EURO 2O24 ⚽ part 3

[DuncinToffee]

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Turkey played better and were stronger imo.
They are as European as the Russians, having land on both continents.
It was a lovely and exciting match to watch. Both quite fast paced teams.

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Totally agree!

Predictions for Wednesday? From those more informed than me.
Didn't one England manager once say ' I don't like orange !' Could be a tough one

So TAA got caught saying one of the England players didn’t want to take a penalty. Fair enough.

But even more respect to the young guys that took on that level of pressure. Including Saka who got so much abuse last time.

Haha yes that was lovely!! So sweet 😍

How refreshing it is to see countries supporting their team, cheering them on through thick and thin.

I cannot work out booing your team even when they are dismal?!

Saka will be relieved now, bless him but God forbid he should put a foot wrong next game/s.

The press have a lot to answer for too. Look at the photos of earlier games with the headlines criticising the team’s performance- whose photo often featured? Saka’s

And knowing the abuse he endured the last Euros.

Disgusting!

I agree @Maggiethecat - I've never understood the mindset of booing your own team either. Baffling & seems to be a peculiarly English thing!

Booing is not just an English thing.
I was in Berlin when Austria beat NL and there was plenty of booing.
Same with the French supporters who have been just as frustrated with their team.

I've never noticed it from supporters other than English ones but maybe I've just not paid attention enough.

Regardless of who is doing it, it's still ridiculous. The supporters should be the 12th man, not make the players feel crap at an already bad time!

I love that thought, that supporters should act like the 12th man of the team 😍

I love to see fantastic support but suspect that the emotion can be overwhelming for
Inexperienced teams.
Scotland and Turkey definitely had the best support in Germany.

@kiterunning - sure they’d rather be overwhelmed by positive support than booing.

Well obviously but it can create it's own pressure.

Never booed personally but you can sense after a certain performance or result that it is is coming. Especially if the performance has been dreadful which saw quite a few Chelsea performance last season. And when the players come out and address does show they listen rather then shrug it off. Wherever it helps who knows but sometimes can fire teams on for the next one.

Yes it probably depends on each player's individual temperament.

Just seen that it's 31 degrees in Dortmund this afternoon but drops to 25 tomorrow with a chance of cooling rain. Phew!

Any predictions for tonight?

I think Spain will win

Me too!

1-0 Spain

Hopefully Spain but maybe France will find their form.

Hard to bet against Spain

Spain for me too

I’m hoping France win because on the very slim chance we win tomorrow I’d rather play them. Unlikely though on all counts!