Seven players (Unai Simón, Marc Cucurella, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Mikel Oyarzabal, Pedri and Dani Olmo) were part of the team that won the silver medal 3 years ago in Tokyo. And fun fact, Oyarzabal scored in both finals.
This year Fermín López and Álex Baena will join the team in Paris. They have not played much in EURO so they won't be very tired for the Olympics.
How the hell is Lamine Yamal not in the olympics? did Barcelona not let him do both?
So now we have one side of the bracket with Spain, Germany, France, Portugal… will we have another walk in the park for England if they win today and get to avoid all this until the final?
Looks like second round England vs Netherlands and the Quarters again Italy.....
People booing the Slovenian anthem. Good to know not just we Dutch (where lots of idiots were booing the Austrian anthem) have amoebae among the 'fans'
This is becoming a really annoying trend among the lowlifes in the stadium..
What an amazing summer for the Israeli soccer teams. 3rd place in u20. Semis In u23 and now ticket to the Olympics. The sad thing is that it will never translate to the adult teams and we will keep missing the euros and the world cup
I never really got that argument anyway. North and South America are one continent, but Europe is not just a peninsula of the Eurasian continent? You can even throw Africa in there since the Sinai Isthmus is the same as the Panamanian Isthmus. And let's not even get into cultural differences. Besides, Europe gets more quotas than Europe anyway.
Not even an argument...... it was never an issue, there were always separate qualification tournaments, with 24,32 and even next time with 48
America is 1 continent not 2 , they are 10 counties in southern part +20-30 in north , they can make groups just like others ,
hé no, they divided the cotiinent to ensure the qualif of USA , they play vs islands without any experience in football , that's why they qualify,they are always in
they know they have no chance vs south american teams , this system of cheating is shameful
Except that CONCACAF and CONMEBOL existed since 1948 and since 1958 when the qualifications started by continent there were different qualifiers for north and south america. (just like volleyball and norcaeca and csv)
So vs. and vs. will be the most important and most interesting matches of the last matchday. If everything goes as expected (Ireland doesn't beat Denmark and Wales beats Hungary), this is what will happen at the Play-offs:
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Why do israel go to Path A playoffs? we were in League 3? how are they determining which team goes to which Path?
can someone explain to me how the playoff works? i know the first places are automatically qualified however teams can still be qualified through the regular euro 2020 qualification process. So israel finished second , can we still get into the playoffs?
damn damn damn damn damn, World cup starts with Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Germany all not winning, thats insane, maybe this year we will see a new winner, Belgium comes to mind.
I will be in Mexico for the second semi final and the final, so i'm kinda hoping for a cinderella run for el-tri, just to see the insanity on the streets of cancun
I support shared hosting, but it can really become too much as well.
there is no good solution with hosting of big events, prevention of white elephants, hence why so many failed referendums on olympic bids, so what's the solution? end the world cup? end the olympics?
No, it's one of the wrost idea in the world. You can't play a day in Monterry (alture) and one day in Toronto... awful condictions
But Euro 2020 is not like that, it's a group in one stadium, and i'm sure that in United2026 there will be no jumps from canada one game to mexico next, or from new york to l.a
I realize that white elephants are a concern, but I Morocco would’ve used the stadiums. I think part of the issue is the insane demands sports federations put on host cities. Huge stadiums are awesome, but not necessarily needed. I also think that joint bids aren’t a bad thing. I think the Olympics and other major events should work on a rotating system. Every Olympiad should be in a different continent, and the countries on that continent are responsible for figuring out a hosting plan, preferably shared between multiple countries, and continents should have the opportunity to skip an Olympiad if they feel unable to host it. But I do agree with many the points you make, especially concerning postering, and I like that LA is currently sports paradise.
NFL Coming back with 2 great teams (Chargers season ticket holder right here), new Soccer stadium, Lakers on the rise again, World Cup, OLYMPICS (with plenty of events coming up as tests) , I LOVE L.A
But i do agree that things have to be done together, not just one city, kinda like what stockholm 2026 doing with sigulda, to not build a sledding track, it will be harder on fans, but easier on economy
I really wanted Morocco to win, I hate smaller countries are basically blacklisted from hosting major sporting events. Morocco could have done it for sure, and if FIFA was really worried about scandals or controversy, then why did they give Russia the World Cup.
