[Football] Euro 2024 Round of 16 (France v Belgium, Portugal v Slovenia)

[sir_gullahad]

Top facting from the Beeb:

22:37​

Slovenia have not been involved in a penalty shootout in a competitive match.

They won a shootout in the friendly Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong in 2002.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

That's imaginary Bob right?

No, that's real Bob. Imaginary Bob lives in my attic. Or was it the shed? Anyway...

 

[FCB]

Top facting from the Beeb:

22:37​

Slovenia have not been involved in a penalty shootout in a competitive match.

They won a shootout in the friendly Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong in 2002.

Another fun fact. Slovenia have played 7 matches at Euros and only lost one after 90 minutes (2-1 vs Spain in 2000).



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[Badger]

All the Portgual fans in my neighbourhood are driving around honking their horns. They scraped past Slovenia on penalties in the last 16; maybe just have a beer; you haven't won the Euros.

 

[Krafty]

All the Portgual fans in my neighbourhood are driving around honking their horns. They scraped past Slovenia on penalties in the last 16; maybe just have a beer; you haven't won the Euros.

Same can be said about the England fans yesterday.

 

[smillie's garden]

I would think that Diogo Costa will be of interest to a fair few PL/Bundesliga/La Liga clubs after that performance (not that Porto aren’t a big club.)

 

[maffew]

He takes himself too seriously. He thinks its all on him. If I were a Portuguese player I'd be angry. He thinks the rest of the team can't do it.

Agree, those tears were because he didn't score the winner and be the hero, not because the team wasn't going to win, pathetic at that stage of the game.
Imagine kids copying him and crying if they missed a penalty.
You'd never show your face again in the park

 

[Shooting Star]

Unpopular opinion on here, but I have grown to love Ronaldo over the years. There is something admirable, and admittedly very un-British, about wanting to be the very best at something. That is Ronaldo. 39 years old, relentlessly driving to keep himself in pique physical condition so he can break all kinds of records. There's a difference between arrogance (thinking you're better than you are, and therefore not putting in the time and effort) and knowing you're one of, if not the best to have played the game.

Wouldn't you be crushed if you thought you'd missed your chance to put your team through and to set another record, when it could be your last? That's how much he cares, on a personal and collective level. Yet, he steps up and bangs in the penalty in the shoot out, which was admittedly a perfect penalty.

Love Ronnie, hope he scores in the quarters and knocks the French out.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

And Fernandez...

Yep, him too