No Turkey vs Russia 3rd/4th place playoff?

[AverageJoe]

No?

Am I being dim? Is it on TV? Is it happening?

I thought there was always a playoff for 3rd and 4th.

Please put me right

 

[T & P]

Such game does not exist I'm afraid.

It's only the World Cup that stages a 3rd/4th place game. The Euros don't bother with it.

 

[Epico]

That's right, the last was 1980.

I've never seen the point of them tbh.

 

[isitme]

Imagine if Turkey v Russia had been the final, it would have been a sad day for maps

 

[imposs1904]

That's right, the last was 1980.

I've never seen the point of them tbh.

Usually I don't bother with the 3rd/4th place bobbins but what with this being such a brilliant tournament, I feel a little bit cheated.

I don't want this tournament to end, because I'll have to fall back on watching the MLS on tv until the football season starts again in Britain.

 

[stavros]

I know Euro 96 didn't have one, which would've been England-France.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I bet it would have been a better match to watch than the final...

 

[stavros]

The only consitently good England team I can remember vs the foundations of the 98 World Cup winners. I would definitely have been up that.