Football (Soccer) Thread

[celedhring]

 

That's no age to die. Such a likeable fellow, too.

[FunkMonk]

RIP Tito Vilanova.

[Zanza]

The UEFA's silly mode for the Euro 2020 means that it will take in 13 different countries, each of which will host 4 games (first round and either round of sixteen or quarterfinal) and then the final games will take place in either England or Germany.

Only England (for London) and Germany (for Munich) put in a bid for the finals package, which is why it will only be between these two.
There are 12 standard packages available, these are the countries/cities that have made bids:
Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), Bulgaria (Sofia), Denmark (Copenhagen), England (London), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje), Germany (Munich), Hungary (Budapest), Israel (Jerusalem), Italy (Rome), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Republic of Ireland (Dublin), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (Saint Petersburg), Scotland (Glasgow), Spain (Bilbao), Sweden (Stockholm), Wales (Cardiff).

I hope they select Baku, Minsk, Skopje and Jerusalem.

[Josephus]

So does hosting guarantee qualification? I guess not, right?

[Zanza]

With 24 participating teams, about half of UEFA's 54 teams will qualify anyway.

[Liep]

So I guess I see the point in letting smaller countries get a share in this, but it won't feel like hosting a Euro Cup but more an extended qualification.

[Liep]

Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Snooker World Championship and Liverpool - Chelsea. SPORT OVERLOAD.

[Liep]

Liverpool just got Mourinho'ed.

[FunkMonk]

The Mou Special lol

[Agelastus]

Oh well; it was a lovely dream while it lasted.

[Admiral Yi]

I like the girl hopping up and down in the red shirt, about six to this left.

The chick in black, to the left of cowboy hat, made an impression on me.

[mongers]

I like the girl hopping up and down in the red shirt, about six to this left.

The chick in black, to the left of cowboy hat, made an impression on me.

[elbow mode]

She has large shoulder tattoos. 

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[Josephus]

Oh well; it was a lovely dream while it lasted.

Yup. Our only hope now lies with Everton.

[celedhring]

So Sheilbh, Everton gonna give it all so the title travels to Merseyside, right?

[Sheilbh]

So Sheilbh, Everton gonna give it all so the title travels to Merseyside, right?