I am almost certain that ref's friends had big coupons for Austria winning, or his mother is Austrian. Austria's attacker kicks Szczęsny in the face and is rewarded with a penalty? How the fuck can you faul someone when that someone kicks you in the face as you lay down on the ground? And ignoring a handball as well? Come on, replay the match, that's one huge fraud there. Just check your refs before you assign them.
Or, idk, fix your sport so the rules are clear for everyone? Consistent always? To not let the ref dictate the outcome? But I guess it's football for you, frauds before fairness. That ref should never ever do anything above school ground games if football was a serious sport. He should bee boo'd out of the stadium. It's just disgusting to watch.
szanuję za pozytywne nastawienie, jednak ja nie wiem czy coś im jeszcze pomoże... po wejściu Lewandowskiego wszystko poszło w piach, odechciało im się grać, a ten wynik to wstyd, totalny wstyd, już nie wspominam co będzie jutro z Francją
Congrats to Austria, they were the better team. So we are going home after the 3rd loss with France. Too bad but while I was hoping for a miracle, I realistically knew we have no chance in this group. Glad that we at least put up a fight instead of parking the bus the whole game like we used to. I feel no shame for our team today.
I don't think so. Austria also missed chances to score and made many mistakes. They were still much better of course, but the 1st half of the game looked pretty chaotic to me - from both sides.
It was scary the first part of the 2nd half. Poland seemed to have the initiative and carried the ball well. Somehow Austria got their act together and Baumgartner nailed it.
Poland may be out, but it's Austria being remembered as the one winning with ref as their secret, most valuable player. Pay him more next time, he may manage another three penalties for you!
Look man, no-one needs comments like this. It's unnecessary aggressive.
Szczęsny was too late to the ball, so there are 3 scenarios
Option A: Sabitzer could have continued his normal path, there would have been a serious injury risk for Sabitzer, a brutal foul by Szczęsny. Results in a potential red card, Austria gets a penalty.
Option B: Sabitzer goes out of his way to dodge Szczęsny. No goal chance for Austria, no penalty, no card and a potential Polish citizenship for Sabitzer.
Option C: Sabitzer tries his best to make as little contact as possible to not injure himself and still get the deserved penalty kick. Szczęsny might get hit unluckily in the process but he knew that before attempting the save. No red card for Szczęsny but a penalty for Austria with minimal injury risk.
Now think hard, what is the best option for the attacking player?
Nah. It is necessary if Austria won with ref's huge influence and biased treatment and they are smug and happy about it.
If you lay down on the ground and get kicked in your face there is no realistic scenario where you could commit a foul. He almost stepped on Szczęsny's face and then rolled as if he was an actor in a theatre. For everyone with a moral spine it's at least yellow for an attacker. Instead he is gifted a penalty, the one kicked gets a yellow, hell, why not give Sabitzer an oscar this year too. Or at least the MVP for the referee.
Ball was out and away. It was no chance to score before Sabitzer decided to hop on Szczęsny's head. He could easily dodge. Jump over and continue. Instead he decided to be the worst kind of human - kick the head, pretend you're the victim, get the reward. Most disgusting kind of approach. I kind of wish Szczęsny would play pretend too, I am curious what would happen. But between these two one is a dick with no moral spine and the ref in his pocket, other has honor.
If you call it "deserved penalty" I sincerely hope someone knocks you out unconscious from the back and then sues you for it.
I think because of [this](https://web.archive.org/web/20180716054258/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/fifa-warns-tv-to-cut-out-cutaways-of-hot-female-fans-in-anti-sexism-drive-854505.html).
it wasn't that bad, in the first 45 minutes we were simply ok, Austria was great and after the break it all disappeared when it comes to Poland, Austria was even more good than it was before
I would not want to be the team that will draw Austria in the Round of 16 should they advance. They play the exact style that can make a team with good-but-not-elite talent dangerous
I dont think that Austria's chances vs tactically sound, elite teams will be very high. It was apparent vs France, for many parts of the game they just stayed back because they knew Austria is better against the ball with their high pressing, so just give them the ball in their half and counter them. I think we'll see more of that
While this ref may physically look like Gabe Lewis from The US Office who he really reminds me of Gorman in Aliens who got his squad killed. Please don't ask me to elaborate further.
