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We never had chance to experience such a happy moment as a nation after regaining independence from USSR. It felt like our moment to shine and introduce ourselves to rest of the world. It was way bigger deal for us than for Portugal. It's not only about football, in Soviet times we were locked out by Russia on the other side of iron curtain and after becoming independent state we were desperate for the whole world to acknowledge our existence. I think match with Portugal was the moment which made us to be seen, so that makes us very happy. Also sorry if some jerk Georgian fans are being stupid on the internet, most of us admire Ronaldo and we don't mean to be disrespectful.
We are delighted with unbelievable score and result! Such a moment for Georgia! [https://youtu.be/SKEF1NCDmNs?si=lOU7Jb-LXqdZfaW5](https://youtu.be/SKEF1NCDmNs?si=lOU7Jb-LXqdZfaW5)
This was an embarassing match for portugal. Congrats to Georgia, really good match. But that Penalty was fucking bullshit, cus portugal got a yellow card for "simulating" but when a Georgie player litteraly free dives himself onto the ground, they get a penalty cus we barely touched him. bullshit
So Ronaldo got a yellow card, which would increase his chances of missing a game like what happened to Leão, on purpose?
Maybe that's why the ref wouldn't give Portugal any decisions, he was 100% biased.
To be fair Martinez played a proper lineup for the situation, you have to allow your bench some experience. Ramos or jota should have started ST also. CR hates missing a minute, especially if he doesn’t score, but rest is more important. Patricio at GK wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
A blunder in the first 2 min changed the game completely. This lineup showed they don’t have what it takes to break down a team parking the bus.
Conceicao stood out as a positive. Felix had his moments mainly in the first half. Dalot was ok at times. Everyone else was slow on build up, and lethargic press on defense.
Terrible game but good to see which players deserve to be subbed on going forward
I don't see a question mark, so I can only assume it's missing, just like your teams offensive abilities or their presence in the quarter finals.
But I got a question for ya: Are you laughing hard like you said you would or was another common bad call from you?
portuguese pundits before the match: we think martinez should give a chance to all the other players in the bench and change the whole squad its an absurd not playing f. conceição in turkey after he gave us the win on the first match
martinez: changes the squad and gives opportunity to less used players and loses
portuguese pundits after the match: martinez choices make no sense today changing the whole squad proved to be a huge mistake that we cant compreend that decision
He played the bench players, see how they would fair, many of them aren't that experienced in international tournaments.
Last match he did great, let's see what happens next.
As a Georgian, I was NOT expecting this, when I saw Ronaldo's face it made me laugh, He knew he was cooked, 2-0 we went with car near the middle and the traffic was Crazy! Thanks to Kvara 1:43 goal and Mikautadze for the penalty! გილოცავთ!
TBH Kazakhstan and Greece deserved qualification for the Euros more than Georgia. Kazakhstan were class in their group and Greece dominated their group and also Euro Path C.
I’m not even Portuguese I’m just saying what I saw as facts. Georgia didn’t even top Norway in their qualifying group losing and getting 4th. Kazakhstan was more convincing especially a 3-2 comeback against Denmark down a man. They should resilience even in their last game against Slovenia almost winning. Greece drawn into a tough group but almost qualified over the Netherlands. I’m not saying Georgia didn’t play good but they were unconvincing to other teams in that path.
Every comment( even the ones beeing happy and respectful to georgia) that say things like "well played georgia , ref wasnt good tho and portugal played b Team " gets downvoted, jesus Christ you georgia fans are cringe and riders
Even though Slovenia is the weaker team to play in the next round, the bracket on the Netherlands' side is much much easier for each subsequent round.
In the Slovenian bracket you have Spain/Germany/France/Belgium. In the Netherland's bracket you have Italy/England/Switz...
Portugal would way rather play Netherlands next and then coast to the final compared to having an easier draw against Slovenia, but then having to play France/Belgium in the quarterfinals and then Spain/Germany in the semis.
I could swear this was fixed like my bathroom leaking pipe because of bets placed. Must be tens of millions…
Congrats to Georgia but I don’t believe Portugal was actually trying to win this
How can you see this game and think that Portugal were the ones to fix the match? Apart from the ref that has already been talked to death about the goalkeeper was just a beast. He defended some attempts that most other goalkeepers would've probably let go in.
Also it's Portugal's B team, Martinez took the
chance to see what works and what doesn't. Hopefully he's cooking up something good for the next round.
