There’s a bit of a re-writing of history going on: “England are always like this”
Not really. 1990, 1996, 1998 - they lose on penalties to elite opposition & are genuinely unlucky.
2002, compete against maybe greatest international side ever. Lose 2-1.
2006: penalties.
2012: penalties.
We’ve never seen anything like the last 30 minutes last night. Ever. Certainly not in my lifetime.
12% possession is up there with Iceland as a sporting humiliation.
1-0 in a semifinal with the chance to go to the World Cup and your players going toe to toe with the defending champions and you decide that they should just sit as deep as possible and stop playing? Throwing on defender after defender on the field. Damn near a war crime.
22 year old entry-level software engineer / consultant / investment banker salary in US but should be the cap for the CEO of one of the UK’s largest corporations. We are so cooked man
It’s funny because even if you ignore: Ballon d’Or, Puskas, winning every trophy, scoring in every final, the Golden Boots, POTY plus countless other accolades (and actually being the best)
Ronaldo won more PL titles in 3 seasons than Henry & Salah did in their entire PL careers
🚨 Virgil Van Dijk on eventual failure to qualify for Champions League: “It will have impact on the summer window, 100%”.
“The stakes are very high. Listen, if you play for Liverpool, it's always been like that. We need to get into the Champions League”.