EURO 2024

[Sheilbh]

BTW that last-moment Italian goal has kept Hungarian hopes alive.

Now it will just take the small task of England beating Slovenia to ensure Hungary gets through. 

See the end of today's David Squires
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2024/jun/25/david-squires-on-scotland-england-cristiano-ronaldo-euro-2024?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[crazy canuck]

"Fun" fact - Hungarians, when they rebelled against the Habsburgs, exerted pressure on "their" minorities, like Croats, to "Hungarize" them. So must have sucked at the bottom of the pecking order - German-Austrians discriminating against Hungarians, Hungarians discriminating against (e.g.) Croats, etc. It's discrimination all the way down, I guess.

Do you mean 1848?  There were "fun" three-way village-burnings between Hungarians, Romanians, assortment of Southern Slavs, IIRC.

Hungarians are far from blameless (not just 1848 but policies post-1867 as well), but it is also worth noting that this was preceded by centuries of Habsburgs routinely playing the various nationalities (mostly non-Hungarians against the uppity Hungarian nobility) against each other.

On the bright side all of that turmoil likely encouraged my Ruthenian ancestors to migrate to the prairies of Canada in around 1900.

[Tamas]

"Fun" fact - Hungarians, when they rebelled against the Habsburgs, exerted pressure on "their" minorities, like Croats, to "Hungarize" them. So must have sucked at the bottom of the pecking order - German-Austrians discriminating against Hungarians, Hungarians discriminating against (e.g.) Croats, etc. It's discrimination all the way down, I guess.

Do you mean 1848?  There were "fun" three-way village-burnings between Hungarians, Romanians, assortment of Southern Slavs, IIRC.

Hungarians are far from blameless (not just 1848 but policies post-1867 as well), but it is also worth noting that this was preceded by centuries of Habsburgs routinely playing the various nationalities (mostly non-Hungarians against the uppity Hungarian nobility) against each other.

On the bright side all of that turmoil likely encouraged my Ruthenian ancestors to migrate to the prairies of Canada in around 1900.

You and your family sure missed out on a lot of fun.

[crazy canuck]

Yep, my paternal ancestors also missed out on all the fun by migrating from a village just outside of what was then known as Königsberg at about the same time.

[Tamas]

Yep, my paternal ancestors also missed out on all the fun by migrating from a village just outside of what was then known as Königsberg at about the same time.

  Talk about dodging bullets.

[Duque de Bragança]

Guess what, an own goal again. Austria 1 Netherlands 0

La chatte à Dédé ! 

[Duque de Bragança]

Some normality restored: Batavians equalise, a minute in the 2nd half.

[Syt]

"Fun" fact - Hungarians, when they rebelled against the Habsburgs, exerted pressure on "their" minorities, like Croats, to "Hungarize" them. So must have sucked at the bottom of the pecking order - German-Austrians discriminating against Hungarians, Hungarians discriminating against (e.g.) Croats, etc. It's discrimination all the way down, I guess.

Do you mean 1848?  There were "fun" three-way village-burnings between Hungarians, Romanians, assortment of Southern Slavs, IIRC.

Hungarians are far from blameless (not just 1848 but policies post-1867 as well), but it is also worth noting that this was preceded by centuries of Habsburgs routinely playing the various nationalities (mostly non-Hungarians against the uppity Hungarian nobility) against each other.

That may be, but my head canon is more poetic.

[Duque de Bragança]

Austria scores again (looked like an o.f) but credited to Schmid.
2-1
Mbappé, or rather France, scores at last!
1-0 for les Bleus

[HVC]

I'm all for NL being embarrassed,  but I keep giving them too much credit in my pool picks.

[HVC]

Mbappé, or rather France, scores at last!
1-0 for les Bleus

Penalty, right?

[Duque de Bragança]

Mbappé, or rather France, scores at last!
1-0 for les Bleus

Penalty, right?

Cela va de soi !

[Duque de Bragança]

I'm all for NL being embarrassed,  but I keep giving them too much credit in my pool picks.

They heard you. They just equalised.

[Duque de Bragança]

Guess what, Austria scored again. 

[Josephus]

Austria leads the group as it stands