Euro 2020/2021

[Valmy]

Oh are they doing it because they are upset about how Black Americans are being treated by our cops? Like a solidarity thing?

I didn't catch any of it, but I would guess it's more broadly about systemic racism. Which is conveniently supplied by their own 'fans'.

True. But the situation is not exactly comparable. Most of them moved to a continent with known centuries of genocide and persecution of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities voluntarily. Most black Americans were shipped over here involuntarily and stripped of their African identity and then had to live for centuries in rather merciless systematic oppression complete with violent terrorism. Doesn't really seem analogous. I understand them protesting but just appropriating the Black American gesture as if their situations are the same...I don't know.

But I guess it certainly is having its intended impact if the racists are taking the bait.

[Valmy]

I always wonder what kind of risk taking personality these people have to move to Europe. Hey remember Bosnia 1992? All the ethnic cleansing after WWII? The Holocaust? I want in on that action, being a visible minority on that continent sounds awesome.

[Josquius]

Oh are they doing it because they are upset about how Black Americans are being treated by our cops? Like a solidarity thing?

I didn't catch any of it, but I would guess it's more broadly about systemic racism. Which is conveniently supplied by their own 'fans'.

True. But the situation is not exactly comparable. Most of them moved to a continent with known centuries of genocide and persecution of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities voluntarily. Most black Americans were shipped over here involuntarily and stripped of their African identity and then had to live for centuries in rather merciless systematic oppression complete with violent terrorism. Doesn't really seem analogous. I understand them protesting but just appropriating the Black American gesture as if their situations are the same...I don't know.

But I guess it certainly is having its intended impact if the racists are taking the bait.

At a very quick check I can't find numbers but I'm pretty sure the majority of black Brits are of Carribean descent.  Certainly they're the most visible black group.
So...it is arguably comparable to the situation of black Americans given their grandparents largely moved over when their islands will still colonies and in the same time period a lot of black Americans were moving out of the south where they'd been living for generations (originally as slaves) to the north.

[The Larch]

Spain has called up 4 extra players to train for the next few days in paralel to the national team in case there are any Covid related drop-outs from the team.

[Tamas]

Oh are they doing it because they are upset about how Black Americans are being treated by our cops? Like a solidarity thing?

I didn't catch any of it, but I would guess it's more broadly about systemic racism. Which is conveniently supplied by their own 'fans'.

Yes. It felt quite artificial and dishonest for me, until these booing racists highlighted that there's very much a point to it, so I should thank them for that I guess.

[The Larch]

Two Swedish players (Svanberg and Kulusevski) have tested positive for Covid today, and will miss the first game of the tournament.

[Duque de Bragança]

Two Swedish players (Svanberg and Kulusevski) have tested positive for Covid today, and will miss the first game of the tournament.

Time to bring back Zlatan from retirement? 

[Sheilbh]

Open letter by Gareth Southgate, who really gets his role:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/dear-england-gareth-southgate-euros-soccer

[The Larch]

Two Swedish players (Svanberg and Kulusevski) have tested positive for Covid today, and will miss the first game of the tournament.

Time to bring back Zlatan from retirement? 

He was going to be part of the squad for the tournament but got injured.

[Admiral Yi]

Dislocated his ego?

[The Larch]

Dislocated his ego?

Knee injury towards the end of the season playing for Milan.

[The Larch]

Our U-21 team is playing the last pre-Euro friendly instead of the first team due to Busquets' positive for Covid, and it's beating Lithuania 3-0 for the moment.

[garbon]

I always wonder what kind of risk taking personality these people have to move to Europe. Hey remember Bosnia 1992? All the ethnic cleansing after WWII? The Holocaust? I want in on that action, being a visible minority on that continent sounds awesome.

[The Larch]

A second Spanish player (Diego Llorente) has tested positive. A bunch of U-21 players have been added to the paralel squad that should supply any possible replacement.

[Duque de Bragança]

Spanish U-21 seems to play better as a team than the main squad though.