I mean Georgia has a top scorer AND the best goalkeeper AND arguably delivered the most entertaining games on the group stage. So I don’t understand all the complaints… of course Portugal won’t risk their top players in a game which doesn’t matter to them.
Ikr but he did have some good shots but nothing else. It was a great test to see how our subs do without key players. Though would have liked to see Patricio start.
Honestly I don’t hate England at all. The only reason the team has no chemistry is that a coach needs to bring talent together but the problem is Gareth Southgate is trash. His defensive tactics are horrible for such an attacking team. The rlly had nothing against Serbia totally only 5 shots. Tied Denmark despite being dominated. And tied Slovenia though you kept the ball for long periods of time.
Georgia would have beaten us if they played like they did tonight. For sure. The keeper would have saved the 3 shots we get on target a game and Georgia would have punished us for sluggish play.
Any decent human being in their right mind would concur with the ref being absolute dog shit during tn's game. Watched the entire thing, and though I am supporting Portugal, it's fair to say from a completely objective POV the ref was either bought out by the Saudi prince's entire bank account, or he bet his wife and children on the Georgian team. Absolute wrestle mania on Georgia's half of the court on multiple attacks by Portugal, nothing was given, so the ref must be a harsh individual, one not swayed by minor, light wrestling? Okay, understandable. Now apply the ref's attitude towards the Portuguese to the Georgians and that light peck to the ankle should have in no universe been a penalty, ESPECIALLY considering the WWE treatment Portuguese strikers received on their end.
COMPLETE JOKE OF A REFEREE. I hope he experiences severe consequences for his ridiculous refereeing tonight and never returns to an international stage again.
The yellow against Ronaldo was personal and a direct result of him squaring up to the ref 10mins earlier. The penalty was very soft. But Georgia were competing well, created great chances, and above all they had the finish to get a goal.
They deserved the win.
Dude, George Mikautadze, who scored penalty plays for FC Metz which is second league in France. Just take an L. Portugal possessed the ball but could not create too many dangerous moments. Czhechs played way better against Georgia still could not pass the iron wall!
T-Shirt pulling is not a fault if player is standing at 1 place.
I can't believe Portuguese copefans are arguing about t-shirt pulling against team that is ranked 74...
The penalty was soft but those do get given sometimes, it felt like karma really because of the Portuguese players diving. Georgia were already winning when that happened and Portugal just didn’t take their numerous chances. Ok Ronaldo was pulled in the box but he wasn’t directly involved in play at that point. As a neutral I thought he mostly got it right.
Given the level of whining for a total dead rubber match for them, When they inevitably get knocked out the level of tantrum will reach apocalyptic toddler levels.
Even better if its some dodgy pen or another one for the tourneys top scorer, Mr OG.
He wasn't that bad. I was honestly mad that the Portuguese player got away with the failed bycicle kick that hit the Georgian defender in the head. The penalty was also absolutely justified. Honestly, this ref was probably among the best this tournament.
No he wasn’t. Nor he’s going to referee anymore past this performance. He was shit and those who can’t see it, are in line for a big karma hit soon enough.
The duality on this game was a screamer. No one’s taking the merit away but he was plain shit.
Compare the potential fouls inside the penalty zone that happened to Portuguese players to that slight peck on Kvaratskhelia's ankle, and things become pretty obvious.
>The penalty was also absolutely justified. Honestly, this ref was probably among the best this tournament
/s
In what world was that penalty justified? Any contact in box = penalty now, no matter how light? I can forgive it being given in realtime but with VAR it's a joke
It didn't affect the ball since it had already left the foot and the only reason it "impeded" the momentum was because the attacker purposefully dived to try and get the penalty
Smart thing for him to do, terrible call to be given with VAR
This game will affect terribly on the moral of the team. You could clearly see they were frustrated and hot headed. Portugal is gonna go home earlier than expected.
You mean in 2016? Yeah that was a lot of luck and some grit but the players did well in penalty shootouts too. Rui Patricio was amazing then. This time they weren't in top 5 favorites.
Well done Georgia. Played far too well so far to have been sent home. Been a real pleasure watching their games and can’t wait to see how they play against Spain
Honestly I’m just holding onto whatever shred of hope I have right now that we can somehow kick it up a notch when the knockouts start.
There’s no way we can’t get shaw into the side now against Slovakia. If we were playing the Dutch I’d have been hesitant but I’m feeling it could be a similar game to Serbia where we really needed him. And if he still isn’t fit by then why was he even brought?
