and a Charlton player
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 09:37 (eight years ago) link
Although if Portugal and Iceland both win 1-0 then it would be Portugal.
xp
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 09:38 (eight years ago) link
Portugal would be sweet. Cron in his element!
― A heartless anonymous firebrand (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 11:48 (eight years ago) link
Lol @ commentator quoting seamus Heaney as an introduction.
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
this is ugly
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
'Some disturbing news ...
Reports are circulating that Croatian fans are planning further disturbances during tonight’s match, including an attack on referee Bjorn Kuipers in the 30th minute.
“We have information that the same people that caused trouble in St. Etienne will try the same, and even try to attack the referee in 30th minute of the match,” said Nikola Kajkic, president of the Croatian Police Union.'
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
from the guardian live chat thingy
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Lovely Morata goal.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Yeah looks like there's some extra police support at the Croatian end
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
holy shit that Rakitic chip
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
criminal that didn't go in
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Otm
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Pericic! Let the fire works commence.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
No, some other -ic. Sweet back heel though.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
kalinic is rightly going to obtain the patronage of a hoy hoy as THE NEXT ZLATAN sometime next season after a backheel thru the legs of kieran gibbs, followed by a £16m january move to juventus and a bidone d'oro
― nakhchivan, Monday, 22 March 2010 11:16
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
Wales Albania very much on the cards at the moment
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
no fuckin way
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
YEsss
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Clear peno
Ref that leave srna on the pitch there is a disgrace and needs to be cited
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Srna didn't concede it.
He clearly knew where Ramos was going to hit it somehow and told the keeper.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
why can't ronaldo and ramos have started missing penalties 3 weeks ago ffs
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
I wasnt talking about the concession
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Lol
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
2 sweeeeeeet
― Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
XD
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Robin Ivan Perisic
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
So that's Italy, Spain, Germany, France and England in the same half of the draw
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
Croatia deserved that solely because of their great anthem.
(Have we polled the anthems?)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
this is wild and gives croatia a great chance of winning
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
they're down to 7/1
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
as a bleu stan, i'm way more scared at Croatia than England.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
this thing is awesome btw
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/18/upshot/euro-2016-how-republic-of-ireland-can-advance-to-the-next-round.html
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
this team compares reasonably well to the 1998 one
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
yah but it boils down to 'they need to win'
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 5:39 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'll take it
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
this team is surely superior to the 1998 one, davor suker or no davor suker
prosinecki, boban, asanovic...
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
The 'big names' used to be a hindrance to Croatia in the past. This year it seems they are actually a team. I can see them going to the final rather comfortably.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
suker pretty obviously better than mandzukic, jarni a comparable threat to perisic, defences probably equal.....there's not a lot in it
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
we're rather hastily writing off belgium here, no? yeah wilmots is shit but look at their team
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
Mandzukic, their big name, wasn't in the starting eleven tonight, he was on the bench. Modric was absent. Croatia ain't about big ego's anymore, and rightfully so, as it's what made them highly annoying in the past. Player to player comparisons are silly when the whole squad has a different approach.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
if belgium-croatia happens it will probably end up being the football hipster's choice for best international match of the modern era or something
― imago, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
what the fuck is all of this shit
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link
Belgium are flying high for no real reason tbh. So they won 3-0 to Ireland, big fucking deal. They seem so convinced they are in the final already, it's almost as if they adopted our arrogance and confidence based on nowt, with Holland absent.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
we're rather hastily writing off belgium here, no?
#sarcasm
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
difficult to look beyond the
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
in with a considerable shout
luka modric >>>> david silva >>> lee rigby >>>>> kevin de bruyne
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link
On current form sure
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 23:04 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkIjzDUq6Q
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 10:33 (eight years ago) link