EURO 2012

At least they'll both be out in QFs

they had a player wrongfully sent off in the first game and a clear penalty denied tonight

luck shmuck

loving it! :)

You wouldn't mind if they offered some kind of entertainment, but they even made a fairytale victory into a pile of shit.

poland were dreadful, czechs have been the better team imo. greeks are shite but also deserved it and it's an underdog story or whatever.

Greece deserved to win. Scored, should have had a penalty, hit the crossbar. Russia were terrible.

You wouldn't mind if they offered some kind of entertainment

Have you not seen Angelos Charisteas try to dribble?

i don't mind greece this tourney. Hated them 2004.

Charisteas is the only thing missing at this party really :D

ts: 'greece is the word' vs. 'england is dreaming' ugh

also germany greece quarter final: the merkeling?

At least they'll be up against Germany next, can't see them doing more than committing to hold out for a 0-2.

england are a fucking shower of shit with a population eight times that of greece or whatever

omg @ Germany - Greece QF: one for the ages..

I haven't been so deflated by a night of football since that time Chelsea won the European Cup

russia have just always been liable to fuck up like this

Germany'll go out tomorrow & Holland through, somehow, if tonight's any guide.

murder on gdanskfloor

Apologise, Lineker

murder on gdanskfloor
:-) chapeau

Well done Greece - a lot of bullshit posts there. They play the tough stuff.

Russia were garbage.

Grudging acceptance after seeing those highlights. Still hate them though.

Why has Eastern Europe become a permanent football wasteland? Even Bulgaria and Romania offer nothing now.

tbh i'm annoyed they're through mostly because i'm already sick of the debt jokes

they all got democracies Ismael

er, Czechs are through..xp

...and Russia were fine until this match

Czechs are mitteleuropa, and Croatia's practically Italy

Hold on, I'm not having Russia held up as a counterexample

I thought Russia would go far in this tournament, thought their back four and midfield were well above average, just didn't account for quite such poor finishing.

I don't consider Russia Russia part of Eastern europe - to the east, but, they are just Russia.

I still have a formally iron curtain approach to these things so Czechs = Eastern. And again, middle Europe doesn't really exist as a 'footballing region'.

Croatia are def East!

Just saw a report on Greek election, guy was talking about a big day tom with car horns in the background...people are celebrating :-)

Tonight, Greece owns Europe.

it's almost as if the metaphorical concept of balkanization applied to states, because if one were to imagine all of the balkan countries together, why what a fine football team they would have

and by the same token, russia could have hleb, konoplyanka and mkhitaryan to add to their collection of ineffectual attacking midfielders

anyway heightened facetiousness isn't going to hide my disappointment here

greece might have one of the better cb pairings now? during the first half they were largely hidden behind the first line of defence but towards the end they looked solid...the pilsbury doughboy a schalke has been a prospect for years but former milan disappointment papastothopoulos looks like a canny fuck too, and he is pretty quick iirc

hm

the way they played in the first half was so defensive that one can assume vs germany or whoever they will play for 0 - 0

samaras might just about be a better dribbler than big angelos charisteas but he is worse in every other aspect

gekas is done too

Russia are just flakey cunts and deserve it really. Feel a bit bad for Poland but then again I didn't see their game today.

Roffle:

Polish reaction in the Warsaw pubs and clubs: "At least the Russians are not through."

was watching the poland v czech game. poland were shit, didnt deserve it, but russia? cant believe they blew it. greeks are a rubfest

Kind of hope someone at Sheremetyevo airport puts up a sign saying "No this is Russia" on their return.

Russia blowing it and Greece being resolute are both predictable in their own way. Probably the biggest surprise for me was that this terrible Czech team ended up topping the group.

Told you all Russia are shit. They drew with us at home FFS.

Group A got found out for the charlatan it was last night.

a fat clown for all to see.

a nothing group.

group a is a creep.

Probably the biggest surprise for me was that this terrible Czech team ended up topping the group.

Scots gonna hate but they improved after that disastrous opener - they were so dominant in the 2nd half last night it was embarrassing.

Can easily see them reaching the semis now.

Oops sorry wrong tag there.

I'd be surprised if they did, tbh. They looked very fragile for much of the Greece game and were probably lucky to get three points. I like a couple of their midfielders, and Cech when he's on form, but reckon they'll struggle against Portugal. Might have a shot against Denmark, though.