Soccer (Closing)

Damn this Spain vs Scotland snoozefest. Gonna take a nap and wake up for some Scaloni sexball champagne.

England are 6-1 up and Elliott's goal was the best of the lot

Pep wears Lee Carsley pyjamas

A bald manager I can get behind

In 6 minutes Wilmar Barrios is going to show Ugarte levels, and Uribe is gonna match Valverde. Please tune in

Yeah, just caught it on the Liverpool sub - lovely finish.

that's insane. 3 beautiful huge stadiums

Sure Cyprus were never world beaters but I've never seen them so bad. They were one of those teams who could shithouse their way to some goal or points, ruin betting handicaps, showing their teeth even when losing... Now they are consistently conceding a ton.

The benefit is it's fun. I agree football should separate from it and ban advertising etc but let's not act like it can't be fun to have a casual bet.

I’ve just clocked the big problem with this youth venture Chelsea have embarked on is everyone needs minutes, lots of them.

Madueke is just rotting away on the bench when he should be developing his final third play with consistent minutes, his dribbling ability is already elite & he tracks back too. Not kick & run dribbling either like Traore he will take his man on both inside/outside with ease

Quality finish today

Banning all ads makes more sense imo

Rico Lewis deserves a senior call-up

Well he’s not a straight swap for any of them, but imo Henderson shouldn’t be making the squad

True but you’d imagine ward prowse comes in then.

Reckon this is the best performance I've ever seen any England side put in.

England U21s are now 9-1 up against Serbia, shame there isn't a match thread for the game, they've been insane this game.

Get Gallagher out as well and we can have both 😎

SE CANCELA LA DEPRE. JUEGA LA SCALONETA

Everyone's talking about the next Messi or Ronaldo, I want the next Neymar or Hazard. Extremely talented dribbler, fantastic pace, and an eye for end product. Think the only one that comes close to that is Vinicius. Where are all the exciting wingers? I miss you. Come back. And please, if possible, sign for Manchester United.

Phillips needs more game time. We aren’t blessed with loads of defensive midfielders which is why he’s there

None of the 4 Nations League Finalists of 2023 are top of their EURO Qualifying groups

The entirety of European football is engaged in a conspiracy to keep Scott McTominay from being the best midfielder in the history of football. And /r/soccer is on it. We still haven't got a replay of his disallowed goal in /new.

Dear mods,

I give you a lot of shit but I am greatful that you have decided to ban commenting on any Israel/Palestine post. Thank you 😊

We do not need that political shit leaking into our subreddit. I salute you for maintaining peace!

I'd love to see what he can do with the seniors. Some of the football played in the u21 Euros was special.

Thanks. It’s a bit odd how the golden boy awards themselves don’t have a (clear) place where they explain it

CMV: players like Lukaku and Morata are only successful because we've had an absolute dearth of strikers for their generation.

If they were playing in the 2000s-2010s, there's zero chance they'd have clubs fighting over them.

Scotland not having quality players like Croatia and Uruguay will always remain a mystery to me.

I swear people focus way too much on wingers and their decline. Maybe it's selection bias but I'm starting to notice when midfielders decline, THEY FALL OFF CLIFF WITHIN MONTHS. Like I've seen it Matic, Fabinho, Brozovic, and Casemiro. One more they're good and 3 games later they're shit and never recover.

What are some negatives about a cap on minutes per player even if it's just in domestic football?

Reasons why I think it would be a good idea:
-Player fitness

-Young players and squad players get more game time which is a positive for them (especially for a Bissouma/Conte situation)

-Big teams will rotate more often leading to more opportunities for smaller clubs to cause an upset

There's probably some downsides I can't think of ????

I'm so gutted I can't celebrate us qualifying first.

Maybe allocate more minutes for teams in comps, or limited to just the league rather than cup comps too.

Sacchi's yea, Capello's less so, even through Capello never needed massive bottlejob to win the title in a better league at the time like Cruyff needed thrice.

Proud of Scotland tonight. Few things go our way there and we get a better result. Played 6 games, won 5 and performed well in all 6. Mental stuff. Hopefully Haaland does us a favour on Sunday, secures a point for Norway and then we qualify on Sunday + have a chance to win the group. Mon eh fucking Scotland.

TIL Houssem Aouar is balling for the Algerian NT now

Far better than any statement our government would come up with, which is depressing.

I personally think the statement from the Premier League is very solid. It acknowledges the sacrifices suffered by Palestinians and Israelis throughout this tragic Shitshow.

People are really mad because goal was disallowed for wrong reason. Like it is a dumb mistake, but it doesn't really matter as it would be disallowed anyways. Better than letting goal stand.

Gotta blast propaganda about him being good for five days before hating him again.

Wake up to the beautiful sunlight. Today's the national day of my country.

Enjoy a delicious meal with my family.

Have great time with friends.

Watch as the National Team wins by two goals thanks to the two best strikers on the planet.

Enjoy as the Scottish choke on their own bile (despite being fundamental in the creation of the sport, they don't fully understand the offside rule yet).

What a fabulous day.

Bielsa in the mud? You love to see it.

Yeah there is a chance that would be the case.

I think it would prevent big 250k contracts and a more level wage structure which isn't a massive issue imo, but could mean big teams abroad could offer contracts if it's only a rule in England

How have Gabriel Pirani and Calegari been doing at the MLS?

I do love the history lessons that come out in a vibrant match thread.

Because like most things everything apart from England and the English is an afterthought in the ‘United’ Kingdom