After the first round of matches at #EURO2020 , the tournament's top scorer is…
an own goal.
Soccer gonna soccer.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) June 15, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo – the top scorer in men's European Championship history ??#HUNPOR #EURO2020 #bbceuro2020 #bbcfootball
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 15, 2021
What is Rudiger doing ?? pic.twitter.com/gsMyYBLyz1
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 15, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo’s removal of two Coca-Cola bottles during a #Euro2020 press conference has coincided with a $4bn fall in the company’s value https://t.co/Z0u02ZFqJW https://t.co/q4uaaYvt3O
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) June 16, 2021
No way was Paul Pogba going to let that Cristiano moment go ??????#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/ngW0vcHBNv
— ??LUCKLINSBLOG ?? (@TheEAGLEEYE7) June 16, 2021
(Pogba, I am told, is Muslim.)
The North Macedonian soccer federation is asking UEFA to punish Austria striker Marko Arnautovic for a nationalist outburst after he scored a goal at Euro 2020. His target was a player of Albanian heritage.
by @kareljanicek
https://t.co/hci4MIB13h— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) June 15, 2021
Now that everybody at Euro 2020 has played once, I've updated the graphics for every team (plus a couple for the knockout stages) here: https://t.co/Xatuy9u51D pic.twitter.com/CONJgHPej3
— Ben Mayhew (@experimental361) June 16, 2021
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Copa America doesn’t seem to be getting much respect:
"Messi's greatest feat may be making an entire generation take his greatness for granted."@AlexiLalas looks back on Argentina's opening game at the 2021 Copa America ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/JqLBUbeVeU
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 15, 2021
What a great idea this was ??♂️ invite players to come and self-isolate in Brazil #CopaAmerica https://t.co/URiIckJx1A
— Mark Hillary (em ?) (@markhillary) June 16, 2021
Luis Suárez was about Uruguay's "Last Dance" and if he's included in that…
"It's clear that as time goes by it gets closer. I can say, in my case, this is my last #CopaAmérica. I can't take away a spot away from others that deserve it." pic.twitter.com/NqNQF5qJ2P
— Diego Montalvan (@DMontalvan) June 15, 2021
mrmoshpotato
Good on ya, stock market!
germy
House hearing examining the events of Jan.
germy
NotMax
Maybe he’s a closet Pepper?
:)
Amir Khalid
The Guardian reports on a new kind of in-demand football star: the British groundskeeper.
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
At the press conference, he held up a bottle of his preferred drink and said its name: “Agua.”
Amir Khalid
At a press conference during the last Euros in 2016, Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi took offence at the beer bottle a sponsor had put in front of him. (It was Ramadhan, so as a Muslim he was fasting; and even if he had broken his fast for the tournament, he certainly wouldn’t want beer.) But when he pushed it away, he got a lecture for on sponsor’s rights. One rule for regular players and another for the superstars, I guess.
Spanky
@Amir Khalid: As it happens, Coke owns Dasani and Smartwater brands. They should be able to spin this.
Baud
@germy:
Paul Gosar responds, “Yes. And?”
Gin & Tonic
@Amir Khalid: It was ever thus.
JML
Some interesting matches today: Italy should get a real test against the Swiss, opportunity for Wales to show they can make the underdog run, and I’m really rooting for the Fins to stomp on Russia.
Bit of a test for the Fins to see how they respond after the scary game against Denmark. They got the win, but you know their players were really impacted by Eriksen going down like that too.
billcinsd
@Amir Khalid: Did they change the rules?
Russia is really taking it to Finland and get the goal to go ahead
WaterGirl
Anne Laurie, I applaud you for doing these soccer posts!
Does anyone know what happened with randhino (sp?) The last thing I heard was maybe a year or two ago from Cole, and randhino (sp?) had been hurt in an accident or something.
I can’t go back and check in Balloon Juice because I don’t know how to spell his name.
cope
@WaterGirl: The Wiki has some stuff. More recently in the news, he has moved to Dubai and announced plans to open a soccer academy. You know how soccer crazed those Dubaians are
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinh
Edit: I assume that’s who you were asking about.
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@cope: hangin’ wit’
mr. cooperbora milutinovic.WaterGirl
@cope: I don’t think that’s the person I am thinking of.
This was a person who front-paged soccer posts on BJ whenever there was a big soccer tournament in Europe.
Origuy
@WaterGirl: That’s Randinho. The post about his fall was January 14, 2020. He replied in that one but I didn’t find anything later.
cope
@Origuy: Thanks. I didn’t understand she was referring to a BJ poster (whom I actually remember), not an international player good enough to go by a single name.
tokyokie
@Spanky
Coke also acquired the Mexican sparkling mineral water Topo Chico a couple of years ago. Since then, it’s become easier to find — I used to have to go to the Hispanic supermarket to get it — but I doubt it’s available in Europe.
WaterGirl
@Origuy: Thank you so much!