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Julius

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  1. Well, that's not a scoreline I imagine most of us expected to see tonight with Switzerland taking the lead. EDIT: funny thing is I had to tune in on my phone and just caught it as it loaded that match. ITV Hub app has been frozen in the corner in the 4th minute for a good 20 minutes or so now...
  2. Insane match of football, great stuff. Hope Luis Enrique has learned his lesson tonight, for Spain's sake -- those substitutions towards the end of the second half very nearly cost them the game.
  3. Of course it was Morata. Thunderous strike, absolutely deserved based on the rest of his game today!
  4. Oh wow. Momentum was definitely swinging Croatia's way, but I wasn't expecting them to capitalise on it. Luis Enrique will be kicking his teeth right now with his substitutions, they're missing their strength. Koke is one hell of a fighter in midfield, Ferran Torres has been lethal up front, and Sarabia has perhaps been their best player in the tournament for them so far.
  5. First impression was definitely that Spain somehow managed to keep that out, but that replay showed it was clearly well over. Thank goodness for goal line technology, extremely underrated piece of tech since it's come in. Will always think that they should effectively have a (much more) dynamic version of that with chipped boots to help figure out offsides and track player's feet specifically. Considering fingertips, elbows, a dip in the grass -- I really think it's just taking the wording of the rules too far.
  6. What an absolutely beauty of a pass to pick out Ferran Torres!
  7. Watching Rebić be subbed off and slow down as he walked along the byline before coming to a stop just next to the goal to cheer his team on for a moment was very funny
  8. Spain deserved that. Crazy that's Azpi's first international goal (until you remember he barely played because of Carvajal at least). Pedri completely running the show so far in this second half. Very mature in his composure and awareness for 18, think he'll end up being an absolute steal for Barça in the years to come.
  9. Game on! Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, he's a professional footballer and should be able to sort his feet out in time before it gets to him. I just think he lost his concentration and wasn't ready for the speed, curve, or bounce of it. Passing back is always dangerous, but if you're going to do it, you should put as little pressure on your 'keeper as possible -- it shouldn't have enough pace on it to make the net move! Completely agree, I don't think it should've been a penalty either, and I'm surprised it was given: it was clear to me that the defender had no idea where Koke had got to. If I'm remembering right it wasn't even a tackle, the defender knew he was under pressure and was winding up to boot it out, but Koke was crafty and, like you said, jumped in front of it.
  10. Absolute howler from Simón that, but way too much fizz on it for a backpass, just took an unlucky bounce. Croatia ahead and they'd done nothing to this point to warrant it. Spain were very much on top before, tough to not have something like that not knock your confidence.
  11. Quick roundup of the Mana anniversary stream: • Legend of Mana anime is on the way, subtitled The Teardrop Crystal. It is being adapted by Warner Bros. Japan. • a free-to-play mobile game called Record of Mana is on the way, launching worldwide in 2022. • there is a new Mana / Seiken Densetsu game on the way...but it's too early in development for them to show anything. No screens, no title, no systems announced, not even an edgy title on fire, or any talk about it being darker and for adults. Are we sure this is still a Square Enix property?
  12. I need to vent because it does my head in: I find ITV's football coverage to be absolutely insufferable. Lee Dixon in particular. Spent more time sounding miserable and unenthusiastic, talking about knowing Ian Wright, and both him and Ian talking about how Ronaldo's free kick scoring record isn't what people would believe, than he did talking about what was happening on the pitch. I'm probably jaded by his awful commentary in FIFA (actually, I know I am), but seriously, I'd rather watch the game without commentary when it comes to ITV, and especially Lee Dixon.
  13. Belgium really had to ride their luck tonight to get by. Then again, Thorgan's goal was a more than worthy winner. Awesome second half, end-to-end for the last 30 minutes and stoppage time, Portugal extremely unlucky to not have the luck of a bounce or bobble go their way and find themselves scoring. Those changes worked, just couldn't get it in the back of the net. Ronaldo kept waiting for the international goalscoring record then, and to think -- there might only be one more major international tournament for him with the World Cup.
