Euro 2020 Day 9 Game Thread

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I need to talk to someone about that ridiculous touch by Mbappe that should’ve led to a goal. The successor to Messi and Ronaldo isn’t a striker, I guess.
 

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I need to talk to someone about that ridiculous touch by Mbappe that should’ve led to a goal. The successor to Messi and Ronaldo isn’t a striker, I guess.
The little heel flick was ridiculous.
Hungary is playing competitive but France has all the pressure
 

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Since Hungary's #9 came off with what looked like heat exhaustion, they can't get organized and no one is stretching France's lines. They need some luck (or Pavard getting another yellow) to break through in this.

Edit: Or Fiola getting shot out of a cannon.
 

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If these teams can't handle the heat here they are going to die in Qatar.
They just scared the hell out of the girl at the table.
 

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Since Hungary's #9 came off with what looked like heat exhaustion, they can't get organized and no one is stretching France's lines. They need some luck (or Pavard getting another yellow) to break through in this.

Edit: Or Fiola getting shot out of a cannon.
It was a great touch on by the other Hungarian player to Fiola as well
 

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If these teams can't handle the heat here they are going to die in Qatar.
They just scared the hell out of the girl at the table.
The heat was a major problem during U.S.A. 94. Hopefully, playing the match in November and December will help. A majority of the matches should kick off after 6 PM local time.
 

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Seems like France have more trouble to attack (against lesser opposition) while opponent sits back than playing more defensive like vs Germany.

I want to see France vs counter-attacking Portugal.

if Hungary holds that 1-0, there could be trouble for one of the Big3
 

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Between the pace of play, the emerging upset story, the full, energetic stands and even the uniforms that both feature some unique color variation, this is one of the more enjoyable matches of the tourney so far.
 

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I don’t have a serious rooting interest in this tournament. Between the special relationship and liking Rashford and Kane, I guess I’m rooting for England.

I’m glad France is headed for a result here. They’re probably the best team and have the best player imo. I don’t want any chance of them missing the knockout round. In fact, I’d like them to score another and get the 3 points, as France winning the group avoids a likely early matchup with England.
 

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Are the politics of Hungarian Ultras as frightful as, say, the Italians?
Scarier? Orban has pumped £2b into football since he took power, £460m of it into this stadium. Like many populist autocrats, he uses sports to rally nationalist sentiment to his side. I think the vast majority of Hungarians are through this and support their national team no matter what, but the Ultras can be more like foot soldiers in the perpetual war for authoritarian control.
 

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Given that both of France's games have been on the road (Germany at Munich; Hungary at Budapest), four points is still pretty impressive. Is the game against Portugal being played on the Azores or do France finally avoid a true road game?
 

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Given that both of France's games have been on the road (Germany at Munich; Hungary at Budapest), four points is still pretty impressive. Is the game against Portugal being played on the Azores or do France finally avoid a true road game?
Their final game will be in Budapest. Group F plays games in Munich and Budapest with Germany getting all games at home.
 

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Given that both of France's games have been on the road (Germany at Munich; Hungary at Budapest), four points is still pretty impressive. Is the game against Portugal being played on the Azores or do France finally avoid a true road game?
If France finish second in the group they would potentially have to play England in Wembley in the round of 16.

I wonder how full it will be in Budapest for when France and Portugal are playing while Hungary is also playing on tv.
 

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Hungary had to play behind closed doors for racial abuse during qualification in the end of 2019.
 

Vinho Tinto

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No changes for Portugal:

Patrício; Semedo, Pepe, Rúben Dias, Guerreiro; William, Danilo, Bruno Fernandes; Bernardo; Jota, Cristiano Ronaldo
 

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Btw, we should note that some French fans behaved like asswipes throwing bottles and the like. Somewhat surprising to me as I 've never heard anything about fans of the French national team getting out of line before.
 

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I think most Ultra groups these days are regarded as far right.
I don't know. There are certain clubs that are associated with the Far left. Livorno and Saint Pauli comes to mind. I know that the ultras in the team I root for in Greece tend to be leftists/anarchists.

It really depends. I think sometimes, there's a far left ultra section and far right one in some clubs. Or there's a turf war in which one extremist group chases away the other. National teams' support tend to be more attractive to far rightists for obvious reasons though.
 

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In the stadium or outside?
In the stadium, at the end of the game, when Hungary was doing the usual time-wasting. The Hungary keeper delayed getting the ball for a free kick, and Giroud had to retrieve the ball for him. The French fans were throwing beverage bottles and the like on the field; Giroud himself threw one off the pitch behind the goal line.
 

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In the stadium, at the end of the game, when Hungary was doing the usual time-wasting. The Hungary keeper delayed getting the ball for a free kick, and Giroud had to retrieve the ball for him. The French fans were throwing beverage bottles and the like on the field; Giroud himself threw one off the pitch behind the goal line.
I missed that.
 

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I mean who cares about the 12 yard delta, but surely you can't let a guy touch the ball with his hand on the ground