Honduras vs Ecuador - 11pm (ITV1 & RTE2)

take everything

"Even I don't remember him Bill".
Very good.

AllGunsBlazing

Route one is back with a vengeance at this tournament.

A Primal Nut

take everything wrote: »

Has a ref ever changed his mind because of player protests.
Why do they do it.

I've heard pundits say before that a great captain keeps pressure on the referee when a decision is made against them, so that next time there is a 50/50 he might give the decision in their favour. No referee wants people to think he favours one side.

bgrove

I suppose the crowds are as drunk as they are mental. Great atmosphere

Brussels Sprout

gazzamc wrote: »

They all deserved a yellow.. This is the first ref I've seen give one when they all crowd him..

and he didn't even give it for the harrassment but for the handball

gazzamc

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

and he didn't even give it for the harrassment but for the handball

I saw that in the replay.. I would have gave him a red so.. Lol

LightningBlue

Great effort by Bengtson on the turn.

Jelle1880

Fair play for staying up, but if he goes down the defender could have no objections.

A Primal Nut

Good to see Caicedo being honest, his manager might think he was too honest.

Turtyturd

Honduras giving Italy a run for their money in offsides.

Wolfey

Another Costly mistake!

Washington Irving

2-1 Ecuador!

LightningBlue

Valencia again. What a hero. 2-1 Ecuador

Turtyturd

A Valencia goal.

Professional Griefer

Yeaa!!

Mars Bar

Excellent!

Francie Barrett

It was coming.

eagle eye

I don't care about the quality of the game but this Eder Valencia is quality.

shrewdness

Valencia for the golden boot!

Jelle1880

Get in

What a pass for that goal.

MisterAnarchy

Anyone else find it bizarre that the Ecuadorian team has almost all black players yet all their fans are white ?
It seems Afro-Ecuadorians only account for 4-6% of the population but make up the majority of the football team.

AllGunsBlazing

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Route one is back with a vengeance at this tournament.

Tippy-Tappy can be boring and braindead too from time to time. As long as football is played with passion, purpose and with a viable plan then i personally have no problem.

pickarooney

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Anyone else find it bizarre that the Ecuadorian team has almost all black players yet all their fans are white ?
It seems Afro-Ecuadorians only account for 4-6% of the population but make up the majority of the football team.

Not really. The 'black' part of Ecuador is extremely poor.

Billy86

Every game I bet the under on cards have the softest ones ever given out.

MisterAnarchy

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Anyone else find it bizarre that the Ecuadorian team has almost all black players yet all their fans are white ?
It seems Afro-Ecuadorians only account for 4-6% of the population but make up the majority of the football team.

Only this minute since you brought this to my attention. Is it like South Africa ala Rugby or Soccer or is it just coincidence?

I suppose perhaps it could also possibly be that certain demographics play and excel at football in Ecuador better than others?

Hard to know but interesting observation nonetheless

LightningBlue

Should have been a penalty. Defender all over Costly.

A Primal Nut

Definite penalty. Honduras unlucky.

ScummyMan

How the fcuk is that not a penalty?!

LightningBlue

Wild effort by Espinoza.

Turtyturd

Billy86 wrote: »

Every game I bet the under on cards have the softest ones ever given out.

You bet under on a Honduras game?

eagle eye

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Definite penalty. Honduras unlucky.

That just evens it up, should have been on eat the other end as well.

Hondurans might be tiring I think, and with them having to push up they could get caught on the break over the last ten minutes.

vidor

And another yellow...

Billy86

Ecuador are filled with almost Pepe level idiots.

LightningBlue

The fcuk. Costly pushed him and Montero gets the yellow for squaring up to him?

ScummyMan

This is fierce entertaining stuff!

Billy86

Turtyturd wrote: »

You bet under on a Honduras game?

Well it was a treble with Ecuador to win and over 9 corners and 5 yellows was the line, so otherwise I needed 6 or more. Honduras have held up their end, two soft yellows and Ecuador being just flat out stupid has not. Only a €2 free bet. Have €17 on Ecuador I think I might cash out early now.

Billy86

LightningBlue wrote: »

The fcuk. Costly pushed him and Montero gets the yellow for squaring up to him?

And rightly so. Ref might not have seen the push though?

falan

Honduras are gonna lose their heads in the last few mins..

Mars Bar

How in the name of god is that a free

efb

Can that guy get a hat trick please! I wants €20 of me Dominos!!!

spiritcrusher

Pitch looks like a golf course after a thunder shower. Very dug up.

Francie Barrett

Honduras threatening a lot and creating chances, but no one finishing.

Billy86

"They've been a lot more solid since scoring their second goal, Ecuador"

What match are you watching, Brian?

efb

damn ref!

Billy86

Full time, Ecuador win 2 - 1. Poor old Eder Valencia thought he had the hat trick.

Poor football, but quite a cracking game actually!

Nuri Sahin

Enjoyable game so it was.

Washington Irving

That was much better than some of the other late KOs we've been subjected to.

Jelle1880

Deserved win for Ecuador.