Euro 2020 Round of 16 Day 3: Game Thread

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God, the Swiss PK miss AND the disarray following that allowed France to sneak in that surprise goal, both really looming large here. If they lose, it's going to be tough for a bunch of guys who KNOW they almost had it.
 

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I was wondering whether not having Griezmann for penalties might hurt so I looked up his numbers. He's horrible.
The correlation between general attacking prowess and penalty success is funny. For the US, Dempsey sucked at penalties.
 

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So I turned away after Pogba made it 3-1 and the rout was on.

3-3 at HT of ET? Unpossible.

This day is fucking crazy.
 

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Mbappe faked that injury to his left leg. It was a "no way I would have missed it that badly if I wasn't hurt" kind of things but then a moment later he's in full sprint mode looking perfectly fine.

EDIT: @allstonite got it right
 

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Dare I say national team Pogba is the most fun player in the world?
His whole rise at Juve was based on having other midfielders who could set him free to just do cool Pogba stuff, and there is no midfielder in the world better at setting other midfielders free than Kante
 

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Ohhhh, dangerous spot for a free kick....

Edit: a little further out than I thought...
 

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Given how good they've been in the air, this is a good spot for the free kick for Switzerland.
 

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That's a terrible free kick to end extra time. I understand that all are feeling "leggy" at this point, but you've gotta do better than that. Put the ball on the net.
 

67YAZ

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His whole rise at Juve was based on having other midfielders who could set him free to just do cool Pogba stuff, and there is no midfielder in the world better at setting other midfielders free than Kante
100%. I don't think we appreciate the Vidal-Pirlo-Pogba midfield enough at the time. What an incredible collection of talent.

And I firmly believe that Kante is has played his way into any all-time XI. He's clearly the very best defensive mid to ever step on a pitch. He makes everyone around him markedly better.
 

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France just won the World Cup. The Euros are huge too but I don’t see why they’d have more pressure
 

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Switzerland gets to shoot first, scoring player shakes fist in celebration. Thiis is supposedly a good sign for the psychological state of the Swiss.