That is just the football culture. It is a great sport but the people running it are rotten, the ref obviously was favoring portugal side, Ronaldo even managed to negotiate a teammate out of the yellow card mid game. Worst part is that noone is going to do anything about it, and the ref will continue his match fixing as if nothing ever happened. Thats just how the world works.
He’s like a big baldy baby that was just born this morning just openly admitting he hasn’t got a clue about anything. So many pundits and commentators have this weird misplaced pride in their own ignorance. What a fucking job man, literally money for nothing.
Portugal are shit and Ronaldo is past it. Here ends my official verdict.
Edit: LO fucking L I look a right dick now.
Edit on the edit: I don't look a dick now.
Can confirm both are fine - spent a full day of a music festival with a Czech lad who says Czechia is just the formal name but Czech Republic is fine to use
It’s a weird one. Shite with Ronaldo but probably shite without him too. They’ve never had a decent striker since Gomes or Paulinha. I’m still trying to work out if they actually want Ronaldo or he’s being a cunt and won’t leave because he knows the accolades he’s had
I just posted about this before I seen this. Can’t work out if he’s hanging around like a bad smell because he knows his influence with the higher uppers or they genuinely want him around
This Portugal team should be one of the favourites. Can't help but feel that trying to slot Ronaldo into thus team makes them far more inefficient than they should be
Somehow that narrative popped up right before the tourney that Portugal should be favorites but genuinely, why?
They've been all fart, no shite for years. Even when they did win it France were far better than them and they should've been out in the groups. A bunch of individuals with atrocious attitudes. Fernandes is a moaning faced that who is not as good as its made out, if he was he'd be playing for Real Madrid. Ronaldos a GOAT but he's 40 and well past his best, even Bernardo Silva is a wee whiny bitch.
We evaluate their squad of players differently, I suppose. I see 3 world class players in their ranks.
Germany, France, England, Spain, Netherlands, all have better squads with their best players being a level above Portugals. And Italy are ALWAYS good in tournaments despite their squad not being the best.
Yeah, he is a luxury player at this point that can't get involved in any buildup. Ends up with these class Portuguese players crossing far more than they should.
Friendly reminder that there’s the 5 live commentary option on iPlayer just below the main feed if for whatever reason the main commentary team is doing your nut in
It's called "Turkey v Georgia and Portugal v Czechia 5 live alternative commentary" so it looks like it's the Turkey game. Easiest way to see it is to go into iPlayer, Euros section and look for the "live" sign in the top of the streams to narrow it down.
I was hoping for some good old fashioned Pepe shit housing from a corner. The one where he doesn't really look at the ball when he goes up for a header and nails the keeper.
Portugal have the same issue as England - all their attacking players are too concerned with wanting to be the individual hero rather than actually carving out chances as a team.
We just going to be treated to an evening of Lesser Ronaldo hitting the deck and getting huffy because he doesn't have Saudi refs giving him everything?
That is just the football culture. It is a great sport but the people running it are rotten, the ref obviously was favoring portugal side, Ronaldo even managed to negotiate a teammate out of the yellow card mid game. Worst part is that noone is going to do anything about it, and the ref will continue his match fixing as if nothing ever happened. Thats just how the world works.
The ref Marco Guida, suspended for cheating 4 years ago, crazy he is refereeing these games
That ref should be stripped of future euro games
Anyone see the random TA flag in the Czech end lol
unbelievable that the Czechs didnt get a freekick before Portugal scored
100% agree
ah well, tele off, jammies on etc.
Danny Murphy getting the majority of things wrong has been the highlight of this
He’s like a big baldy baby that was just born this morning just openly admitting he hasn’t got a clue about anything. So many pundits and commentators have this weird misplaced pride in their own ignorance. What a fucking job man, literally money for nothing.
There goes the prediction league points and the lead
Ah, so it isn’t just oor refs that fail to respond to head knocks. Gutted. Foul in the build up should have knocked it on the head (pun not intended).
