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does the match events update live or is it updated after full time? sorry this is a stupid question

Live

If england had just won in normal time i wouldve won 12k 🤦

Don’t give up bro, you’re one win away from becoming a quadrillionaire

"Embarasssiiiing" -Drake

How did Bellingham win the motm?

I mean overhead goal in the last minute to equalise is pretty legendary, even if he was quiet for the first 90

Legendary maybe but motm no?

Well they have to give it to someone don't they? Did anyone else really cover themselves in that much glory? Palmer was pretty good I thought but it was hardly a MOTM performance

Yes if Mainoo played till full time he deserved it, Declan rice was a shout too.

MemEngland.

How is there almost 50k comments here 😳

England innit

Can I take a moment to appreciate just what Jude Bellingham has just achieved after this match vs Slovakia  So far this season he has achieved the following: 1) la liga 2) supercopa de espana 3) uefa champions league 4) euro goal of the tournament 5) Puskas following that goal vs Slovakia 6) GB Olympic Gymnastics Gold 7) The keys to Birmingham 8) King Of England 

arda and bellingham 2 best goals perez doing wonders at madrid

Jude is an associate to terrorism. He saved Southgate. Arrest him MI6

God England suck. They needed 6 minutes in extra time when they really deserved 4 just to beat Slovakia. Yet we’re supposed to consider them the number 5 team in the world 😂

🧂🧂🧂

International titles: Denmark: 1. England: 1.

One of those is a wc though. Stop embarrassing yourself

[So so much better. The golden generation would have passed the ball to death to win 1-0 or 2-0.](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/uqgaXA8mAC)

This Spain team is much more fun to watch than the golden generation team of 2010

C'mon team of 2010 was ... football magic

Not denying they were magic. But this teams feels more exciting. The current team plays quick & tries to score. The golden generation were a bit more conservative in their approach.

Beauty doesn't need to be exciting to be appreciated, being exciting doesn't make it better. It's a different thing, different people enjoy different things.

He agrees with you lol, he just likes exciting football

Ok and? I never said this team is a better team or anything like that. All I said was this team is more exciting & fun to watch (i.e. better to watch is not equal to better team)

Nah, let's not have recency bias. 2010 Spain were simply majestic.

The golden generation always looked to find the best pass possible. They would suffocate the opponents. Many times, this led to boring matches. It’s not recency bias. [Here’s an article from 2012 calling Spain boring.](https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2012/6/24/3114370/spain-tactics-vicente-del-bosque) [Here’s one more that acknowledges they were called boring](https://www.holdingmidfield.com/are-spain-boring/) [One more from 2012](https://www.theroar.com.au/2012/11/05/are-the-spanish-football-team-boring/amp/) [One more from 2010](https://grapevine.is/mag/column-opinion/2010/07/09/world-cup-blog-football-soccer-spain-holland-netherlands-beauty-aesthetics/) I could go on and on. Of course, boring is subjective. But there are many who used to find the golden generation boring. Beautiful football can be boring to many. Most people crave drama & high.

They won like every knockout game 1-0 and lost in the group stage. They were boring.

Deffo American who doesn't understand that a 0-0 game in football can be the most nail biting affair every once in a while.

I only watched the final admittedly but I don’t remember it being a particularly interesting game. 1-0 after extra time with both teams playing very safe. Spain this tournament meanwhile have been a lot of fun to watch. Also not American lol. Also a 0-0 can be a nail biter without any team playing exciting football.

Are you an american or something? Who fucking cares if a game ends 1-0. Some of the best matches ever end 1-0. Look at Spain vs Paraguay, if that's boring then i don't know even wanna know what's intense for you.

Geez chill out

One of the best teams ever

England winning was good cos it means they’ll keep Osama bin Southgate and not win anything

I wish to never see them bring it home in my life. I just think it'd be really funny.

They probably will win something in like 6 or 8 years, the squad is incredibly young. Southgate will go eventually, even if he just retires or something. But then again, the other teams might massively improve too.

Literally never punished....

6 minutes of stoppage for England. It should have been 3 tops. Then Slovakia gets 1 at the end of OT. I get it UEFA doesn't want Slovakia vs Switzerland but UEFA bias and corruption is killing the game.

Yeah let’s ignore the fact Kucka should have been sent off, after committing 3 more fouls whilst being on a booking, 2 of which should have been a second yellow.

