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Re: EUROS thread. The quarter finals
Heavy boots and heavy pitches would have kept collisions a bit slower I suppose. Similar in horse racing I believe, summer racing is more dangerous for the horses. Less falls, but the ones that do occur are harder and faster.
Originally posted by bobh
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Your memory is not playing tricks, unless mine is too!
The game was more physical, the ball was heavier, the boots were heavier, and yet, as you say, the same team played virually every game - with only one sub (no sub at all if you go back far enough).
And there was no "players are tired after two game in 4 days" nonsense. Christmas derbies, for instance, used to be played on Christmas day, with the reverse fixture on boxing day!
The game was more physical, the ball was heavier, the boots were heavier, and yet, as you say, the same team played virually every game - with only one sub (no sub at all if you go back far enough).
And there was no "players are tired after two game in 4 days" nonsense. Christmas derbies, for instance, used to be played on Christmas day, with the reverse fixture on boxing day!
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