Eco Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 10 October 2019 Belarus vs Estonia Netherlands vs Northern Ireland 13 October 2019 Belarus vs Netherlands Estonia vs Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 We should beat Northern Ireland and Belarus to go top of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Belarus vs Estonia about to begin. Weird story, but because I was born in America and never got my Russian passport, it's nearly impossible for me to visit family that I have in Minsk. I've actually only have met them we were all gathered in Moscow. So yeah, let's go Belarus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted October 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted October 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Eco said: Belarus vs Estonia about to begin. Weird story, but because I was born in America and never got my Russian passport, it's nearly impossible for me to visit family that I have in Minsk. I've actually only have met them we were all gathered in Moscow. So yeah, let's go Belarus. Huh? Why? It's visa-free for US citizens for up to 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, Eco said: Belarus vs Estonia about to begin. Weird story, but because I was born in America and never got my Russian passport, it's nearly impossible for me to visit family that I have in Minsk. I've actually only have met them we were all gathered in Moscow. So yeah, let's go Belarus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, nudge said: Huh? Why? It's visa-free for US citizens for up to 30 days. Must be newish - I haven't tried in years, but I know when my Dad and I tried to go with my Mom, him and I had serious trouble getting in. Granted this was...maybe 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, nudge said: Huh? Why? It's visa-free for US citizens for up to 30 days. Now that I'm looking into it, we may of had trouble due to us first being in Russia, and then trying to travel to Belarus. According the the US Embassy Website - Quote The Visa-free option is not available to you if: You are coming directly to or from the Russian Federation. Regardless, I we just met them half in Moscow during my fairly brief spell in living in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted October 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted October 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Eco said: Must be newish - I haven't tried in years, but I know when my Dad and I tried to go with my Mom, him and I had serious trouble getting in. Granted this was...maybe 5 years ago. Yeah might be relatively new; they have opened up quite a bit in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Just now, nudge said: Yeah might be relatively new; they have opened up quite a bit in recent years. Quite possible. I haven't even thought about it since I got married...so that's been over 5 years now. Now I'm very curious as I've always wanted to visit, so it may be our next trip next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted October 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted October 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Eco said: Quite possible. I haven't even thought about it since I got married...so that's been over 5 years now. Now I'm very curious as I've always wanted to visit, so it may be our next trip next year. It's pretty cool. A lot of contrasts where the USSR-style old meets the modern Western-like new. A good time to visit for the unique blast from the past; it will surely change and modernize in the upcoming years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, nudge said: It's pretty cool. A lot of contrasts where the USSR-style old meets the modern Western-like new. A good time to visit for the unique blast from the past; it will surely change and modernize in the upcoming years. Yeah - I love post Soviet cities that haven't really modernized completely. Minsk, Tbilisi, Baku, Riga, and Vilnius are cities, post Soviet, that I'd love to visit but haven't been able to yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 I mean as a lifelong chess player, Riga, Tbilisi, and Baku are the birth places of probably my 3 favorite chess players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 0-0 at Halftime. Each team had maybe one chance to score, both failing to do so. Weather looks to be getting better, so hopefully the 2nd half won't be so drab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted October 10, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted October 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, Eco said: Yeah - I love post Soviet cities that haven't really modernized completely. Minsk, Tbilisi, Baku, Riga, and Vilnius are cities, post Soviet, that I'd love to visit but haven't been able to yet. Riga has quite a lot of German influence. Vilnius has pretty much all architecture styles but especially Baroque and Neoclassicism. Of course there are still quite a few examples of Soviet architecture but both are old cities that have modernised a lot and you'll find the most Soviet past in the micro-districts away from the downtowns and old city centers - that's pretty much those ugly concrete housing blocks that were built by the Soviets in order to expand fast (no wonder they filmed Chernobyl in one of those micro-districts). Minsk has more authentic Soviet architecture as the city was almost completely demolished during the war and had to be rebuilt after that so obviously there's a lot of that left but they are also modernising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Christ that was painful. A day that I was looking forward to having the ability to watch 3 matches has turned out worst than a visit to the dentist. 0-0, and yikes, that quality was poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Lol De Ligt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 What a response from the Dutch though. 2-1 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 3-1 FT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Well we made hard work out of that, it was hard work to create something but our build up was far too slow, glad we got 3 points and it was a relative easy game having over 70% of the ball but just disappointed with the goal we conceded plus the lack of chances due to Northern Ireland playing 10 men behind the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted October 13, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2019 Starting formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 22:54, Panna King said: Well we made hard work out of that, it was hard work to create something but our build up was far too slow, glad we got 3 points and it was a relative easy game having over 70% of the ball but just disappointed with the goal we conceded plus the lack of chances due to Northern Ireland playing 10 men behind the ball. Koeman commented on northern Ireland's style. Think it was a cuntish thing to say though as Ireland don't have the players to play good football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted October 13, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2019 Emre Can with a straight red card. Germany with 1 man down early on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 That was terrible defending by Emre Can, he deserved to get sent off. He is not that good in central defence, I don't understand why he's playing in that position. Germany are now one man down in Tallin, but they should still win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted October 13, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Michael said: I don't understand why he's playing in that position. #justlöwthings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted October 13, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2019 Estonia's national anthem confused me. I keep forgetting that they have the same melody than the Finnish one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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