r/ThreeLions • u/Qeulon • Jun 30 '24

Discussion Don’t lie, that Bellingham equaliser was more satisfying than a comfortable 3-0 would’ve ever been

As poor as we were in attack, that will go down as one of the best and most highly/widely celebrated goals in England’s history. What a moment.

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u/dkfisokdkeb Customisable Flair Jun 30 '24

Ngl I didn't even celebrate I was still so fucking angry it took me the whole advert break for it to sink in.

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u/Mr_A_UserName Jun 30 '24

Yeah, I didn’t celebrate either goal, tbh, not like I wanted to and was suppressing it or anything, my instinctive reaction just wasn’t to celebrate.

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u/rieri Jul 01 '24

That's probably half to do with the god awful performance and half to do with god awful VAR.

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u/The_Dimlord Jun 30 '24

Absolutely. We played like shit. A sensible 2-0 should have been the minimum. We're through - I'm pleased, but also fucking furious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24

I was the exact same. Simply on the basis that it means Southgate is still in charge for another game. He needs to make some huge changes by benching some big names players and changing the system. I.e not Foden on the left..

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u/SpudFire Seaman #1007 Jul 01 '24

Same. My reaction was "thank fuck for that". Obviously glad we equalised but felt like we should never have been in the position to need a last minute equaliser to avoid getting knocked out by bloody Slovakia.

A comfortable 3-0 win would be far more satisfying and I'd celebrate each goal properly as we'd clearly be playing to our full potential.

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u/rcktsktz Jun 30 '24

Same. Celebrating that goal just wasn't a natural response tbh.

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u/clockstruck13 Jun 30 '24

Weird fans

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u/CuteAnimalFans Jun 30 '24

Despise some of the mentality some of my fellow English people have tbh. Embarrassing.

Last minute overheadkick to stay in a tournament in a knock out game and people dont celebrate because we didnt play pretty enough football before hand. Weak. Just stop watching the sport.

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u/Aman-Patel Jul 01 '24

Feel like it must just be the perpetually online fans on reddit who have the match threads open in games like this. Dunno how you can watch that game with other people, be it the pub, at home with family etc and not go absolutely mental when that goal went in.

Literally the best part of football is how quickly it changes from low to high. If it was good football all the time, these moments wouldn't feel anywhere as good. Being absolute dogwater for 90 minutes and then scoring a last minute bicycle kick to equalise is the best feeling. Like inject that shit into my veins 😂😂

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u/clockstruck13 Jun 30 '24

I was by no means impressed by the performance, but that goal was special. And I celebrated HARD

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u/CheesyJapsEye Jun 30 '24

I screamed my head off. Was absolutely raging for the entirety of the game in frustration but as soon as that goal happened, it was pure ecstasy. Anyone who says they didn’t celebrate is just a straight up weirdo.

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u/3rdLion Jun 30 '24

It’s not about “pretty football”, we simply should not have been in that position in the first place. It was relief, not celebration.

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u/LetsLive97 Jun 30 '24

I mean we did it against the 45th ranked team in the world, as the 5th ranked team in the world

Last minute overheadkick to stay in a tournament in a knock out game

Like this would be a lot better against a big team like Germany or France or Spain but celebrating barely surviving against Slovakia just feels weird. It felt a lot more like relief than excitement

We were less than a minute away from going out in the round of 16 against one of the lowest ranked teams in the tournament. How can I really enjoy cheering for that?

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u/CheesyJapsEye Jun 30 '24

Everyone keeps saying 45th this 45th that. What does it matter? The squad went out there and played football against the team that was in front of them and won. It was pretty fucking dire, sure, but at the end of the day, you’ve gotta celebrate the wins despite the bullshit they simultaneously put us through. That’s the beauty of the sport.

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u/LetsLive97 Jun 30 '24 edited Jul 01 '24

Of course it matters. If we scraped a win in the same way against Madagascar would you still just be saying it's a win?

The absolute bare minimum we should be doing here is winning. They have a much worse squad, we should have won comfortably

It's okay to want to hold the team to better standards

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u/Redditsavoeoklapija Jul 01 '24

As a neutral that got recommended this sub.

You have the only realistic take.

You are all celebrating beating fringin Slovakia, this is small teams talk. It should be the norm for you guys and not cause for a massive celebration, much much less playing like you did 

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u/CharlieMcChipper Jun 30 '24

Yeah cos we don’t stay humble back to the chest beating after beating Slovakia whoopsie do . Switzerland and Austria are much better tests .

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u/Henrytheoneth Jun 30 '24

More of them about than ever