Milik the pillock. His misses against Germany were shocking at this level.
Matra2 -
Milik displayed the kind of nightmarish incompetence one shouldn't expect to see at this level - at least not twice in the same match by the same player.
Yet he somehow managed to grotesquely bungle
two gilt-edged scoring opportunities. The second - where he
completely missed the ball despite being unchallenged and in plenty of space - was truly jaw-dropping. I didn't bother to watch the match (which commenced at 5 AM AEST and - as I refuse to subscribe to Pay TV - would have meant going out to a club) but immediately exploded into foul-mouthed fury upon seeing the footage later in the day. In fact, I've just realised that my teeth are clenched as I'm writing about it - more than a week later...
Congratulations upon Norn Iron's progression to the second round. Wales will be high on confidence following that buckle-end belting they gave Russia but the "British derby" factor means anything can happen. I'd say Your lads have quite a reasonable chance of appearing in the quarterfinals.
Robert Lewandowski hasn't scored thus far but I'm hoping he'll explode into action with a hat-trick against "Switzerland".
The "Swiss" are probably the biggest disgrace of the tournament as they even manage to outdo France in the "Number Of Non-Native Players In Starting Lineup" department. They started five Albanians, one Bosnian Muslim, one Negro and some kind of part mestizo in their opening match against Albania. As if that wasn't bad enough, they brought on two Negroes in the second half. "Switzerland" stuck with the same racial / ethnic ratio against Romania while their eleven in the final group game versus "France" featured five Albanians, two Negroes, plus the part mestizo Ricardo Rodriguez. This meant that the "Swiss" started one less native player than the "French". That's quite a feat. Perhaps they should receive commendations from FIFA, UEFA, and the EU...
The "expanded" (i.e. bloated) twenty four team format is absurd. Portugal failed to win a single game - yet still qualified for the second round. Talk about being rewarded for mediocrity. But I'm sure the ever-gracious Cristiano Ronaldo would beg to differ...