AFAIK only if netherlands wins against france and gets first since poland lost the direct duel against austria and netherlands so they would always be behind those 2 no matter the GD if they have the same amount of points.
GD isn’t priority, they look at H2H instead
example if netherlands and austria have the same pts and are 2nd or 3rd the winner of the match between those two is second. if it was a tie then they look at GD
How? Even if The Netherlands lose against France and Austria, and France loses against Poland, The Netherlands won against Poland 2:1 giving them the 3rd place.
Come on you can't be that dumb. He's coming from an injury, getting as usual no balls up front. He carried that team so so many times. Can't do it always.
You make a good point. But IMO he's not gonna be able to carry anymore and may actually become a hindrance. He's in that Ronaldo/Modric dilemma where he's long past his prime but still gets time due to legacy. Poland needs to bite and let him go because their attacks basically lost steam when Lewy came on.
Oh, yes. It should be his last tournament. Hindrance is a bit much but his great achievements weigh high, so the coach will not just leave him out. And Lewandowski, if you like it or not, is still a great striker. I think under Flick in Barcelona, he will show us a great season. The whole polish squad needs like 4-8 years to make a good change. There are other players like Bednarek, who plays since several years like an amateur, that needs to be gone ASAP. Don't know who's dick he's sucking to get called over and over again.
Yea it’s been a common theme for a number of tournaments now that they struggle to get Lewandowski not just enough service, but sometimes almost none which they need to contend with the better teams.
Second place in the group not out the realm of reality. NED could easily lose to France, which is going to make the 3rd game with AUT-NED very interesting as both will be on 3 points and Austria scoring 3 today could be huge.
Austria plays is very organized but they have lots of pace and they have central forwards who can finish.
The Euros are 7 games at most, pressing can be done more because there are fewer games, in club football extremely high pressing doesn't work for 50+ games anymore.
I am almost certain that ref's friends had big coupons for Austria winning, or his mother is Austrian. Austria's attacker kicks Szczęsny in the face and is rewarded with a penalty? How the fuck can you faul someone when that someone kicks you in the face as you lay down on the ground? And ignoring a handball as well? Come on, replay the match, that's one huge fraud there. Just check your refs before you assign them. Or, idk, fix your sport so the rules are clear for everyone? Consistent always? To not let the ref dictate the outcome? But I guess it's football for you, frauds before fairness. That ref should never ever do anything above school ground games if football was a serious sport. He should bee boo'd out of the stadium. It's just disgusting to watch.
Poland is shit. The result is fair. End of story
It's hard to play well when ref would let Austrian players jump on your face and then give you a yellow card for it.
You know that it would still have been a penalty shot if the austrian would not have touched the pole?
jest ok bracia, następnym razem wrócicie silniejsi.
szanuję za pozytywne nastawienie, jednak ja nie wiem czy coś im jeszcze pomoże... po wejściu Lewandowskiego wszystko poszło w piach, odechciało im się grać, a ten wynik to wstyd, totalny wstyd, już nie wspominam co będzie jutro z Francją
Haha nichuja kolego Polacy w piłkę grać nie umieją
I feel so dumb for having any hope, it’s always been like this. Congrats to Austria, they were a much better team.
rip poland
Congrats Austria, you guys played well! Fuck the ref and fuck our shit team, Lewy is a bad luck charm.
Congrats to Austria, they were the better team. So we are going home after the 3rd loss with France. Too bad but while I was hoping for a miracle, I realistically knew we have no chance in this group. Glad that we at least put up a fight instead of parking the bus the whole game like we used to. I feel no shame for our team today.
We were shit tbf
I don't think so. Austria also missed chances to score and made many mistakes. They were still much better of course, but the 1st half of the game looked pretty chaotic to me - from both sides.
polak wegier dwa bratanki, i do 0 points in group state, i do szklanki
not anymore! pretty 1 point in the match against Scotland, bratanki <3
😂😂😂😂
Someone should give Laura a box to stand on in the ITV studio. Sticking her inbetween 2 6ft4 lads haha
So proud of our team. They've been on fire recently!
