Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

iniesta is still iniesta enough to thrill

very arsenal @ the emirates performance from spain so far

some of this stuff is lovely mind you

So still 0-0 then?

for such a bloated tournament it's shameful that they're not giving me a 2 o'clock kick off to watch tmrw.

really thought silva would bag that

This is painful.

Amazing tackle there though.

lol thiago dawdles instead of shooting. AGAIN. great tackle tho'.

i still really enjoy watching spain play tbh. gonna end nil-nil tho'

3 nil nils should send spain through.

iniesta has been sublime this whole match. thought kroos was good yesterday but iniesta and modric have been beautiful

there it is
justice for the spain 11

cue czech goal in stoppage time

very 2010

I recorded the Spain match, but know the score. Is it worth watching?

“I don’t see anything wrong with the fans fighting,” Igor Lebedev wrote on Twitter. “Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up!”

Lebedev, who sits on the executive committee of the Russian football union, is an MP from the nationalist Liberal Democratic party and the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament.

“I don’t understand those politicians and officials who are criticising our fans. We should defend them, and then we can sort it out when they come home,” Lebedev wrote in a series of tweets.

“In nine out of 10 cases, football fans go to games to fight, and that’s normal. The lads defended the honour of their country and did not let English fans desecrate our motherland. We should forgive and understand our fans,” Lebedev told the news agency.

this guy eh?

Legend.

like omg guys

First "whelan no footballer" moment

Must designate a codeword im not typing that forty times every game

oh shit has it kicked off? good god i've mucked up my work timings

Igor Lebedev is the son of Vladimir Zhirinovsky fwiw so public brawling in far more refined fora than the streets of Marseille is in the blood.

what's this about the eiffel tower shining the colours of ireland if they get the most #irl tags on socialmedia/instagram?

won't in-real-life tags get in the way

o wait this is footie i forgot nothing makes sense

Ireland look decent enough.

They sure do. That Hendrick lad is alright.

McCarthy the weak link in that midfield. His technique is very poor for a 10-15m rated player and his tackling is poorly judged more often than not.

Great from Ireland i thought. Hope we dont slack off

Yeah McCarthy has been shite

@ work, so relying on you lads to keep me abreast of developments

Yeah!

Lovely goal for houlihan

Ireland playing as well as i can recall in a tournament. Creating and making the most of chances, swedish goalie busy all game

V nearly concede a joke goal from kickoff oh welp

Oooffff

delightful

And again from the setpiece. Great save and bad miss from rebound

Mccarthy is an idiot and needs to be subbed

that was practically asking for the red on bended knee

The writing on the jersey is so 1987 paddys day i cant even

Lol otm

Long hangs his whole body out the way pires used hang a leg out

When did i first say long was lfc/spurs squad level? Me otm anyway

Were getting very lazy or very tired very early

God no not mcclean

I wouldnt let him on the train to cork

Ireland seem rattled all of a sudden when there isn't a reason to be.

Yeah at 0 0 this was practice stuff.

Two lunatics looking to be sent off on the pitch now

What kind of forced squeals of rage and frustration must james mcclean make at the point of ejaculation

disturbing

"Hoolahan scored Ireland's first goal at Euro 2016 on their way to a surprise run to the final where they beat England on penalties .[43][44]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Hoolahan#International_goals

Cuntish

Bollocks. Ugly goal at that.