, up ye Hungary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, neilnunb said: Ffs the time for that flag going up 😐🤣 silly rule now, should flag as soon as hes offside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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