EURO 2012

Amazing the way Poland totally switched off right from the start of the second half, polar opposite of the way they started the first. Worst team talk ever.

It's a pity that ended even, from what I saw it's practically an invitation for Russia and the Czechs to go through the motions tonight and take their chances in the other two games.

I'd wait to see how bad the Czech Republic are before writing off the other two, tbh.

who does the second placer in this group play cos that might be an incentive to win

Were Czech Rep in the same qualifying group as Scotland? If so I remember them being poor. Russia should be exciting Euro 2008 style.

winners of group of
xp

The top two both go out in the quarters to two from the Germany/Dutch/Danes/Portugal group-of-death thing.

group of death ie holland/portugal/germany
so playing the 2nd place team is no picnic either

xp

i have rudely dismissed denmark there. sorry daniel.

I quite like 'group of', in an 'end of' stylee

I could see Russia taking six points from two games which might mean, if Greece can grind a draw with the Czechs, they'd end up playing a second-string Russian side in the third match.

If Greece win the whole fucking thing again, man...

golden generation

looking frwd to seeing Gebre Selassie at RB for Czechs tonight.

Jiracek looked useful in the few games he played for Wolfsburg last season too.

Didn't realize that the Russian squad is basically Zenit and Dynamo.

Are Spartak rubbish? And do Anzhi only buy expensive foreigners?

Anzhi's squad is over 50% Russian by the looks of things.

Zhirkov is the only one who made the national squad tho

As if I don't get enough of Howard Webb during the regular season FFS

What about Rubin Kazan? It was only last year they were in the CL iirc. Russian footy is a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, to me.

aw no its no howard webb is it?

About 10 Russians in their squad but only one made the Euros. I'm clueless about how they're doing this season. Didn't the russian season just last a year and a half cos they're in the middle of switching when the league starts and finishes?

CSKA have five players in the squad, iirc, Dinamo have four.

Most of CSKA's midfielders and strikers are foreign, with the exception of Dzagoev, but their defence is pretty strongly Russian.

Teams in the wrong colours afaic

Rubin weren't great last season xp

lovely football

Davaaaaaiiiiiii!

The Russian Messi!

would have been cooler if the header had gone in

wooooo ff points

russian schweini morelike

thank you dzagoev, good news for my FF team. was hoping akinfeev would play.

Fuck, cut them open

Czechs look ridic narrow.

the fuck was that

my nan could put that on target

woeful finish

yeah that was disgraceful

flashes of samaras

Way too easy.

Russia on dis ting.

this could get embarrassing

nice chip still

cool finish tho

Sad to see the Czechs getting beaten up like this.

i put a pound on sherikov (40/1) and lewwy (18/1) today on the recommendations of various internet writers who know a lot more than i do. :D

(also went on my own hunch and went with italy each way winners.)

Ech, I thought this was an eight o'clock kickoff, I need to get myself in order here.

i would be as surprised if italy won this as i would be if england did ie extremely

Now I see why Cech was such a bargain for my ff teams.

IK having a nightmare so far. The tournament's too big for the lad, a step up.

I mean kick off times are just basic stuff

I think I saw every minute of the world cup too, this might be a tournament too far for the old-timer.