Is it really coming home? Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images There are many ways to tell the story of an international soccer tournament. Twenty-four ways in the case of Euro 2020, as it insists on being called, despite the fact that the pandemic pushed the tournament into 2021.
So far, so sporty. But if England wins … well, I’m not sure I can bring myself to even speculate about what might happen. That is not only because England appears to be building toward some kind of volcanic catharsis, more than a half-century in the making, whose shape is both impossible to predict and a little frightening to imagine. It’s also because the English themselves seem utterly confused about what a victory for this particular team would mean.
In friendlies leading up to the Euros, English fans booed their own racially diverse squad for taking the knee before games, a la Colin Kaepernick, to protest racism in European soccer . What should have been an anodyne statement by the team was hurled into the churning vortex of England’s culture wars, with commentators accusing the players of being BLM-aligned “Marxists” who would be better off sticking to sports.
The essay was hailed by Labour — party leader Keir Starmer tweeted the piece with the message “This is England” — while putting Southgate in the Conservative Party’s crosshairs. “Some seem to believe that Southgate is becoming a tool of deep Woke,” wrote Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times, “with one Tory strategist telling me that the England manager’s patriotism essay was ‘suspiciously well-written.
Even though the good times have been rolling, there has been plenty of division, particularly when it comes to Southgate’s team selection. The fan favorite is undoubtedly Jack Grealish, a b-list version of David Beckham with floppy hair, a goofy grin, and thighs the size of Iberico hams. Yet Grealish normally starts on the bench, and the ruddy fans in the stands at Wembley all but command Southgate to sub him in.
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Yes it would be great for United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and England 🏴
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Probably not since 3 parts of the country are cheering for Italy
Am i the only one who notices that booing of the opposite teams national anthems is going on?
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RyuSpaeth Covids Coming Home. Data from England, Scotland and Wales shows an “obvious surge” in Covid case numbers after Euro games
RyuSpaeth I would pray to God that England loses their festival of forced Nationalism/ Superspreader event, aka 'Game', but Satan obviously rules this planet, so why bother.
RyuSpaeth It means literally nothing. It’s a team of the times. I will be rooting for England, but there’s a reason we have “fan favorites” like Jack Grealish. They embody what we thought we should have become. And no other time line will understand this past a certain point in life.
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RyuSpaeth Is this serious? It is a cut paste job of the hysterical end of twitter.
RyuSpaeth You'd have to be really ducking stupid to think that
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