[Football] Euros 2024 - Quarter Finals (Spain vs Germany, Portugal vs France)

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Ridiculous booking of the Portuguese player

Unfortunately we're used to such poor decisions

 

[WhingForPresident]

Mbappe absolutely ghosting again.

Takes a lot for me to want France to win against anyone but yeah, I actually do over this lot. Shit team full of shameless, cheating rats.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Well, we've got tomorrow's anti-football to come.

That's the spirit

 

[BevBHA]

When I saw both games are English officials I feared the worst. I thought Anthony Taylor had a good game in the first game, Michael Oliver got the Paulinha yellow card wrong (wasn’t even a foul) and he should have booked Mendes for diving trying to win a penalty. Other than that I’ve really liked his performance, he’s let the game flow nicely, better than they tend to in the Premier League.

And that’s from someone that spends most the season tearing into them. Credit where it’s due.

 

[Questions]

Brilliant 3rd masseur gag there by our Gary

 

[AlexBH]

Anyone else just find Danny Murphy a really boring and irritating commentator and pundit?

 

[Algernon]

When you watch that Pepe run and challenge, Dembele decides that instead of playing the ball into the area with his right he chooses to dangle his left leg into Pepe hoping for a penalty.
Ha funking ha, didn't work you sausage.

 

[FCB]

Won't happen but I would bring on Barcola for Maskbappe

Ronaldo just sent this ball to Mars.

 

[AlexBH]

That run just sums up Dembele’s career. Lots of promise, but can’t stick the ball in the back of the net.

 

[FCB]

True but he definitely makes games more fun to watch.

 

[AlexBH]

Apparently the crowd were heard singing “It’s just like watching England”

 

[Midget]

Argh that song is really getting on my tits now

 

[WhingForPresident]

Pepe definitely man of the match. Unbelievable how good he still is at 41.

This is all very reminiscent of when Portugal bored their way to winning it in 2016 by winning three games. An England v Portugal game would be a powerful sedative.

 

[Midget]

Oh my god that team talk with ronaldo sitting in the middle

 

[FCB]

Won't happen but I would bring on Barcola for Maskbappe

Ronaldo just sent this ball to Mars.

It actually happened.

 

[allystrat]

When I saw both games are English officials I feared the worst. I thought Anthony Taylor had a good game in the first game, Michael Oliver got the Paulinha yellow card wrong (wasn’t even a foul) and he should have booked Mendes for diving trying to win a penalty. Other than that I’ve really liked his performance, he’s let the game flow nicely, better than they tend to in the Premier League.

And that’s from someone that spends most the season tearing into them. Credit where it’s due.

Taylor could potentially get the final, 50 years after another Taylor did the 74' WCF in Germany.

 

[WestYorkshireSeagull]

Anyone else just find Danny Murphy a really boring and irritating commentator and pundit?

The BBC coverage is one of the few broadcast opportunities to CHOOSE your commentary preference!
Basically you can listen to Radio 5Live commentary instead.

It's not Amazon level where you can turn off the commentary altogether (the nirvana or sports broadcasting), but it is a nice option.

I hope now Kiers in power he will really start to nail down these pesky broadcasters and their inability to write a tiny bit of code to alleviate the pain of most modern sports commentary.

 

[FCB]

Morata banned for the semis after being booked for celebrating. What a bloody clown. I'd ship him home straight after that.

Carvajal was going to miss it anyway, so why not get sent I guess.

Looks like it was Fabian Ruiz who got booked and not Morata.

 

[US Seagull]

I want France to go through. They are worse even than England, so it gives us a glimmer of hope.

Of course, a France vs England final might well be an afront to football as a whole.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

This Portuguese v the french malarkey is brilliant....with the sound off!