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Tweets of the Week: England deep fakes, Darwin Nunez fights fans, and it’s coming home?
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Tweets of the Week: England deep fakes, Darwin Nunez fights fans, and it’s coming home?

The best tweets of the past week from Football Twitter as England prepare to face Spain in the Euro 2024 final, and Darwin Nunez gets into fisticuffs with fans in the stands.  Here we go. It might actually be coming… no, no, we dare not say it.  It’s coming…🤐 pic.twitter.com/X2ZPOm3dVr — Bryan’s Gunn (@bryansgunn) July […]

Ste McGovern
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The best tweets of the past week from Football Twitter as England prepare to face Spain in the Euro 2024 final, and Darwin Nunez gets into fisticuffs with fans in the stands. 

Here we go.

It might actually be coming… no, no, we dare not say it. 

Every England fan will be praying to their God before kickoff. It’s the Lord’s day after all. 

https://twitter.com/Kranzschwinger/status/1811117056189944262

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Please rise for the national anthem. 

But before that, time to get a few ‘quiet’ pints in.

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The entire nation is behind you, lads. Well, almost the entire nation. 

The rest of the population will be keyed up to see Spain get smashed. 

Ollie Watkins etched his name into English football folklore with that sublime goal against the Dutch. 

Gareth Southgate can’t let Ollie Watkins’ mum down on Sunday. Stick him in from the start. 

https://twitter.com/DrewTonio6/status/1811381158728413581

At least Watkins would play like an actual striker, unlike a certain Harry Kane. 

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That moment when the Three Lions score from a half chance in the 92nd minute to win the Euros. 

It’s official then: England are winning the Euros. 

https://twitter.com/OFalafel/status/1812406043516842073

I’ve said it before, but these deep fakes are getting crazy. 

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Close enough to the truth, mind you. 

Everyone has done an about turn on Southgate after guiding them to yet another final. 

He’d be well within his rights to have a pop back at the doubters. 

https://twitter.com/Britishfinest21/status/1810017301036405203

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Uncanny. 

Took me a while to realise Jordan Pickford is in this photo. 

He’s not having it. 

No football statistic will ever top this. 

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If Alvaro Morata showed up to big games with this level of swag, he’d be a multi-time winner of the Ballon d’Or by now. 

https://twitter.com/FCBxDAM/status/1811716973522293096

Meanwhile in the Copa America, Darwin Nunez and other Uruguay players entered the stands to fight Colombia fans and protect their family members after a brawl broke out. 

Every angle was wilder than the last. 

 

José María Giménez did not mince his words after the chaotic scenes. 

 

Peter Crouch always delivers. 

Roy Keane is a treasure. 

As is John Hartson, quiz master extraordinaire. 

Add Ally McCoist to that list. 

https://twitter.com/robinallender/status/1811672843366592863

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Alex Ferguson worked miracles with that lot at Man United. 

Everyone was clowning on Moise Kean for his feeble display at his Fiorentina unveiling, but the former Everton forward intentionally screwed up so the kids win at football darts. A nice lad. 

https://twitter.com/Flavio_Ognissan/status/1811792608378659265

Argentina channelled their inner Kendrick Lamar to reach the Copa America final after Drake put a massive bet on Canada to win in the semi-finals.

There’s a tournament to suit everyone’s tastes this summer. 

Somehow I don’t see this penalty approach will be widely adopted. 

The greatest piece of marketing ever seen. 

Donald Trump was shot at on Saturday – we all know who the shooter was. 

Amazing things are going on in Scottish football. 

Meanwhile, Joe Biden made another blunder on the campaign trail. 

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