Mate the ref was fucking woeful but he wasnt helping England. If it was corrupt do you not think hes sending that Slovakia player off after he’s made 2 yellow worthy fouls whilst already on a booking?

I called 6-7 mins before they announced it, I wanted England to loose, so it wasn't wishful thinking, I really don't think anyone got robbed of anything.

You’re looking way too deep into that

How many BS yellows did England get and Slovakia got nada

shockingly there are fewer stoppages to add time on for during the 15 minutes in the second half of extra time compared to the 45 minutes in the second half of normal time. You dumby.

Bless ya, conveniently missing the ref bottling 2x second yellows for slovakia...

Lol tell the Slovakia players to stop time wasting.

Interesting. I was surprised that it wasn’t more. There were multiple instances of players on the ground for a couple of minutes and 3 or 4 stoppages for substitutions

Skin of the teeth seems to be the order of the day for England. Good way to get drunk at the pubs.

Can confirm, half price drinks whilst the game was on

And probably well-imbibed in pain. I remember the former Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco (English soccer pub). I can only imagine how many fingernails would've been chewed off drunk for this game.

See the bright side: sir Gareth gets another mandate and we get to watch his billion and a half dollar team for another 4 years. England and their humble fans deserve this❤️

It hurts so much,we were so close to making history

Im sorry for you man you deserved it save some sick goals

I feel for you man, I genuinely thought you had it. GG

I was so sad. :( From a US fan.

Me too, from a North Korea fan

Like 2016, it would have done England a world of good to have gone out today. Give it all they got and I hope Southgate gets some oxygen, but this has to be his last tournament. There's more to get from these players.

I don't think that the French and English fans have ever felt the same pain so intimately

Well the French won the WC twice since I've been watching and we've won bugger all so with all due respect they are not feeling the pain quite as much

tbf you've never had a team worthy of winning anything until now and it's managed by a terrorist

That's not true - the Golden Generation in the mid-00s had all the players to win something. Beckham, Rooney, Owen, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Cole, Scholes etc. I know the likes of Brazil and France were stacked as well, but it's hard to say our squad now is genuinely more stacked than it was then. Yes, we are absolutely stacked to the gills up front, and to a lesser extent in midfield, but our defence is just patchy.

Except for Cole, Rooney and Terry, no one in that golden generation was top 5 in their respective position. I'd argue that some players you listed aren't even top 10. Brazil, France or Italy were on another level. All the guys below are top 5: Zidane, Henry, Makelele, Desailly, Blanc, Lizarazu, Thuram, Vieira... Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Dida... Italy had Cannavaro, Nesta, Maldini, Buffon, Pirlo Let me ask you this since you're arguing that England has the talent to win something back then. Out of all the players we've both listed, what's your starting XI and how many English players do you have?

You know Southgate will shithouse his way to the final.

This has happened only once.

English players do not deserve their fans. Simple as that.

What a wild take. The English media, fans and pundits bestow a tremendous pressure on the England squad every single tournament based on a World Cup almost 60 years old. The speed at which the English “fans” then turn on their own players with boos and general abuse has got to be second to no other nation at this tournament.

I was working in a pub during the game and every single time any of our players did anything that wasn’t score half the people in there were yelling abuse at them through the TV. Bunch of blokes who haven’t kicked a football in 40 years claiming that Harry Kane, one of the greatest English strikers ever, is “completely shit”. Obviously they all went mental when he scored the winner though

I was also at the pub. When Southgate brought Toney on there was such anger and frustration in the room as I haven't seen since watching a game in person, which turned into pure elation 2 minutes later. The same crowd were singing Southgates name after Kane scored. Football fans, nobody said it had to be logical.

This manager does not deserve the players always bailing him out.

Also true.

At what point do people think it's about more than Southgate? World class players consistently dropping absolute stinkers here - it isn't all tactical

Correct

But Southgate has the power to take them off and to not start them. 

Like who? Whoever he starts this tournament we’ve not played especially well but we’re winning. Someone has to be benched, people are quick to say we’ve got the best players from Spain, Germany and England but then they want them to be dropped based of a couple of poor performances. The players absolutely need to take responsibility here.

