The International Football Thread

[Fulham Broadway 16,894]

2-0 good goal by the bull necked Madeiran

[milka 3,349]

I’m going for  Squadrra azzura to win Euro 20+1.

they play nice football and have enough quality 
we  know Italy on  the big championships

they win the groups with 1-0  and usually then win the tournament 😅

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

2021 International Friendly

Portugal            
Israel                 

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/uefa-friendly-portugal-vs-israel-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/portugal-football/

Weird when you look at the Portugal lineup and Penaldo is just the 3rd or 4th best player. (Penandes and Dias surely better IMO and arguably Bernardo Silva or Jota as well).

Honestly I'd be happy if they field Penaldo as single striker vs our NT. High chance he will be in Toni's pocket all day long. We usually spank Portugal at major tournaments but this year the sides are pretty evenly matched. So if they want to break their duck it's now or never.

 

[Vesper 28,967]

2021 Copa América, Group Stage

Argentina              
Chile                      

http://www.mysports.to/sports/2021/copa-america-argentina-vs-chile-s2/

https://www.totalsportek.com/football/argentina-live-stream/

 

[Vesper 28,967]

2021 Copa América, Group Stage

Colombia          
Venezuela         

http://www.mysports.to/sports/2021/copa-america-brazil-vs-peru-s1/

https://www.totalsportek.com/colombia/

[Vesper 28,967]

Chile covers Nike logo on their kits amidst contract dispute

https://theathletic.com/2661013/2021/06/18/chile-nike-copa-america/

While Nike and Adidas battle for supremacy in Euro 2020, the former is in the middle of a legal battle that has spilled over into Copa America. As a result, Chile’s kits for the South American tournament have undergone a sudden and significant edit.

For Friday night’s Group B match against Bolivia, the Nike logo on Chile’s jerseys was covered with a patch of the Chilean flag. Chile’s coaches and staff covered the Nike logo on their shirts and pants with tape. It was all part of a subtle protest related to an ongoing contract dispute between the sportswear company and the Chilean football federation. 

For the remainder of the tournament, the team will play without a visible kit sponsor, as Chile’s National Association of Professional Football (ANFP, by its Spanish acronym), fights Nike in court. According to Chilean outlet La Tercera, the ANFP alleges that Nike abruptly ended their million dollar agreement two weeks ago. 

“Nike canceled the contract unilaterally,” an ANFP spokesperson told La Tercera. “This will be a court battle.”

 

Chile’s kit in their Copa America opener against Argentina (left) and in their second match against Bolivia. (Douglas Magno, AFP via Getty Images)

 

According to the report, Nike withheld payments, including those for merchandise sales, for the period of July 2019 to July 2020 since Chile’s senior national team did not play the minimum of 10 matches per year stipulated in their contract. Chile played its final match of 2019, a friendly against Guinea in Spain, on October 15, 2019, but between social unrest that took hold in Chile that month and the subsequent spread of COVID-19, they did not play again until their World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in October 2020. Nike and the ANFP, which alleges it is owed about $6 million of a $7 million per year deal, have been involved in court proceedings since March of this year, according to AFP. 

 

Tape covers the Nike logos on Chile manager Martin Lasarte’s clothes. (Miguel Schincariol/Getty Images)

Nike and Chile had an eight-year contract with a total of $56 million that began after Copa America 2015 and was supposed to run through the end of the 2022 World Cup. La Tercera says the ANFP first sued Nike in civil court in Santiago, Chile. From there, the case moved to the International Chamber of Commerce’s Court of Arbitration in New York.

Before partnering with Nike, Chile made a reported $2.5 million per year over five years from a kit deal with Puma. 

Chile drew 1-1 with Argentina in their first 2021 Copa America match, then beat Bolivia 1-0 in their second. They previously won the competition in 2015 and 2016, most recently finishing fourth in 2019.

Prior to Chile entering Brazil for this edition of Copa America, there was a “drone skirmish” during one of their training sessions in Santiago when team officials spotted an airborne device they suspected of being an Argentine spy camera. Chile manager Martin Lasarte reportedly ordered a drone of their own be sent to investigate the suspicious machine. The two drones collided and were retrieved. It was later learned that the “invading” craft belonged to the local power company, which was checking nearby street lights.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPi1Q6srmG5/

Edited June 19, 2021 by Vesper

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[NikkiCFC 8,017]

Winner will play Peru in semis.

[Vesper 28,967]

cannot believe I am saying this, but I so hope Brasil win the Copa America, unless Colombia beats Argentina. (I was really hoping it would be Uruguay, but they cocked up the pen shootout versus Colombia in the QF's)

the Pessi fanboi club is just going wild with hate on CR7 (and I am not even a big fan of him tbh) online

it is crazy the cult-like slavishness that Pessi Inc. has

worst football fans on the planet, especially as most of them really do not even understand football (unlike the cunts from Manure, Pool, Juve, Bayern, etc) Second worst are Real plastics, but at least many stayed loyal to RM after CR7 left (although they too mostly do not understand footie)

Pessi Inc. will drop Barca like a hot potato when he bounces

[NikkiCFC 8,017]

Argentina already up. It will be great final.

[NikkiCFC 8,017]

Wtf no overtime on Copa? 

[Vesper 28,967]

super game, shame it went straight to pens or Colombia would have won

[Vesper 28,967]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Wtf no overtime on Copa? 

so fucking stupid!

its a MAJOR (third biggest international prize after WC and Euros) trophy

and even in semis, no ET

[Vesper 28,967]

that Luis Díaz goal for Colombia was insane

truly WC

 

 

Edited July 7, 2021 by Vesper

[robsblubot 3,527]

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

that Luis Díaz goal for Colombia was insane

truly WC

 

 

definitely, but not only the goal... looks like a really talented player - motm until Martinez' show at the pk shootout 

no overtime because players can only suffer so much on those dreadful pitches.

Edited July 7, 2021 by robsblubot

[Vesper 28,967]

fucking Brasil

now it is going to a non stop Pessi wankfest for months as he now has his first ever major international trophy

 

[Vesper 28,967]

the hilarious thing is

Pessi was NOT a Barca player when he won it

out of contract

so Barca cannot claim that Copa trophy as won by their players

same for Sergio Agüero, who is NOT registered yet

 

 

[killer1257 3,282]

Messi and Neymar got both player of the tournament. 

At least Di Maria played. He somehow rarely plays for Argentina and I think Argentina have very good chances for the world cup next season. Now, they finally have a real team with a world class GK. Their midfield also looks quite nice.