Linecoigne1998
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After a defeat against England and a win against Denmark in our preparation for the tournament, I was feeling good about the team. Our opening game was against Belgium and unfortunately, we couldn't get the win. We did dominate, which was very promising for us but there's clearly a lack of communication in the team right now and I'm hoping as we go through the tournament the players will learn how to play together a bit better.
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A hugely disappointed result for us against a much weaker team, but they got a last minute equaliser and we have to just accept it and move on. Belgium lost against Norway in their last game at least, which means we'll stay in 2nd in the group and have to play against Norway in our last group stage game.
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A great win in our last game sees us make it out of the group in 1st, as was expected from us which is great. Belgium surprisingly finish bottom of the group after losing to Czech Republic but I'll take it, it's one less huge team to face in the final if we get there!
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We got Sweden in the next round, who finished 2nd in their group. Even though I was a little worried about them as I've seen what they're capable of in the EUROs qualifying group we had, I was still confident we would get a result and we did! A great win for us which puts us through in the quarter-finals of the EUROs, still nowhere near the final but we can get there! The draw has come in and it'll be Germany that stands in our way of the semi-finals...
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Wow!!! Now I did not see that coming!!! That was an absolutely incredible game right there as we smashed Germany and make it through to the semi-finals! I really thought the Germans would put in a bit more of a fight to be completely honest with you, but we've made it through quite easily and we will face just one of 3 potential opponents in the semi-finals: Romania, England or Italy.
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We couldn't have asked for an easier semi-final as we drew Romania and what an easy win this was! Looking at their previous results, they lost 5-0 to England in the group stages so I really thought we should come out on top in this game and we did. In the other semi-final, England lost to Italy on penalties which means we'll play Italy in the final. It's been 24 years since France won the EUROs, and even longer for Italy who haven't won the competition since 1968, so it's fair to say it'll be a huge match for both teams.
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Ohhhh yessss! In what could be my final game in this story, we go and win the EUROs! What an incredible victory against a really good Italian side who gave us a really good run for our money! The win against Germany in the quarter-finals will remain in our minds as we lift the trophy for the nation's 3rd time ever! What an incredible tournament it's been and boy is it going to be hard to say goodbye to Saint-Étienne and to France now.
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Just the one Saint-Étienne player in the Dream Team and he's not even French! It wasn't a great tournament for the likes of Combe and Lenglet and Upamecano but they've won the EUROs, which is what matters. Mbappé was by far the biggest star of the tournament and of the country as well so it's great to see him win the awards he's won.
And with that, we say goodbye to Saint-Étienne and to France! Thank you guys so much for all the likes on the different posts and just thank you for following and reading this story along the way! I'm going to just post the links for the polls again so that anyone who hasn't voted yet can do so and will leave the polls open until 12pm today before I announce the next chapter of my Reviving sleeping giants "series"!
Here's the poll for the future of the story: https://strawpoll.com/5f422hbg
Here's the poll for the next team I take over: https://strawpoll.com/1fw1b199
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After a defeat against England and a win against Denmark in our preparation for the tournament, I was feeling good about the team. Our opening game was against Belgium and unfortunately, we couldn't get the win. We did dominate, which was very promising for us but there's clearly a lack of communication in the team right now and I'm hoping as we go through the tournament the players will learn how to play together a bit better.
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A hugely disappointed result for us against a much weaker team, but they got a last minute equaliser and we have to just accept it and move on. Belgium lost against Norway in their last game at least, which means we'll stay in 2nd in the group and have to play against Norway in our last group stage game.
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A great win in our last game sees us make it out of the group in 1st, as was expected from us which is great. Belgium surprisingly finish bottom of the group after losing to Czech Republic but I'll take it, it's one less huge team to face in the final if we get there!
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We got Sweden in the next round, who finished 2nd in their group. Even though I was a little worried about them as I've seen what they're capable of in the EUROs qualifying group we had, I was still confident we would get a result and we did! A great win for us which puts us through in the quarter-finals of the EUROs, still nowhere near the final but we can get there! The draw has come in and it'll be Germany that stands in our way of the semi-finals...
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Wow!!! Now I did not see that coming!!! That was an absolutely incredible game right there as we smashed Germany and make it through to the semi-finals! I really thought the Germans would put in a bit more of a fight to be completely honest with you, but we've made it through quite easily and we will face just one of 3 potential opponents in the semi-finals: Romania, England or Italy.
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We couldn't have asked for an easier semi-final as we drew Romania and what an easy win this was! Looking at their previous results, they lost 5-0 to England in the group stages so I really thought we should come out on top in this game and we did. In the other semi-final, England lost to Italy on penalties which means we'll play Italy in the final. It's been 24 years since France won the EUROs, and even longer for Italy who haven't won the competition since 1968, so it's fair to say it'll be a huge match for both teams.
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Ohhhh yessss! In what could be my final game in this story, we go and win the EUROs! What an incredible victory against a really good Italian side who gave us a really good run for our money! The win against Germany in the quarter-finals will remain in our minds as we lift the trophy for the nation's 3rd time ever! What an incredible tournament it's been and boy is it going to be hard to say goodbye to Saint-Étienne and to France now.
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Just the one Saint-Étienne player in the Dream Team and he's not even French! It wasn't a great tournament for the likes of Combe and Lenglet and Upamecano but they've won the EUROs, which is what matters. Mbappé was by far the biggest star of the tournament and of the country as well so it's great to see him win the awards he's won.
And with that, we say goodbye to Saint-Étienne and to France! Thank you guys so much for all the likes on the different posts and just thank you for following and reading this story along the way! I'm going to just post the links for the polls again so that anyone who hasn't voted yet can do so and will leave the polls open until 12pm today before I announce the next chapter of my Reviving sleeping giants "series"!
Here's the poll for the future of the story: https://strawpoll.com/5f422hbg
Here's the poll for the next team I take over: https://strawpoll.com/1fw1b199
glad you'll be following my next story mate!