Twitter roasts France for blowing a 3-1 lead in Euro 2020 against Switzerland
The Euros produced madness on Monday as Switzerland knocked out defending World Champion France, who blew a 3-1 lead.
It turns out Euro 2020 was absolutely worth the wait. After an entertaining group stage, the knockout rounds got kicked up a notch on Monday, thanks to some incredible comebacks.
Croatia erased a 1-3 deficit to force extra time with Spain, but ultimately the Spaniards prevailed.
A nearly identical scenario played out as France took a 3-1 lead over Switzerland. The Swiss fought back in the final 10 minutes to take the game to extra time tied at 3-3. Unlike Croatia, they held on for penalties and then grabbed a victory for the ages thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s miss.
Who could have seen this one coming?
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1409631196829548544?s=20
France blew a 3-1 lead as Switzerland knocked them out of Euro 2020
The agony and ecstasy of sport became perfectly embodied by one Swiss fan.
One man went from buttoned-up agony to shirtless ecstasy during a 4 minute time frame pic.twitter.com/gqa8LX5ICE
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 28, 2021
Football, bloody hell! Unbelievable.
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) June 28, 2021
Many, many congratulations to Switzerland, much deserved.
⬇️ Man of the match: #FRASUI 🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/L7YOstYc5T
Call an ambulance... But not for me #Switzerland #FRASUI pic.twitter.com/NIq9lNJwlZ
— Jan (@TabascoExen) June 28, 2021
Twitter was all about the wordplay.
"The walls of the French castle are crumbling down" and "Swiss delight" were two pretty amazing calls there lol
— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) June 28, 2021
Best moment in Swiss History since invention of pic.twitter.com/EChQdyz217
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) June 28, 2021
This Swiss team was just made of different stuff.
If you ever feel like giving up, think of this Switzerland team. They missed a penalty, were 3-1 down, scored 2 goals in under 9 mins including 1 in the 90th minute for 3-3, scored all 5 penalties perfectly and defeated France, the WC winners. CHARACTER 🔥 #SUI #FRASUI #EURO2020
— Varsha Raj (@VarshaRaj_14) June 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1409630920127115274?s=20
Since they’re a global soccer power at the moment, France’s failure brought joy to a whole lot of people on Twitter.
That is objectively the funniest way France could have gotten bounced
— Mike Piellucci (@mikelikessports) June 28, 2021
Paul Pogba celebrated his goal for an entire minute just to be knocked out by Switzerland an hour later 💀
— Ryan (@bernardooooV3) June 28, 2021
Kylian Mbappe vs Switzerland pic.twitter.com/50edd4NFra
— FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) June 28, 2021
Mostly, the internet wasn’t going to let France forget that they blew a 3-1 lead. If you’re a fan of the 76ers, Leafs or any other team whose done the same, beware. The comparisons were endless.
France blew a 3-1 lead.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) June 28, 2021
France was up 3-1, blow the lead and get eliminated
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) June 28, 2021
Megaton Leaf energy
With France losing that 3-1 lead, I thought they had Doc Rivers as the manager
— Mike Luciano (@ByMikeLuciano) June 28, 2021
France bleu a 3-1 lead. pic.twitter.com/Q5fPaESO1c
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 28, 2021
France has apparently also been annexed by the city of Atlanta.
— Tony Covey (@GolfSpyT) June 28, 2021
Who is next?
Phoenix Suns fans seeing that both Spain and France blowing 3-1 leads today pic.twitter.com/Uv25Jh8IFe
— 🇵🇭Braven🇺🇸 TREBLE WINNERS|Calder Cup Champs (@Braven_Kerbs) June 28, 2021
With the defending World Cup champions, France, and the defending Euro winners, Portugal, knocked out of the tournament, the entire complexion of the bracket has changed. Belgium, England and Italy see a way home. Underdogs are chomping at the bit. It’s anyone’s tournament.
The Swiss will be one of those potential Cinderella stories to watch. They’ll take on Spain in the quarterfinals. It should be another wild ride.
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