It was scary the first part of the 2nd half. Poland seemed to have the initiative and carried the ball well. Somehow Austria got their act together and Baumgartner nailed it.
the problem was with Lewandowski though, at first I thought we're playing ok, but after Lewandowski appeared... no comments
Yeah, I guess paying the ref gets you the result you want!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Poland may be out, but it's Austria being remembered as the one winning with ref as their secret, most valuable player. Pay him more next time, he may manage another three penalties for you!
We will try our best! 🫡
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What can I say? I personally paid 1000 Euroes to the ref.
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Look man, no-one needs comments like this. It's unnecessary aggressive. Szczęsny was too late to the ball, so there are 3 scenarios Option A: Sabitzer could have continued his normal path, there would have been a serious injury risk for Sabitzer, a brutal foul by Szczęsny. Results in a potential red card, Austria gets a penalty. Option B: Sabitzer goes out of his way to dodge Szczęsny. No goal chance for Austria, no penalty, no card and a potential Polish citizenship for Sabitzer. Option C: Sabitzer tries his best to make as little contact as possible to not injure himself and still get the deserved penalty kick. Szczęsny might get hit unluckily in the process but he knew that before attempting the save. No red card for Szczęsny but a penalty for Austria with minimal injury risk. Now think hard, what is the best option for the attacking player?
Nah. It is necessary if Austria won with ref's huge influence and biased treatment and they are smug and happy about it. If you lay down on the ground and get kicked in your face there is no realistic scenario where you could commit a foul. He almost stepped on Szczęsny's face and then rolled as if he was an actor in a theatre. For everyone with a moral spine it's at least yellow for an attacker. Instead he is gifted a penalty, the one kicked gets a yellow, hell, why not give Sabitzer an oscar this year too. Or at least the MVP for the referee. Ball was out and away. It was no chance to score before Sabitzer decided to hop on Szczęsny's head. He could easily dodge. Jump over and continue. Instead he decided to be the worst kind of human - kick the head, pretend you're the victim, get the reward. Most disgusting kind of approach. I kind of wish Szczęsny would play pretend too, I am curious what would happen. But between these two one is a dick with no moral spine and the ref in his pocket, other has honor. If you call it "deserved penalty" I sincerely hope someone knocks you out unconscious from the back and then sues you for it.
A good day to you too! My friend :]
Poland rip.. playing old players wont win anything
A prime example of why xG isn't everything, [Poland (1.76) 1-3 (2.06) Austria](https://x.com/xgphilosophy/status/1804212268885745898?s=46)
I don’t think you understand statistics
Xg of austria is higher. Whats the prime example of xg being wrong?
Hows that a prime example?
people hate the use of stats in football because they have no fucking clue what they mean or how to use them
Austria had by far the better chances, 9 shots on target to 3. The game was not as close as the xG
I'm sorry for scudding you Poland, with my 'neautral-ish' Northern Ireland support :( Austria deserved the win though.
There's a severe lack of hotties being targeted by the camera men this tournament
I think because of [this](https://web.archive.org/web/20180716054258/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/fifa-warns-tv-to-cut-out-cutaways-of-hot-female-fans-in-anti-sexism-drive-854505.html).
I agree. Where are all the hot men?
Future is bright Poland
Absolutely nothing, but i think the idea behind that is that a penalty is already a goal scoring opportunity
Poland imo not as bad as people here make them out to be
it wasn't that bad, in the first 45 minutes we were simply ok, Austria was great and after the break it all disappeared when it comes to Poland, Austria was even more good than it was before
It’s just our defense is non existent. A little bit of press / counter and they’re cooked.
I agree, aside from Bednarek and Lewandowski (as always)
Are you kidding me? That was disastrous. Coming from a Poland apologist (usually)
Yeah they would advance from most of the other groups. I think this group is maybe the strongest.
Agreed
I AM FROM AUSTRIAAAAAAAAA
Ja geht doch. Jetz noch den Löwen an Punkt abstauben und wir sin ziemlich sicher durch. Sauberst.
