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That volley clearance was Bensebaini's best defensive action all game long. It was also his only one so far but still...

On German tv they just corrected themselves on the Schlotterbeck pen. Thank god I'm not the only one who thought that was the right call. Felt like I was going crazy reading all the comments here.

HEIDE YOUR GAUCHOS, TURNIERMANNSCHAFT IS BACK

Seriously though, advancing to the final with one goal differences and on pens is peak Germany and I love it.

Some teams play low block. Some teams play high line. Then there is Köln who play with no block and no line.

Manifesting a Köln upset thanks to a Selke masterclass. I need this. We all need this.

Goddamn I actually feel exhausted from watching this match. So intense and entertaining. Serie A blockbuster.

Someone tell Angelo he is not playing for us anymore. What an invitation.

I thought Calvin Stengs was even better for you. He was running riot all over Lazio's defense and was an absolute joy to watch. Looks like an entertaining player.

So nonchalant the way Can played that through ball. Looked so casual for such an excellent line cutting pass, I love it.

Sami Khedira has to be payed by the number of words he says. There is no other explanation for how much he talks. The guy isn't commentating a football match, he is recording a full podcast on it.

Relevant parts from the article:

Rekdal recalled that Norway controlled the game in Spain but still lost 3-0, gave away a lead in the last three minutes against Scotland in June and lost 2-1 - and also failed to hold on to a 1-0 lead in Georgia in March. "When it comes down to it, we are not there," Rekdal says.

That is all the more saddening for the Norwegians, he says, because they have the best generation they have had in decades. "Our football as a whole has taken a leap. You can see that not only in Haaland and Ödegaard, but also in the fact that we now have players at Sevilla FC, SSC Napoli, Burnley FC, Brighton & Hove Albion, Borussia Dortmund or Ajax Amsterdam, and that we are achieving good success with the youth teams," Rekdal explains. And yet Norway regularly fails. "We are the HSV of Europe," Rekdal even says, because the Norwegians mess up the qualification for major tournaments as regularly as Hamburger SV messes up the return to the Bundesliga.

Norway has fallen "behind countries like Finland, North Macedonia and Albania" and, according to results, is "more on a par with San Marino, Liechtenstein or Andorra", Rekdal complains. Maybe they should go the "German way", says Rekdal, and organise a big tournament together with Sweden and Denmark. Because then Norway - like Germany for 2024 - would automatically qualify.

That initial save by Ochoa was fucking great. This is why we need a real striker like Füllkrug. Guy has that typical striker instinct to be at the right place at the right time. Important for rebound situations like this.