UEFA EURO 2016

Which country will you root for?

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As an Ireland fan, I'm gutted we didnt get 3 points. We had the better chances (a long range effort rattled the bar, a rare thing indeed for the Irish!) but they bossed the 2nd half. Fair result.

Overall I think we will be more confident going forward than Sweden. We got a win and a draw against Germany in qualifying so we know we can give anyone game.
 
Fellaini and Naingolan are useless today. Lukaku is just another offside camper. On the other side Italy looks like a homogenous team.
 
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Forzaaaaaa!
I'm really happy with the way Italy played tonight. Very fluid and very confident. :clap:
 
Defensively Italy has been brilliant today and took the chances that were offered to them. Could be 4:0 easily if Curtois wasn't in goal.

P. S. Immobile was quite mobile in that counter :P .
 
Not surprised. As I said upon the announcement of Italy's squad, Conte has the right idea. This team isn't strong enough offensively to play attacking football. Great defensive display and good job on attacking on counters.
 
But 3-5-2 works like a charm. It's not the best idea to break up the Chiellini-Bonucci-Barzagli trio if your plan is to play defensive football.
 
Belgium, no worries. Not a good result, but not terrible play either.
And remember, we started Euro '88 with a defeat as well.
 
Forostar said:
Belgium, no worries. Not a good result, but not terrible play either.
And remember, we started Euro '88 with a defeat as well.
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If Belgians want to do something in this Euros, they will need one of their strikers to hit form ASAP. As I said before Lukaku looked like a classic offside camper, Origi seems to be a bit better but his finishing was not there today and Benteke... Well I don't believe that Benteke is the guy.
 
Belgium is playing with the wrong system. They're not playing to the strengths of their best players.

Courtois
Denayer-Alderweireld-Vermaelen-Vertonghen
Nainggolan-Witsel
Carrasco-De Bruyne-Hazard
Lukaku

Is the best lineup possible. They should stop playing De Bruyne on the wing. They have Carrasco and Mertens, no reason to waste De Bruyne's abilities as a #10.

matic22 said:
If Belgians want to do something in this Euros, they will need one of their strikers to hit form ASAP. As I said before Lukaku looked like a classic offside camper, Origi seems to be a bit better but his finishing was not there today and Benteke... Well I don't believe that Benteke is the guy.
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Lukaku's lacklustre play has a lot to do with the lack of help he received out there. He got lost between Italian defenders. You need to someone behind him to receive some of the attention.
 
The Flash said:
But 3-5-2 works like a charm. It's not the best idea to break up the Chiellini-Bonucci-Barzagli trio if your plan is to play defensive football.
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While that may be correct, what I said is also true: they have the players for offensive football, but they choose to play defensive football instead.

Besides, Italy also won their first game in the World Cup, also against the strongest opponent in their group, then proceeded to lose the next two games. We'll see what happens.
 
What I like with Italy is how you can see the passion in the entire team. Just take Buffon when he caught the ball after a Belgian almost-chance near the end. He held it like it was a trophy. The Italian style of play isn't very "emotional" if you catch my drift, it is a professional defensive display which does what it takes to win, but you can see how much the players care.

What I don't like, of course, is that they have a rather cynical style of play in many games. Also, they've been something of a nemesis for Norway. All three times we've been in the World Cup, we've gone out due to a one goal defeat to Italy. And of course it was against Italy we blew the direct qualification for this tournament ... It's now been 25 years since we last beat them in a competitive match (in the qualification for EURO 1992).
 
Austria-Hungary match is following the story of the tournament so far. Fun to watch, but features a shortage of goals.
 
Portugal 1 - 1 Island.

Island Win. Well fucking played. A country with less than half a million inhabitants. Probably 10% of total inhabitants at the stadium :p
 
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Group F was the first group where both of the matches played were really fun to watch, I think.

I think it's been a really fun tournament so far. We're lacking the goals but it's not for a lack of attempts.
 
The Flash said:
I think it's been a really fun tournament so far. We're lacking the goals but it's not for a lack of attempts.
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It's been pretty boring IMO. At least there were no goalless draws. All matches had 1, 2 or 3 goals scored. Teams are playing it safe because one victory can easily get you into the next round, due to the possibility of 3 teams progressing from one group.
 
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