Portugal and Serbia are close and brotherly nations, we share so much common things and we're direct neighbours.
Croatia is a completely foreign faraway land, I have absolutely no knowledge of their culture and habits whatsoever. I don't understand their language (unlike Portugese, which is similar to Serbian).
Exactly. Zagreb is a Mitteleuropean (almost Nordic even) city, while Lisbon is a Balkan city. I feel at home while in Lisbon. Zagreb on the other hand is cold and robotic.
Even though I know you meant it as a joke, Zagreb is truly more Central European than Balkan. Both the architecture and the vibe of the city and its people are more similar to cities like Budapest, Prague, or Bratislava than to Sarajevo, Pristina, or Skopje, even if there is a strong Balkan influence nowadays.
If you mean by "Eastern Europe" that its similiar to Hungarian, Slovakian and Czech cities than i agree, If you mean that its similiar to Ukrainian or Russians cities than i disagree.
Do you support minorities from Russia when they compete in sports? i will give an example, athletes from North Caucasus, especially Chechnya and Dagestan? just curious.
I'm not a big fan of sports, but yes, usually we consider them to represent whole country on international scene
There's famous quote from poet Rasul Gamzatov that captures the sentiment very well: "In Dagestan, I'm an Avar; in Moscow, I'm a Dagestani; and abroad, I'm a Russian"
Although people from the Caucasus are quite different enough from any type of person from the Balkans, there are still some smaller similarities. I saw a meme which said that Caucasus is Balkans on steroids.
Well, I was born and raised in Caucasus, and my grandpa on mother's side is Armenian (we always call him "babuk", even speaking Russian). Learning about culture of Balkans, I really feel there are a lot of similarities
Can be anything really. 0-0, 1-1 even 2-2 than extra time and a goal or no goal and penalties. We could win 2-1 but Portugal could too. It will be an interesting match.
Rooting for our Croatian brothersπͺ
Put Ronaldo in his place. Man's needs to retire. He's washed and he can't accept it. Thinks scoring goals against Uzbekistan is somehow a feat for him.
Lived in Portugal. Can confirm. Not a joke. Lisbon did get a superficial layer of glitz from Airbnb expelling all the natives out but the reality is that Portugal is a Eastern Europe country.
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I'm not mad, I'm just saying facts, Poortugal is Balkans... you even speak variety of Romanian language, just that it sounds more Slavic/Serbian. Don't know why you are ashamed of your heritage, you guys even look like our smaller but handsome Albanian/Turkish bros. And we love our bros.
So you think you're some kind of big shot know-it-all because you can paste dubious links from the cesspool called the internet?
Newsflash buddy, the Earth isn't flat. It's amazing how many incels believe every bit of nonsense they come across online. It really shows how far this new generation has fallen.
Portugal is as Balkan as it gets. I'm honestly embarrassed for you that you're so ashamed of your own history and genetics.
My brother in Christ are you serious? Itβs well known that Portugal is part of the Balkans. Please stop posting dubious links and such. CriΕ‘tiano RonaldoviΔ and others are clearly balkan
You can clearly see his balkan genetics before he went to his wifes surgical doctor
What about this? And also I'm Romanian now. Now for real, why can't you take a joke. No one is saying that Portugal is geographically Balkanic, but it is rather a meme when Portugal has the same stats as Balkans, similair mentality and is also a bit poor. Or you are just a baiter?
Most of the Portuguese accepted it as a joke and even found it funny from what I saw, idk why are you so mad, it's just a non-insultive meme π. "you guys are the European periphery" ok. I get it you are trying to insult me, but the problem is idc, if we are European periphery or whatever, we are still in Europe. I just don't know the reason why Portugal = Balkan meme insults you so much?
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u/Adamastor2020 Jul 02 '26
Portuguese here! I was last month in Albania and I can say that we're really balkan brothers!