Round of 16

[carolinablue232]

Credit to the Portuguese coaching staff, they had the keeper well educated on the Slovakian pens

Seems he studied the Slovenians as well.

 

[summerisle]

So the Gypsy Kings?

*frantically tries to think of a song in Spanish - fails miserably.

 

[Drico]

I feel like its been more akin to a really bad album with one belter song on it.

And we haven't got to the belter yet...

 

[Drico]

*frantically tries to think of a song in Spanish - fails miserably.

The Ketchup Song?

 

[DualityNSNO]

*frantically tries to think of a song in Spanish - fails miserably.

Macarena?

 

[summerisle]

Macarena?

It was either that, or Y Viva Espana. Cultured me.

 

[devogue]

 

[Billy Dean]

Gonna have to check who the u21 champs are to see which generation roblerto will waste next.

Not a bad shout this. Southgate is almost certain to leave after this tournament and Roberto knows English football inside out

 

[YoboCopter]

mbappe ronaldo and kane all been propa crap havent they

 

[Papa Shango]

mbappe ronaldo and kane all been propa crap havent they

At least Mbappe had an excuse of his nose falling off.

 

[paultheblue]

The Portuguese were proper crap absolutely clueless going forward , Roberto needs to drop Pepe and Ronaldo. Pepe will get destroyed in the later rounds.
Also it is doing my head in the number of players skying shots over the bar and missing by 6ft, the goal is 24 foot wide by 8 foot high practice your shooting you lazy gets.

 

[Drico]

Imagine being Diogo Costa. You make a match-saving one-on-one stop against the odds to force penalties, and then save all three of the opposition's penalties and, yet, you're still supposed - along with all of your team-mates and your manager - to carry Ronaldo's baggage. Literally.

 

[Vintage]

After a decent group stage the knockout games have been fairly crap so far

 

[the golden visionary]

What a scintillatingly awful take on a legitimately world class player.

Who's he talking about, it's not rodri is it?

 

[Drico]

After a decent group stage the knockout games have been fairly crap so far

Being a football nerd of a certain vintage, I collect high-quality recordings of great football matches. My video collection gave way to DVDs, and they have given way to hard drives/USB storage, etc. So, I like to collect the truly great games over the years and occassionally rewatch them at my leisure as the decades pass.

Every tournament adds a few matches to my collection. This one? Not a bean yet. I have recorded all of the highlights, but there isn't a single match worthy of a full rewatch after the event. I expect that will change before the end, but it's a good barometer of whether I think the quality has been up to much.

Germany-Spain might be the one. We live in hope.