The #EURO2020 quarter-final match Czech Republic – Denmark on Saturday, July 3 #AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/jWuNIEf032
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 3, 2021
Playing in Baku Olympic Stadium, for what I’m sure are reasons. Czechs seem to be the favorites, but of course the Danes have sentiment on their side this year.
Then and now ?
Four and a half years since @tomassoucek28 made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Denmark in November 2016. It finished 1:1.
How it will end on Saturday in the #EURO2020 Quarter-final? pic.twitter.com/1SGT1NXruR
— Czech Football National Team (@ceskarepre_eng) July 2, 2021
Proud dane alert ?? With the unity of Denmark and what they’ve been through as a team, I believe they can go all the way. Give my latest column with @guardian a read to get my take on the #Euro2020 so far. Hope you enjoy it! https://t.co/7A8fsK815J
— Pernille Harder (@PernilleMHarder) July 1, 2021
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Elsewhere, Copa America is also in quarter-finals. I haven’t been paying attention, but this crossed political twitter:
Gabriel Jesus is given a straight red after this foul ? pic.twitter.com/EgMJn4mFFI
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 3, 2021
Brazil won over Chile, 1-0, despite playing with 10 men.
NetheadJay
Allright football time. Goooo Denmark!!
eclare
Why are they playing in Baku? $$$
Tony Jay
Whoops they’ve done it, a Dane.
Leto
Danes have a brilliant header to lead 1-0 5 mins in. Helped that the Dane was left open by about 10 yards.
@eclare: pretty much the reason anything east of Austria happens.
eclare
@Leto: They had a Formula 1 race in Baku a few weeks ago
NetheadJay
Gooaal! What a start. Defense forgot to cover Thomas Delaney and so…
Sloane Ranger
British commentators are also confused by the location. Best guess is that only about 1500 Danes and 300 Czechs have made the 4 hour flight.
And, as I type, the Danes have scored! If they keep or increase their lead, the 1500 Danish fans will have to self isolate on their return home and will miss the semifinal.
Baku is technically not even in Europe.
Spanky
Who knew Jesus would play so foul?
Leto
@eclare: yup. I like the Baku circuit, but most European sports authorities will overlook anything provided the $$$ is right.
Edit: ofc when Force India’s Indian owners were caught up in a corruption scandal they had to sell the team. Not sure if those same rules apply in soccer.
Leto
@Spanky: “I strike at thee, foul sinner!!!” – soccer Jesus
Steeplejack
Czechia! It’s okay to say now and it’s official. Wikipedia:
(Still trying to make “Czechia” a thing.)
Tony Jay
@Steeplejack:
‘Bohemia and Moravia’ has a nice ring to it, why don’t they use that?
(Checks Czech history)
Czechia it is then!
NetheadJay
@Tony Jay: Yuuuuup
VeniceRiley
Thank you to whoever recc’d PrendeTV app. That is how I’m watching, and the delay, near as I can figure, is only about 5 seconds. I know this because I am listing to the English call on UK TalkSPORT on my phone via radio.garden
David Anderson
If that is not a red, I do not know what would be a red.
Gin & Tonic
@Steeplejack: It’s been the Czechia equivalent in the Slavic languages all along.
Sloane Ranger
And, Denmark score again. They are ripping open the Czech defence.
Tony Jay
I know it’s early and there’s been some crazy comebacks in this Tournament but at 2-0 the Danes could well be writing the Czechs off before half time.
NetheadJay
Woooohoooo. Mæhle to Dolberg and he thunders it in to 2-0!
VeniceRiley
What a cross that was. Right to the boot.
Mike E
That Modric-style bender of a pass was premium, and the finish was professional… I think I have my new favorite in this tourney
Sloane Ranger
@Tony Jay: They certainly have their tails up. They are making the Czechs look very ordinary. They could be a problem to England (providing we win later).
burnspbesq
@NetheadJay:
Really smart run by Kjaer created the space for Delaney. Next best thing to a basketball screen.
Tony Jay
Oooooooh, that’s a bad ankle squash. That could be his day over.
NetheadJay
@Tony Jay: Was just thinking a goal before halftime would do very nicely. Gonna be tough for the Czechs now, for sure.
burnspbesq
Delaney’s phone is probably full of texts from his Dortmund teammates (other than Sancho and Bellingham who are otherwise engaged), asking how the f**k he doesn’t have two.
Tony Jay
@Sloane Ranger:
The Danes have looked very decent, very well drilled with a great attitude. The Czechs just look half a yard slower and a bit baffled.
Yeah, I’d much rather play the Czechs next round, always provided we don’t do a whoopsie against Ukraine.
Steeplejack
@VeniceRiley:
That was me. Glad it worked out. ?
