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The Euros in Germany are here
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24 teams, six groups, four weeks and one winner. But that means some part-time fans face days upon days of awkward football chat in the pub or with friends
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So here at Cityam, we have given you some pointers to make it sound like you know your footy lingo before kickoff
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The first thing is has Gareth Southgate made the right decision? Whether it is who is on the plane or who starts in a team, selection is always controversial when it comes to England
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Good players have been left behind and not so good ones have gone to Germany
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So get a few players into your vocabulary and hit the ground running. My personal favourite goes as follows
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I'm not sure leaving Jack Grillish at home was the right call. Next up, VAR is ruining the game
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Usually after one team has just scored, the jubilation in the pub is completely replaced with the fear
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because the VAR or video assistant referee is called into action. They review footage leading up to a goal or foul play and make sure it is 100,000
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accurate. Sounds great, right? Well, it's brilliant when it goes in your favour, but it can ruin
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the view and experience for many. So when the VAR signals for the alien man to come and help out
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usually something like this boo hiss and moaned at the good old days of football have gone out the window and we being replaced with boring interference Screw VAR Next up you can write them off
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Everybody loves an underdog at the Euros and once England inevitably gets knocked out from
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the tournament, you'll be cheering for that lesser team against France, Germany or Spain
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So simply turn to your mates ahead of kickoff, raise an eyebrow and repeat after me
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You can't write off Serbia. They're dangerous across the park when they want to be. See
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And penultimately, we were robbed. Your team may be 5-0 down after the first 10 minutes
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but it was not our fault. It's the fault of the others, the referee, the weather
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the opposition fans and the stadium. Of course we weren't robbed, but you just say it anyway
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If in doubt, blame everybody else. And finally, a special one for when your Welsh friends
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your Finnish friends, your Icelandic friends, your Irish friends or your Estonian friends
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laugh at you when your team gets knocked out. Gather your thoughts, turns them in a calm manner and simply state
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at least we made it. the euros mate so be condescending and snide your team actually took part their team got stuck
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trying to qualify screw the moral high ground and just be catty at least we made it so there we have
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it your guide to pub chat at the euros this year is there anything we at ctie m have missed
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and who do you think's going to win euro 2024 let us know in the comments
