Euro Championships 2016

[TANGODANCER]

Crazy goings on in the Croatia v Czech Republic game. Lasted ninety nine and a half minutes due to idiots throwing flares. Croatia looked out of sight at 2-0 up then a peach of a ball from Thomas Rosicki was headed home. 2-1. In the 93rd mintute
a very unlucky handball gave the Czechs a peanalty and it finished 2-2. Croatia will be least pleased abut that.

Unlucky handball??

Your Spaniards looking pretty good.

Aye, unlucky for Croatia. I don't reckon it was deliberate, more ball to hand than the opposite.

[bobo the clown]

Well .... maybe. But what the fck is he doing with his hand above his head as he leaps ? Crackers.

[Prufrock]

Exactly. Don't wave your hands above your head ave you might not get a pen against you. One if the more blatant handballs.

[thebish]

yeah - ball to hand - it's just that he put his hand there!

according to Graham Poll: "the question of intent is now, did the offender deliberately place his arms in an unnatural position to increase the chances of the ball hitting him? If the answer to that is yes then it is correct to penalise that player even though it used to be argued that was "ball to hand"."

[Prufrock]

Who knew that if they picked a proper team Belgium wound be dangerous. Ireland are dreadful. This could get ugly.

[BWFC_Insane]

Feel sorry for Iceland there. Think they will be frustrated as had they just not sat back quite as much I think they could have won the game with a second goal. They just ended up unable to get out.

Shame.

[TANGODANCER]

Watched both games and the Republic were a disappoinment.

Sorry for the Icers to lose a goal in the 88th minute, two minutes after Eidur came on. Two draws for them is pretty decent.

[Prufrock]

Love the guy but he was lazy as fcuk letting his man run for the Hungarian goal. Gutted for them.

Ireland were awful.

[TANGODANCER]

Austria playing like a pub side against Portugal. Every time they get the ball they give it away, and Alaba is looking like anything but world class....so far.

[Burnden Paddock]

Ronaldo misses a penalty! :lol

[TANGODANCER]

Ronaldo missed a penalty..... ,,,,,

[Burnden Paddock]

Ronaldo scores........ and it's offside!!

[Prufrock]

Few things better than it all going wrong for him.

Last minute winner all over.

[bobo the clown]

I like Portugal. I like Portuguese people. But watching that preening prick have the smug fckg grin taken of his face I like much, much more.

[TANGODANCER]

And the pub eleven get a draw with Ronaldo's rovers....

[Worthy4England]

There might be a God. Wonderful.

[malcd1]

Sadly I missed the match. Has he cried yet?

[TANGODANCER]

Sadly I missed the match. Has he cried yet?

Probably held back the tears till the dressing room, but there were many wonders to be seen. I thought the penalty a bit contrived, surprise, surprise, but when he missed it....then had his goal disallowed for offside and his free kicks all well off target.......wonderful...

[Prufrock]

I think myself someone who thinks the game has gone soft, TD, but even I do wonder what it would take for you to think something a penalty . Eddie Jones would have cheered that, and probably should have been a red. Made ite all the more unfair and therefore funny!

[bobo the clown]

Sadly I missed the match. Has he cried yet?

He seems to have swapped that for a weird, almost scary, permanent, cynical "I don't believe it, the World's treating me so badly but don't let anyone see you are fallible" grin.

A constant projection of amazement

Clearly practiced & very odd.

I think it's meant to portray that anything which goes wrong is just fate, or been unfairly treated. It's very bizarre.

But he was crying inside.