Euro 2016 - Quarter Finals

[Baleforce]

despite the narrative i'd say this is the first game of the tournament that actually is boring

 

[StephenH]

despite the narrative i'd say this is the first game of the tournament that actually is boring

Quite a few have been dull.
But international football is very negertive.
Iceland won their final last time out.

 

[Baleforce]

easy for France, but Germany won't be scared by tonight's performance

 

[Spurs7891]

easy for France, but Germany won't be scared by tonight's performance

Agreed. France's defence is too error prone. Not sure how Evra is still playing for them. He seems like can concede a penalty in every match. He gave away the stupid penalty against Romania and was very lucky not to concede another against Iceland. They have a tough match against Germany but then Germany have not been really tested until now. Germany do have a better record against France in major tournaments but all of them had been very close matches. Germany were very lucky to beat France in 2014 WC. Also, France have a good record against Germany in recent years, winning 6 out of the last 9 matches.

As for Iceland, they did well to score 2 goals against France but they lost the match once they went behind 2-0 early in the match. Maybe they cannot handle the pressure of playing against the home team. You cannot expect everyone to have the mental strength like Greece who beat the home team Portugal twice to win the Euro 2004.

 

[Spurs7891]

England are a crap team. Imagine if we'd somehow got past Iceland and had to face this ! We've been spared ...

England have to thank Iceland for saving them from this humiliation ! I have a feeling a few England players were too scared to face France that they put up a poor performance against Iceland.

 

[StephenH]

England have to thank Iceland for saving them from this humiliation ! I have a feeling a few England players were too scared to face France that they put up a poor performance against Iceland.

OR

They simply lost a football match?

 

[Jurgen the German]

Can someone please explain to me what Paul Pogba does that is worth 84 mil and rising? Every time I watch him play he flatters to deceive. His price tag seems to go up every day too, regardless of his underwhelming performances.