Poland v Slovakia, 14 June, 5pm, ITV

[Lord Camomile]

Blimey, that goal was a bit of a surprise, in a number of ways...

 

[two sheds]

bit unfair blaming it on the goalkeeper I thought - deflected off defender and bounced back onto him from the post.

 

[Lord Camomile]

"Tactical foul, I call this one, it's not cynical, it's needed"

Instinctively that felt wrong, and that "tactical fouls" and "cynical fouls" are the same thing, but now I'm thinking about it, are they?

 

[Lord Camomile]

bit unfair blaming it on the goalkeeper I thought - deflected off defender and bounced back onto him from the post.

Yeah, those are always shit. I guess maybe they're saying he should have done better in the first place, not let it get to the post, particularly his near post?

 

[two sheds]

They seem to be going down very easily, bit of a push and they suddenly fall over 5 yards later

 

[Rebelda]

It's very annoying, and it's working because you can see the polish players getting frustrated.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ugh, I get so frustrated with that; players get the ball in what you might call the "Frank Lampard/Paul Scholes zone", just outside the box, and instinctively feel the have to have a shot from there, despite the fact they clearly don't have the ability of a Lampard or a Scholes.

This may be more than a little influenced by how many times it happens in the park-level games I've played in.

 

[two sheds]

hehe commentator surprised goal wasn't credited to Svk player "why not?" errm because it bounced in back off the goalkeeper most probably.

 

[JimW]

If the Czechs and Slovaks had stuck together they could have pissed this tinpot tournament.

 

[two sheds]

Bloody hell - one man down poland may lose this

 

[editor]

Poland aren't looking too likely to turn this around.

 

[two sheds]

commentator after Poland player goes close "Well he scored twice in the runup - well one of them was an own goal actually"

 

[Cloo]

* Cheers on mother's homeland from afar * SLOVENSKO!