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if that was the case make sure to have that morning poo come Belgium-Wales as well haha

Hazard finally showed out. I can honestly say I have never seen him play such a good game for the national team. in the Premier League sure, but never on the national team. Nainggolan was on point too, so was De Bruyne

too bad back Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) cannot participate in the next round due to being penaltied. he was very good so far in this tournament and he would have been instrumental in locking down Gareth Bale

I tend to complain a lot about the Belgian team but apart from about a quarter of an hour in the second half today's game truly exceeded my highest expectations. can't even say Hungary was playing badly at all

cuz of work I can't watch tomorrow's games live, too bad cuz I really wanted to see Spain-Italy

Best I have seen Hazard play for Belgium, he was unstoppable and it just shows how much of a difference he can make if he decides to show up. 4-0 didn't reflect the game at all, I thought Hungary played well they had some great chances so respect to them for actually trying. It wasn't like the Germany - Slovakia game which was totally one sided and the Slovaks pretty much gave up after half time.

On that game the Germany are so much better with Draxler on the wing and when they actually got a striker in the middle. The last 2 games they played they played against 2 teams who parked the bus and they carved them up with relative ease. Gonna be tough against Italy or Spain though.

^^Germany played well again. that young Kimmich dude has a bright future ahead of him



now that we're in the knock out rounds I'd be interested in hearing people's opinions on the new 24 teams formula that we've witnessed.

obviously the whole thing was just organized cuz of political pull within UEFA and FIFA, and money in general, but did you think enough teams that made the cut deserved to be there?

personally I don't mind there being more teams this time around but I could see how some people would mind the lack of excitement & skills in some games

Having more teams means you get more bad teams in the tournament. I mean the Wales - N.Ireland game was pretty bad, it was basically a second division game. Having 16 teams made things more competitive especially in the group stage. With 24 teams a lot of teams are content with 1 point which killed a lot of the games in the group stage. Reason why many think this has been one of the worst Euros, as the quality is down but also theres no excitement as teams aren't going for it. We might get it at the quarter final stages when the good teams begin to go head to head but things should have been competitive from the start. All the big teams got through there have been no upsets.

The Copa America final has one of the most odd referees i have seen. He is so trigger happy with his cards, half time we already got 2 red cards and a host of yellows. Even the way he shows a card is peculiar. He has basically destroyed the game. I missed the second yellow for the Chilean player but no way was Rojo's tackle a straight red, wasn't even a yellow. Ridiculous game so far.

CHILE WINS COPA AMERICA VIA PENs

Messi completely missing his kick
pulled a Roberto Baggio

its like hes cursed to not win at the international level

Lol @ Messi retiring because he can't get it done at the highest level

RIP Argentina.

Good to see Belgium finally playing to their potential, Hazard was magnificient. That burst of pace before his assist to Batshuayi was probably the most beautiful part of that whole match.

Lol @ Mascherano, Messi & Aguero all retiring from international football. If they stick with their decisions, Argentina just became a non-factor overnight.

edit- so the rumours are that Lavezzi, Biglia and Higuain are also considering retiring from the NT... wtf

Yeah they all seem to be retiring, they probably just had enough of losing and can't be fucked anymore. What a waste of such a great team, they played so well in this copa America until the final.

Hahahahhahah fuck off England!!! Go Iceland! God it's so hilarious seeing these bein sports commentators tear the English players to shreds.

Speaking of curses, Germany v Italy. Fuck. Italy are looking very good too, Conte is a great manager.

Lol @those Argentina cry babies retiring because they couldn't get it done. It would be great if they win the World Cup in 2018 without these players.

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA first real upset of the tournament. Ian Wright just said on TV 'its like the movie space jam, aliens came down and took their talent in the second half'.

England just lacked creativity they didn't have a decent attempt on goal, Iceland had the best chances. Iceland just have a simple game plan and they apply that plan well, amazing stuff.

I don't know what to say about England, simply played shit. I don't think they are a team thats good with the ball, they need the opposing team to play a bit while they press grab the ball in midfield and counter. They lack the creativity to penetrate defensive teams. The performance in the second half though was shambolic, theres really no excuse.

Italy for example no real world class talent on that team but they just outplayed Spain today. They did everything right and got the victory. They look incredibly dangerous, the Germany game will be interesting. I don't fault Spain for losing because they came up against a seriously well drilled side in Italy who tactically outsmarted them.

The guy on bein sports was ripping the players to shreds. He was "genuinely angry" and he was going on about how the players are spoiled millionaires who are out of touch with society and don't get any ramifications for their behaviour etc but how is that any different to the Germans, Italians, Spanish, to a lesser extent the French and possibly Dutch? English people really need to accept that their players aren't as good as they think they are and that the EPL is not as good as they think it is. There is this sense of entitlement that England should be making the semi finals of tournaments with ease every year, what's it based on? They don't do anything about making it happening like all those other nations I named did.

I really can't believe that Wayne Rooney survived at the national team for so long.

England actually has a good core of young players, they need to find a good manager from somewhere and build around their youth. They were utterly clueless in the second half.

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wow the UK manages to exit the Euro twice in a week

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The guy on bein sports was ripping the players to shreds. He was "genuinely angry" and he was going on about how the players are spoiled millionaires who are out of touch with society and don't get any ramifications for their behaviour etc but how is that any different to the Germans, Italians, Spanish, to a lesser extent the French and possibly Dutch? English people really need to accept that their players aren't as good as they think they are and that the EPL is not as good as they think it is. There is this sense of entitlement that England should be making the semi finals of tournaments with ease every year, what's it based on? They don't do anything about making it happening like all those other nations I named did.

I really can't believe that Wayne Rooney survived at the national team for so long.

England actually has a good core of young players, they need to find a good manager from somewhere and build around their youth. They were utterly clueless in the second half.

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The football pundits in England were pissed to, Gary Lineker, Shearer, Ian Wright all of them. Shearer said this was the worst England performance he had ever seen. Don't know about that but England in the second half were appalling.

I don't buy the whole they are millionaires and they don't care. I think all players do care, I don't know but I don't think English players got bonuses for playing in the tournament unlike a certain other country. We just saw a team with a system going up against one who didn't. This wasn't like England played a physically inferior side, one bonus to Iceland is that they have a team of strong and fit players which is a huge bonus. It doesn't matter if they don't play in the top leagues and aren't stars they are stronger and as fast the players from the top teams. They basically ticked the box which most African teams have ticked. Big, strong and fast. They just have the system and tactical abilities the African teams don't have. so well played to Iceland coaching staff, i also read that before the game the coach goes to the fans and gives the fans the starting 11 and has a discussion with the fans. Thats just fantastic to hear in a world of big egos.

England are just not a good team, i can't believe they were 4th favourites before the tournament, they have the same tournament win count as Greece, same semi-final count as Turkey. The perfect run in qualifying fooled everyone, people forgot qualifying was bollocks and England were in a piss easy group. Austria were the second best team in qualifying and look at them.