Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

Halycon · Sep 6, 2024

and that’s 2, nice goal. They should fire dechamps before WC.

benny_madridista · Sep 6, 2024

France are so bad.

Halycon · Sep 6, 2024

Almost the 3rd.

Digital · Sep 6, 2024

Halycon said: ↑

Almost the 3rd.
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It is now

Ahmadi8 · Sep 6, 2024

Italy outplaying France.

Mbappe coasting through the game. Good, keep your energy for when you come back.

boeder · Sep 6, 2024

Love to see Deschamps get spanked..hell of a coach

Hendrix22 · Sep 6, 2024

Udogie is a stud

BocaFan · Sep 6, 2024

Football is a weird game. Imagine being able to score in the first 15 seconds but not in the last 89:45.

BocaFan · Sep 6, 2024

YOUNGSTARS87 said: ↑

The people who think it is easy don't have the mental strength, discipline and work ethic to make it to that level.

If it were so easy everyone could do it.
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Well, yeah... I don't think anyone is saying its easy from that standpoint. But there are different ways to assess whether something is difficult. Like I'd say scrubbing public toilets for 40 hours a week for shite pay is a difficult job, even though anyone can do it.

Anyone who is lucky* enough to play football for a living chooses to do exactly that. Because choosing to do just about anything else results in a tougher life.

* not suggesting its all down to luck, but luck certainly plays a part.

benny_madridista · Sep 6, 2024

Great strike by Rodrygo.

4x4s · Sep 6, 2024

BocaFan said: ↑

Well, yeah... I don't think anyone is saying its easy from that standpoint. But there are different ways to assess whether something is difficult. Like I'd say scrubbing public toilets for 40 hours a week for shite pay is a difficult job, even though anyone can do it.

Anyone who is lucky* enough to play football for a living chooses to do exactly that. Because choosing to do just about anything else results in a tougher life.

* not suggesting its all down to luck, but luck certainly plays a part.
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The doctor that saves a football players career earns in a year what the player might earn in 3 months.

"if it's that easy do the ACL repair yourself hurrhuurduuurrhuurr"

4x4s · Sep 6, 2024

Umar said: ↑

It’s not an easy life to be a professional footballer.

It’s a financially comfortable one, sure.

And it’s also fairly meaningless in the grand scheme of things compared with life saving jobs (but most entertainment jobs are).

But it’s not easy. You have to put your body through a lot.

(In my experience, and for most people generally, all “easy” jobs are the ones you don’t do yourself.)
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Nobody said it was easy though. It's just that it's wildly over compensated at the level of those complaining.

Players in the third division often work side jobs. Kroos has an influencer/Instagram league going, and there's even second division players leaving their clubs to play with streamers and Instagram models because it pays better.

A guy that earns 18 mil. complains about playing 3 games a week, another one has to work a day job along with being a pro football player to survive.

Around 70% of all football players in Europe enter poverty upon leaving the game. That's not because they waste their money, it's because under a certain level football isn't a great career financially. Clearly, somebody that has more cars than shoes needs to show a bit of humility.

Lyra · Sep 7, 2024

Luis Diaz one of the best wingers itw currently @J-Mezzy

The Biscuitman · Sep 7, 2024

Ireland Vs England tonight.

I am pointing out the obvious to most, but in case you didn't realise, over here it's pretty common for people from one part of Britain or Ireland to have family from another part, and so many sportspeople here have to choose which nation to represent. For most I would assume it's pretty straight forward, but for some they start down one path then change their mind. We therefore sometimes see players who play for the under 21st for one of the nations then switch to another for the senior team.

Declan Rice though played 3 full senior games for Ireland, talked up his love of playing for the country, even spoke about how he wants to be Ireland captain in the future, but because they were friendlies he was not tied to Ireland, and when England came calling he jumped ship.

He is going to get so much abuse tonight

The Biscuitman · Sep 7, 2024

Grealish also played for their under 21s, so will get a bit of stick but only because Rice being there creates an atmosphere of booing someone who turned their back on you. If Rice wasn't playing then no one would care about Grealish playing for their youth team then switching to England's senior team. It's just not that unusual.

