Euro 2020 - AH Official Thread *READ OP BEFORE POSTING*

ohnonotgmail

well that is the end of that €240.

Say Your Number

Loved TOD summing up the bittersweet feeling as a tournament comes towards the end.

MayoAreMagic

Strumms wrote: »

Truth, the final ball was piss poor, build up play was impressive but jeeez the service...

Mental really. One of the best headers in the world against cbs that would be below average height. The one cross that found a man was their best chance in the game. Teams are too focussed on coming inside now. England were the same against scotland.

Strumms

Wonder will Ronaldo hang around with Portugal for another year and head to Qatar...

AllGunsBlazing

It would probably be better for Portugal if he hung it up. They have to sort out a new way of playing the ball forward.

Don't see him calling quits with that new record looming on the horizon.

Strumms

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

It would probably be better for Portugal if he hung it up. They have to sort out a new way of playing the ball forward.

Don't see him calling quits with that new record looming on the horizon.

They are pretty short on attackers, he’ll have the record in his sights for sure...

Arghus

They had a bit of luck - on another night some of Portugal's chances towards the end would have gone in - but overall Belgium deserved it. They were just that little bit better than Portugal.

Maybe the game wasn't chock full of quality, but I thought it was absorbing enough.

Arghus

Strumms wrote: »

Wonder will Ronaldo hang around with Portugal for another year and head to Qatar...

Ah, surely, he'd be mad to retire from Internationals with the WC only 18 months away.

humberklog

I'd say he'll stick around.

He has Serbia, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan and us as whipping boys to look forward to in the '22 WC Group. So I'd say he'll use those games to get some space between him and Ali Daei on the record scorer chart.

Strumms

Arghus wrote: »

Ah, surely, he'd be mad to retire from Internationals with the WC only 18 months away.

Probably, be thinking if he would want to just make up the numbers and put in the effort if his team are going to be under par..

Thelonious Monk

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

It would probably be better for Portugal if he hung it up. They have to sort out a new way of playing the ball forward.

Don't see him calling quits with that new record looming on the horizon.

He'll be up against Shane Duffy in a few months, that record is definitely getting broken

Arghus

Strumms wrote: »

Probably, be thinking if he would want to just make up the numbers and put in the effort if his team are going to be under par..

Portugal are perennial dark horses, usually a run to the quarters or semis of these tournaments are good going. 2016 was were they exceeded expectations and they had some luck on their side: they scraped through the groups, ended up on the easier side of the knockouts, scraped past Croatia and Poland, played a Wales side that had given everything to beat Belgium and hadn't much left in the tank and then played an excellent defensive game against a nervy France in the final.

Portugal would probably have it in them to go as far as the last 8 of the next WC - that'd be considered par. And you can always get a bit of luck too. I'd say he'd fancy a crack at it.

Belgium are a serious team, I don't think it's a huge shame to lose to them.

Bobblehats

How much will Croatia struggle without Perisic?

Such a staple, in this team you’d half get the impression he was non perishable let’s find out….

archfi

Woo, could be best of the 2nd round so far.
Croatia lead via a really REALLY bad goalie fck up

Hehe

Bobblehats

What in the fùck. Against the run somewhat…

archfi

Vamos!

1-1, nice finish

Bobblehats

This Spanish unit is looking very functional now they’ll just keep chipping away; Croatia need to reorganise.

Arghus

Spain very nearly Spained that build up to the goal.

Bobblehats

This is very bloody good. Whether they convert is another thing

Arghus

A headed goal from a cross for Spain.

Bobblehats

Dragging the Croats all over the shop it’s outrageous. These’ll be knackered now

Bobblehats

That neck tattoo is “the bomb”

Arghus

Bobblehats wrote: »

That neck tattoo is “the bomb”

I would have given him a yellow just for that tat alone.

No way back for the Croats now.

Bobblehats

Blame the water break for that one…

Arghus

Embarrassing playacting from Morata there.

mzungu

Croatia made a meal of that, but they all count!

Arghus

Grandstand finish.

Croatia nearly fcked that.

Bobblehats

Bit of life yet. Get it up there..

Arghus

I want Croatia to do it. Just love watching Modric.

Arghus

Ah, stop, even the way he just effortlessly found your man from the quick free.

Bobblehats

Yeeeeeeeeah!

Arghus

WHAT A GAME!

mzungu

Unreal!

Necro

Wow

buried

Brilliant stuff

mzungu

Excellent delivery, but a real beauty of a glancing header.

buried

Enrique only has himself to blame taking off Koke

Lucy8080

Had half an eye on this game. Not anymore!

Bobblehats

The invisible man upended him

archfi

Feck me switched it off after Spain went 3-1 up
Just heard what I thought was someone being murdered in my apartment block, turned out the local Croats are going nuts, happy nuts
Jaysus

Bobblehats

This is spirited stuff from croatie. Thought they were dead!

Arghus

Even Modric's reducers are class.

Strumms

That has to go down as a shocking miss as much as a really good save. Wonder will they regret that.. nearly !

Arghus

They're going at it hammer and tongs.

Bobblehats

.hooooo this is a humdinger.

Lucy8080

Dunno what instructions the Croation coach gave his team coming into this tourney, but I think the Croatians have woken up to the fact that they can give any team a game.

shockframe

Best knockout game in the Euros for a long time.

Bobblehats

Awww..