France vs Honduras 20:00 RTE2/BBC1

Nuri Sahin

Stunning strike.

Scorpion Sting

2 goals and an assist, job well done Karim.

Rubber_Soul

Great finish. Hope they show the GLT replay of it just to wind Pearce up.

Fowler87

Class finish from Benzema

CurryFlavoured

Hat-trick? Was the 2nd Benzema's or an OG?

bad2dabone

Seriously, benzema. Rubbish. Fluffing his lines.

Paully D

DildoFaggins wrote: »

Are people not watching Benzema he's fluffing his chances and killing the play.

Suppose his name isn't Rooney so people don't hop on him.

Yep, terrible player is Benzema. :pac:

Adamocovic

StarshipPooper wrote: »

Great finish. Hope they show the GLT replay of it just to wind Pearce up.

No doubt Pearce will find some way to make it controversial!

Cypher_sounds

DildoFaggins wrote: »

Why is benzema taking it hes focking rubbish

DildoFaggins wrote: »

What the hell is Benzema doing? hes the worst player on a top team I've ever seen hes just focking everything up.

Sure...

LightningBlue

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Hat-trick? Was the 2nd Benzema's or an OG?

valdarras OG.

Mushy

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Hat-trick? Was the 2nd Benzema's or an OG?

It was, quite very clearly, an OG.

trashcan

kfallon wrote: »

Jonathan Pearce or Peter Collins

Might just mute the telly

Pearce was described some years ago in WSC magazine as "the deeply unwelcome Jonathon Pearce" I've been unable to hear his name without adding that silently ever since. I listened to him for the first half - have Collins on now,..what a choice.

Good finish there by Benzema.

Moneymaker

That Benzema lad is useless. First choice striker at the European Champions and 8 goals in 7 games for France.

Useless!

Mickeroo

Serious finish. All the big name strikers have manages to score in their first match so far(Rooney didn't play up front so not counting him).

Hope they bring on Giroud now, I want to see his face.

GreNoLi

Well done Benz, an unfairly maligned player but definitely a world class number 9.

CurryFlavoured

Mushy wrote: »

It was, quite very clearly, an OG.

Thank's eagle eye, my poor self wasn't sure.

Adamocovic

3 goals average still going well!

Nib

Benzema has well and truly shaken off all the fluffyness now.

TheFullDuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lPJ9J-6vDw

dildofaggins right now

Mickeroo

There he his.

Washington Irving

Valbuena for Giroud

keano_afc

This is about to get a whole lot more handsome.

Dempsey

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/35/96/73/fifa-background-paper_glt_june2014_en_neutral.pdf

Camera-based systems
These systems are equipped with high-speed cameras located around the pitch, as high up as possible within the stadium structure.
The ball’s position is continuously and automatically captured in 3D (X- , Y- and Z- coordinates) when it is close to the goal. Regarding the goal, the pitch and the ball, no modifications or adaptions are necessary.

Magnetic fields
For the systems that operate using magnetic fields, antennas are placed underground and around the goal, and the ball has elements of the technology inside. The interaction between the receptors in the ball and the magnetic fields created through the underground antennas allow the software to calculate the exact position of the ball and thus determine when a goal has been scored.

I wonder what the procedure is for calibration...

Kenjataimu

efb

Sexy time

keith16

Dempsey wrote: »

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/35/96/73/fifa-background-paper_glt_june2014_en_neutral.pdf



I wonder what the procedure is for calibration...

They probably bounce the ball a couple of times and run around the goal with it in a figure 8

The Backwards Man

Some of this Pearce hatred is crossing the line.

Adamocovic

For people still doubting it

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/67D30C1F5F1090052486544621568_2320c0758a4.0.3.3963263964940943733.mp4?versionId=gkqs5izF9tfKdROAogPHuvZVcLPJA9hD

Looks over there, theres a better angle too but couldn't find it online yet.

greendom

Honduraans are so dirty.

France will be lucky not to have picked up any injuries tonight

SlickRic

Honduras should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for the thuggish way they've gone about this.

pathetic to watch.

Moneymaker

Another bad tackle.

We were a bad team in the Euros but we never sank to these depths. Pathetic.

Adamocovic

This Honduras team will have a few suspensions, hope they don't injure any of the big players.

Gbear

Is Giroud's nose not a bit too big no?

Don't get the "handsome" tag. Looks like a man-witch.

dahat

These Honduran lads would be interesting Junior B GAA players... Hatchet men.

Washington Irving

Honduras play like a team representing the country with the highest murder rate in the world.

Mars Bar

Gbear wrote: »

Is Giroud's nose not a bit too big no?

Don't get the "handsome" tag. Looks like a man-witch.

I see nothing good looking about him at all.

Francie Barrett

Thought Matuidi has been fantastic, even though it's only 10 men, he seems to have it all in his locker.

Washington Irving

Gbear wrote: »

Is Giroud's nose not a bit too big no?

Don't get the "handsome" tag. Looks like a man-witch.

It's the eyes I reckon. So dreamy.

Francie Barrett

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Thought Matuidi has been fantastic, even though it's only 10 men, he seems to have it all in his locker.

Just wish he'd score!

Adamocovic

Good to see the French playing good again, I know against a 10 man Honduras but after last world cup anything is an improvement.

murpho999

I don't know how Brazilians the crowd can be cheering Honduras on after this performance.

Surely football fans would not enjoy the game they represent?

efb

Mars Bar wrote: »

I see nothing good looking about him at all.

That's fine I'll keep him

Nib

It could've been worse, this game would have been even uglier if Ribery had played.

CountyHurler

"Koscielny there... he'll be hoping to see some world cup action... in Brazil... "

You really do learn so much listening to Peter Collins..

glued

Nib wrote: »

It could've been worse, this game would have been even uglier if Ribery had played.

No Ribery has been pretty dire since picking up that injury with Munich.

rockbeast

Washington Irving wrote: »

Honduras play like a team representing the country with the highest murder rate in the world.

Salvatrucha and 18 Street will be signing a few of those lads after tonight :pac:

Washington Irving

FT: Comfortable 3-0 win for France.

Da Shins Kelly

Mars Bar wrote: »

I see nothing good looking about him at all.

I think Griezmann is a bit of a ride myself.

rob316

Glt is correct all the time. The same system has been used in tennis for years to see whether a smaller and faster ball was in or out. No one every says it was wrong. The technology was tested in full you look ridiculous suggesting it didn't work in this instance.

CountyHurler

Why is Ronnie Whelan so grumpy during this world cup?