Day 1 | Germany vs Scotland

[Wednesday at Stoke]

It does work if you can play counters with good players, otherwise it's just suicide

It invites pressure closer to goal. Even if the idea is to play on the counter, it’d be better attempting an initial press and then falling back into a more compact formation with a higher line and challenge the opposition to play their forwards through.

In Scotland’s case, they have an energetic midfield that can score goals if they win the ball higher but they aren’t good enough to not make mistakes closer to goal and they have no pace anywhere.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Going to monitor.

 

[Lyng]

Disgusting tackle

 

[Hakara]

Def red and pen for me

 

[Koldbeer2021]

Dreadful challenge that one. Gotta be a pen

 

[littlepeasoup]

Should be a red.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Penalty.

 

[Crimson King]

Ooof that was ugly

 

[Withnail]

That should never be a penalty.

Defender has a right to go for that ball.

He doesn't have the right to try and break his ankle mate

 

[The Firestarter]

Dude thought he was in the Championship

 

[PoTMS]

Red and penalty.

 

[MDFC Manager]

No no, it's a good tackle. McCoist said so

Bizarre that the Scottish guy is hurt. Or just acting?

 

[CallyRed]

If Carlsberg did opening games for the host nation.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Correct decision

 

[Skills]

This is fun we want 7

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Red card as well.

 

[Castia]

feck off Scotland

 

[Red Star One]

so in Euros there's no rule about double punishment and you can get red + peno? wow

 

[girish]

Rightly a penalty. It was an awful challenge.

 

[jasT1981]

Yeah, this is long over.

 

[Adz_99]

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[hp88]

Well that’s his Euros done

 

[calodo2003]

Red & pen.

 

[Withnail]

He got him with both feet. Shocking tackle

 

[massi83]

Scottish football innit

 

[Erics_Collar]

KICK HIM OFF THE TOUR DOUG

 

[Dan]

Lucky not to break his leg.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

Love how the Scotland player faked an injury trying to distract ref

 

[The Firestarter]

The more I watch it the more brutal it looks

 

[PSV]

so in Euros there's no rule about double punishment and you can get red + peno? wow

There's no rule when it comes to reckless challenges.

 

[Grylte]

That should never be a penalty.

Defender has a right to go for that ball.

 

[jasT1981]

so in Euros there's no rule about double punishment and you can get red + peno? wow

Not when its considered wreckless/dangerous play.

 

[littlepeasoup]

Oh look, Gundogan makes a miraculous recovery now the cheating prick

Give over. That was awful.

 

[thisisnottaken1]

For feck’s sake. A penalty for Germany it is and a fecking red card for us. fecking hell, this is embarrassing. Porteous is a fecking idiot.

 

[Wilt]

That's a red card and a penalty. Disgusting tbh.

Yep

 

[100]

Oh look, Gundogan makes a miraculous recovery now the cheating prick

 

[kouroux]

It invites pressure closer to goal. Even if the idea is to play on the counter, it’d be better attempting an initial press and then falling back into a more compact formation with a higher line and challenge the opposition to play their forwards through.

In Scotland’s case, they have an energetic midfield that can score goals if they win the ball higher but they aren’t good enough to not make mistakes closer to goal and they have no pace anywhere.

I know what you mean, it's a dying brand of football but it can still work

 

[prateik]

The defender feigning injury after that awful tackle

 

[Bobski]

Bizarre that the Scottish guy is hurt. Or just acting?

He knew it was a bad one I would guess, hoping to kid the ref.

 

[carpy]

Bizarre that the Scottish guy is hurt. Or just acting?

Pretending to be hurt when you've done wrong is a classic footballer move.