Euro 2012 Group A

stampydmonkey

Leiva wrote: »

Is it warm or are both teams fitness levels not great ?

Heard on the radio that Polands strength and fitness coach is from Mayo

conor360

Papadopolous is a f*cking beast of a man!

Jax Teller

Neither of Poland cms get forward

swoody

this game was utter rubbish in all fairness

Francie Barrett

Poland had this game in their pocket but bottled it badly.

ben.schlomo

Dodd wrote: »

Maybe watch it on BBC.?

That would involve listening to Mark Bright though!!

Two woeful teams, missed opportunity for both really.

Xavi6

Tidy blonde there to finish off

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Des wrote: »

jaysis, Poland should have three here, that wastefulness in front of goal will cost them later.

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ben.schlomo wrote: »

That would involve listening to Mark Bright though!!

Two woeful teams, missed opportunity for both really.

Lets see what ITV offer later on so :pac:

kitakyushu

NiallSparky wrote: »

Can't see either of these teams doing particularly well. Greece don't look as strong as they did in 2004.

In fairness they almost won a game they were losing and after getting robbed by the ref. They were clearly saving their best for the second half and they almost got the full reward.

Fishooks12

Commentators don't give much of a **** do they!

IvySlayer

swoody wrote: »

this game was utter rubbish in all fairness

wtf?

Xavi6

Crap standard of football but the drama made up for it.

Bob the Seducer

Des wrote: »

Lets see what ITV offer later on so :pac:

Half Ad Break Time Ad Break Analysis Ad Break

Paul Tergat

I thought that was an enjoyable game. I expected a dull affair and was entertained. hopeful the next one will be good too

ben.schlomo

Des wrote: »

Lets see what ITV offer later on so :pac:

90 mins of Tyldesley talking about England id imagine :rolleyes:

kitakyushu

swoody wrote: »

this game was utter rubbish in all fairness

I'll take another 30 rubbish games like that one.

To Alcohol

Like Giles said, a reasonable game.

Xavi6

Pighead

Xavi6 wrote: »

Roberto Martinez having a shocker with the whistle.

He was fantastic for the last five minutes though. Previous 85 minutes should be forgotten and he should be immediately installed as favourite to referee the final.

dfx-

I thought it was a very entertaining game, the type of game the people who don't like Spain...like. Ups and downs, no control and fast speed until maybe the last ten minutes when the heat got to the players.

I'll stick with Russia and the Czechs to go through, but Greece impressed..

markie29

-Ade- wrote: »

Czech Rep XI: Cech - Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Hubnik, Kadlec - Plasil, Jiracek - Rezek, Rosicky, Pilar - Baros

Russia XI: Malafeev - Anyukov, A.Berezutski, Ignashevich, Zhirkov - Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov - Dzagoev, Kerzhakov, Arshavin

Akinfeev not starting is a surprise.....have baros @80/1 for topscorer so happy he is playing and before u all laugh at me...had him backed in2004 and was 1000euro better off because of it

Crann na Beatha

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DDC1990

Not offside the more you watch that.

Oat23

Can RTE not afford a bloody line to put on the screen?!

It's offside.

johnners2981

Dunphy looking at the wrong man :pac:

mike65

Just a heads up for SKY/FTA viewers BBC offer the choice of red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all, tv commentary, radio commentary or no commentary.

stealinhorses

How can anyone argue that's not offside? Great drama, had a few accumulators riding on Poland's win, made it that much more exciting ;P

IvySlayer

RTE copying Soccer AM :pac:

handsomecake

dreadful game ,two ****e teams,not impressed.

G.K.

Great match, referee made too many poor decisions.

Sokratis committed no fouls, Szczesney shouldn't have been sent off (Though the penalty was correct)

Offside goal was judged correctly.

Poland should have gone through the right flank more in the 2nd half.

Salpingdis was excellent.

Ninis in 1st half, Lewandowski in 2nd, starved of posession. Pity.

Perquis will be kicking himself for the misses.

Des wrote: »

is the dude behind the goal not allowed to signal for a free kick?

They do that over headsets.

Happy to see Kadlec at LB for the next match.

Orando Broom

G.K. wrote: »

Great match, referee made too many poor decisions.

Sokratis committed no fouls, Szczesney shouldn't have been sent off (Though the penalty was correct)

Offside goal was judged correctly.

Poland should have gone through the right flank more in the 2nd half.

Salpingdis was excellent.

Ninis in 1st half, Lewandowski in 2nd, starved of posession. Pity.

Perquis will be kicking himself for the misses.



They do that over headsets.

Happy to see Kadlec at LB for the next match.

Explain.

G.K.

It wasn't a denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity, because Salpigdis was moving away from the goal and wasn't in direct control of the ball. And it clearly wasn't any of the other things that you can get sent off for.

Orando Broom

G.K. wrote: »

It wasn't a denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity, because Salpigdis was moving away from the goal and wasn't in direct control of the ball. And it clearly wasn't any of the other things that you can get sent off for.

I can not agree with you on any level. Fully in control, rounded the keeper, the opportunity of a goal was undeniable. One of the few things he ref got right this evening.

tigger123

G.K. wrote: »

It wasn't a denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity, because Salpigdis was moving away from the goal and wasn't in direct control of the ball. And it clearly wasn't any of the other things that you can get sent off for.

If Szczesney hadn't of tripped him, he was through on goal with no opposition player between him and the goal line ... how is that not a denial of an obvious goal-scoring oppurtunity?!!!

steveLFC24

G.K. wrote: »

It wasn't a denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity, because Salpigdis was moving away from the goal and wasn't in direct control of the ball. And it clearly wasn't any of the other things that you can get sent off for.

If you look at his touch that took him past Szczęsny its fairly obvious he was going to score. Bar a horrendous miss.

G.K.

He wasn't in control and he wasn't going toward goal at that time.

But let's agree to disagree.

IvySlayer

Here comes the epic Russian anthem!

Justin10

Hope Webb has a good game here, got a raw deal in the World Cup Final.

kitakyushu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TVU-sjy5_4

best anthem ever.

MagicMarker

Leiva

Rochey18 wrote: »

Hope Webb has a good game here, got a raw deal in the World Cup Final.

He was pure shít full stop .

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This should be Russia's anthem

kitakyushu

Des wrote: »

This should be Russia's anthem

Goodnight Sweet Prince

el dude

RTE aren't doing an HD streaming of this by any chance?

Renn

handsomecake wrote: »

dreadful game ,two ****e teams,not impressed.

Don't think you've posted this enough times.

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el dude wrote: »

RTE aren't doing an HD streaming of this by any chance?

in the RTE player, on the picture it says HD

Jax Teller

G.K. wrote: »

He wasn't in control and he wasn't going toward goal at that time.

But let's agree to disagree.

He doesnt need to be in control of the ball . The ref had to consider whether he would get on the end of the ball, which he would had he not been fouled
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I love when people make up rules, or take what they hear "experts" say to be a rule.

It's the same with "two feet off the ground" in a tackle, it's not written anywhere as a Law, nor is "being in control" of a tackle.

they are just buzzwords.

adox

Coletrickle88 wrote: »

He doesnt need to be in control of the ball . The ref had to consider whether he would get on the end of the ball, which he would had be not been fouled
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The ref had no option but to show red IMO. As clear a goal scoring opportunity as you are likely to see.