France v Germany, 15th June, 8pm, ITV

[Lord Camomile]

Mbappe some player eh?

Eh, doesn't matter all that much if ye can't stay onside...

 

[strung out]

I said Germany were shit.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Mrs SI, without looking up from her phone, just sang "The ref is from Berlin".
I married well

 

[JimW]

Spawny equaliser in 3...2...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Aye, if Germany go on to equalise now... oh boy, oh boy, oh boy

 

[Kaka Tim]

germany not all that are they? grealish could have fun running at their creaky defence

 

[T & P]

Mrs SI, without looking up from her phone, just sang "The ref is from Berlin".
I married well

He’s from Spain, so conspiracy theorists have plenty of material there

 

[Kaka Tim]

Germanys strip looks like a £3.99 top from primark.

 

[JimW]

Late subs don't run the clock down really and shake up a team that's doing the job.

 

[blairsh]

Good game that... oh whats that? One more minute? Okay.

 

[Rebelda]

France have got some beautiful football but it's fuck all use if it's played offside.

Lol at the ref dragging Rabiot onto his feet. More of that kind of thing

 

[steveo87]

According to the BBC no one in the current Germany team have ever scored a Euro goal...

 

[The39thStep]

On that display it’s Portugal’s group this tbh

 

[smmudge]

At first the score felt unlucky but now it feels fair.

 

[The39thStep]

Aka one of the more disappointing players in a CL winning team

Wouldn’t have won it without him

 

[JimW]

See nothing that will worry Scotland

 

[strung out]

Germany shite has-beens, France can only score when they're offside or when the other team do it for them. Can't see anything for England to be worried about.

 

[purves grundy]

ok perhaps not a classic but still entertaining

On that display it’s Portugal’s group this tbh

Yeah, as ever they look more lively, fitter, up for it.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'll say this every time I remember: ITV having the Thames as a backdrop for every game demonstrates a ferocious lack of imagination.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Germany shite has-beens, France can only score when they're offside or when the other team do it for them. Can't see anything for England to be worried about.

England to bomb out to France courtesy of an offside goal

 

[two sheds]

Couldn't comment because bloody ITV was 5 minutes behind again but I enjoyed that. France looked top class - Mbappe particularly

 

[Wilf]

Lol at the ref dragging Rabiot onto his feet. More of that kind of thing

Yep and if that doesn't work, a few sneaky ankle taps.

 

[ska invita]

On that display it’s Portugal’s group this tbh

im not so sure about that
France look super skillfull and solid
Germany just played the tournament favourites which made them look worse than they are - the winner of Portugal v Germany to win second place in Group F Id guess, and I wouldnt rule out Germany yet

 

[Wilf]

Couldn't comment because bloody ITV was 5 minutes behind again but I enjoyed that. France looked top class - Mbappe particularly

England are alright, we've got about 17 right backs to stop him.

 

[two sheds]

I liked it at half time when the commentator said the French had got a sarnie on the bench.

 

[Sprocket.]

I think both teams could beat Portugal. But nothing special on show tonight.

 

[Diamond]

Pogba was on another level.

 

[Wilf]

Pogba was on another level.

... yeah, wish he could manage that level back at united. He's had his fair share of injuries, but never manages a consistent run of form.

 

[Idaho]

First full game of football I've watched in years. Pretty boring game to do so. Switched off at 75 minutes.

 

[Diamond]

... yeah, wish he could manage that level back at united. He's had his fair share of injuries, but never manages a consistent run of form.

Completely different player for France, isn't he..?

The odd thing is that even for France you feel that he's maybe a smidgen off his absolute best, which we've probably never seen.

That said, there is a school of thought that Zidane was massively overrated and simply had moments of genius, which might be in the same zone..