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MajorPom

@sparky said in Euros:

Good evening for nations that make great beer.

Did the All Whites do well ? Sweeeeeeeeet !!!!!!

No. Just no.

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.

MiketheSnow

Switzerland blown this

MiketheSnow

France 3-2 Switzerland

8 mins to go

Come on Switzerland

MiketheSnow

Fucking yes
Great pass, great goal

3-3

MiketheSnow

Brilliant match

Extra time

MajorPom

@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

@billy-tell said in Euros:

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.

MajorPom

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.

MajorPom

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.

The Silver Fern

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