Yh exactly, I feel like we’ve slacked with the more minor teams, we’re a good team with great players but we don’t play well together all the time…I blame sodding Southgate
All will be forgotten if he does the impossible though. I don’t care if we never win anything again as long as I see one tournament come home. Might even be able to hold it over future generations who have to endure being an England fan 😂
Honestly, I enjoyed watching Georgia just on the wings their defenders were forced to grab as we have faster players, the ref refused to call that and the box was horrible. Portugal blew the game 100% missed goals but the players were to scared to touch the ball in the second half, the curse of inexperienced players.
It was not a bad line up, it was mainly testing but also wanting to rest key players in the mid. He also knows what he can sub out and where. It doesn't help when you have a bunch of newer players scared to touch the ball because of the ref. Fun game to watch in the first half tho.
I think so too man, minimal stakes in this game so if he wanted to try something out it would be know. Unfortunately it made for a mockery of the national team, let's just hope that he takes this game's lessons into the next one.
Honestly Georgia never deserved 1 point against Czechia. Another silly penalty and goalie is Superman there is no other way to explain Mamardshivilli. But they still would have qualified if they got 3 points.
What does Turkey have to do with this match? Not that it matters but Turkey were clearly the dominating team against Czech Rep with like 65% ball possession (also before the red card!). It was just not easy to score against a non-attacking wall of 11 defenders (or 10 after the red card). You should know that because Italy has invented this ugly tactic. And Italy is the team that advanced to the round of final 16 with three poor performances and a whole lot of luck. So what's up with Turkey? But still best of luck to you 🍻
What has domination to do with anything though? Multiple teams won without dominating. Georgia didn't dominate at all.
Also, if a team cannot pass through this "ugly tactic" they simply aren't good enough. Look at Spain, they still beat us unsurprisingly of course. But they found a hole in our defense. Yeah we gave them the goal but they still managed to get through quite a lot of time.
You were the one that said Turkey did not play well and did not deserve to win. It does not make any sense because Turkey was the dominating team and clearly played better football than Czechia, so obviously the deserved to win. Yes, you do not have to dominate a game to win, but how can you say that Georgia played well and deserved to win although they were dominated and were only lucky to score 2 goals (1 huge mistake by Portugal and 1 penalty) but Turkey did not play well and didn't deserve the win despite clearly being the better team?
Turkey was good enough to score 2 goals against that "ugly tactic" and won the game so what do you want? Spain won too against that Italian "ugly tactic" but with only one goal. So what do you want to say? Und Turkey is not Spain obviously. What you're saying doesn't make sense.
You don't make any sense dude. First of all, I wasn't the one talking about Turkey. I answered to you in your answer to another user.
You said that Turkey dominated and deserved the win. I said you don't have to dominate to deserve a win. Simple as that. Domination has nothing to do with deserving a win.
Ya but the ref didnt call fouls in the box, its the two goals, also multiple free kicks. It might have also changed the mental for the second half but youll never know.
Yes he did. He’s been playing long enough to know that you don’t argue with the ref like that. He needed to stop whining and score some goals. Best player ever just got schooled by a bunch of Georgians. Let that sink in.
He’s allowed to argue with the ref, he’s getting molested out there with no calls there’s nothing else he can do but argue his case. Their goalie played very well.
No, you're not allowed to argue with the ref. That's how and why he got carded.
So many of you in this sub who do not understand how Football works and are acting like children. It's not "rigged" because your favorite player Ronaldo played like crap and lost.
Dissent is subjective, so I feel the yellow was not needed. He’s allowed to show his frustrations at getting his shirt held for so long. Instead of rigged, I’m in the camp that thinks he just wanted to tell his buddies back home he booked Ronaldo. Ronaldo was also the best player for Portugal that game.
so happy for Georgia! what a debut. Also feel sorry for Hungarian fans. Didn’t watch the game but I am assuming Portugal didn’t give their 100%. I hate big teams loosing final group stage games. so unethical but can’t blame
Well, I don’t think we played to lose, it was a masterclass from Georgia’s keeper mixed with high effectiveness from Georgia with their chances, definitely not unethical.
