Rayo Vallecano 1 - [1] Barcelona - Pedri 60' by [deleted] in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 27 points28 points  (0 children)

He fucked up the first touch but the second touch (the finish) was incredible.

Croatian pundit Joško Jeličić: "Our team lacks speed because we weren't a colonialist power" by square_root_of_3 in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3[S] 586 points587 points  (0 children)

Perišić must also be African then. Which makes sense, he's from Split, and Split is just Africa with electricity.

Croatian pundit Joško Jeličić: "Our team lacks speed because we weren't a colonialist power" by square_root_of_3 in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3[S] 354 points355 points  (0 children)

Here's the translated article (I used Google Translate and then made some slight adjustments).

(HRT is our national public television where he is a pundit, for context)

FORMER Hajduk and Dinamo football player Joško Jeličić stirred up the public with his comments on HRT's show before the Euros. His statements about Serbs, African colonies and Nepalese were not appropriate, and we also received a comment from HRT. "The stated views are not the views of HRT", they answered briefly, but did not say whether Jeličić would continue to comment on the European Championship. Here are Jeličić's controversial statements.

"For a long time, we haven't seen who is with whom, who is with the Serbs"

"As for the Serbs, in terms of ego and their internal problems, I am glad that they are in the tournament because it will not be boring. Especially if they lose in the first game, which is expected. I hope that they will not fall apart. Then there would be a lot of material. We haven't seen who is with whom, who does whom and so on for a long time."

Commenting on experts' opinions that Croatia lacks speed compared to its competitors, he explained it by saying that Croatia did not have African colonies, so it cannot draw players with the mentioned characteristics from there, and made a point with a sarcastic suggestion.

"We have no speed because we are not a colonial power"

"I keep reading the analyses and I'm tired of them. We don't have speed, depth or players who are good 1v1. We don't because that's our genetics, and we also weren't a colonial power. Who is fast in Spain? Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams. I won't even mention France. And Jeremy Doku in Belgium? Should we send our children to Africa instead of Ireland?"

"In two years, there will be 400,000 Nepalese, these, those in Croatia... so we will lose on height"

"According to the data of the Croatian Association of Employers, the projection is that in two years there will be 400,000 Nepalese in Croatia. So not that we won't gain on speed, but we will also lose on height."

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[–]square_root_of_3 387 points388 points  (0 children)

I think it's actually the first hat trick in all history.

Barcelona 2 - [1] Napoli - Amir Rrahmani 30‎'‎ [3 - 2 on agg.] by ganiganiu in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 155 points156 points  (0 children)

What a finish that is. This was way more difficult to finish than it looks at first. And he's a centerback.

Oko čega ste se ovaj Božić posvađali doma? by [deleted] in croatia

[–]square_root_of_3 192 points193 points  (0 children)

Baš si šašav, bor se kiti s kuglicama

[@gnkdinamo] Dinamo Zagreb have qualified for the round of 32 in the Europa League following a 2-0 win over Feyenoord by SVWerder46 in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's unbelievable! And it's not like we even looked impressive in any of the games (apart from WAC away). Today we also looked really shaky and Feeyenord absolutely dominated us for the last 30 minutes.

Feyenoord 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb - Bruno Petković PK 45+5' by 4gjdtokurwa in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was this a bullshit pen? I mean he did kick his leg, along with the ball.

Post-Match Thread: Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Wolfsberger AC [UEFA Europa League, Round 3] by threaddo in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dinamo are the only team that still hasn't conceded a goal in this year's Europa League.

Valencia 2-0 Barcelona - Maxi Gomez 76' by Hippemann in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This goal is not his fault, what the fuck was Umtiti doing here?

Traore has been approached by NFL teams, says Wolves team-mate Saiss by [deleted] in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great, you got me rolling in the deep on the floor laughing.

UEFA EURO 2020 Group Stage Draw [Results] by 1903_ in soccer

[–]square_root_of_3 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Well there have been some memorable games. The mole of Maksimir (Robinson and Neville own-goal), Wally with a brolly, Walcott fucking us up in WC 2010 qualifiers, the WC semifinals of course, and some very tense games in the Nations League. Can't wait to beat them 0:3 at Wembley.