Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

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The Ascension of St. Roy

"Were poor" is a bizarre statement. We are poor. We are very poor but we played well. First half was best we have been in a long long time. We are doing the best we can with extremely limited resources.

Toby!

v open so far. not sure the hungarian strategy to let kdb do wtf he likes is gonna work out

This is great

The 1/64th Hungarian in me is utterly frustrated atm

This could be about 7-5 or something

Belgium wasted so many chances you'd almost expect Hungary to make them bleed. Except they don't.

Last two posts otm

is it me or goalkeepers have been pretty good in this euro? i used to follow football a lot and stopped around 4-5 years ago, only to watch international tournaments of the kind. and right now i'm mostly impressed by goalkeepers.

Not overly confident that Spain Italy will be "an absolute belter of a game"

Hazard passing to himself is A+

Damn

wow

Oh wow, Hazard you magnificent bastard

Still, can't really see this Belgium side giving Wales too many problems

Now we've got a tournament.

xp they nullified Hazard p effectively in the second qualifying game but also needed a large amt of fortune

We got 4 points from the two games I think. They suddenly look a much better side though.

We'll need buckets of luck

Fellaini's injury time clown limbs serving as a reminder of a potential weak link

Not saying Wales will win from Belgium, but they have a much better organisation than Hungary had tonight tbh

Had to leave at the 75 minute mark, when the score was one-nil. Wonder what happened after that? Oh wait

That Belgium-Hungary game was the best I've seen so far. Belgium deserved it but Hungary played about as well as a team beaten 4-0 could do. Came close to taking it when it was still 1-0.

Went to the pub to watch this last evening game but funnily every post on ilx here was almost identical to stuff we said.

One of the best games so far imo.

"Were poor" is a bizarre statement. We are poor. We are very poor but we played well. First half was best we have been in a long long time. We are doing the best we can with extremely limited resources.

yeah, this is just straight up trolling. A team almost totally comprised of Championship players against a team of CL superstars - with 3 days extra rest.

and Delaney's a fucking idiot obv, but for Cox to imply that this team had some sort of just here for the craic attitude is massively disrespectful

it's prob the highest point for the national team since 2002, and that's based on performances (and some results) in the last year. what's sad is how few players we produce. like even one young, fast technically good forward or attacking midfielder would be a godsend.

Weve a better younger squad than we have had in a long time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Iyki090Nc

hahaha priceless

got 0-0 aet written all over it. hope i'm wrong.

cynic

thank god for this tournament, makes the end of a shitty day a little bit brighter

tipping it down which adds to everything a lil bit i always think. italy looking good.

good save de gea

and again

"i've heard good things about him, it'll be interesting to see how he gets on in the Premier League"
- Danny Murphy on multiple-Scudetto-winning, record-points-totalling, unbeaten-season-managing, three times Italian coach of the year Antonio Conte

gooooooal

lol, they're well coached apparently

Happy for Chiellini.

de gea did that thing of not having his feet planted when the free kick was struck, maybe cost him a fraction of a second?

deserved it

how is murphy so annoying after such a short reign? he's like lawro but in a younger man it's even harder to tolerate. he speaks like every word costs him a fiver.

oh man Luca Vialli <3

the in ball to whichever italian frwd player posts up has been so easy today. just so simple to play it thru/over the spain midfield.

Fabregas screwing over Pelle

he speaks like every word costs him a fiver.

lol, beautifully stated

he's definitely found his rhythm very quickly

damn that would have been a great goal

Gosh, ref certainly not against Spain this second half

the refereeing in this tournament is worse than any i can remember. they've lost any and all sense of what a fair tackle is.

or what a foul is.

2002 surely the gold standard of wild refereeing

I think it's been surprisingly good overall

(not watching this game though)