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MajorStokes

@majorrage said in Euros:

@billy-tell said in Euros:

The first Croat goal is the stuff of a minties moment.

Game of the tournament

France Suisse …. Hold my beer.

Incredible

Billy Tell

Lucky I have the ABs as my other team. Switzerland just can never be clinical! Gimme penalty that they fluff then France come back.

I est my words. That was a gutsy comeback. The 3rd goal was pure class.

Rancid Schnitzel

dogmeat

well that's me out of KP's tipping comp

mofitzy_

@rancid-schnitzel
The flag is a big plus too.

Billy Tell

That gets a big O for awesome from me. Fantastic match.

Bovidae

Nothing is guaranteed in sport. I bet Rodríguez is very relieved.

Coman nearly won it with the last kick of normal time. I had a feeling Mbappé would miss that penalty. Not a tournament he will look back on fondly.

MiketheSnow

When they stop diving and trying to get opponents sent off, football can be thrilling as fuck

Two tremendous matches

Billy Tell

@mikethesnow said in Euros:

When they stop diving and trying to get opponents sent off, football can be thrilling as fuck

Two tremendous matches

The VAR has got rid of that. Even the missed penalty by Mbappé was checked to see if goalie was off his line.

MajorStokes

Certainly my best ever sporting day in a long long ….. 6 days.

Bovidae

@billy-tell said in Euros:

@mikethesnow said in Euros:

When they stop diving and trying to get opponents sent off, football can be thrilling as fuck

Two tremendous matches

The VAR has got rid of that. Even the missed penalty by Mbappé was checked to see if goalie was off his line.

Yes, it has been noticeable that the refs aren't blowing the whistle as much and the players have soon realised that falling on the ground from minimal or no contact will not result in a free kick. Long may it continue.

Rapido

Highlight was Pogba's 4 different rehearsed celebrations for his 1 goal.

Too much celebration, not enough goal.

Billy Tell

@rapido said in Euros:

Highlight was Pogba's 4 different rehearsed celebrations for his 1 goal.

Too much celebration, not enough goal.

He was pretty decent overall I thought, some beautiful passes. Ok, he got stripped for the swiss equaliser, but I've seen worse.

Switzerland were pretty decent vs Wales but couldn't score, dire against Italy, very good against Turkey and excellent vs France.

I've watched Spain: they have oodles of talent in a young team, but their strikers have been wasteful at times and I reckon the Swiss team has more height. If the Swiss treat the French game like their "final" then they will lose against Spain, but if they can re-focus, I reckon a semi-final is possible.

I'm still picking Italy to win the tournament.

MajorStokes

Watched the highlights again just now - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/57647011 for those that can access.

What a match, possibly the best I've ever seen. France on the ball were phenomenal, working into space at speed with incredible ball control. Pogba's strike, the last minute miss, Benzeman's touch for his first goal - all great bits of footy.

Swiss finding holes in the French defence like .... <insert swiss cheese joke here>

All well controlled by the ref too, who didn't have a bar of any bullshit.

MiketheSnow

England 0-0 Germany
30 mins

No prisoners
Good watch

Huge chance at the end of the half

Kane’s really not feeling it

0-0 at the half

Billy Tell

Do we think Harry Kane is world class? Seems mostly a passenger in the English games I’ve seen.

This is a weak German side ripe for the picking.

MiketheSnow

@billy-tell said in Euros:

Do we think Harry Kane is world class? Seems mostly a passenger in the English games I’ve seen.

This is a weak German side ripe for the picking.

Aside from that chance I didn’t know he was playing

Germany looking more likely to score

MajorStokes

England wings at opposite ends of the spectrum. Saka best player on the pitch. Shaw looks a cut below the rest.

sparky

F**k me this is dull.

Billy Tell

Ed Sheeran in the crowd likes England’s shape…

The Silver Fern

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