No offence to Portugal. Actually this is not Portugal specific. This happens a lot in Champions league too. Just not in line with competitiveness. just because of tournament format
Man you gotta respect Georgia’s performance. What an absolute joke of a team Martinez put together, hopefully Antonio Silva will be keeping that bench warm from now on. Hope the best team goes far, but for selfish reasons, may the worst team of the night go further 😅
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The ref fr wanted georgia to win
We never had chance to experience such a happy moment as a nation after regaining independence from USSR. It felt like our moment to shine and introduce ourselves to rest of the world. It was way bigger deal for us than for Portugal. It's not only about football, in Soviet times we were locked out by Russia on the other side of iron curtain and after becoming independent state we were desperate for the whole world to acknowledge our existence. I think match with Portugal was the moment which made us to be seen, so that makes us very happy. Also sorry if some jerk Georgian fans are being stupid on the internet, most of us admire Ronaldo and we don't mean to be disrespectful.
And I admit that referee was more strict regarding Portugal.
We are delighted with unbelievable score and result! Such a moment for Georgia! [https://youtu.be/SKEF1NCDmNs?si=lOU7Jb-LXqdZfaW5](https://youtu.be/SKEF1NCDmNs?si=lOU7Jb-LXqdZfaW5)
This was an embarassing match for portugal. Congrats to Georgia, really good match. But that Penalty was fucking bullshit, cus portugal got a yellow card for "simulating" but when a Georgie player litteraly free dives himself onto the ground, they get a penalty cus we barely touched him. bullshit
You cant say "Congrats to Georgia, really good match" and then start to complain while insinuating that in a "fair" match Portugal would won.
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Like bro didn’t choke to Austria 💀.
Why is bro upset he got Romania instead of England.
Dafuq did we do wrong? It happens teams lose. Smh this random hate for Portugal is fucking Sad
I think it’s mostly frustration with Ronaldo coming across, makes it hard to cheer for them, though they did have a bad game
Portugal surrendered to get slovenia next round.
So Ronaldo got a yellow card, which would increase his chances of missing a game like what happened to Leão, on purpose? Maybe that's why the ref wouldn't give Portugal any decisions, he was 100% biased.
china has the Great Wall , Georgia has Mamardashvili
To be fair Martinez played a proper lineup for the situation, you have to allow your bench some experience. Ramos or jota should have started ST also. CR hates missing a minute, especially if he doesn’t score, but rest is more important. Patricio at GK wouldn’t be a bad idea either. A blunder in the first 2 min changed the game completely. This lineup showed they don’t have what it takes to break down a team parking the bus. Conceicao stood out as a positive. Felix had his moments mainly in the first half. Dalot was ok at times. Everyone else was slow on build up, and lethargic press on defense. Terrible game but good to see which players deserve to be subbed on going forward
They surrendered to get Slovenia
Slovenia Hungary they are all the same.
Imma be laughing hard when we win
Ronaldo always cooks Oblak.
They will need a lucky goal or pks. Slovenia will have less possession than they did against England.
We'll see about that
Hopefully the ghost of Mladen Rudonja will help you again.
Someone will fucking book it during the match and score in the 90th minute for our win. Im calling it
Bad call, you lost.
Did I ask
I don't see a question mark, so I can only assume it's missing, just like your teams offensive abilities or their presence in the quarter finals. But I got a question for ya: Are you laughing hard like you said you would or was another common bad call from you?
portuguese pundits before the match: we think martinez should give a chance to all the other players in the bench and change the whole squad its an absurd not playing f. conceição in turkey after he gave us the win on the first match martinez: changes the squad and gives opportunity to less used players and loses portuguese pundits after the match: martinez choices make no sense today changing the whole squad proved to be a huge mistake that we cant compreend that decision
He’s a great coach, the pundits are pundits for a reason.
great? define great. he's literally never won anything and his highest level as club coach was Everton if I recall correctly.
ahh shit here we go again, another match without cr7 scoring for Portugal
Georgia winning is one thing. Georgia completely outclassing Portugal is another. They absolutely deserved that win.
Portugal surrendered to get slovenia next round.
Bro it doesn’t matter it was either Slovenia or Hungary. Either play against Szboszolai or Oblak.
They have history with hungary. 3-3 last tournament, almost knocked Portugal out of the tournament they ended up winning
Portugal was the only one to beat Hungary last Euro in the Group Stage. France and Germany both tied and Germany was losing until last second.
Congrats Georgia you fought for the win
I swear it's really sad not seeing cr7 scoring
So after Roberto Martinez wasted the golden generation of Belgium he's got a job to ruin another golden generation of Portugal.
