EURO 2012

oh ffs karim

Ooh, so close

this game is kinda shitty

even if spain are some big possession enigma robot and france are kinda thinking about maybe sending one or two players to possibly go for it, there is nothing of actual interest really going on

^ otm

Spain stubbornly trying to go for their 5th straight 1-0 knockout win.

France bringing on a striker who doesn't mind getting in the box? Madness.

Still in the lower reaches of the Klata Scale offside or not.

Substitutions have wrecked this a bit. It could really do with extra time.

Extra time with France having taken off M'Villa may be better. But I've got to get up for work in 3 hrs so screw that.

france are shit, good riddance imo.

OTM

This is dreadful

soft as shit

Spain may spoil their 1-0 scoreline.

cert penalty tbf

no penalty, but deserved win anyway. about as clinical as Greece, Spain

France not much better than 2010. Zizou must be embarrassed to watch.

this may be the worst game of the tournament. and i've watched england.

Doubt Spurs are still considering Blanc after this tourney.

Definitely the worst game of the tournament

terrible game really

how can that not be a penalty?

france/england mb shaded it for slow motion edge of penalty area exhaustion

didn't see France-Sweden but it sounded pretty bad too

yeah, even missed first goal, so 70ish minutes of abject tedium

Great among a sewer of a game. All QFs have been so one-sided, hopefully tomorrow will be a classic.

just j/k btw

Haha, just logged into Facebook and my old English teacher's posted a photo of him with Xabi Alonso from a few years ago, titled "Well done Xabi!" Two absolute legends.

Forget vuvuzelas there is surely no more irritating sound in football than Clive Tyldesley's pronunciation of "Clichy"

Forget vuvuzelas there is surely no more irritating sound in football than Clive Tyldesley's pronunciation of "Clichy"

How about when he said: "And who were the last team to beat Spain? England!" in this weird, strangled voice?

Well, there's Adrian Chiles for a start (xp)

LOL Keano, "Spain v. Germany, that's the final we all want to see"

Chiles was particularly awful last night. The perplexing thing is that it's essentially the same banter I used to like on motd2.

His "Ooooh Roy Keane, you are scary" shtick is particurly irksome, a second after the final finishes Kean should tell him to stick his bollocks up his arse and walk out

before it starts, you mean?

that France Spain game was like some kind of inter friendly, like neither team really seemed to care at all.

and yeah a definite penalty, why the commentator seemed to think otherwise is beyond me.

anyway, watching tonights game indoors so i might be able to finally watch a full game with no interuptions.

I've never seen a team look so unbothered at going out at the QF stages as France did last night. Either applaud the fans who supported you this far or look like broken beaten individuals but don't just walk off.

It seems grossly unfair that players like Zlatan and Ronaldo get tarred with this "not a big game player" brush because I've genuinely never seen Ribery do anything of note in a big game. He must tear up the Bundesliga beause otherwise his reputation is largely unwarranted from what I can tell. It was funny failing to put his shirt on properly I suppose.

oh ribery can join zlatan for all i care.

Ribery was awesome when France beat Brazil, in 2006 I think. He doesn't look right at all currently.

Ribery was excellent in the CL SF 1st leg vs Real Madrid this year. Scored as well I think.

yeah no england player has been as good at a tournament recently as ribery was in 2006

even in the first game he looked the only threat france had but hansen was still 'this ribery kid showed nothing'

what a great player he is in 2006 that time

My memory of the Brazil vs France game is a bit hazy due to having spent most of the preceding afternoon in the pub and Zidane kinda stole the limelight afterwards. Ribery's done nothing in this tournament.

i don't mind chiles tbh. he's enthusiastic, which is more than can be said for lineker. itv have been way better than bbc.

i know that's not saying much but whatever

Not in commentary terms they haven't.

No, Peter Drury has single-handedly seen to that.

well yeah ignoring the commentary cos they're all awful. but itv have had keane daring to offer an opinion, martinez with his shirts and eagerness to talk tactics, southgate's decent(he understands zonal marking ffs!), strachan's harmless, carragher looks like he gives a fuck. bbc? hansen, shearer, who else have they had in? dixon's not as interesting as i thought he was when he first started. and lineker.