The general Euro2024 chit chat thread

[Snowflake Royal]

All it took was midfield just being slightly slow, then a desperate lunge out to cover from full back, avoided and they've left a gaping hole for a wonderful curled effort right in the corner.

Just keep your shape and energy for another 10 seconds and you're good.

[NathStPaul]

This makes Italy very dangerous now. The worst sort of Italy to play against are a slow starting Italy, they've got that knackered of sneaking through despite being a bit shit.

Reckon they'll beat whoever they are playing next.

[genome]

Thought Jonathan Pearce's commentary was a little dead for such a big moment

[NathStPaul]

Thought Jonathan Pearce's commentary was a little dead for such a big moment

He definitely wanted Croatia to win, he was extremely animated every time they went forward. Don't mind it really, most neutrals wanted a Croatia win too so he was reflecting the mood.

[BRO_BOT]

Do Croatia need us to batter Slovenia to go through?

[Sutekh]

Do Croatia need us to batter Slovenia to go through?

That's them out if they do then.

[St Pauli]

This makes Italy very dangerous now. The worst sort of Italy to play against are a slow starting Italy, they've got that knackered of sneaking through despite being a bit shit.

Reckon they'll beat whoever they are playing next.

This is also what I hate about Italy.

Plus they have too many tattoos. I know a lot of footballers do but these guys are on another level.

[6ft Kerplunk]

Typical Italians.
What was the Croatian right back doing there running too the CB position.

I think the problem was them bringing on a second right back to play right midfield for the last few mins. He didn't seem to know where to position himself in midfield. When the right back went narrow he really should have dropped in to cover the right back position.

[Brum Royal]

This makes Italy very dangerous now. The worst sort of Italy to play against are a slow starting Italy, they've got that knackered of sneaking through despite being a bit shit.

Reckon they'll beat whoever they are playing next.

They've got Switzerland. Could be quite an even match that with Switzerland looking better than in previous tournaments

[Stranded]

Do Croatia need us to batter Slovenia to go through?

They need:

Denmark to beat Serbia
England to win 3-0 or by 4 or more goals if they let one in
Türkiye to beat Czechia
Portugal to beat Georgia

So not beyond the realms of possibility though the 3-0 is the most unlikely

[Franchise FC]

Do Croatia need us to batter Slovenia to go through?

They need:

Denmark to beat Serbia
England to win 3-0 or by 4 or more goals if they let one in
Türkiye to beat Czechia
Portugal to beat Georgia

So not beyond the realms of possibility though the 3-0 is the most unlikely

From your last bit can I assume that they need just one of the above ?

[Stranded]

Do Croatia need us to batter Slovenia to go through?

They need:

Denmark to beat Serbia
England to win 3-0 or by 4 or more goals if they let one in
Türkiye to beat Czechia
Portugal to beat Georgia

So not beyond the realms of possibility though the 3-0 is the most unlikely

From your last bit can I assume that they need just one of the above ?

No, they need all four. All results are, I would say, likely in terms of winner but England winning by 3-0 or a greater margin is really the unlikeliest.

[6ft Kerplunk]

Wish they'd kept the 2pm kickoff and binned the 5pm one. It too hot to do any work and I could be happily watching a match now instead of having to decide whether to miss the end of the first half or start of the second half when I take the dog out for a walk later.

[Franchise FC]

They need:

Denmark to beat Serbia
England to win 3-0 or by 4 or more goals if they let one in
Türkiye to beat Czechia
Portugal to beat Georgia

So not beyond the realms of possibility though the 3-0 is the most unlikely

From your last bit can I assume that they need just one of the above ?

No, they need all four. All results are, I would say, likely in terms of winner but England winning by 3-0 or a greater margin is really the unlikeliest.

I’m beginning to lose my verbal reasoning (that or I need new glasses) because I swear I read that as the England result being the most LIKELY

[NathStPaul]

Some top quality Euros going on in the Austria v Holland game.

[Orion1871]

Lewandowsky stops three times in his run up and misses a penalty, but the French keeper is penalised for coming off his line, it's retaken, and Lewandowsky scores whilst doing the exact same run up.

The laws are far stricter on keepers than they are on penalty takers.

[genome]

Looks like the Dutch in the next round.

Verstappen vs Hamilton

[Loafer]

Looks like the Dutch in the next round.

Verstappen vs Hamilton

That's f1 m9

[Stranded]

Only way it's not the Dutch for England is s Czech or Georgia win.

If that happens then it's 3rd from Group E. Currently Slovakia.

[Brum Royal]

Why does it have to be the Dutch for us? I know we're limited on groups as to which 3rd place team we can play, but is there a pre-determined group or position in the 3rd place league that we will get drawn against?