Euros 2016

[MiketheSnow]

<p>Well it all ends this evening.</p>
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<p>France v Portugal.</p>
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<p>Based on performances, France should walk it but I've got a sneaky suspicion that Ronaldo will put on a show tonight.</p>
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<p>Portugal 3-2</p>

[infidel]

France all the way for me, 3-1 or 3-0 France.

[Billy Tell]

Well done Portugal. Their defence was excellent. Still think the best team was Italy (except for penalties...). <br><br>
Heaps of Portuguese where I live, they are generally very solid.

[Hooroo]

<p>Wow!  So Potrugal win Euro 2016 dispite only winning one game in 90 mins?</p>
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<p>Incredible</p>

[Bovidae]

<p>Ironically, Portugal did a Greece on France in the final. </p>
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<p>France created more chances in regulation time and Rui Patrício made 2 excellent saves from Sissoko rockets, and one from a Griezmann header.  France were the width of a goal post away from winning at the death.  Better to be lucky than good!  :)</p>

[MiketheSnow]

<p>I guess the weak side of the draw wasn't that weak after all ;)</p>
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<p>Got the result and margin right, but not the score unfortunately.</p>
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<p>Average match but great to see Portugal able to win it without Ronaldo and to see a new name on the cup.</p>

[MiketheSnow]

<p><span><span><span><span><span>The tournament may not have been the best but there were some great matches played.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>The officiating was of the highest order, and there appeared to be far less backchat, diving and blatant 'professionalism' from the players.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>With the exception of a small percentage of 'fans' the tournament was a happy party.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>There were some monumental upsets.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Many of the matches were too close to call prior to kick-off, which differed from previous tournaments where many matches were a foregone conclusion.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>It was great to see the emergence of the smaller countries - player base and/or population - and the remergence of forgotten countries like Hungary.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Great to see a different name on the trophy.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Overall a very enjoyable month or so. For some countries at least.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Roll on the World Cup qualifiers :good1:<span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>