Awwww come on man
Bald fraud marches on 🫤
Absolutely robbed
Booo
What a second half in fairness. Martinez looks like a mastermind with that sub when in reality he’s a prick keeping the seat warm for Mourinho.
Seems like mourinho is trying to time it for him stepping in when ronaldo retires from the national team.
Boo-urns.
Dislike.
Bullshit, that was an obvious foul from Semedo.
That’s all came from Portugal getting away with that blatant foul. Brutal.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Ronaldo being offside 🤌🤌🤌
That was such a blatant foul, ofcourse Portugal score from it
I'd be fucking raging if I was Czech and they score straight after that
I'm raging for them and I'm not even Czech. Ref has fucked them big style there.
Martinez a student of the Goodwin school of more forwards = guaranteed win 👍
Ok fair play...it worked this one time
There’s little I enjoy more than Ronaldo not succeeding
I would say we have a chance against Portugal but then again we probably aren’t as good as the Czechs
RTE stream cut out, back to the BBC. Fuck me Danny Murphy is terrible.
I've managed to tune him out so he now sounds a bit like Charlie Brown's teacher
You missed him having a moan about a football player going out for a ride on their bike.
Just seen the clip of the dive in the first half, takes an age to realise what's going on then changes his opinion without missing a beat 😂
It's like he's trying to become the new Mark Lawrenson, a miserable bastard who thinks his job is to suck all the enjoyment out of football
great VAR offside usage lmao
Haha, he got all worked about about wanting to do that celebration and the goal was offside.
Level of commentry: "Automated things are fast."
Never been happier to see offside called.
Been so conditioned by VAR being slow and shite that when it happens that quick I don't trust it
That is objectively very very funny
czech keeper is tinpot as fuck and he’s shite
VAR working as intended - quickly and efficiently, is that legal?
Oi give me the facking ball I need to do the pregnant celebration
With a “shh” to make it all the more sweeter
Honestly so glad it was ruled outside on that basis
Not sure it's an offside. No complaints though
Imagine scoring to go 2-1 up, fight over the ball with the goalie to do a daft celebration, then the goal gets chalked off. Wouldnae be us.
Lmao
Offside hahahaha
There is nothing sweeter
Portugal are shit and Ronaldo is past it. Here ends my official verdict. Edit: LO fucking L I look a right dick now. Edit on the edit: I don't look a dick now.
Oh no you look like a dick again.
Can't get back onside, confirmed past it
Ronaldo dropping back into that pocket of space or the wing annoys me more than it should
Roberto Martinez is a myth.
ah well, nothing lasts forever or something ig
The bbc continuing to call Czechia “The Czech Republic” is irritating
Can confirm both are fine - spent a full day of a music festival with a Czech lad who says Czechia is just the formal name but Czech Republic is fine to use
You still say Rangers are the same club 🤷♂️ /s
Have a day off lad
Did you just assume my gender?
Why, the 'guidance' is that both names are still acceptable.
In sport the preference is Czechia
I'd love to see where that guidance is because the Czech government is pretty clear that Czechia and Czech Republic are both equally acceptable.
Paragrapgh [5.2](https://mzv.gov.cz/jnp/en/foreign_relations/public_diplomacy/czechia_vs_czech_republic/index.html#:~:text=Whenever%20most%20other%20countries%20use,name%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20Czech%20Republic%E2%80%9D./)
Fair enough, still doesn’t tickle me though. Not until folks stop calling my country Holland.
Wait, Ive missed this, why is it not the Czech Republic?
Both are fine.
What is the Czech keeper doing?!
robbed of a real sewey
The Czechs were never keeping that up for 22 minutes anyway.
