France v Switzerland - Monday 28/06 - 20:00

[belboid]

Won't somebody please think of the fantasy managers

Could be worse

 

[ska invita]

poor Mbappe he's played so well too

i think he fluffed his lines several times tonight - didnt look happy - is why i could imagine him missing his pen

 

[Dogsauce]

Shockingly competent penalties, nobody hoofed it over the top. Spoils the fun a bit really. Be a bit more like England lads.

 

[ska invita]

Delicious result after that egomaniacal goal celebration from Pogba. #Wanker

possible goal of the tournament tbf

 

[Streathamite]

Christ, having said at 88 minutes "it would have been a big surprise if France lost tonight", Tyldesley has now just said this was "the first huge shock of the tournament". It's the hugest, but Netherlands going out was the first huge shock.

I know, it's genuinely not an easy job, but christ...

Actually, I'm with Tydesley. The fact is, no-one rated the Durch at all, coming into these finals, and it's years since they had a good team. They just played far better than anyone expected in the grooup stages.

 

[Sunray]

I thought the Swiss were good, always looking for that forward pass.
The best teams don't concede 3 goals in one game.

Only England and Italy didn't concede in the groups and Italy only conceded 1 in their last game. We all know that's a rare slip.

 

[campanula]

Grief, I sincerely hope England are going to be brave. Yep, the Swiss very composed.

Yep, when Mbappe stepped up, I knew then he was going to fluff it. Had missed many chances (and yeh, pressure)

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I will be listening to Test Match Special tomorrow the last time I did just before the Euros started, one of the team, possibly Jonathan Agnew but not sure, had got Switzerland in their sweepstake and was moaning about it!!

 

[imposs1904]

possible goal of the tournament tbf

Ruined for me by his goal celebration. It was in six parts, ffs.

 

[campanula]

Thank fuckety it's my meds (ahem) pick-up day tomorrow. Expect to be comatose long before Sweden/Ukraine.

 

[two sheds]

i think he fluffed his lines several times tonight - didnt look happy - is why i could imagine him missing his pen

true he did miss a couple

 

[BCBlues]

I've just done a Dominic Cummings and superforecasted Swiss to win on pens.

 

[belboid]

I've just done a Dominic Cummings and superforecasted Swiss to win on pens.

I trust you’ve fiddled an old blog post to support this claim

 

[ska invita]

The best teams don't concede 3 goals in one game.
Only England and Italy didn't concede in the groups and Italy only conceded 1 in their last game. We all know that's a rare slip.

you cant compare the knockout game scorelines with the league section of the tournament

 

[tommers]

 

[Diamond]

Swiss were excellent - a tremendous team performance and much better than the French.

It looked like none of his team-mates went to Mbappe after the miss and he trudged off more or less alone, which I thought was telling..

 

[Lord Camomile]

He's 22, Chris, for fuck's sake.

Oh, and a world champion.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Sutton is a sour faced misery.

 

[BCBlues]

I trust you’ve fiddled an old blog post to support this claim

Shit I didnt think anyone would notice.

 

[Streathamite]

Ruined for me by his goal celebration. It was in six parts, ffs.

sure...but oh! what a goal. I hate to adfmit it, but that was a thing of beauty

 

[Lord Camomile]

What on earth...

 

[skyscraper101]

14 goals. And that's before penaties. Wild.

 

[strung out]

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He's 22, Chris, for fuck's sake.

Oh, and a world champion.

He did fluff his lines. Learnt that football isn't so easy when you're not playing defenders who have just finished a shift at the boulangerie.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Mbappe had a poor tournament. I think he's realising being a great footballer isn't just a matter of being on the pitch.

 

[T & P]

Eh lads.
It's coming home.

Fucking England are going to win this shitting thing if they get through tomorrow

I suspect both your comments were tongue-in-cheek but regardless, given the performances of most of the supposedly minnow nations so far, I’m not so sure anyone should be too confident about playing smaller countries rather than marquee ones.

 

[Streathamite]

I'm still drained after the most astonishing, bonkers, brilliant day of football I have ever witnessed,
"Football - bloody hell!!

 

[two sheds]

and England tomorrow









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[JimW]

Picked the right night to turn in early then

 

[Badgers]

Blimey

Mbappe came into the tournament having scored 41 goals for club and country last season, including winning the French Cup with Paris St-Germain.

But his Euros campaign was a tournament to forget as he failed to score in any of the four games, with his 14 shots without netting is the most by any player to this point.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Picked the right night to turn in early then

If it’s any consolation Jim, I fell asleep & missed the ET & pens