UEFA Euro 2024: Mod Note Added 2/7/24

Scotland must fancy their chances against this Hungary team. Very poor defence. They haven't a hope against this Swiss team.

Varga has got this one though. Varga couldn't miss, brilliant cross by Szoboszlai.

Shane Lowry coming on for Hungary!

Lucky enough his strapping didn't trip him up!

Hungary a poor team. Ireland’s win in the friendly meant absolutely nothing

Kenny Cunningham is a bit of a dose. It's like he's developed this persona for media work, tries way too hard to be funny

16 year old starting for Spain versus Modric 38 years old.

Not long gone in this one but Spain look really good. The whole team seem in sync with each other and they all work hard and cover positions when the player whose supposed to be there has moved. I think this could be a big win for them.

Spain 2 up. they've been in total control so far

3-0 Spain at halftime and it could get much worse for Croatia.

Dani Carvajal with the third, a champions league final goal two weeks ago and a goal in the Euros now.

I think he's the most underrated player in football. For me he's far and away the best right back in football. He has it all, great defensive ability, he gets down the wing a lot and almost never loses possession and he's scoring goals now too.

Croatia seems off the boil nothing going for them, a bit better now but overall having a nightmare today.

just came to say the same thing...

wtf?

encroachment, it wasn’t offside

The larger countries are just crushing the smaller countries this time round. 10 years ago these games would have been competitive, but now the big countries all have their youth academies and talent cultivation sorted, so smaller countries haven't a hope.

VAR working perfectly, insert UK ref, bedlam ensues

Some start

Albania up after 20 odd secs

Should be 1 all already

Can't argue with the response......2-1 now after 16min

Three things I've noticed from the commentary.

1. George always gets Italy.
2. He insists on calling Albania Romania.
3. The secret love child of Jim Beglin and Kevin Sheedy is playing centre half for Romania, sorry, Albania!

impressed with scamacca, on another day those first time layoffs to midfield runners running beyond him will coz bigger problems

Agreed. He books Hoxha for putting a hand in the back of Chiesa, yet 2 minutes later he allows Bastoni shoulder charge Broja, who has to get substituted. I didn't like him high-fiving Cristante either after he went back to award him a free, correctly, as Italy got no advantage, but just like George Hamilton and his Romania comment, Albania are only here to make up the numbers, and don't really count. Also, he had a few players gather around him, which I thought wasn't allowed, or have Italy some master plan of dispensation as their keeper is their captain?

Albania should have thrown the kitchen sink at them for the last 10, or are they playing the GD game and hoping to be 3rd best team? Spain will annihilate them, but the Croatia game will be an arm wrestle.

I am now wondering why Albania didn't bring on this sub

No 16. Berisha

The goalscorers were Bajrami, Bastoni and Barella, I see a trend!

looks fairly predictable tomorrow. Interesting to see if more games go to the favs. No upsets so far.