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Internationals June (Euro Qualifiers + Nations League Finals)

SCP

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Advantage Portugal. 30 extra minutes and one less rest day for the winner here.
Won’t make a great difference if it’s England. They have more options to refresh the team. And going with Fonte/Dias won’t help that.
 

VeevaVee

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American geezer on ESPN needs to stop speaking so forcefully.

Feel like I'm going to pop a blood vessel just listening.
 

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Sterling has been completely anonymous. Am I allowed to say that without being accused of racism?
Weird opinion (and even weirder that you prefaced it in that way). He was involved in England’s “goal” and had one of their best efforts of the game in injury time.
 

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He was scoffed at when appointed but look what happens when you give a manager time?
Though I agree, England have been on the brink of a really class national team for atleast 5 or 6 years now if you look at the results of the youth teams.
 

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Blind is so technically good, it's a shame he didn't have more physical ability
 

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Nations League is the best thing UEFA has done this century
Truth. Turned the pointless friendlies into a competitive competition that the players seem to really enjoy. Internationals without the massive, suffocating pressure of tournament football, but still mean something.
 

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Though I agree, England have been on the brink of a really class national team for atleast 5 or 6 years now if you look at the results of the youth teams.
For sure but the England team of 1998 - 2002 is probably the best it's been since the Lineker team. Just poor managers with a complete lack of flexibility stopped them from ever winning anything when they really should have.
 

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Seeing Depay score from a free kick is as rare as catching a shiny pokemon
 

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We eliminated them in group stages though.
It's the nations league. I mean fun and all, but still the nations league. Half their players were still dealing with post-world cup-coital bliss
 

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Ah. I might be getting a different commentary team then.
I think it's Ian and that American guy? Sure I heard him get called Taylor. He talks in the typically American way where he tries to push every word out as intensely as possible as soon as anything remotely interesting happens.