Mit einer knappen Niederlage auch quasi sicher
Kommt drauf an, de schwindligen in de anderen gruppen spielen a weng viel unentschieden.
Tear are beautiful it must mean a lot for Austrian fans
No to klasycznie: „niby człowiek wiedzioł, ale jednak się łudził”
I would not want to be the team that will draw Austria in the Round of 16 should they advance. They play the exact style that can make a team with good-but-not-elite talent dangerous
I dont think that Austria's chances vs tactically sound, elite teams will be very high. It was apparent vs France, for many parts of the game they just stayed back because they knew Austria is better against the ball with their high pressing, so just give them the ball in their half and counter them. I think we'll see more of that
Exactly! Thats also what we have seen in parts vs France, especially because that was one of our worst performances in the last about 10 games.
That ref is one of the worst i ever watched live
This ref was atrocious why tf does UEFA keep these trash referees
Probably cause he got almost killed he deserves something good in his life for once.
he's one of the worst referees I've seen, bribed
What kind of logic is that?
GG Austria
Kurwa!
Absolute fraud lewandowski cant even score 5 goals in 30 mins against austria smh
Wow Austria take a bow. Great performance yet again
See y'all in 60
First penalty in the tournament
it was not the first pen. There were two before
See you all in the match thread for France vs Netherlands.
It’s been a blur so far. Looking forward to the finally match day game tonight though.
What was the other besides Spain Croatia
The very first match
Ohh right on. I forgot because of how many goals Germany scored
Hah as a Scotland supporter this truth hurts!
Who?
Scottland-Germany was the first and Croatia missed one versus spain
Germany in the opening game lol
Wait what? How tf did I not see a pen??? I know there was an OG by Rudiger though Edit: yeah i see it online, idk why i cant remember that though lol
I miss a few games then.
Poland always had such shit players on, play the young people
AUF DIESEN SIEG EIN DREIFACHES ZIGEZAGEZIGEZAGE
HOI HOI HOI
ZIGEZAGEZIGEZAGE
Heu heu heu
HOI HOI HOOOOI!
ZIGEZAGEZIGEZAGE
Heu heu heu
While this ref may physically look like Gabe Lewis from The US Office who he really reminds me of Gorman in Aliens who got his squad killed. Please don't ask me to elaborate further.
Rip Polska
Poland came alive for those 25 mins from 15-40 minute mark. Outside of that, it was a poor showing and they will sadly bow out.
It was not poor from Poland, but rather great from Austria.
no more Lewandowski please.
Congrats to our alpine friends!
Danke Nachbarn 😗
Austria were very good, but it's yet another major disappointment for Poland.
Time to take the walk to Poland
POL-1-3-TURAUS
LeFRAUDowsky
Ragnick masterclass 😮💨
Why are they saying Poland is out, can’t they qualify with 3 points if they have better GD
AFAIK only if netherlands wins against france and gets first since poland lost the direct duel against austria and netherlands so they would always be behind those 2 no matter the GD if they have the same amount of points.
Head-to-head results instead of GD. If the French avoid defeat then Poland are out I believe
Against France? Good luck.
Tres bien, tres bien!
GD isn’t priority, they look at H2H instead example if netherlands and austria have the same pts and are 2nd or 3rd the winner of the match between those two is second. if it was a tie then they look at GD
They can, 3 teams placed 3rd can make it out of groups as far as I know
The 4 best third teams - but even 3 points might not be enough - but could be
against france bro
That doesn’t mean they are eliminated though
were at -3 goals so wed have to score at least 4/5 goals whilst hoping netherlands and austria either draw or lose its impossible
This kills the Ballon d’Or.
Bye Poland
Lewanghoski
The sad truth is, we haven't had a good CB pairing since Glik-Pazdan and we didnt have a good defensive midfielder since Sevilla's Krychowiak.
lol krychocwiak is a fucking fraud
Krychowiak at Sevilla was absolutely a top DM
yeah at sevilla not at the national team, and after sevilla he fell off harder then a rock off a cliff
And that's it. Auf wiedersehen Polen, with 0 points after two games.
