Euro 2020

namloc1980

What a goal

jimmytwotimes 2013

happyoutscan wrote: »

Soft penalty.

You want full GBH?

pulled his arm and clipped his leg

Irish_rat

Great goal, looks offside though

testtech05

Irish_rat wrote: »

Great goal, looks offside though

Thought so too

jimmytwotimes 2013

Love him or loathe him

He's a machine and has dragged himself up from having nothing as a child

Fair play

y0ssar1an22

can cancelo come back if he tests negative?

10000maniacs

What's with the Hungary fans in the black t-shirts? Some angry guys in there. What is the symbolism of the t-shirt?
Is it just their away kit or something?

dr.kenneth noisewater

y0ssar1an22 wrote:

can cancelo come back if he tests negative?

Been replaced so doubt it

EltonJohn69

Had a fair bit of money on a Portugal win/ Ronaldo anytime/ 2.5 goals !!!! That was intense !!!!

namloc1980

10000maniacs wrote: »

What's with the Hungary fans in the black t-shirts? Some angry guys in there. What is the symbolism of the t-shirt?
Is it just their away kit or something?

Ultras. Hungary has quite a history of nationalist right wing populism.

castletownman

Am I the only one that thinks Ronaldo's WC total of seven goals (and Messi with six) is a bit underwhelming given the amount of records he has broken?

Mr.Nice Guy

Portugal have set themselves up well for the rest of the group. Pressure on the others now.

Teams for the evening game:

France XI: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez; Pogba, Kante, Rabiot; Griezmann; Mbappe, Benzema.

Germany XI: Neuer; Ginter, Hummels, Rudiger; Kimmich, Kroos, Gundogan, Gosens; Havertz, Muller, Gnabry.

Benzema fit to start up top. Pleased to see Gosens picked as he deserves a chance.

Really excited for this game. When I did that UEFA tournament predictor thingy I had these two teams meeting in the final.

I'll go for a 1-1 draw.

breezy1985

castletownman wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Ronaldo's WC total of seven goals (and Messi with six) is a bit underwhelming given the amount of records he has broken?

It sounds weird but I don't think either played on good International sides. Portugal had an average team that a few player elevated into a Euros winning team against the odds. Argentina should be so much better than they are but they looked average all the way to that world cup final and have never really been able to turn their amazing players into a team

namloc1980

106 international goals for Ronaldo and counting. Phenomenal.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Can't wait for this match.

France easily look strongest team in competition but who knows how it'll play out

KathleenGrant

namloc1980 wrote: »

106 international goals for Ronaldo and counting. Phenomenal.

Absolutely.

How come a full stadium? 2 countries involved. Surely not the same restrictions in both.

namloc1980

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Absolutely.

How come a full stadium? 2 countries involved. Surely not the same restrictions in both.

Very little, if any restrictions in Hungary.

gormdubhgorm

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

Can't wait for this match.

France easily look strongest team in competition but who knows how it'll play out

France 2-0 maybe 2-1 is my guess. A cagey one.

Neeson

Richie and Didi.

The A team for the big game. Wonder will they do the final too.

KathleenGrant

namloc1980 wrote: »

Very little, if any restrictions in Hungary.

I know that but Portuguese there too going back to Portugal.
I suppose what I'm asking is have UEFA no generalised rules?

KathleenGrant

KathleenGrant wrote: »

I know that but Portuguese there too going back to Portugal.
I suppose what I'm asking is have UEFA no generalised rules?

It's all about the €€€€€€€€€€ for UEFA.

What happens back home in individual countries is of no concern to them.

I fancy Germany in this one.

That French team is horribly balanced.

Underground

God I hate the use of green screen when showing us the team lineups. Even RTE at it now.

yabadabado

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I fancy Germany in this one.

That French team is horribly balanced.

Isn't it set up nearly identical to the WC winning team ?
Very few different players in it either from ,think 8 of the players who started the final 3 years ago are there tonight.

tastyt

Really fancy France , Hummels ageing and slow at the back , think the front 3 can do some serious damage .

Neeson

Kante probably wondering why the paused the camera so long on his face during the anthem there.

I am eating my dinner and saw Yogi Luv and it turned my stomach. The memory of him picking his nose and eating the findings.

Deeper Blue

Does George not realise that Hernandez plays for Bayern too? Surely a commentator should know that

Royal Irish

Did someone parachute into the stadium before kick off?

tom1ie

Royal Irish wrote: »

Did someone parachute into the stadium before kick off?

Yeah!

Bobby Baccala

I’ve seen the game stopped twice in the past couple of days for the ball hitting the ref but it got ignored there for some reason

tom1ie

Wonder what the odds are on a red card in the game. .kimmich will be in trouble on a yellow against mbappe.

Zeek12

I’d love to see Germany go in front.

Would make the Group of Death even more interesting!

Pipmae

tom1ie wrote: »

Yeah!

I had to rewind. Yes someone did. Nothing wrong with Royal Irish's observation skills.

How very random! The security didn't seem overly concerned either.

Chardee MacDennis

Mbappe has been hanging around with neymar too much. The diving is awful.

pjohnson

Another pointless offside delay in flagging Muller

happyoutscan

Havertz would want to wake up, zero awareness.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Pavard pushing well up the pitch on last attack and Griezmann dropping into pocket of space he vacated

tom1ie

Pipmae wrote: »

I had to rewind. Yes someone did. Nothing wrong with Royal Irish's observation skills.

How very random! The security didn't seem overly concerned either.

No I was agreeing! I seen it too.
ITV didn't remark on it anyway.

FourFourRED

Nice finish Hummels

jimmytwotimes 2013

Good move for goal, mbappe prob had it anyway

intellectual dosser

Whelan being kind to Hummels there, its a howler.

Vicxas

Germany are a shell of what they were. They look very toothless

HalloweenJack

Love ball from Pogba to Hernandez.

Not surprised that France are ahead, they've started with a lot more energy.

Mantis Toboggan

Very poor hummels

Mr.Nice Guy

Ronnie doesn't think Pogba meant that pass. Not sure about that. If he meant it, it was superb.

Kimmich may as well have been sat on my lap.

He hadn't a clue what was going on around him.

Lucas Hood

Lovely pass by Pogba for goal

Nerdlingr

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

I’ve seen the game stopped twice in the past couple of days for the ball hitting the ref but it got ignored there for some reason

If the ball goes back to the team that was in possession then its play on.
Ref in the England game wrongly blew up when modric was through on goal and nothing made of it.

AMKC

France have been the better team so far this half and deserve to be winning. I just hope they can keep doing it.

FourFourRED

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Ronnie doesn't think Pogba meant that pass. Not sure about that. If he meant it, it was superb.

If it was anyone else I wonder would Ronnie have made that remark? The fact that he said "others will say different" suggests he probably feels deep down Pogba meant it. Strange.