Euro 2016 - Round of 16 - Germany vs Slovakia, 5 pm, RTE, ITV

Mr.Nice Guy

Germany vs Slovakia

5:00pm Sunday 26th June
Stade Pierre-Mauroy

Team news:

Germany (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Kimmich, Hummels, Boateng, Hector; Khedira, Kroos; Müller, Özil, Draxler; Gomez.

Slovakia (4-3-3): Kozacik, Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Gyomber; Krosovsky, Skriniar, Hamsik; Kucka, Duris, Weiss.


We're hurting after our earlier exit but here's some football to help take our minds off it.

This looks a formidable challenge for Slovakia to have to deal with. The prize of a quarter-final with Italy or Spain awaits. Your thoughts on this game?

I'll say 3-0 to Germany.

GreNoLi

4-2 Germany.

GreNoLi

Can't watch the tv3 player:

Apologies, due to international licenses and online rights restrictions we are unable to stream this programme.

Mec27

Have to give the game a break and do some exercise, hopefully goes to extra time.

AllGunsBlazing

This is looking like a profligate German side when it comes to goalscoring opportunities. They'll win, but I'm not so sure that it will be all that comfortable.

surripere

Oh great its Ronnie.

Mec27

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

This is looking like a profligate German side when it comes to goalscoring opportunities. They'll win, but I'm not so sure that it will be all that comfortable.

I don't think Hector or Kimmich are good enough for what they need them to do. Fine defensively but attacking wise not great. Hector has a great engine but he hardly does anything when he gets far forward.

Mr.Nice Guy

What a goal! Boateng!

Vincent Vega

GreNoLi wrote: »

Can't watch the tv3 player:

Good thing it's on the RTÉ player so! :pac:
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/live/10/

namloc1980

Goal Boateng

SlickRic

What a stunning footballer Boateng is.

GreNoLi

Game over.

Rayne Wooney

Poor Slovaks

house45

Germany really look up for this today ,could be a long evening for Slovakia if Germany get a second

AllGunsBlazing

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

This is looking like a profligate German side when it comes to goalscoring opportunities. They'll win, but I'm not so sure that it will be all that comfortable.

Yep, good call there......

Mr.Nice Guy

Penalty to Germany.

Slovakia falling apart.

namloc1980

Penalty. Could be Brazil 2014 again

Utopia Parkway

Skrteled.

SlickRic

Skrtel will never change.

namloc1980

Skrtel, what a tool.

Skylinehead

Don't let Ozil take it!

EDIT: yeah. He's not a good taker.

Mr.Nice Guy

Keeper saves from Ozil!

PeterTheEighth

did a gale force wind just pass through anybody else's sitting room?

Rayne Wooney

Ozil Arsenaled it

GreNoLi

Muller should be on penos, Ozil is poor at them.

Skrtel is never captain material.

AllGunsBlazing

That was an awful effort.

Mr.Nice Guy

Leaving aside our own disappointment, excitement-wise, this is already a much better day of football than yesterday.

sligeach

An Arsenal player missing a penalty? Well I never. Oh wait, just ask that Swiss player yesterday.

spock.

Why on earth is Ozil taking penalties instead of Muller?

Bobby Baccala

GreNoLi wrote: »

Muller should be on penos, Ozil is poor at them.

Skrtel is never captain material.

Muller has missed a few penos recently too.

Should have just let boateng take it

vidor

GreNoLi wrote: »

Muller should be on penos, Ozil is poor at them.

Skrtel is never captain material.

Muller has missed a few as well tbf.

Esse85

Pitch looks awful.

blueser

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Leaving aside our own disappointment, excitement-wise, this is already a much better day of football than yesterday.

Not that difficult really!

AllGunsBlazing

Esse85 wrote: »

Pitch looks awful.

One of quite a few.

namloc1980

Esse85 wrote: »

Pitch looks awful.

That's the new pitch. Only laid a couple of days. Better than the one we played on against Italy anyway.

AllGunsBlazing

wasteful......wasteful......wasteful

Bobby Baccala

Ronnie Whelan on Skrtel: "that's what he does well, he blocks things."

A wordsmith.

vidor

No big surprise that a player from a top club is playing well but Kroos has been the player of the tournament so far for me.

AllGunsBlazing

Hamsik, "world class"?

Mec27

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Hamsik, "world class"?

Overrated by the football manager generation, he is clearly really talented but he's a highlights player.

Bobby Baccala

Mec27 wrote: »

Overrated by the football manager generation, he is clearly really talented but he's a highlights player.

"Highlights player" is a phrase mainly used by people when they haven't a clue what they're talking about in regards to a player.

ERG89

Too easy for Germany loads of space to pass & no pressure.

Mec27

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

"Highlights player" is a phrase mainly used by people when they haven't a clue what they're talking about in regards to a player.

I like Hamsik but I don't think he is that good.

Mr.Nice Guy

Save of the tournament?

vidor

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Save of the tournament?

Lloris in the opening game was pretty good, even if he didn't have to do a whole lot.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 Germany. Gomez.

AllGunsBlazing

Lovely footwork from Draxler.

Esse85

Pure class from Draxler

DubDani

To me Germany showing by far the best performance of any of the last 16 teams.

xtal191

DubDani wrote: »

To me Germany showing by far the best performance of any of the last 16 teams.

True but Slovakia are terrible

vidor

xtal191 wrote: »

True but Slovakia are terrible

Playing the same way they did v England.