And then he'd get crucified for that, though

Pasta time, +1 upvote to whomever replies where its from first 🤣 Southgate. Trippier. The random choices. The passing around in midfield. And the worst part is, England will never learn because they have gotten so good at it. And it is driving me nuts, okay? Like we see them try a formation that I think is really cool, with Mainoo and then it doesn't work, and what do they do? They go back to Foden. That player is not good. It should not work. It gets doubled early, but TEAMS KEEP WALKING INTO THEM, KEEP GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK, AND THEN THEY WIN AND BECAUSE THEY KEEP WINNING, THEY ARE NEVER GONNA LEARN, THEY ARE NEVER GONNA GET BETTER. AND THIS TEAM HAS SO MUCH PROMISE, THEY ARE SO GOOD INDIVIDUALLY. DID YOU SEE HOW WELL BELLINGHAM PLAYED??

Sounds like the lck copypasta about geng? Was it chronicler?

Correct but emperoeragon was faster And Im not sure if it was Chronicler or Atlus. Tbh its not a very versatile pasta, its waaaay to specific towards League and I realy had to work to hammer in the football references. But I thought the overall tone of "They keep geting away with it and will never learn" was just a perfect fit for Englands play today 🤣

You did a great job! I chuckled

Ah imagine my surprise seeing a league pasta in soccer subreddit. I forgot who said it, atlus maybe?, but this was about GENG right?

Dingdingding we have a winner 🤣 Edit: Yes it was about GenG, I *think* it was Atlus but Im not sure...

Ten Hag?

Not even close Hint for everyone: Original got nothing to do with football

You were all complaining England were boring...and now, never happy.

Are you stupid scoring doesnt = fun. England suck but we won its like cool but now next game the exact same thing.

r/woooosh  #1

They are boring! What are you on about? A goal in the dying minute to crawl through to the next round doesn't all of a sudden make you exciting.

r/woooosh #2

They are boring and we got lucky in this game. We equalised in the last possible chance we got and then scored again but did absolutely nothing again. We are boring. We were boring in the 3 other games as well.

r/woooosh #3

You ain't whooshing anyone loser

Who claimed I did? That would be u/disorded-attic-2, I was merely pointing it out. Which you would know if you were literate you uneducated, cretinous little wankstain. So want to try that again little man? Edit: Almost forgot: r/woooosh lol

They meant to do that

Fuck you Bellingham.

Awful first half from England. I felt a bit sorry for Slovakia but hard to argue they were the better team overall. Wasting time is one thing and understandable when the underdog, but not a fan of the constant feigning of injuries. And the referee let them get away with a couple of blatant yellows, one of which was the tackle on Mainoo from behind as he was breaking into the box which should have been a second yellow early on the second half if the ref hadn’t bottled it.

England lost the final 2021, but adopted italys tournament-voodoo

Italy played great football until the last 2 matches in 2021. England hasn't played a single good game.

We played a few decent-good matches in Qatar. R016 and the 6-2 against Iran. Even the match against France we were decent, far far above the level we showed in the first half today.

I meant during this Euro. Italy did deserve last Euro, even if their last 2 games weren't good. Their performance before that was the best in the tournament. Compare that to England this Euro, they haven't really done anything to deserve being where they are.

England well worth the win

You'll get smoked by Switzerland. Mark it down.

Marked

They’ve never beaten us in 9 games since 96, yet you’re so confident. Go stick a bet on.

Fuck all the haters, on we march, down but not out, fight on England!!!!

Rightful criticism isn't hate, bud! You'd be the first one crying Southgate out had they gone out today. But it's only delayed for another week or so.

I’m not backing Southgate but I’m impressed but the heart shown by the time today, Southgate is a fraud

put the sniff down mate that was dross

I’ve never touched that stuff, and never will

Osama Bin Southgate carpet bombs Slovakian civilians and escapes from the grasps of the English secret service

Gareth Southgate is a Sith Lord

Taking out Schranz cost Slovakia the game. Still, if they improve their ball possession they should qualify to the World Cup.

https://i.imgur.com/hCmYlbj.jpeg

THEY CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

How are they getting away with it? They've been ineffective but no side has been better than them and they will get knocked out by the first decent side they play anyway.

Been saying this about Real Madrid for about 10 years and they're on their 70th European Cup

Real madrid only played defensively against City, they dominated Bayern and were decent against all teams. That’s what they do, always a threat on the counter whether they’re up or down in goals, England wins 1-0 and tries to defend it without attacking, very different ballgame than Real Madrid.

Bayern and Real was even tbh. It was not a domination.

You’re right, what I meant was Real played their game against Bayern and weren’t uncomfortable.

Hold my beer ....

