Soccer Thread 2023-24 Edition

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by whomario

Well, so much for that ...

Edin Terzic resigns as Borussia Dortmund coach, citing ‘new era’ | Borussia Dortmund | The Guardian

From the outside, this feels like the right move for him and the club. I would have afraid that any early season struggles would have led him being fired 10 matches into next season. It felt like the only reason he kept the job was because of the CL run to the finals not because the board wanted him to stay.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

From the outside, this feels like the right move for him and the club. I would have afraid that any early season struggles would have led him being fired 10 matches into next season. It felt like the only reason he kept the job was because of the CL run to the finals not because the board wanted him to stay.

deja vu

[miami_fan]

Hey Tartan Army! Wake your boys up. The match has started.

[miami_fan]

I really want UEFA and the match officials to be firm with this dissent rule.

[Ghost Econ]

Putin must be watching this match shouting at his generals about how weak the Ukrainian defense is.

[RainMaker]

Oh no Landon

[Critch]

Landon's haircut and Mbappe's nose are two Euro looks that wont catch on.

Julien Laurens (a French sports journalist who is apparently close to Mbappe) says he's in hospital and it's uncertain if he'll play again.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Critch

Landon's haircut and Mbappe's nose are two Euro looks that wont catch on.

Julien Laurens (a French sports journalist who is apparently close to Mbappe) says he's in hospital and it's uncertain if he'll play again.

As soon as they showed the closeup of Mbappe's nose, I thought it was broken and figured that he would put on the mask and play. The idea he wouldn't play again seems a bit extreme unless there is damage to the orbital area as well.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

The idea he wouldn't play again seems a bit extreme unless there is damage to the orbital area as well.

With reports now saying surgery is a real possibility, I suppose it would come down to what they had to do. And, I suppose realistically, what his pain tolerance is.

[sovereignstar v2]

Maybe France can get someone in there that can score a goal now

[MIJB#19]

With this tournament format, France basically only needs one more 0-0 draw to advance to the knockout phase. The risk of Mbappe running his nose into a Dutch or Polish defender, it's just not worth it.

[miami_fan]

Did anyone in the U.S. watch the Turkey v Georgia match this afternoon? I just wanted to know if they just moved Fox's broadcast exclusively to fuboTV similar to the Chiefs v Dolphins playoff game being on Peacock or did they have their own broadcast team like Amazon on Thursday Night?

[miami_fan]

I love to know how it was decided that one child will get the chance to walk out with Cristiano Ronaldo and another kid get to walk out with Joao Cancelo

[Edward64]

I'm guessing the defender (not goalkeeper) was at fault here? Can a soccer player ever recover from something like this? I'm thinking fans of the team (& country) will forever hold this against him.

Euro 2024: Bizarre own goal helps Portugal qualify for knockouts after victory against Turkey | CNN

Turkey's goalkeeper Altay Bayındır gestures towards defender Samet Akaydin after an own goal in the team's game against Portugal at Euro 2024

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I'm guessing the defender (not goalkeeper) was at fault here? Can a soccer player ever recover from something like this? I'm thinking fans of the team (& country) will forever hold this against him.

Euro 2024: Bizarre own goal helps Portugal qualify for knockouts after victory against Turkey | CNN

Nah, this one isn't even in the top5 of bizarre own goals of this tournament. This was the first genuine (non-freak) own goal purely based on a team's own incompetence.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Nah, this one isn't even in the top5 of bizarre own goals of this tournament. This was the first genuine (non-freak) own goal purely based on a team's own incompetence.

I kinda thought own goals were like once every couple years in the entire soccer world. But holy crap, you're right! Shows you what a fan I am.

Six own goals have been scored during the group stage in UEFA Euro 2024 and there are a lot of matches still remaining: Klaus Gjasula (Albania), Maximilian Wöber (Austria), Antonio Rüdiger (Germany), Riccardo Calafiori (Italy), Robin Hranac (Czech Republic) and Samet Akaydin (Turkey).

[Ksyrup]

Aside from not having Fubo so missing 1/3 of the games so far, I've enjoyed having something live to watch for most of the day the past week (even more now that Copa America has started). But, I see that ends today in favor of doubled up games at 3pm. Why? Because it's Sunday? It's in Germany so 12 here would be late afternoon/early evening there.. Seems like an ideal day for 12/3 games.