Euro 2016 Thread

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by polak

Staying in Marseilles but have a sprinter van and our place is only 15 minutes away from the stadium by foot.

Thanks for the heads up though. good to know. Some of our group are gonna have a long walk if the train is down!

I'm there for the semi-final but at least we're only 2 train stops away in town so it shouldn't be terrible if we have to walk.

[Itse]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36510550

In a strongly-worded statement, European football's governing body said it would not hesitate to impose sanctions on either Russia or England should such violence occur again.

Measures included the potential disqualification of their respective teams from the tournament, it said.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Just England? Why's that?

Mostly a reference to the fact that England is the one country that has been banned for this specific reason before, so it was not so much a comment on which countries should be banned.

Although I think mentioning Germans and French is a bit ridiculous. There are troublemakers in every country, but it's obvious some countries stand out in a bad way, and England is still the #1 exporter of football hooligans.

Russia, Serbia and Croatia are the serious competitors that I can think of right now.

(EDIT: And I think Serbians and Croatians have mostly caused trouble fighting with other former Yugoslavians.)

Germany pretty recently organized their own World Cup, which went just fine.

[GirlySports]

Spain having a love affair with the ball. It always seems like Spain play with 12 men.

Cech has been brilliant so still 0-0

[Mango]

Incredible: (via @StatsZone)

HT #ESP 0-0 #CZE Completed passes: 340v91. Spain 74% possession

Spoiler!

And (Via @ESPNStatsInfo)

HALF: #ESP 0, #CZE 0

Spain's 357 pass completions in 1st half are more than 7 teams had in their entire matches on Matchdays 1-3 #EURO2016

[Senator Clay Davis]

It would be a pretty great accomplishment for the Czechs to get a draw here. Spain dominating the ball at an absurd level right now but not getting the goal.

[polak]

Sounds like typical Spanish snooze fest?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Gotta suck to hold on like hell for 85 minutes and then lose it.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by polak

Sounds like typical Spanish snooze fest?

Wasnt too bad. Spain played well and Czech defended well. Czech had a great chance at the end.

[troutman]

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ireland should be ahead already. Strong start but gotta cash those chances.

[nik-]

lol go Ireland. Doing better than I expected, really need to finish though.

[The Familia]

God I hate Spain so much. Can't stand that team.

[Senator Clay Davis]

All these blown chances for Ireland....ugh.

[GirlySports]

Great goal to start the 2nd half

[troutman]

Hoolahan - right in front of the fans!

[GirlySports]

McCarthy lucky not to get a 2nd yellow. Ref lenient

[Senator Clay Davis]

Crowd is just insane. Gotta be at least 70% green.

[SuperMatt18]

Ireland looks good so far - lots of energy and always working hard.

Would not be shocked at all if they surprise in this group.

[troutman]

"Stupid".