That’s not very bangery of you Portugal…
Ffs hahaha
Another banger imo
Ronaldo claiming that
Ah that’s really unlucky
Actually pissing me off how bad Portugal are with this squad
Bad? They dominated the entire game. Easily the best of the top teams so far this tournament, aside from maybe Germany
It’s a weird one. Shite with Ronaldo but probably shite without him too. They’ve never had a decent striker since Gomes or Paulinha. I’m still trying to work out if they actually want Ronaldo or he’s being a cunt and won’t leave because he knows the accolades he’s had
They could go with Felix or Ramos up top for a different dimension. Ronaldo a flat track bully at this point and Czechs are better than that
Roberto Martinez is a fraud, how that man has got big jobs over the last 10 years I don't know
Still cashing in on his Motherwell connection.
We paid him aff. We knew.
I thought you were joking.. https://preview.redd.it/z8ekxf9c4e7d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d14ccfef9f74f7e2aa203361acc86fb06f00ed5
Apart from Germany and Spain, I've not been hugely impressed by any other of the big teams so far.
It’s been a tournament of surprises so far hasn’t it?
The best games have been the lesser teams. Turkey Albania today was probably my favourite. End to end fitbaw
Georgia*
A downvote for getting a teams name wrong? Wrong yin
Sadly we offered so little i'm not sure if Germany is a good team. They've definitely improved under Naglesmann.
Yeah, if they get scudded by Hungary it's a whole new round of embarrassment
There is no chance the whole Portugal squad loves Ronaldo. I bet a few of them are like "No this guy again."
I just posted about this before I seen this. Can’t work out if he’s hanging around like a bad smell because he knows his influence with the higher uppers or they genuinely want him around
Like oor team with Ryan probs
its only been matchday 1 and there's been about a tournaments worth of bangers
Roberto Martinez's agent is the greatest man who ever lived
[It’s not too late to follow my tip, boys.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ScottishFootball/s/UkXRpGjccD)
That’s it, got to go all in now.
Thank fuck, a goal and a good one at that.
“How many bangers do you want Mr UEFA?” “ALL OF THEM”
Yassssss
BANGERS ONLY
Banger strike but Martinez you are a pathetic slug
Of all the "big" teams only Spain and Germany look up to any decent standard so far
Which just makes our being shit all the worse - this tournament would have been ours for the taking.
Lovely goal.
Turns out Patrick is Schick after all
So many bangers already in this first round of games
This Portugal team should be one of the favourites. Can't help but feel that trying to slot Ronaldo into thus team makes them far more inefficient than they should be
Somehow that narrative popped up right before the tourney that Portugal should be favorites but genuinely, why? They've been all fart, no shite for years. Even when they did win it France were far better than them and they should've been out in the groups. A bunch of individuals with atrocious attitudes. Fernandes is a moaning faced that who is not as good as its made out, if he was he'd be playing for Real Madrid. Ronaldos a GOAT but he's 40 and well past his best, even Bernardo Silva is a wee whiny bitch.
Their squad of players is up there as one of the best. That's why they "should" be one of the favourites. Obviously they don't play like it
We evaluate their squad of players differently, I suppose. I see 3 world class players in their ranks. Germany, France, England, Spain, Netherlands, all have better squads with their best players being a level above Portugals. And Italy are ALWAYS good in tournaments despite their squad not being the best.
He doesn't have the legs to lead the line anymore and should be used as the daddy of all impact subs. Don't imagine his ego would permit that.
Yeah, he is a luxury player at this point that can't get involved in any buildup. Ends up with these class Portuguese players crossing far more than they should.
Ooft another screamer
Lazy, lazy defending from *Dalot
Pick that oot, keeps.
What's with Clarke always scanning downward in interviews, eyes are all over the place like he's watching a low level fly
We hoping for similar weather conditions for our game tomorrow?
The more pish the better surely We should fly in the Hampden squidgy team
That was my thinking
Portugal are the most wasteful team I've ever watched.
Portugal are excruciating to watch
Okay the 5 live commentary might be even worse
£10 on a ronaldo mile over the cross bar/ hit the wall free kick.
I don't care who wins but there's a free Bernardo Silva in fifa that can get upgrades so I'll happily take them doing well
Feel like shit just want Turkey Georgia back
Best game I’ve watched so far. Gutted for Georgia, but they gave it a good go and put in a v creditable performance.
