Day 5: Hungary vs Portugal | France vs Germany

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Havertz is walking casually. Hasn't caught up the pace of the game.
 

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Portugal and Brasil is great too. But my favourites in Europe beside Portugal are Italy and France, have to say England anthem on a full stadium has his appeal, but for a guy who isn't a fan of Kings and Queens this day and age you have to forget that part. (not a insult to your Queen boys calm down).
Yeah Brazil is nice too. I'm no fan of god save the Queen either mate. It sounds nice, and it always feels silly having a sing song about the Queen.
 

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Afternoon. I'm having an argument with the same co-worker who said Pedro and Mahrez was better than Beckham. I suggested Park had similar workrate to Kante. The floodgates had opened. He said their is no comparison and Kante is miles better. What say you guys? Thanks.
 

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They haven't been playing bad, but I can't shake the feeling that the Gündogan-Kroos-spine just doesn't provide enough oomph for us to be really successful.
 

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The tournament is unbalanced because of the draw, yes, but UEFA didn't "plan this whole thing", just bad luck for Portugal. (EDIT: just figured you meant planned badly in general, not planned to feck Portugal. Apologies :lol:)

And yes Hungary fought for their lives but what did you expect, them going all out to attack and give your midfield and attack acres of space? This was the only option for them and one we'll also see against the other two teams. They don't have the quality to execute another gameplan against either of the big three in your group, unfortunately.
I meant no insult to Hungary. They played in front of 60 thousand fans and did them proud, showed an incredible amount of heart. It was just very frustrating for us because the other top teams don't have to deal with the same disadvantage. If England had to play in a stadium full of croats or Italy in a stadium full of turks then the attitude of those teams wouldn't be the same either and they're very different games.

All of this ended up not mattering now since we're pretty much through but I don't think it was fair at all that we were put in the position we were in so it was very frustrating game.
 

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They haven't been playing bad, but I can't shake the feeling that the Gündogan-Kroos-spine just doesn't provide enough oomph for us to be really successful.
If McFred are one side of the axis with the ‘all physical mobility, no technical composure’, Kroos and Gundogan as a pairing are the polar opposite. Somewhere between is the perfect balance.
 

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There is a reason why Italian restaurants are a common sight around the globe, while French ones aren't.
That's because a lot of the restaurants you don't think are any nationality are in fact heavily influenced by French cuisine.

All of the lingo in a kitchen in Ireland, for example, is French. Chef is a french word and the names for all the various ways of cutting and preparing food in a traditional kitchen in English speaking countries are french words.
 

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Werner instead of Havertz could do us a lot of good. Could use his energy in pressing from the top.
 

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That’s a cracking finish to be fair. Top bins.