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Sunday, July 04, 2021 - 23:01 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

A Brief Euros Comment


And then there were four
(Original source: twitter.com)


That's my sleep schedule completely messed up again, and this might be the only post in some time due to commitments piling up. That said, this was probably the best set of games to stay up for, in some years - and stay through, given ultra-late comebacks and wins such as Switzerland vs. France, Ukraine vs. Sweden (brütal) and Croatia vs. Spain (ultimately failed). It also reminded on how transient football reigns can be (France [with their usual drama], Germany), and how some supposed national team Golden Generations might never win anything of note - I guess the collective wisdom of the punters was correct after all when they never had Belgium better than about fourth favourites, and Lukaku not getting any contact on a point-blank header reminded me of why I wasn't that upset when he left United for Inter, where he does seem to be better... but Ronaldo-level world class as self-proclaimed? Well...

Say what you want about the latest Ronaldo, but the guy's dedicated (to the horror of Coca-Cola), and he'll at least retire with a Euros under his belt. It might well be England's turn, though, seeing as how they have yet to even concede, and seem to actually have a system in place, fewer clashing egos than at any time in the past few decades, and pseudo-home advantage. Returning to their roots of crosses and big man headers helped plenty too, after the previous tiki-taka fad; what's old eventually becomes new and fresh again.



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