Saw the opening match of Euro 2016 after work today (I'm going to try and watch every match, but it will be hard with my work schedule). Was supporting Romania and hoping they could pull off an upset, but Payet's play was simply brilliant and his match winning strike was unquestionable and made his side deserved winners. Payet played well for France. For Romania I thought Stancu, Sapunaru, and Chirches (sp?) played well. France has a team of useless blacks, at times they had only 2 white outfield players on the pitch after Griezmann was subbed off, absolutely terrible for a supposed "European" team. Like is this for real? In all honesty, France has the look of an African team and 7 of 11 of their players were full Negro.
I almost forgot even more important than the match itself, is England fans and English football hooligans;
Carnage has erupted on the streets of France, mainly in Marseille, where England fans are said to have clashed with local Arab gangs, Police, French fans, and Russian hooligans. Numerous England and Russia fans have been arrested as brawls have ensued and shops have been set on fire. Police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to quell the football hooligans.
Some police are saying it is a full scale riot, even a level above what is generally viewed as "hooliganism".
One England fan was reportedly beat up by rival hooligans and had his body dumped in the harbour of the Mediterranean Sea.
Here are some shots from yesterday and today of English hooligans going at it;
Streets in Marseille are said to be littered with beer tins, wine bottles, and alcohol perephenalia. Here is a shot of the morning after;
Stay classy England fans
Just imagine what will happen for the match VS Russia, coming very soon. I'll be whole heartedly supporting Russia. If its anything like a fight, or boxing, the Eastern Europeans would win easily, but football is a more "cultured sport" so its harder to predict. England are probably the favourites, but Ill be pulling for Russia.
France looks like a warzone, with the violence, shops set on fire, hooligans, strikes (so there is no transit), garbage and empty beer tins all over the street because municipal workers are on strike.
Edit: French riot police are now referring to clashes between England fans and Russia fans as "rioting"