Monday 20 June 2016


As we move into the final group stages of the tournament, France, Switzerland and Italy are through, while Albania have to wait until Wednesday to find out if they are in or out and therefore going home, due to the new 3rd place qualification system explaining itself only after all the games have been played. 
Time to reflect on what we've seen so far.

  • What's with playing with no Centre-forward ? Germany and Spain ? (though Morata performed a better impression of a C-F in game two)
  • The return of the long-pass (as opposed to the long-ball, that is). See Italy.
  • Overused phrase: 'take the positives from the game'.  zzzzz
  • Worse commentary team: Mark Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. More ridiculous comments made in 90 minutes – definite Red Cards. You're off !
  • Annoying moments: players 'buying' free-kicks, by falling over at the slightest touch. Refs have been better at ignoring this, but a lot of clear shirt pulling is going unpunished.
  • Stadium crowd trouble: how the hell are fans getting these flares through the turnstiles and into the ground ? 
  • To much playing the way you're facing. Back passes mostly. Whatever happened to a change of direction ?  See below for 'extreme' examples:


Enjoy the match. 

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