Euro 2021* — THE FINAL WE ALL WANTED

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  1. SugarShaun

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    He played nice on twitter

     
  2. BayouMafia

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    Sorry bertwing
     
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  3. YNWA

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    Rom looks amazing
     
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  4. SugarShaun

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    Castagne looks concussed after a head clash.

    Meunier coming on for him
     
  5. BayouMafia

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    Great for Finland but crushed for the Danes
     
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  6. Jimmy the Saint

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    My feelings as well. Can't imagine having to go out and play another half after that.
     
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  7. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

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    mertens out here shredding nutsacks
     
  8. Andy Reocho

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  9. chuckmasterflex

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    Dmitri Barinov looks more Russian than any Russian has ever looked Russian
     
  10. MA

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    What's wild is that he didn't actually play all that nice on there, even defended his comments:
     
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  11. SugarShaun

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    Yikes
     
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  12. Pasta88

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    How is Yuri Zhirkov still around?
     
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  13. fattmante

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    Meunier scores because of course
     
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  14. elfrid

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    thanks for the rant on us soccer immediately after we missed out on the wc, twelly , but it’s time to say goodbye
     
  15. ButchCassidy

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    Half these Russians look 40+
     
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  16. Pasta88

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    That would have been a nasty goal
     
  17. TheSkeeter

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    They have a world renown medical staff in Russia
     
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  18. SugarShaun

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    FA basically begging the fans not to boo the players for kneeling

     
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  19. Owsley

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    I miss Jan so much
     
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  20. YNWA

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    There’s way too many poor sides in this tournament. Group stage is so watered down.
     
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  21. RavenNole

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    So “the players decided to play” was pretty much bullshit. UEFA officially burned through any goodwill coming off the super league mess
     
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  22. Illinihockey

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    you thought UEFA had goodwill because they squashed a competitor?
     
  23. SugarShaun

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    Yeah I think most people knew that UEFA wasn’t the good guy but just possibly the lesser of 2 evils
     
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  24. RavenNole

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    they did have goodwill regardless of their motivations. They just squandered it. Even I thought it would take more time to ruin it but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised given their track record.
     
  25. RavenNole

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    most people don’t really follow like us though. UEFA was incorrectly being viewed as the good guy in many circles. They could have taken advantage of that. Instead they just did what UEFA and FIFA always do and made themselves the bad guys again.
     
  26. JGator1

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  27. RavenNole

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    but hey UEFA made eriksen MOTM so all is forgotten right!?
     
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  28. YNWA

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    Our team is shit so let’s do the wave
     
  29. SugarShaun

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  30. chuckmasterflex

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    Would be nice if the Finns absolutely obliterate Russia
     
  31. YNWA

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    He really looks a different player.
     
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  32. JGator1

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  33. NYGator

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    This is kind of cringey. The last thing in the world I am sure he wants is to be MOTM for almost dying.
     
  34. TheSkeeter

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    Should have been Kjaer for saving his life.
     
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  35. The Banks

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    Should be mandatory taught in school, as well as personal finance
     
  36. afb

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    someone on here reply to him so he says something dumb enough to get fired

    so we can all benefit
     
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  37. Thoros of Beer

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    What's the alternative for Denmark? Just withdraw?
    As UEFA's biggest supporter I'm not sure what they were supposed to do
     
  38. NYGator

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    I was taught both in school in NY.
     
  39. AptosDuck

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  40. WillySaliba

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    Called a doctor! Get it?
     
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  41. lunchbox

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    I wasn’t speculating on his comeback to play. More that he will be okay neurologically, which is a concern when you have cardiac arrest. Also I’m a physician and deal with this stuff daily when I work.
     
  42. NineteenNine

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    Oh hell yeah. Shit’s better in Spanish anyway.
     
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  43. Owsley

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  44. Owsley

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    Kasper Hjulmand: “Kjaer was very, very touched. They are [Kjaer and Eriksen] very good friends. He wanted to try continue playing, but it was impossible. Feelings overwhelmed him. It is totally understandable.”

    Kjaer was subbed out early in the second half. Fuck UEFA.
     
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  45. Jimmy the Saint

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    Yeah I don’t think anyone would’ve been against them not resuming.
     
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  46. TheSkeeter

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    UEFA was
     
  47. Creighton

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    It was really unfortunate there was no good solution. Someone was going to criticize them no matter the outcome.
     
  48. Gunners

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    Giving them just those 2 options is disgusting

    Players didn’t decide shit, they just chose 1 evil over another
     
  49. AptosDuck

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    ESPN was certainly trying to whip up the controversy angle postgame; Marcotti tried to say well UEFA didn't have great options here and maybe giving the players some say was the right thing to do even if they're not really in the best frame of mind to make the decision yada yada, and Davis couldn't shut him down quickly enough. They would have been criticized if they'd taken the decision out of the players' hands too. No win situation for them. Howard said that the result would have been different if they'd played at a later date, implying that he thought Denmark was supposed to win the game. No discussion that I saw of the fact that the Finnish players were in the pitch and saw the same stuff that the Danish players saw, they couldn't help but be affected/shocked by it too even if he wasn't their teammate.

    Anyway, got the distinct impression that ESPN really wanted to push the "game should have been postponed" narrative, no matter what
     
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  50. MA

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    Out of curiosity what notable person or organization do y'all think would've criticized the postponement, and on what grounds?