Euro 2016

[Murat Baslamisli]

...starting today . France-Romania playing as we speak . Groups are :

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

In case anyone is interested , here are the groups. France won the opener against Romania with a gorgeous left footer from Payet, probably one of the goals of the tournament already.

 

[britbox]

Thanks murat. I'll be following for sure.

My team Wales has qualified for it's first major championship since 1950 and as luck would have it we've been put in the same group as England. I see the England fans have been on the front pages again for the wrong reasons.

Germany are my favourites to take the whole thing. I'm guessing you're rooting for Turkey?

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Thanks murat. I'll be following for sure.

My team Wales has qualified for it's first major championship since 1950 and as luck would have it we've been put in the same group as England. I see the England fans have been on the front pages again for the wrong reasons.

Germany are my favourites to take the whole thing. I'm guessing you're rooting for Turkey?

For sure, I hope they do well, but Germany is my favorite as well. Wales had a great qualifying tournament.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Great win for Wales - our first in a major competition since the 1950s... 2-1 over Slovakia.

Are the rumours true that a football game broke out during the fighting between England and Russia fans?

 

[Federberg]

Typical Hodgson negativity cost England. You're dominating the match with minutes to go, and you put on a defensive player. Russia had posed no threat in the half. He should have taken Sterling off who was rubbish all night. No end product, and put Vardy on. Attack is the best form of defence

 

[britbox]

Yep, never understood why Hodgson got the job in the first place... his club resume is very ordinary and he was plain dreadful at the only big club he ever managed (Liverpool)... very negative and way too cautious.

 

[Kieran]

Ireland are there, we play tomorrow. :clap

England are there, rampaging through Marseilles, and then the Russian thugs felt left out and decided they wanted a bit of action. :nono

Dunno who's going to win the tournament. I don't think there are any great teams in it, but the usual suspects (Germany, Spain, Italy, and the hosts France) will be favourites...

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I don't know if it is all the rain France got recently or what, but the pitch qualities as far as I can see on TV are really bad...

 

[britbox]

C'mon Wales! put one over the old enemy,

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Well, they have one , from Bale. Can they hold the lead?

 

[britbox]

1-1, set up for a frenetic last 10 mins

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

England pulls it off...it was some bad goalkeeping there I thought.
I do not like this England team that much man. I do not like the first touches, the technique. It is like they are lacking some fundamental ball skills. And they are lacking creativity. Maybe I am just not used to some of the guys yet.
Too bad for Wales. Very unlucky first goal, and a really bad one in stoppage time.

 

[britbox]

Wales qualify from the group with a 3-0 win over Russia.

 

[britbox]

Winners of Group B...

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[Murat Baslamisli]

Good win from the Turks over the Czechs but might be too little too late...

 

[Moxie]

Pleased for Turkey, and I hope that keeps them in. A bit of a shocker with Croatia beating Spain. Now Spain will play Italy, which is a shame, as they're two of the best.

 

[britbox]

Pleased for Turkey, and I hope that keeps them in. A bit of a shocker with Croatia beating Spain. Now Spain will play Italy, which is a shame, as they're two of the best.

Yeah, one of the big guns to go. I'm a bit disappointed by the tournament so far other than Wales winning Group B. It doesn't seem to have caught fire.