I'm sorry but no, more billions of dollars in spending, more white elephant stadiums, more controversy, would they put the money in? Sure, but why? you don't have enough unused stadiums from South Africa? you will have plenty from russia, qatar.
World Cup (and olympics) should be in places with proven sports culture, so yes, smaller countries will be blacklisted but it will curb spending that can shut that smaller country down.
FIFA (and IOC) should have a list of approved locations where their travelling carnival can go to (you wont get white elephants in England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil)
This insane spending on events need to stop just to show who's bigger
I see you are from L.A like me (where from btw?) We are very fortunate to live in a place with amazing sports infrastructure that no other place really have, let's enjoy what we have and bask in the glory of the upcoming sport goodness coming to USA
Time to move away from UEFA and join AFC, which would make more sense anyway and increase their chances a lot
yes, i see it now, Israel - Iran, Israel - Qatar, Israel - Bahrain, Israel - Saudi Arabia...... we can just qualify because so many teams just wont show up against us
can we be in a group just with South Korea, Japan, China, Australia? wait, i dont think we can make it out of this group
up until 1994 when israel joined uefa (someone remembers the amazing win in france ? 3-2 on the 94th minute against Eric Cantona and David Ginola), before that they were in Oceania and through there they qualified for the 1970 World Cup and also the playoffs for the 1990 world cup (lost to colombia)
But I bet there were plenty of people saying "no, going to 32 is too much, 24 is enough."
That didnt change the tournament to it's very core, 8 groups instead of 6, still going to a round of 16 , now it will be 16 groups of 3 teams, moving on to a round of 32!
and btw, they change to 32 didnt add that many teams per confederation, here they add 5 teams to Africa, 4 to Asia and make the final round of North America meaningless (this year there was only 5 legit teams in north america, and yes i know usa lost to trinidad)
Is there anyone out there tracking countries that have met the Alpine Olympic standard already? There have been enough SAC races for it to be possible I think.
Karate obviously has lots of problems with officiating. and WKF itself is not a great organization either (most of their rule changes are dumb) but the scoring basic is very simple with only 1 or 2 rare situations.
I know in past IOC (under previous IOC presidents not the current dictator) asked WKF to find a solution, using helmets or something like that to avoid situation like the last Olympic final. and I remember WKF used it for few tournaments around 2000 (1998 Asian Games for example) but nobody (specially the athletes) didn't like it, they dropped the idea.
I totally understand Kata looks very very boring, (as boring as Surfing in my opinion) but that's the heart of karate. even if WKF is allowed to pick 1 event for the Olympics, they will pick Kata (team kata is much better though)
Cross-country is a long standing WA ask. Handball was never going to get Beach, Gymnastics would defo want tumbling, but possibly prefer double mini or trampoline synchro to acrobatic. High diving SHOULD get in and Archery would be better looking at field events, but may be satisfied with the five it has.
Worth noting that MMA was once more or less known as 'no holds barred', the most brutal form of combat sport....but almost immediately, certain holds and techniques were barred! Eye gouging, fishhooking and, more important for this discussion "small joint manipulation" - i.e torture submissions based on breaking fingers and toes. Holds that work in te real world...but are unacceptable in the sport. Any martial art that becomes a sport compromises - what do you think boxing gloves are?
My problem with karate is following the scoring and understanding what scores and what doesn't. The action itself looks interesting, but its hard to read a context.
Under no circumstances whatsoever should we see fierce growling and staring at invisible people - Kata - ever return to the games - the only event more shambolic that B-girl Raygun. What next, Haka?
That was never a controversy for anybody who has watched this sport for an hour.
in Judo you can win by strangulation or something but you can't break the neck I assume.
that's the same with kicking (or punching) to the head in Karate, you can kick but you can't kick with maximum force. that's the first thing they teach you in Karate. the very first thing.
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Sorry argentina. I guess you will have to enjoy your world cup and copa america win. I'm sure not a lot of tears will be shed
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