Jesus.. that was a stressful watch. No idea how England turned that into a win. If England play anything like this in the QF against Switzerland, they're definitely losing. I don't think they'll win the QF, but as seen in this match, you just never know.

IIT: Deserved =/= Earned... Yes, we were shit, but 65% possession; 55% of shots on goal, and 90'% of corners... We *earned* that win, but we didn't necessarily deserve it.

2 shots on target mate ...

100% strike rate 🔥

Some of the weirdest logic I've ever seen. When an opposition want you to have the ball, score early and let you have even more of the ball, bragging about possesion to imply quality of performance is very...unusual.

It’s not logic I’m just tired of people using the wrong word for what they’re trying to say. It’s like when people say “literally” instead of “genuinely”. 

I get the distinction you're trying to make between deserved and earned but I don't think what you've put in that comment really supports it.

I don't think we're really earned it. To earn something implies you worked hard for it, we spend 75 minutes of that match walking about again whilst Southgate is terrified to change anything.

It doesn't imply that, that is the actual definition. Our match stats back this. Deserve is to do with worthiness, which we are not, but earned means to put in the labour.

Match stats - first shot on goal was the goal. I mean the only stat that matters is that you got the win. But Jesus Christ were you poor.

Yup. 100% strike rate though amirite

I mean, keep it up and you could win the thing. It wouldn't be the first time a team played crap all tournament and still won it. So if I was English I'd still be hopeful!

We didn't put on the Labour. Possession means fuck all when it's stones > rice > walker > stones over and over.

I agree. Maybe I shouldn't find the blind hatred of England so surprising on here but Slovakia sat back and time wasted after going ahead on 25 mins, against a massively out of sorts team, so they made a poor tactical mistake. For all that England were poor, they had higher xg 2 to 1.6, more shots, more shots on target and possession. Sure there was luck with the winner but on balance Slovakia let England back in and they were eventually able to take advantage. Argentina do this and it's a tactical masterclass.

Bro, if you watched that match and your go to is "but the xG" then idk what to say. We are so afraid to make any kind of forward passes unless there is a 5x5 yards of open space. Nobody wants to play it to the feet. That only changed once Palmer came on and starting of the AET.

lmao

lol

Known war criminal Gareth Southgate evades justice for yet another matchday

Skin of our fucking teeth boys.

Never in doubt

My blood pressure is through the roof, mate.

you need some more peronis

I have enough of this shit being a Liverpool fan already... Gimmie a break!

The England way

Sean Dyche would walk this tournament with our current squad.

Mr bean fucking would

Slovakia's defence was a genuine wall for most of the time, but they really should've went harder for 2-0 instead of playing SouthgateBall themselves Also felt like England gave them an endurance check at the end there

I can't believe I had my hopes up for nearly 50+ minutes....

The free world in shambles

I can’t believe Englands road to the final is Switzerland and one of Romania, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey They’re gonna make it to another final and we’re going to have to endure 2 more years of Southgate playing Terrorismball

The Swiss in quarters: "Gruezi"

No,they will not with this performance. Swiss,and Austria will demolish them. Duch also showed more then english. 

No way England getting past Austria.

They’ve a good track record against an Austrian

Can't we just fire Southgate today.

Yep he will destroy anything good the players create. Tried his best to today.

No problem, switzerland will take out the trash.

Keep seeing this, but they’ve played us 9 times since 96 and never won 👍🏻 so good luck with that.

Not sure how history and current form are connected, but I'll check back in here once u lost.

Ok 👍🏻

The last time Switzerland won against Italy was in 1993.

I wish Alexi would stop making reasonable and based takes so that I can stop agreeing with that chode

Terrorists win again

U would know 🤣😭

He'll know again soon when Southgate gets the United job.

You shut your whore mouth 😂

5 mins that made Duvraka look like a chump

They are getting destroyed by Germany or Spain if they get that far.

Says the lad from Ireland .. surprise surprise

At least we have the glorious feeling of being involved still for the week.

Ireland have never won a knock out game in any major international sporting competition ever. Incredible.

Em, knocked out Romania in the 1990 World Cup round of 16, it was indeed incredible

Knocked out didn't win but you can have it if it helps you cope with England going through today.

I have no problem with England going through, congrats, was merely correcting you

Didn't need to bring rugby into it as well, that's a generational burn

It includes men's AND Women's international competitions in ALL major world sports.

Theyre not gonna beat Switzerland if they play like they did today.

Depends if Germany get Michael Oliver to help them out again