kungshamra71

One of the things I love the most here.
 
yes people like football and yes a lot of people are crazy about their Ajax or feyenoord or whatever but at least you don’t have a NOS Journal where the first 30 minutes of an hour and half tv news show (yap, that long, with a commercial break even) are for talking about football and football clubs.
 
here I can stay away from football if I want (except oranje stuff). In Portugal is unbearable :-(

We also have three sports newspaper (although they are mainly football newspapers, barely any mention to any other sport there  ) and each sells their soul for each of the big three clubs (Porto, Benfica and Sporting) so it's totally toxic media.
 
I still remember when Nelson Evora won a golden medal in Beijing 2008, which, let's put it in the right context, was only the fourth (!!!) gold medal in total olympic history of Portugal, and one of such newspapers put this as cover 
 
 
The fourth gold medal in our history.
 
The cover goes to some random interview to a Benfica player.

We also have three sports newspaper (although they are mainly football newspapers, barely any mention to any other sport there  ) and each sells their soul for each of the big three clubs (Porto, Benfica and Sporting) so it's totally toxic media.
 
I still remember when Nelson Evora won a golden medal in Beijing 2008, which, let's put it in the right context, was only the fourth (!!!) gold medal in total olympic history of Portugal, and one of such newspapers put this as cover 
 
 
The fourth gold medal in our history.
 
The cover goes to some random interview to a Benfica player.

Damn

Respect for the commentators of this match haha
 

there are so many good players, I think the team is really strong. But the Ronaldo dependency is not good…
 
I think his presence is good, but should be that kind of player that comes in for the last 30 min or so max

Nope  

Nope  

Nope  

Iñaki Williams from Ghana and Diogo Costa (portuguese Gk) at the end of the match
 

Time for the 4th team i support in this tournament (after Portugal, Netherlands, and Spain).
 

It's 2022 guys, that ship has sailed some years ago. I still believe without him the team is much better than with him. I like him in the bench, doing speeches and giving support.

It's 2022 guys, that ship has sailed some years ago. I still believe without him the team is much better than with him. I like him in the bench, doing speeches and giving support.

Fun fact: did you knew that since the 2010 World Cup, Portugal has only won 3 World Cup matches? (North Korea, Ghana and Morocco)

there are so many good players, I think the team is really strong. But the Ronaldo dependency is not good…
 
I think his presence is good, but should be that kind of player that comes in for the last 30 min or so max

Without Ronaldo.
 
Portugal playing without Ronaldo plays as a team, and is - in my opinion - very very good. Not Brazil or Argentina good, but good.
 
With Ronaldo, the team plays entirely for him, and they suck doing that specially with an aged Ronaldo....

If you ever happen to somehow find yourself near Elburg in December, 'Kerst in de Vesting' ('Christmas in the City') is kind of neat there  
 
https://www.google.com/search?q=elburg+kerst+in+de+vesting&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio3ISkjsX7AhXUQeUKHZ7aBAQQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1

This is what Neuer saw today. Can't blame them for loosing.
 
 

This is what Neuer saw today. Can't blame them for loosing.
 
 

** SPOILER FOR SATURDAY’s  v  **
 
 

btw the original video from this is even funnier, he tried to draw Pepe and it's absolutely horrible haha

There’s a World Cup fantasy competition organized by my town newspaper, with nice prizes for whoever ends in top three.
 
My prediction was Argentina +5 - 0 Saudi Arabia
 
I also predicted Argentina would be the one who scored the most goals in the group phase, and Saudi Arabia the one who would suffered the most goals.
 
I guess I can forget about the prizes now haha

The tribut of a Portuguese football fan to Taremi after he scored those two goals against a England 
 

idk i feel the 7-1 was quite more of a painful one. I mean yeah it was not in the final, and it was against German football machine, but 7.... against the football nation, 5 times champion, playing at home in a full yellow-green coloured stadium..... and again, seven goals....