EURO 2024 (Po-Polska)

I watched the Cucurella's handball again. He wasn't trying to pull his hand in - he made a movement towards his side and stopped the ball going in that direction. His body shape was enlarged when the ball hit him, so I think it should have been a penalty. And the referee should have at least checked the VAR (there's no way he could see it all exactly in the real time - it happened too fast), but he didn't even bother. :(

France - Portugal is soporific.

That's exactly the point of contention here in Germany too....still.....he could have let it check over at least, but hey....

Is it only me or was the game before better, higher class?

Much better.

*yaaaaaaaawn*

I'm not watching 30 minutes more of this boredom. Good night, guys.

....yeah....till tomorrow! :)

'night all

Germany out, Portugal out..... Spain vs France...... Spain will win.... they are nailed on for the final, even though the final is on Bastille Day, July 14th!

Can France get enough energy to make that historic French final?

On the other side, I think Switzerland will beat England, they are just too good and too well organised.

As for NL vs Turkey, who knows? That could go either way.

Hopefully not. Though they do have Mbappe.


Full of holes.

What have you got against the French?



Despite your obviously cheesy pun, do you rally think that?

Julian Nagelsman:

"You have to see where the shot is aimed. We have 50 robots bringing us coffee,so there should be an AI calculating crosses, shots, where they are going. It's quite simple. We should really assess where the shot is going, but that is not the only reason we lost the game."

Ugh! I hope the sports gods aren't listening to Herr Nagelsman.

France - semi-finalists with 3 goals (2 own goals and a penalty) in 5 games. :(

Who knows, maybe they will become European Champions without scoring a single proper goal?

Germany woke up to blame the referee....the ENGLISH referee! :)

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But otherwise we are quite happy with our boys....

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Rightly so!

And I am still recovering after watching 90 minutes of grass growing during France-Portugal game. Couldn't bear to watch the overtime. Traumatic experience.

Yeah....you did sound more pissed off than I was yesterday, heh:)

We will get over it, we always do!

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Okay.....before the next game starts:

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...so....now England : Swiss.....I wonder which referee they get....

Will England win on penalties?
God save the Cheese

You mean no goal till the official end?

He's one of my favorites--probably because he looks very similar my maternal grandpa and his last name is very close to said grandpa's surname.

He is lotsa peoples favorite...his "Danke" has already a gazillion likes...can't be all Germans! :)

Couldn't watch the first half, just got back home - how did Switzerland look like in the first half?

....interesting stats, they say NOT ONE shot on goal during the first half...so, you didn't miss much!

But since the english team is full of the bestest player in the world I guess the Swiss is holding up well....

Ufff... thanks, BB. So I will have more patience if it goes into extra time. :)

...yeah....there WILL be a decision tonight....one way or the other! :)

Hammer!!!! Wow....who would have thought this! Congrats Swiss! :)

Now the English must do abit more.....

Heh :)

Go Switzerland! :)

...only 15 more minutes!

... and Switzerland is stronger than Slovakia. Will football be coming home today? :)

....the very first shot on goal from the English and...goal, heh:)

Son of a b*tch... it was a 1% chance of success shot according to HawkEye. :-/

Why couldn't they (both teams) play like this from the beginning? :)

Yeah....like Germany/Spain yesterday....there was alot more "schmackes"! :)

The English smell blood.