All The UEFA EURO 2020 Games Match Threads

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Spinazzola’s going to be a huge loss if Italy hold on. Vital outlet.

He’s snapped his achilles apparently. Was hoping it was just his calf. Poor guy.

What's the game coming to, embarrassing:

I didn't watcch it last night but seeing that id book him.

Quite apart from anything else whilst on the floor like that he could have got in the way of Italy’s goal scoring opportunity. C*nt

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Quite apart from anything else whilst on the floor like that he could have got in the way of Italy’s goal scoring opportunity. C*nt

Tw@t of the week already sown up for the next award!  

Delighted for Luis Enrique and the Spanish team getting through to the semi finals. More so as Luis Enrique lost his 9 year old daughter to cancer recently and this joy would of helped a bit in dealing with the pain of that .

The Euros have been very exciting with good football, outstanding goals and numerous records broken.   Started with the terrible collapse of Eriksen.  Denmark then lost their first 2 games, despite being in complete control in their first game against Austria.

Denmark then became the first team in Euro history to reach the knock-out stages after losing their first 2 matches.  This was despite losing their best player and other key players to injury.  Denmark then became the first team in Euro history to score 4 goals in consecutive matches.

Holland were the first team in the Euros to win their 3 group games and then beaten in their first knockout match. (Contrary to what Gary Lineker said yesterday that only Italy and Belgium had won all their group matches).

There have been more goals in the knock-out stages than the whole of the last tournament.

Ukraine reached the knock-outs with a negative goal difference.  Only beating the massive North Macedonia by 1 goal.  

No goals scored from a direct free kick.  England were good from set pieces in the World Cup.  Not in this  tournament.

Most top teams could have easily gone out of this completion.   Eg, Italy would have gone out to Austria probably if their goal had not been fractionally offside.  Belgium had to bring top players on at HT after being a goal down in a game they were strong favourites to win.

2 top teams lost 2 goal leads near the end of games.  France said they respected the Swiss then turned up with an appalling display.  Got back in with a clear lead - then lost.

The group of death.  The 3 top teams all failed to to reach the quarter finals.  Hungary were 8 mins from qualifying.  England were in an easy group allegedly.  2 teams made the last 8.  Croatia were very unfortunate not to make it 3 teams in the last 8 from our group.   This might mean that our 2 group wins should be seen in a better light retrospectively.

The Swiss won with 5 excellent penalties.  They then lost on pens to Spain with very poor penalties.

England:  Ukraine first.  Only ranked 30 in the world in one major football analytical site.  

We finally beat the Germans.  Worries before the tournament about our defence and lapses in concentration.  No goals conceded in 4 games,  Only one other team has achieved this in Euro history. .  England also did this at the start of the 1966 World Cup.  

We have very good attacking players.  Ironically, we have only scored 4 goals.  England have done very well to date without key players not featuring or only limited time on the pitch.  TAA, Foden, Mount, Sancho, Grealish, Rashford, Henderson and even Maguire.  Kane has also been off form.  

The only team to stop us winning is Scotland.  A country beaten be very minor countries in recent years.  A team with 2 CBs playing out of position, 3 Championship players and a 20 year old Chelsea squad player making his international debut.  And running the game.  (Now at Norwich on a season loan). A team whose goalkeeper went walkabout up the pitch and we know what happened next.

Italy has some blatant and cynical time wasting last night.   This distracted from fine attacking football against the best ranked team in the world. Also not sure why one of their players was running around in his underpants.  

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

The Euros have been very exciting with good football, outstanding goals and numerous records broken.  

Good post TownSNAFU5. For me what I love about the European Championship and world cups is it it brings so much happiness and joy especially if you win and brings people together and gives people something to look forward to. I feel club football cant compete with it. For players winning the world cup is the pinnacle of their careers by far.

Some of the firsts in the competition are because more teams were allowed to qualify for the knockout stages, with third place no longer meaning you were out.

Quoted from Rick12

Good post TownSNAFU5. For me what I love about the European Championship and world cups is it it brings so much happiness and joy especially if you win and brings people together and gives people something to look forward to. I feel club football cant compete with it. For players winning the world cup is the pinnacle of their careers by far.

However much the industry tries to destroy international football, it still creates memories like nothing else in football.

The likes of Rice, Stones and even Kane, will hardly be remembered in 20 or 30 years’ time based on their club careers (other than at their clubs). If they win a tournament in an England shirt they will be remembered for generations.