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Euro 2016 Round of 16 Croatia v Portugal Open Thread

by Randinho|  June 25, 20163:02 pm| 14 Comments

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  1. 1.

    LesBonnesFemmes

    June 25, 2016 at 3:28 pm

    Portugal are SO dramatic. It is like watching a tragic opera.

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    Runt

    June 25, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    Sometimes both teams are so terrified of risking anything that I wish they could just go straight to the penalty shootout. This looks like one of those times.

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    SRW1

    June 25, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    Nice to see Croatia making a contribution to gender equality. I don’t think 10 – 15 years ago the Croatian goalie would have worn that color.

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    Runt

    June 25, 2016 at 4:34 pm

    If I have to watch an extra 30 minutes of this, I have to consider if it would be better to take up knitting or something.

  5. 5.

    beer time somewhere

    June 25, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    @Runt: I cut the lawn yesterday. Maybe I should go watch it grow back.

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    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    @SRW1: That’s Nike, not social awareness.

    There is Champions League quality across the field and this plays like Charlton v Sheffield Wednesday during a February match.

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    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:14 pm

    @Runt: I took a shower and made a beer run

  8. 8.

    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:22 pm

    Here is Gareth Bale celebrating a win with his little girl

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    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    Oh my, what a counter attack.

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    raven

    June 25, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    That was a pretty good finish.

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    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    Croatia deserved more, at least they mounted an attack over the last 20 minutes.

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    Randinho

    June 25, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    They just interviewed Pepe on television here and this Brazilian was speaking with a Portuguese accent. Who the fuck does he think he is? Brad Friedel?

  13. 13.

    humboldtblue

    June 25, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    @Randinho:

    I spent five years in and around Hawaii with a lot of time spent with Locals and by the time I left I had the pidgin down with the rhythm and accent to sound like I was born on the North Shore. It doesn’t take me long to pick up a regional accent, comes with with a good ear.

  14. 14.

    Randinho

    June 25, 2016 at 6:07 pm

    @humboldtblue: Yeah, but he was saying specific words like gente, which Brazilians would say like jen-chee as jen-tay. That’s a marked difference.

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