Euro 2016 - hype, anticipation and general excitement

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)

was it chile who p much destroyed spain at the last WC? italy doing the same here.

Holland 5-1 at WC. Spain are weak, clueless.

Not at all impressed by Morata

no i didn't think that was a destruction, that was a p even game iirc it was spain's 2nd game where they got a chasing
xp

You're right, it was Chile

also most of this team won the last euros so wouldn't call them weak.

chile were just excellent in that game. spain have become inconsistent, esp defensively, but they can still occasionally put together moves that are beyond nearly all other teams

Tbf it's mostly because of Italy being v good.

lol conte

Love Buffon

Would pay good money to see conte and simeone in a no-holds-barred fight to the death

you'd still be there 6 days later

although i suspect with simeone they'd be no escalation, he'd give it all out desperation from the off.

what's happening? spain hammering on the door, italy in control, or somewhere in between?

Spain bossing possession and territory but Italy looking assured

italy well on top first 65 mins, spain on top-ish since, italy still comfortable imo

remember when the press were crowing about mourinho's coup of signing pedro under the noses of man utd? he's been shit since.

Pedro right on cue

Buffon you legend

Pelleeeeeeeee

rip Spain

great game

exact repeat from start to finish of the belgium game. thought spain were decent 2nd half but italy have put 2 terrific performances in against 'proper' teams

have they got germany next?

Yeah, Germany Italy!

2006 revisited

GROSSO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope y'all enjoyed that cause I'm p. sure that what comes next is gonna be a bit of a slog

My predictor says 1-2 to Iceland. I've bottled it already so might just take a bit 'o a gamble

yeah think i'll give it a miss thanks

oh ffs

Good start for England

match pretty much ruined :P

Or not!

lol

excellent