NetheadJay
@Mike E: Danish commenters compared Mæhle and that cross to Modric too :-)
VeniceRiley
@Steeplejack: Thanks! It’s brilliant paired with radio.garden app. Absolutely ideal. I paid it forward by advising all my fb friends.
Steeplejack
@Gin & Tonic:
I know. It’s like a Kyiv thing—getting it adopted in English. It kills me that as much as everybody abbreviates and shortens everything on line there seems to be this finicky clinging to spelling out “the Czech Republic.”
Anyway, got my PSA out there in the perfect venue. Back to the game! . . . Oops, halftime.
Sloane Ranger
And the Czechs get one back. The substitutes are proving their worth. Why weren’t they picked to start?
Tony Jay
Czechia 1-2 Denmark
Slick Shick Checks Czechs
VeniceRiley
Check please! Nice. Now switched to the all ladies call on BBC 5 Live. Seems the 2nd half delay is more a full half minute.
NetheadJay
Czech goal to 2-1. Thought that might happen with that heavy pressure.
Mike in NC
@Tony Jay: Some people said that Trump’s “Minister for Non-Immigration” — Stephen Miller — was the reincarnation of Reinhard Heydrich. Who could disagree?
Tony Jay
@Mike in NC:
Pffft. Heydrich was one of the all time brutal vermin, but he was efficient, he worked hard and he scared the Allies so much he was the only senior Nazi targeted for assassination.
The Cueball Kapo only wishes he was Heydrich.
Mike E
Euro is starting to resemble the NBA playoffs in carnage, not good… I know the additional games are brutal on the already busy players’ schedule
Tony Jay
Unfortunate footage of Nazi saluting from the very blond Danish fans. I’m sure there’s a simple explanation. /s
eclare
@Tony Jay: I noticed that too.
S. Cerevisiae
@Mike in NC: Certainly not me, put him in the uniform they could be siblings.
Mike E
itv commenter just said the match is starting to look like “a slog in the nicest way”…head bandages seem nice, heh
Tony Jay
@eclare:
“No, no , no, you got it wrong. We were shouting “Shick, Hi! Shick, Hi!” because, uhhhhh, we respect him so much?”
VeniceRiley
I noticed that as well. They’ll go through and it will be a pleasure for England to send them off.
Tony Jay
@VeniceRiley:
I was joking. They were just doing the usual straight arm pointing to accompany whatever the Danish version of “You’re shit, and you know you are.” Is.
Weren’t they? ??
ETA – And if we’re looking for someone whose fans would support the defeat of Neo-fascism, England might not be the first place you should look.
Amir Khalid
I just looked it up: when Denmark won the Euros in 1992, their goalkeeper was Kasper Schmeichel’s dad, Peter Schmeichel. Schmeichel Sr’s performance at Euro ’92 led to Alex Ferguson signing him for Manchester United, and to careers in England for both him and Kasper.
Tony Jay
@Amir Khalid:
Old Ruby Nose was a quality keeper. Totally wasted on those awful Manchooligans.
Amir Khalid
Let’s see if Denmark can do six minutes of keep-ball.
VeniceRiley
@Tony Jay: I’ll do my best to discourage such tendencies among all I encounter from the moment I arrive.
Sloane Ranger
And Denmark wins.
Tony Jay
@VeniceRiley:
Want to borrow a taser? It’s quite the encourager.
NetheadJay
Wheeeew… last 30 minutes after the goal to 2-1 was tough on the nerves here in DK. I might have downed a couple of cold ones pretty quickly. Credit to the Czech team, they played tough and well. But damn this feels good.
Tony Jay
Denmark through, but the Czechs certainly came on strong in the second half.
Let’s see who they face. We should have too much for the Ukrainians, but you never can tell.
Amir Khalid
@Amir Khalid:
They can. And they’re into the semifinal at Wembley. Now to discover if England will be there too.
NetheadJay
@Amir Khalid: Schmeichel senior is one of the main commenters on Danish tv and he’s fairly epic at that too.
NetheadJay
@Tony Jay: For what it’s worth I hope you win and then we have an epic semi-final on Wembley.
O. Felix Culpa
In embarrassing failson news: Giuliani son gets no votes from Republican leaders in bid for New York governo
ETA: Of course, the faildad is pretty embarrassing too.
billcinsd
@NetheadJay: One of his strengths was shouting at defenders, so that makes sense
Gin & Tonic
@Tony Jay: I hope we surprise you.
Another Scott
ObOpenThread?
The rest of the Surfside condo building may be demolished as soon as Sunday (before the hurricane arrives).
https://reut.rs/3jFag1h
I hope that they know what they are doing…
Cheers,
Scott.
Martin
That penalty is bullshit. The 2nd Amendment doesn’t restrict you from kicking a defenseless player in the neck.