He played the bench players, see how they would fair, many of them aren't that experienced in international tournaments. Last match he did great, let's see what happens next.
I pretty sure I’m just watching Syria play AFC second round qualifiers in this game. Trash
As a Georgian, I was NOT expecting this, when I saw Ronaldo's face it made me laugh, He knew he was cooked, 2-0 we went with car near the middle and the traffic was Crazy! Thanks to Kvara 1:43 goal and Mikautadze for the penalty! გილოცავთ!
Why does that matter lol good luck stopping the entire Spanish attack. Your goalie can’t play like Superman all the time.
Portugal whole team played pretty bad and Georgia completely outclassed them. Stop being bitter. They were a better team all around.
Imagine being this bitter at a tiny nation shockingly making it to the knockouts.
Why does it matter that they made the knockouts for the first time ever?? Shut up dude, let them have this.
TBH Kazakhstan and Greece deserved qualification for the Euros more than Georgia. Kazakhstan were class in their group and Greece dominated their group and also Euro Path C.
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Spain 7-1 Euro 2024 qualification does it ring a bell?
The past is the past. Let it go. People even from georgia were saying we were gonna lose against portugal but we won 2-0. Yall can't handle loss huh
I’m not even Portuguese I’m just saying what I saw as facts. Georgia didn’t even top Norway in their qualifying group losing and getting 4th. Kazakhstan was more convincing especially a 3-2 comeback against Denmark down a man. They should resilience even in their last game against Slovenia almost winning. Greece drawn into a tough group but almost qualified over the Netherlands. I’m not saying Georgia didn’t play good but they were unconvincing to other teams in that path.
Great fight Georgia. Happy for you
fair play to georgia
I don't know why even when ronaldo was dropping to receive ball nobody was passing to him literally like he is invisible or something
Congrats Georgia.
Every comment( even the ones beeing happy and respectful to georgia) that say things like "well played georgia , ref wasnt good tho and portugal played b Team " gets downvoted, jesus Christ you georgia fans are cringe and riders
Go to the gym bro and get your shit together ❤️
dick riders tbh
Disgusting matchfix. Portugal lose vs Georgia to avoid Holland and play vs Slovenia. Shameful.
avoid Holland? We OWN Holland.
Even though Slovenia is the weaker team to play in the next round, the bracket on the Netherlands' side is much much easier for each subsequent round. In the Slovenian bracket you have Spain/Germany/France/Belgium. In the Netherland's bracket you have Italy/England/Switz... Portugal would way rather play Netherlands next and then coast to the final compared to having an easier draw against Slovenia, but then having to play France/Belgium in the quarterfinals and then Spain/Germany in the semis.
What are you talking about? They still finished top of the group.
I think it was a joke.
It wasn't, apparently from what I've heard this theory has popped up in Romania since they know have to go against the Netherlands.
I thought it was a joke because now Portugal are on the more difficult half of the draw.
Upvote if you think ronaldo should have buried the free kick….
Well done Georgia, I loved the match even though we lost. Your goalkeeper is amazing 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Honestly, I thought that he chugged too many energy drinks before a match😂😂😂 But congrats Georgia. Good match. Cheers from Germany.
It's weird, I never felt this "proud" after loosing a match 😂
RAHHHHHHH
Heartfelt congratz to georgia they deserved to qualify they were wholly better than czech team wish not to concede many goals against spain though
which team is benfica going to scam antonio silva for 100M€?
Based on that performance they'll be paying someone else to take him.
I could swear this was fixed like my bathroom leaking pipe because of bets placed. Must be tens of millions… Congrats to Georgia but I don’t believe Portugal was actually trying to win this
How can you see this game and think that Portugal were the ones to fix the match? Apart from the ref that has already been talked to death about the goalkeeper was just a beast. He defended some attempts that most other goalkeepers would've probably let go in. Also it's Portugal's B team, Martinez took the chance to see what works and what doesn't. Hopefully he's cooking up something good for the next round.
I mean Georgia has a top scorer AND the best goalkeeper AND arguably delivered the most entertaining games on the group stage. So I don’t understand all the complaints… of course Portugal won’t risk their top players in a game which doesn’t matter to them.
Georgia have been my favourite team to watch and I've watched like 60% of the games.
Georgia deserves this, what a fun team
HELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Me waiting to see João Felix step up ☠️💀
Hell nah it will never happen even after Ronaldo retires.
There was so much hype around this dude and Money 💰 being dished out, making the most valuable player Jesus.
