England weren’t that great either. Keegan was sacked in those qualifiers after losing to Germany at home. Before that result England along with Germany failed to get out of the Euros group, so it was seen as a huge result and the optimism grew from there which laughably failed as per usual
Day 5: Hungary vs Portugal | France vs Germany
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England weren’t that great either. Keegan was sacked in those qualifiers after losing to Germany at home. Before that result England along with Germany failed to get out of the Euros group, so it was seen as a huge result and the optimism grew from there which laughably failed as per usual
Considering the difference in quality, Hungary aren't cowards. Pushing higher up and trying to play football. Without a lot of luck they will concede eventually but kudos to them.
How do the experts rate the game 1-10? Not sure if I want to watch 3 halves of football today.
At least for finishing he is, and rightfully so after this season
They should put him on second half.
Shame we're not very good at it.
But it's hard to give a feck tbh. The atmosphere alone is worth it, amazing being in a full stadium again.
Portugal took some lessons from Spain.... wait we are always like that, can't score to save their lives.
I don't see the problem with Jota taking the first chance. He was in a good position himself.
Jotas got 15 mins to sober up.
And against Portugal.
No one cares about it in Germany and it doesn't get mentioned as you got smashed to pieces by an average England team. Like with most embarrassing things they get swept under the carpet.
Emile Heskey scored..
The sooner the group games are over the better as far as I'm concerned. More teams, worse matches.
If Jota for Felix isn’t done manager should be sacked.
Portugal should sub in some creativity in the midfield.
But to be fair to him he was important to turn around Mainz' season. He wasn't part of the squad during the first half of the season, while he was playing all the time when the closed a gap never done before to prevent Mainz from being relegated.
It's more that when you win tournaments friendlies kind of become meaningless.
I wouldn't expect you to have picked up on his quality being a Chelsea fan..
Yes 1966 was a good year
Wow such quality 2 chances against the mighty Hungary one deflected cross and the other was...
Was England's Cup final, whereas Germany's Cup final, was the World Cup Final
Christ what happened to Bernardo? What an awful half. Ronaldo just horrible. Will probably score now
He created two chances ffs
I mean Germany also lost 5:1 to Romania during this time period and nobody remembers that either. If you are awful often enough it just becomes the standard.
Yeah, Bernardo was amazing in 2018/19 but he looks a shadow from that today.
Mate, that was a qualifier for the World Cup 2002. But I guess you just proved my point of it being forgotten/us not caring much about stuff that isn't the actual tournament
Embarassing stuff like the desaster of the EURO 2000 is a topic around every tournament. The World Cup loss againt England in 1966 is also "the game" that is remembered when we are talking about England vs Germany, but not this one in 2001, that's what made me wonder.
A lot more than the other Portugal attackers then and he should have an assist too.
Lmfao 1 deflected Cross in 45 mins and you gassing that ? Where was he the other 44 mins 59 seconds ?
Thought he looked slightly better had he has done recently..
It’s the way it was worded “created more than any other player on the pitch” two is not massively impressive..
It's even more embarrassing if I have to talk you through his performance minute by minute. You suggested he was anonymous when he fact he created most of the chances for Portugal as backed up by stats.
Keep digging. Infact get in the hole and cover up the top.
Portugal had a lot of chances now
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I'm not sure how he could be anonymous when he literally created the best chance of the half.
The only one digging is you. But if you happy with low standards that's fine.
I haven’t seen Carvalho play for years, is he okay? I don’t think I’ve seen him do anything other than walk. And now passing the ball straight out.
I'm not sure how he could be anonymous when he literally created the best chance of the half.
Yes I know. It's silly isn't it.
This Szalai dude is everywhere it seems