Men's Football UEFA European Championship 2024

[copravolley 545]

5 minutes ago, hckošice said:

The main difference is the sports mentality, They have big we do not have, sport is not priority at all anymore (it was in the past not now). We already discussed this topic, lack of money, lack of infrastructure, genera very limited interest for sport, young people prefer study or search for work earlier since they see not many money turning in sport (except hockey or football, but not every kid can be a pro), outdated coaching system resulting from lack of money etc.. etc.. if I were to list all the problems of our sport, I would probably write this post until tomorrow

How would you compare Slovakia to the Czech Republic? I mean investments and infrastructure, because it`s known that the Czech Republic has a larger population.

[hckošice 15,676]

6 minutes ago, copravolley said:

How would you compare Slovakia to the Czech Republic? I mean investments and infrastructure, because it`s known that the Czech Republic has a larger population.

That is not even comparable bro. Two completely different levels. It was always like that even during Czechoslovakia and it is logically the same now as well.

[copravolley 545]

Just now, hckošice said:

That is not even comparable bro. Two completely different levels. It was always like that even during Czechoslovakia and it is logically the same now as well.

In terms of sports, however, did Slovakia have better sports within Czechoslovakia (until the beginning of the 21st century, the level was still due to the old system) than as an independent country?

[heywoodu 16,085]

I see Slovakia is through, as expected, but that must be wrong, since @hckošice was so sure that wasn't going to happen?  

 

Spoiler

Congratulations!  

 

Edited June 26, 2024 by heywoodu

[hckošice 15,676]

12 minutes ago, copravolley said:

In terms of sports, however, did Slovakia have better sports within Czechoslovakia (until the beginning of the 21st century, the level was still due to the old system) than as an independent country?

The system was different, state controlled, basically all children had easier access to sports and support. but there were 10 million Czechs to 5 million Slovaks, so czechs still had more talented kids in the teams, Maybe water polo or race walking were the only sports were slovaks were always for some reason more dominant

[hckošice 15,676]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I see Slovakia is through, as expected, but that must be wrong, since @hckošice was so sure that wasn't going to happen?  

 

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Congratulations!  

 

Well, nobody can deny it is a surprise

[heywoodu 16,085]

2 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Well, nobody can deny it is a surprise

Before the tournament started: yes.

 

After two matches: no, I was genuinely not kidding when I said I saw it as very realistic  

[hckošice 15,676]

Barák send off after two completely dumb yellows 

 

Meanwhile, leading   obviously, totally expected

[Monzanator 4,800]

Barak goes off for two yellows after 20 mins. Absolute stupidity and better news for Hungary.

[heywoodu 16,085]

Thanks to this Czech idiot (I mean, two yellows in 20 minutes, come on) we'll play England at the end.

 

I mean, it's thanks to the awful Dutch team of course, but this doesn't help