Ikr but he did have some good shots but nothing else. It was a great test to see how our subs do without key players. Though would have liked to see Patricio start.
England haven’t been great and I can’t defend our performances but as least we haven’t lost 2-0 to Georgia. No slack given to Portugal for it though
Honestly I don’t hate England at all. The only reason the team has no chemistry is that a coach needs to bring talent together but the problem is Gareth Southgate is trash. His defensive tactics are horrible for such an attacking team. The rlly had nothing against Serbia totally only 5 shots. Tied Denmark despite being dominated. And tied Slovenia though you kept the ball for long periods of time.
Portugal played with a B team without any jeopardy
Georgia would have beaten us if they played like they did tonight. For sure. The keeper would have saved the 3 shots we get on target a game and Georgia would have punished us for sluggish play.
Any decent human being in their right mind would concur with the ref being absolute dog shit during tn's game. Watched the entire thing, and though I am supporting Portugal, it's fair to say from a completely objective POV the ref was either bought out by the Saudi prince's entire bank account, or he bet his wife and children on the Georgian team. Absolute wrestle mania on Georgia's half of the court on multiple attacks by Portugal, nothing was given, so the ref must be a harsh individual, one not swayed by minor, light wrestling? Okay, understandable. Now apply the ref's attitude towards the Portuguese to the Georgians and that light peck to the ankle should have in no universe been a penalty, ESPECIALLY considering the WWE treatment Portuguese strikers received on their end. COMPLETE JOKE OF A REFEREE. I hope he experiences severe consequences for his ridiculous refereeing tonight and never returns to an international stage again.
The yellow against Ronaldo was personal and a direct result of him squaring up to the ref 10mins earlier. The penalty was very soft. But Georgia were competing well, created great chances, and above all they had the finish to get a goal. They deserved the win.
Dude, George Mikautadze, who scored penalty plays for FC Metz which is second league in France. Just take an L. Portugal possessed the ball but could not create too many dangerous moments. Czhechs played way better against Georgia still could not pass the iron wall!
It's easy to defend when you just pull them down by their shirt
T-Shirt pulling is not a fault if player is standing at 1 place. I can't believe Portuguese copefans are arguing about t-shirt pulling against team that is ranked 74...
The penalty was soft but those do get given sometimes, it felt like karma really because of the Portuguese players diving. Georgia were already winning when that happened and Portugal just didn’t take their numerous chances. Ok Ronaldo was pulled in the box but he wasn’t directly involved in play at that point. As a neutral I thought he mostly got it right.
Jeez look at this meltdown. Just take the L, you couldn’t score a single goal.
Can’t wait for this guy to ref England in your next game, couldn’t even score on Estonia with a decent ref lmao
Dude England fans are beyond cope and denial. We know our time is god awful.
Bredda you just lost to a 75th ranked team
The Portuguese fans in this thread are almost as whiney as their players. Proper mard arses.
It’s honestly giving me life, keep it going I say. Just wait til they drop out without a single Ronnie goal
Given the level of whining for a total dead rubber match for them, When they inevitably get knocked out the level of tantrum will reach apocalyptic toddler levels. Even better if its some dodgy pen or another one for the tourneys top scorer, Mr OG.
don't be mad brah
honestly congrats to Georgia, well played really. But from an almost completely objective view, that ref was dog shit.
I wonder how you can consider yourself objective with that flair of yours?
Dunno sounds like cope to me
It seemed to me that Portugal backed out to be matched with an ostensibly weaker rival. Georgia didn't let that slide tho hahaha.
He wasn't that bad. I was honestly mad that the Portuguese player got away with the failed bycicle kick that hit the Georgian defender in the head. The penalty was also absolutely justified. Honestly, this ref was probably among the best this tournament.
No he wasn’t. Nor he’s going to referee anymore past this performance. He was shit and those who can’t see it, are in line for a big karma hit soon enough. The duality on this game was a screamer. No one’s taking the merit away but he was plain shit.
In general the refs were pretty bad so fa
Compare the potential fouls inside the penalty zone that happened to Portuguese players to that slight peck on Kvaratskhelia's ankle, and things become pretty obvious.
>The penalty was also absolutely justified. Honestly, this ref was probably among the best this tournament /s In what world was that penalty justified? Any contact in box = penalty now, no matter how light? I can forgive it being given in realtime but with VAR it's a joke
So what about constant pulling in the box and being clip outside the box just to get a yellow for diving. Where was VAR in these situations?