  14. It blows my mind that Pepe in the twilight years if his career still hasn't been able to get a handle on his temper. Dude needs to chill out. Thorgan challenged Dalot but the whistle had long gone for Lukaku to get his head looked at, and he knew it. There was no pressure on what happened next, he just needed to walk away. Match has really started to get heated.
  15. Pretty early changes from Portugal in this second half, quite surprised by that. I know they need a change, but taking off the two players who tend to dictate their flow - Moutinho and Bernardo Silva - for two very attacking minded players - Felix and Bruno Fernandes - seems pretty risky at this stage. Feel like those substitutions could well end up deciding which way this game swings now.
  16. Beautiful goal from Thorgan. Damn. Unlucky because you felt like Portugal were just starting to turn up the pressure, they just didn't get to him to close him down quickly enough.
  17. I think you could get by on knowledge of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy, for sure, as it's set between the two for me it didn't really kick into gear until the final 25% - 30% of the story, though I'm sure it's different for others! Just felt a bit by the numbers until it picked up towards the end, but it was enough to keep me going at least.
  18. That might be the most entertaining 30 minutes of football in this tournament so far, definitely the most entertaining period of extra time I've seen in a long time. Austria very unlucky, lovely and unflinching header to get themselves back in it, but the damage was already done at that point. Really stuck it to Italy, just couldn't get a lucky bounce in the last 6 minutes of extra time. What a start to the Round of 16 today. Can't wait for tomorrow!
  19. What a beauty from Chiesa! Excellent job at keeping his composure after that odd first touch glancing back off his forehead, and then calm as you like. Beautiful ball from Spinazzola too.
  20. Brilliant stuff from Austria, they've really done such a great job of growing into this game. Definitely had their backs to the wall for the last 10 minutes, after Italy (finally) made some changes -- Chiesa should've been brought on at the 60 minute mark, I feel he adds creativity on the wing that Berardi quite simply doesn't. Italy looked nervous just being back in the knockout rounds of a tournament again, feel like they're missing having Chiellini on the pitch. Now we've seen one Austrian player go down to cramp, I do wonder if they're going to become increasingly leggy and tired as extra time goes on. They've been disciplined up to this point, but once tiredness starts setting in, I think they might be up against it -- unless they want penalties, they really need to just go for it in this next 15 and try to blitz through the Italian defence. The gaps are absolutely there.
  21. Italy let off easy with that offside call, they've looked increasingly shaky at the back, and only seem to be having luck down the left going forwards. Fluidity of their play is still, but Austria have been asking a lot of questions. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out. Shame about the result for Wales, but glad to see Denmark go marching on after what they faced earlier in the tournament.
  22. No, it doesn't have to be on, but I can't recall if the default is for the power supply to the USB ports to be turned off, so it's possible it might be turned off for when the console is off too? You can check this and turn the power supply on for when the console is off through Settings > System > Power Saving > Features Available in Rest Mode > Supply Power to USB Ports. Not sure which wall adapter you're using, but would have to imagine it might be that, as I use my phone charger sometimes for my controllers and headset and it gets on fine, but I've read a few instances of it not working for others, so not too sure. I know annoyingly you can't charge a DualShock 3 with a wall charger, but don't believe that to be the case with the DualSense.
  23. Also want to chime in and say I'm giving this a miss (for now, could be a game I pick up for Christmas or if I ever see a decent deal on it). Less to do with the reviews and more that I have enough on my Switch that I haven't played yet - as I rarely get around to my Switch at the moment, but hopefully I'll work it in over the summer - and would want to prioritise playing those over this. Also, if I'm being honest, there were quite a few games from the E3 Direct that I'd much rather put my money towards picking up instead, so I feel like this would end up gathering dust on my shelf
  24. Don't believe we've had anything confirmed either way, but for games like Ghost of Tsushima where they've already received next-gen patches, I'm doubtful we'd see a native PS5 release. Just don't think it'd be worth it for them due to the diminishing returns financially after already having a patch out there. Plus, like @Sheikah says, Ghost looks and plays great as is with the PS5 patch.
  25. Silent Hill looks...different. Between this and the PES 2022 online beta test literally being called 'New Football Game Online Performance Test' and also releasing today, it's been a strange 24 hours. And no, I'm not joking about that name. Really. Konami -- what the hell are you doing?!
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