Euro 2016 - Group A - Romania vs Switzerland, 5 pm, TV3 & ITV

Mr.Nice Guy

Romania vs Switzerland

5:00pm Wednesday 15th June
Parc des Princes

Teams:

Romania: Tatarusanu, Sapunaru, Chiriches, Grigore, Rat, Prepelita, Pintilii, Torje, Stancu, Chipciu, Keseru.

Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Schar, Djourou, Rodriguez, Behrami, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Mehmedi, Seferovic.


Switzerland have 3 points on the board while Romania are looking to get off the mark.

My prediction record has nosedived the past few days so I'm sitting on the fence for this one and saying 1-1.

What's your prediction?

HalloweenJack

Swiss win, 2-0.

PS. my predictions have also been terrible.

Lovely Bloke

Swiss win

sonic85

Nil all draw

Mr.Nice Guy

Nice to have Martin Tyler and Alan Smith again. Bit early for Keith Andrews, or should I say KEITH ANDREWS.

sligeach

2-1 Switzerland. Maybe 3-1. Either way, the Swiss to win.

Howard the Duck

Moneys on the Swiss

sligeach

Should have been 1-0 Switzerland already.

Mr.Nice Guy

Good chance for Seferovic.

DarraghF197

TV3's picture quality is so bad that I can barely track Xhaka which is, as an Arsenal fan, half the reason I'm interested in this match. I'll stick with it over ITV simply because of the commentary team.

I'd imagine a Swiss win here. Could be hard to open Romania up though so maybe 1-0.

sligeach

Should be 2-0 to Switzerland. Decent save but straight at the keeper.

Mad and now Romania have a soft penalty.

DarraghF197

Referees seem to like Romania for some reason!

sligeach

Romania have done nothing and yet somehow they're winning. Tugs like that on jerseys go on all the time and go unpunished. Let's see if the ref is consistent here.

Mec27

I've enjoyed the tournament but the games seem to all be playing out the same.

Grandeeod

Mec27 wrote: »

I've enjoyed the tournament but the games seem to all be playing out the same.

In what way?

SantryRed

Grandeeod wrote: »

In what way?

People keep scoring goals!! :eek:

dfx-

Seferovic has missed some amount of chances in the two games so far.

Grandeeod

I fancy Romania in this one.

Mr.Nice Guy

The Swiss wasting decent opportunities.

ERG89

Highlight of the first half was the ref running in a circle around the ball just before the penalty. Was bizarre.

Irish_rat

I enjoyed that, Romania showing alot of fight to walk in 1-0. Nice to see the underdogs giving it a go.

Mr.Nice Guy

Great strike! 1-1.

Mars Bar

He caught that nicely

GreNoLi

Caught up with the umpteen threads now the match, come on Romania.

~Rebel~

I keep noticing Embolo taking an age to get himself back onside. A few times after an attack has broken down for them, the Swiss have regained possession again in a dangerous area, moving the ball around the box, and Embolo is still offside from the last move, slooooowly strolling back onside. Very odd, considering he should be the freshest man on the field :-/

That_Guy

Enjoyable enough game but Switzerland will be kicking themselves for not winning that game.

Bret Hart

That'll do. Not a bad result for Ireland.

SantryRed

Bret Hart wrote: »

That'll do. Not a bad result for Ireland.

How? Romania beat Albania on the last day and that's another group with third on 4 points. It was a bad result.

That's Group A and B with a likeliness to probably having a team on 4 points in third.

Grandeeod

SantryRed wrote: »

How? Romania beat Albania on the last day and that's another group with third on 4 points. It was a bad result.

That's Group A and B with a likeliness to probably having a team on 4 points in third.

Obviously you are right. Unfortunately our lack of 3 points against the Swedes has left us a mountain to climb. The best Ireland can achieve based on form is 3 points, but who knows...

Sorry. Off topic.

BeepBeep67

Grandeeod wrote: »

Obviously you are right. Unfortunately our lack of 3 points against the Swedes has left us a mountain to climb. The best Ireland can achieve based on form is 3 points, but who knows...

Sorry. Off topic.

Italy to beat Sweden, Ireland and Belgium to draw.
Italy guaranteed top slot and play a weakened team - Ireland win and qualify in 2nd - Simples

Bret Hart

SantryRed wrote: »

How? Romania beat Albania on the last day and that's another group with third on 4 points. It was a bad result.

That's Group A and B with a likeliness to probably having a team on 4 points in third.

I know we may be asking for a favour from the Albanians in the last game in Group A,depending on of course how our next game pans out,but it's not to far a stretch too think they may squeeze out a draw.

breffni bogballer

Terrible result for us, we want as few teams as possible to get points,2 pts might even get us through,or we cud just beat italy and belgium

Mec27

You have to be beating Sweden, it's not the world cup where you bank on a point with the fellow European side and then three against Trinidad and Tobago.

AMKC

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Italy to beat Sweden, Ireland and Belgium to draw.
Italy guaranteed top slot and play a weakened team - Ireland win and qualify in 2nd - Simples

Hope so but I would prefer that we beat Belgium too and make up for not winning against the Swedes.