I cant tell if you're agreeing with me or not
The contact was clear and impeded Georgia's offensive momentum.
Bro he wasn’t even getting close to the ball. He basically passed it to the goalie and dove like a whale.
It didn't affect the ball since it had already left the foot and the only reason it "impeded" the momentum was because the attacker purposefully dived to try and get the penalty Smart thing for him to do, terrible call to be given with VAR
Great job, Georgia. Khachapuris for everyone. :)
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Woooo work sweepstakes may not be ruined after all
This game will affect terribly on the moral of the team. You could clearly see they were frustrated and hot headed. Portugal is gonna go home earlier than expected.
I would say that they already went further than expected. I'll never get the hype around this team.
You mean in 2016? Yeah that was a lot of luck and some grit but the players did well in penalty shootouts too. Rui Patricio was amazing then. This time they weren't in top 5 favorites.
Well done Georgia. Played far too well so far to have been sent home. Been a real pleasure watching their games and can’t wait to see how they play against Spain
Flag's close enough. I'm jumping ship and supporting these. All the qualities England haven't shown - identity, intensity, drive, spirit.
We just have to beat Slovakia now😂1-0 our way to the finals
Please no. I can’t stand any more of our dire “performances” 😂
I've given up watching them won't bother watching now until semi finals at least. Will watch the other interesting teams though all 14 of them
Who’s the other one?
Slovakia because that's who we're playing
Fair enough
I just pray we win atp 😭😭I have faith
Honestly I’m just holding onto whatever shred of hope I have right now that we can somehow kick it up a notch when the knockouts start. There’s no way we can’t get shaw into the side now against Slovakia. If we were playing the Dutch I’d have been hesitant but I’m feeling it could be a similar game to Serbia where we really needed him. And if he still isn’t fit by then why was he even brought?
Yh exactly, I feel like we’ve slacked with the more minor teams, we’re a good team with great players but we don’t play well together all the time…I blame sodding Southgate
All will be forgotten if he does the impossible though. I don’t care if we never win anything again as long as I see one tournament come home. Might even be able to hold it over future generations who have to endure being an England fan 😂
I just want to be alive to see England win💀
If Southgate plays defensive you’re cooked. Slovakia score early. I want to see if England can dig themselves out of a hole or just prove themselves.
neto and ronaldo didnt deserve cards,this game was rigged,many fouls and penalties werent given to portugal
Honestly, I enjoyed watching Georgia just on the wings their defenders were forced to grab as we have faster players, the ref refused to call that and the box was horrible. Portugal blew the game 100% missed goals but the players were to scared to touch the ball in the second half, the curse of inexperienced players.
Cope
Shut the fuck up 🤫
for speaking truth about rigged game?
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if ref gave georgia a penalty for a small contact,portugal shouldve been given also,and neto got a yellow for a "dive" but that was an actual foul
GGs for Georgia. Martinez needs to wake up, what a bad lineup today, also the ref was biased, but what's done is unfortunately done.
It was not a bad line up, it was mainly testing but also wanting to rest key players in the mid. He also knows what he can sub out and where. It doesn't help when you have a bunch of newer players scared to touch the ball because of the ref. Fun game to watch in the first half tho.
True, let's hope that they play better next time, they probably felt the pressure of playing for the national team.
I assume he prioritized testing things instead of going 100%
I think so too man, minimal stakes in this game so if he wanted to try something out it would be know. Unfortunately it made for a mockery of the national team, let's just hope that he takes this game's lessons into the next one.
I feel like if we played like this vs Turkey/Czechia it would have ended in our favor but those games were very close too.
Honestly Georgia never deserved 1 point against Czechia. Another silly penalty and goalie is Superman there is no other way to explain Mamardshivilli. But they still would have qualified if they got 3 points.
Unlike Turkey, Georgia played very well and very well deserved win! Good luck against Spain
What does Turkey have to do with this match? Not that it matters but Turkey were clearly the dominating team against Czech Rep with like 65% ball possession (also before the red card!). It was just not easy to score against a non-attacking wall of 11 defenders (or 10 after the red card). You should know that because Italy has invented this ugly tactic. And Italy is the team that advanced to the round of final 16 with three poor performances and a whole lot of luck. So what's up with Turkey? But still best of luck to you 🍻
What has domination to do with anything though? Multiple teams won without dominating. Georgia didn't dominate at all. Also, if a team cannot pass through this "ugly tactic" they simply aren't good enough. Look at Spain, they still beat us unsurprisingly of course. But they found a hole in our defense. Yeah we gave them the goal but they still managed to get through quite a lot of time.
