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The penalties were great comedy if nothing else. Conte putting Zaza on just to take a penalty was always going to be risky. He never got to touch the ball after coming on as sub after spending two hours sitting watching then his first kick is a high pressure penalty.

I don't think Djokovic was 100%. It was a bit disrespectful to the two time defending champ to put him out on Court 1 where there is no roof. This opens up the draw for someone else like Milos Raonic to go far.

Some of the post-match criticism of England referred to their lack of team spirit. That is, they played like individuals instead of as a team. Of course, none of the commentators blamed it on the multi-racial make-up of the side.

I enjoyed seeing Wales beat down the "Belgians" last night. The only way Belgium could've won is if the set pieces were being taken by England. It seemed like there were unmarked Welsh players in the box during every set piece. De Bruyne could've stopped the first goal if he'd stayed by the...

I watched her first round match against the Jew, Camilla Giorgi, and frankly she looked poor even though she scratched out a win. It's disappointing because now Ray Lewis has a great chance of equaling Steffi Graf's 22 major wins..

Wales v Belgium tonight. Bale is going to have to have one of his great performances. They were really poor against N Ireland, one of the weakest teams in the tournament. The multiculti Belgian team have looked quite good so far and are probably favourites to go to the final but, as frederic...

If he has an irrational hatred - which I've seen no evidence of - how could anything explain it? BTW people throughout Europe are starting to hate Germany again. It might have something to do with their bullying of all their neighbours to take in "their share" of rapefugees after the same...

I eagerly await Rebajlo 's dissection of his Polish boys' performance.:) Portugal still haven't won a match in 90 minutes. It's kind of farcical in a way.

On TV they've just been showing highlights again of the Iceland victory over England. Almost every time they show a shot of the Icelandic fans cheering there's always one black guy wearing an Iceland shirt in the centre of the screen. :mad:

I can remember as far back as the 1982 World Cup when Italy were terrible and only got through the initial group stage due to luck in the way tie break rules were then. But they got better then caught fire late in the tournament. Denmark were rubbish at Euro 1992 then suddenly picked up...

Roy Hodgson, the highest paid manager at Euro 2016, has stepped down.

England's crossing into the box was shocking. Just stunningly bad. They have no ideas at all going forward.

:thumbsup: Joe Hart has not had a good tournament. England have a recent history of major goalkeeping mistakes in big tournaments going back to David Seaman at the 2002 World Cup.

ThePhilosopher - You missed the best "streamable" highlight: Antonio Conte kicking the ball on the sideline!

OT but I don't want to start a new one. This could be just the emotion of the moment: http://www.espnfc.us/copa-america/story/2902891/lionel-messi-retires-from-argentina-after-copa-america-final-loss-to-chile

Up next for Poland is a Portuguese team that has been mostly garbage thus far. Portugal drew all their group games and trailing on three occasions against Hungary just managed to squeak into the knockout round despite a ridiculous number of teams being allowed to qualify. Their win against...

Forget Belgium's blacks, Eden Hazard has been the player of the match. Maybe the best performance of any player at Euro 2016?

I'm nitpicking here but I tend to think of Croatia as more southern and central European than eastern. Anyway, yes after the way they played in the group stage that was disappointing. The Portuguese goal came right after one of the few Croatian attacks. Croatia hit the post then Portugal scored...

Pogba's clumsiness and stupidity could've cost France dearly. Two minutes in and he's in his own box knocking over an Irish player. What was he thinking?

At least the last 6 minutes were good. :cool:

Less than 24 hours after Rio Ferdinand (very annoying half-caste) called on the British to vote Remain (ie Yes to the European Union) the British people completely and utterly rejected his advice and the criminal enterprise known as the EUSSR.

Yes, but on this occasion he was so far off his line it was laughable. The commentator even joked he was closer to the ball than Sergio Ramos. I was thinking later that perhaps the referee decided to ignore it because he thought he might have made a mistake in giving penalty in the first place...

England, maybe. They aren't very good but neither are France. The French team needed last minute goals against very poor sides from Romania and Albania to win, then failed to score against Switzerland. Surely with Germany and either Spain or Italy (the motivated full team, not the guys who...

The only two Muslim countries - Albania and Turkey - are the only two 3rd place teams to be eliminated.

It may be Ibrahimovic's last international. Guillaume Faye thinks Zlatan is a narcissistic moron: http://www.gfaye.com/euro-2016-de-football-analyse-et-souhait-dune-defaite-des-bleus/ L’aliénation devant le football atteint Le Monde,journal officiel de l’idéologie dominante et de l’oligarchie...