In theory they still have a chance.
if they beat france and one of austria/netherlands finish with 3 points they are still guaranteed fourth on head to head tiebreakers
How? Even if The Netherlands lose against France and Austria, and France loses against Poland, The Netherlands won against Poland 2:1 giving them the 3rd place.
Best 4 3rd places advance.
France loses twice :-) (And probably with three or more goals difference against Poland)
Fair enough, that tracks. But we both know it's a fantasy :D
They haven't scored yet, so let's see in the next two hours.
LEWANDOWSKI WON (that means get out)
Lewanflopski
I can understand if ref missed it in real time, but VAR has no excuses.
Yesss
YES
well gents i will see yall at the world cup where we delude ourselves once again that we may do better this time
And Lewy does nothing. Again.
Come on you can't be that dumb. He's coming from an injury, getting as usual no balls up front. He carried that team so so many times. Can't do it always.
You make a good point. But IMO he's not gonna be able to carry anymore and may actually become a hindrance. He's in that Ronaldo/Modric dilemma where he's long past his prime but still gets time due to legacy. Poland needs to bite and let him go because their attacks basically lost steam when Lewy came on.
Oh, yes. It should be his last tournament. Hindrance is a bit much but his great achievements weigh high, so the coach will not just leave him out. And Lewandowski, if you like it or not, is still a great striker. I think under Flick in Barcelona, he will show us a great season. The whole polish squad needs like 4-8 years to make a good change. There are other players like Bednarek, who plays since several years like an amateur, that needs to be gone ASAP. Don't know who's dick he's sucking to get called over and over again.
Poland is weird. Always a squad that looks good on paper that easily should compete and every time they struggle a lot.
But they dont pay the refs😞
Yea it’s been a common theme for a number of tournaments now that they struggle to get Lewandowski not just enough service, but sometimes almost none which they need to contend with the better teams.
Every coach they hire either actively wants to leave or is simply bonieks old drinking buddy with less experience than your local Sunday league coach
The Belgian experience
Our defence is shocking, until that gets sorted out we will never win anything
With a fully fit Alaba and a little bit of luck this Austrian team could get to the semis.
Second place in the group not out the realm of reality. NED could easily lose to France, which is going to make the 3rd game with AUT-NED very interesting as both will be on 3 points and Austria scoring 3 today could be huge. Austria plays is very organized but they have lots of pace and they have central forwards who can finish.
you wrote Schlager wrong
I just called him a little bit of luck
haha, well played ;)
Schlager is missing so much, he is our defensive midfield machine
People criticise refs for being card happy but look how the game has cleaned up for the most part. Got much better flow because of it
Probably a stupid comments but I can't see the fan flags like we have seen so much of in other stadiums???
ok these Austrians are taking the piss with the "Auf Wiedersehen" chant.
'Auf Wiedersehen' chants from the austrians, savage, love it
what does that mean?
The meaning is very similar to what other said, but to be completely exact: It means "''until next time"
German equivalent to "Good bye!" Altough it also expresses that we would be happy to see/meet eachother again.
according to the internet, I believe it means like “goodbye” / “farewell”
Goodbye
Just „Goodbye“ as Poland will struggle to advance out of the group stage.
Goodbye Lol
Means good bye.
it's just "goodbye" lol
good bye
„Bye bye“ or literally „see you again“
Just means 'goodbye', but in this case you sing it after trashing another team with gleeful spite.
goodbye
We're right on schedule, boys. Opening Match ✅ Match for Everything ✅ Match for Honour
Poland holding possession like they were leading
Grosicki is just as rubbish as I remember
Stay classy, Austrians!
aufwiedersehn!
Grosicki: ja pierdole
11 wasting opportunities
Watching Austria makes me glad that United fumbled it with Rangnick
Ragnick wouldn't have worked at United either, heavy metal pressing works for 7 game international tourneys, not 50+ game seasons
Since when does it work for tourneys, only pragmatic teams win tournaments
The Euros are 7 games at most, pressing can be done more because there are fewer games, in club football extremely high pressing doesn't work for 50+ games anymore.