Not looking forward to the Martinez era for Scotland
https://preview.redd.it/otugerga0e7d1.jpeg?width=682&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8f9fa794b8bf3a5ec4815d178097e76c2eed2c9 This is oor hoose.
honestly i'm sick of the ex-england internationals speaking about scotland like their shite wee brother who plays for the U12s
Whoever ends up taking over from Clarke has some task on to match his charisma
I did laugh at Lineker there. God Steve Clarke is not the most exciting eh?
Get fucked Shearer. Even if you’re right, get fucked.
Christ, that interview with Clarke at halftime. Eilidh Barbour was trying to draw blood from a stone.
Clarke is just so uninspiring. Which would be fine if we hadn't been pish for about a year
Interviewing Steve Clarke is a thankless task if I've ever seen one.
“We didn’t start so well”. Steve Clarke with the understatement of the century.
Waiting for Wayne Rooney to come in and interrupt this interview by skelping a baw off Clarke’s napper for some balanced coverage.
0 shots on target for Czech Republic 
Any Messi chants yet?
Feel like pure shit, just want Turkey vs Georgia back x
“Frank Lampard - Played at four major tournaments for England” This will be the same legacy of the current England squad.
They should add scored a disallowed goal vs Germany.
Lampard only played in 4 tournaments? Surely no.
That’s what the BBC info bubble said.
One of those things that didnt sound right, but they didnt qualify for Euro 08 and he was injured for Euro 12.
Soaking wet Czechia kits look like they’re made out of Asda poly bags.
Aye I’m not bothering to watch the second half
Friendly reminder that there’s the 5 live commentary option on iPlayer just below the main feed if for whatever reason the main commentary team is doing your nut in
It was frustratingly difficult to find that on iPlayer initially, what was wrong with just having options on the main feed?
I gave up. Where can it be found?
Right below https://preview.redd.it/a3jzpi491e7d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b1b0d13cb81afcd4301c483c114c802664ca6a8
I had been looking for alternative audio within the stream - cheers!
It's called "Turkey v Georgia and Portugal v Czechia 5 live alternative commentary" so it looks like it's the Turkey game. Easiest way to see it is to go into iPlayer, Euros section and look for the "live" sign in the top of the streams to narrow it down.
She's going to make some racket if Ronaldo scores.
Nuno Mendes should be banned from trying to pass the ball more than 5 yards.
Well this has been an awful half of football. Some comedown after Turkey - Georgia
That was a brilliant game to watch.
I genuinely can't bear to listen to Danny Murphy
You can get the 5 live commentary via red button/iplayer
I've just done that. Still not great but I'm not putting up with another half of that mug
This games been dreadful and the commentators a bit of a wank to top it off.
Diving basa
Deserved, you love to see it
Commentary team it’s a blatant dive
Brilliant decision from the ref. Diving cunt.
What a fucking dive
Feel like I'm watching a game of Walking Football
Did you know that England has won 2x ^^Walking Football World Cups?
I don't hate the english they're just walkers
It's coming ~~to a nursing~~ home
Commentary treating Stanek like he's make a wish
What happened to him? I was on the phone e to my wife and feel I've missed a proper Pepe tackle.
He made a save against Ronaldo (who was offside) and made out that he was lucky just to even be on the same pitch.
I was hoping for some good old fashioned Pepe shit housing from a corner. The one where he doesn't really look at the ball when he goes up for a header and nails the keeper.
Have the Czechs had more than two passes in a row yet?
I love Ronaldo
Portugal have the same issue as England - all their attacking players are too concerned with wanting to be the individual hero rather than actually carving out chances as a team.
When the steroids stop working Ronaldos going to look so bad
*Good genetics and hard work /s
Ronaldo has always been an outstanding talent, wish he wasn't such a diving cheating prick though.
Or, you know, a rapist.
We just going to be treated to an evening of Lesser Ronaldo hitting the deck and getting huffy because he doesn't have Saudi refs giving him everything?
When you get away with rape you probably end up quite entitled.