J-Mezzy · Sep 7, 2024

Lyra said: ↑

Luis Diaz one of the best wingers itw currently @J-Mezzy
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Do you think the new manager has empowered him to score more? It’s just weird

he scored decently with Porto
player very well with Klopp but finished poorly, was a work rate and football generation guy but not a lot of goals
New guy comes in, more goals again

I doubt it’s anything tactical other than telling him go for it. Diaz is a super humble soldier type of guy that just listens and does as he is told so maybe being empowered for attack instead of press helped him

whatever it is, hope he keeps it up

russian hattie · Sep 7, 2024

The Biscuitman said: ↑

Ireland Vs England tonight.

I am pointing out the obvious to most, but in case you didn't realise, over here it's pretty common for people from one part of Britain or Ireland to have family from another part, and so many sportspeople here have to choose which nation to represent. For most I would assume it's pretty straight forward, but for some they start down one path then change their mind. We therefore sometimes see players who play for the under 21st for one of the nations then switch to another for the senior team.

Declan Rice though played 3 full senior games for Ireland, talked up his love of playing for the country, even spoke about how he wants to be Ireland captain in the future, but because they were friendlies he was not tied to Ireland, and when England came calling he jumped ship.

He is going to get so much abuse tonight

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Did not actually know that about Rice.

A few years ago I was really thinking he could be a future England captain. Still could but he hasn’t really come on as I expected he would. He’s good but I think he’s at his top level, and seeing Jude take a step further than him just shows really what sets world class players apart from the rest.

4x4s · Sep 7, 2024

The Biscuitman said: ↑

Ireland Vs England tonight.

I am pointing out the obvious to most, but in case you didn't realise, over here it's pretty common for people from one part of Britain or Ireland to have family from another part, and so many sportspeople here have to choose which nation to represent. For most I would assume it's pretty straight forward, but for some they start down one path then change their mind. We therefore sometimes see players who play for the under 21st for one of the nations then switch to another for the senior team.

Declan Rice though played 3 full senior games for Ireland, talked up his love of playing for the country, even spoke about how he wants to be Ireland captain in the future, but because they were friendlies he was not tied to Ireland, and when England came calling he jumped ship.

He is going to get so much abuse tonight

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Great post man, I enjoyed this.

J-Mezzy · Sep 7, 2024

As if we needed more reason to think Rice is a joke lol

4x4s · Sep 7, 2024

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As if we needed more reason to think Rice is a joke lol
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Eh, when Brahim chose Morocco despite living his entire life as a Spanish citizen and playing for Spain people here celebrated. It's all a matter of perspective.

J-Mezzy · Sep 7, 2024

4x4s said: ↑

Eh, when Brahim chose Morocco despite living his entire life as a Spanish citizen and playing for Spain people here celebrated. It's all a matter of perspective.
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Not the same though

and I wasn’t one of the ones celebrating

but Brahim chose Morocco to have more opportunities of being called up and playing

Rice chose England because it’s cooler

4x4s · Sep 7, 2024

J-Mezzy said: ↑

Not the same though

and I wasn’t one of the ones celebrating

but Brahim chose Morocco to have more opportunities of being called up and playing

Rice chose England because it’s cooler
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Rice chose England because it's a better team and it provides better career opportunities.

Like Özil.

International football is just another club at this point. It's as much of a passion project as pro wrestling is about real fighting.

All the players we mentioned moved to a different team because it made sense career wise.

Higuain was called up by France, Nico Paz played for Spain. It's just comedy.

The Biscuitman · Sep 7, 2024

To emphasise how common it is here for someone to qualify for another of what we call 'the home nations' I.e UK + Ireland, our 2 best players, Kane & Bellingham, both qualified to play for Ireland but chose England.

4x4s · Sep 7, 2024

The Biscuitman said: ↑

To emphasise how common it is here for someone to qualify for another of what we call 'the home nations' I.e UK + Ireland, our 2 best players, Kane & Bellingham, both qualified to play for Ireland but chose England.
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Musiala qualified for England (and played for England), but chose Germany, mostly because it felt practical.

temesgen · Sep 7, 2024

4x4s said: ↑

Musiala qualified for England (and played for England), but chose Germany, mostly because it felt practical.
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Maybe I'm getting old but it feels like it wasn't that long ago that seeing a black player in a German NT kit wasn't that common. Not accusing German federation of racism but immigration or the pipeline of talent to the NT seems to have changed. I'm curious about how it happened.