Football (Soccer) Thread

[Liep]

Gruppe A: England, Tjekkiet, Bulgarien, Montenegro, Kosovo

who's Tjekklet?

Czechia, obviously!

[Josephus]

Of course.

[FunkMonk]

Unai Emery is the greatest man in history.

That derby was amazing.

[Josquius]

I predict England shall win this nations league thing and then the whole of Europe to declare it a stupid non-tournament, never to be repeated and to be relegated to a footnote of the history books.

[Duque de Bragança]

Group A: England, Czechia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo
Group B: Portugal, Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania, Luxembourg
Group C: Holland, Germany, Northern Ireland, Estonia, Lukashenkostan
Group D: Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, Georgia, Gibraltar
Group E: Croatia, Wales, Slovakia, Hungary, Azerbaijan
Group F: Spain, Sweden, Norway (insert joke with Norwegians taken for Swedes à la The Thing), Romania, Faeroe Islands, Malta
Group G: Poland, Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedonia, Latvia
Group H: Al-Frankistan, Iceland, Herr Dogan's Khanate, Albania, Moldova, Andorra
Group I: Belgium, Putinistan ( a.k.a Northern Chechnya/West Tatarstan), Scotland, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, San Marino
Group J: Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Hellas, Armenia, Liechtenstein

French squad lucky again, ™ La chatte à Dédé ™ is no legend.

Portugal not so great, weren't it for the last chance play-off obtained through the League of Nations. Last time Portugal failed a major competition, in no small part courtesy of a lousy French referee (gallic tradition) it was with Ukraine... Portugal gets to play at home in Luxemburg though.  Serbia has improved, wonder how will Ukraine fare this time.

Not exactly the best draw for Spain too but they will manage.

Despite running into Germany, Batavians will qualify since there are two spots and this is football not ice hockey (Belarus Sweden wink wink).

Italy will qualify.

Another easy group for Poland.  Probably the weakest of Qualifiers.

[Duque de Bragança]

Unai Emery is the greatest man in history.

PSG begs to differ.  At least, its spoiled divas. 

[Grey Fox]

Why is France prefixed by Al?

[Josephus]

French squad lucky again, ™ La chatte à Dédé ™ is no legend.

Dede's pussy?

[FunkMonk]

Unai Emery is the greatest man in history.

PSG begs to differ.  At least, its spoiled divas. 

Feels like a certain German in the squad would agree 

[Duque de Bragança]

French squad lucky again, ™ La chatte à Dédé ™ is no legend.

Dede's pussy?

Literaly, yes. It also means he is a lucky bastard.

[Duque de Bragança]

Why is France prefixed by Al?

As in Al(-)cohol (Al-Quhl). Article défini.

[Josquius]

Just started on Netflix; Sunderland 'Till I Die.

A documentary about Sunderland's horrific last season. Been reviewed well. I'm excited.

[Liep]

[Josephus]

My picks

Man City over Schake
Juve over Atletico
PSG over Man U
Spurs over Dortmund
B'lona over Lyons
Roma Porto will be close, probably Roma
Real Madrid will beat Ajax
and, most controversailly, Liverpool beat Bayern Munich

[celedhring]

That's not controversial J., Liverpool are certainly favorites. Bayern are far from the team they used to be.