You were the one that said Turkey did not play well and did not deserve to win. It does not make any sense because Turkey was the dominating team and clearly played better football than Czechia, so obviously the deserved to win. Yes, you do not have to dominate a game to win, but how can you say that Georgia played well and deserved to win although they were dominated and were only lucky to score 2 goals (1 huge mistake by Portugal and 1 penalty) but Turkey did not play well and didn't deserve the win despite clearly being the better team? Turkey was good enough to score 2 goals against that "ugly tactic" and won the game so what do you want? Spain won too against that Italian "ugly tactic" but with only one goal. So what do you want to say? Und Turkey is not Spain obviously. What you're saying doesn't make sense.
You don't make any sense dude. First of all, I wasn't the one talking about Turkey. I answered to you in your answer to another user. You said that Turkey dominated and deserved the win. I said you don't have to dominate to deserve a win. Simple as that. Domination has nothing to do with deserving a win.
Goodbye Hungary 😭
Honestly a boring team that play dirty and very physical football without elegance. Glad to see em go.
Yeah, just like Albani... I admit they played trash this euro, but as a hungarian I am still sad.
Im actually england just dont know how to change flair. Albania played a lot better than Hungary and England imo lol, for the team they have
Dam seeing that grid on screen it’s Austria England semi final
Plz England fans you will be heart broken unless Southgate is sacked. Might be first round even Italy is better.
Austria v Germany final.
Oh god…it’s Anschluss, we’re all fucked!!
Germany aren’t going to make the final lol. Spain are
Probably
Georgia and Turkyie doing spirit dances love to see it
Referee was the MVP of the match, defending Georgia like no other and creating the most chanches 👏🏼👏🏼
Copium
he is right,many uncalled fouls for portugal
Honestly nothing would have changed if they didnt give us the penalty, portugal just played bad today team didnt show up to win
Ya but the ref didnt call fouls in the box, its the two goals, also multiple free kicks. It might have also changed the mental for the second half but youll never know.
Bruh, you watching other game or what🤣
nah he was watching the right game
Ronaldo fans mad and whiny that he got bested by a 74th ranked team. lol Georgia has been playing well this tournanment. Nothing rigged about that.
He didn’t deserve the yellow
Yes he did. He’s been playing long enough to know that you don’t argue with the ref like that. He needed to stop whining and score some goals. Best player ever just got schooled by a bunch of Georgians. Let that sink in.
He’s allowed to argue with the ref, he’s getting molested out there with no calls there’s nothing else he can do but argue his case. Their goalie played very well.
No, you're not allowed to argue with the ref. That's how and why he got carded. So many of you in this sub who do not understand how Football works and are acting like children. It's not "rigged" because your favorite player Ronaldo played like crap and lost.
Dissent is subjective, so I feel the yellow was not needed. He’s allowed to show his frustrations at getting his shirt held for so long. Instead of rigged, I’m in the camp that thinks he just wanted to tell his buddies back home he booked Ronaldo. Ronaldo was also the best player for Portugal that game.
It's not "rigged" because your favorite player Ronaldo played like crap and lost. Cry and downvote harder.
I said what I thought it was instead of rigged doofus. And I’m trying to downvote, I’ve been scrolling all day.
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so happy for Georgia! what a debut. Also feel sorry for Hungarian fans. Didn’t watch the game but I am assuming Portugal didn’t give their 100%. I hate big teams loosing final group stage games. so unethical but can’t blame
Portugal played with 8 subs
Well, I don’t think we played to lose, it was a masterclass from Georgia’s keeper mixed with high effectiveness from Georgia with their chances, definitely not unethical.
take my downvote good sir
Nah, halve it and give it to the previous person.
No offence to Portugal. Actually this is not Portugal specific. This happens a lot in Champions league too. Just not in line with competitiveness. just because of tournament format
Fair play man, I honestly think Georgia did better than Hungary anyways, they might be a dark horse along with Austria.
Congratulations Georgia!!!!! WOW!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Man you gotta respect Georgia’s performance. What an absolute joke of a team Martinez put together, hopefully Antonio Silva will be keeping that bench warm from now on. Hope the best team goes far, but for selfish reasons, may the worst team of the night go further 😅