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1 hour ago, ToastJenkins said:

You are all an embarassment to sports

Que?

:P

 

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Even first half for the most part. Not the greatest Dutch squad ever to take the pitch but they are serviceable. 

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Massive representation from Ajax in the Dutch squad. 

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Red card and now down 1-0.  Not looking good for the Dutch today.

 

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The 'other' Hazard scores for Belgium.  Nice strike as the ball sliced away from the keeper.

 

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Dutch **** the bed.  Belgium really needs to make this one their tourney.

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53 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Dutch **** the bed.  Belgium really needs to make this one their tourney.

They won but did they? 

Kevin De Bruyne hurt again and Eden Hazard hurt with a hammy. 

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8 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

They won but did they? 

Kevin De Bruyne hurt again and Eden Hazard hurt with a hammy. 

They didn’t look convincing by any stretch. They do get another chance. 

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7 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

They didn’t look convincing by any stretch. They do get another chance. 

Agreed. I actually think the Belgium side are not to convince anyone despite their talented team.

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13 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Spain sucks 

Definitely a shell of what they once were. So many of their most promising youngsters never delivered on their potential. There’s no Ramos or Iniesta or Xavi or Torres to be found.

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Exciting match.  Spain picked it up today.

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I admit I don't know most of Spain's players, at least not well enough.  There was some bad D on both sides of the pitch today plus a total howler from Spain's keeper for the opening goal.  Still, even in ET you don't see many 5-3 scores. 

 

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Two nutty games today. 14 goals already and it ain’t over yet. 

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Looks like we're heading for another ET match.  This time France blows a 3-1 lead late as The Swiss tie it up in the 90th minute.  France are considered the favourites to win the tourney so if The Swiss can find a way then it's a huge upset.

 

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Wow. I hate pks. Favorite gone. 

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19 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Wow. I hate pks. Favorite gone. 

Well, if they wanted to advance, they probably shouldn't have blown a two goal lead in the final ten minutes of regulation. 

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So on one half of the bracket we have:

Belgium v Italy

Switzerland v Spain

And the other half we have:

Denmark v Czech Republic

England/Germany v Sweden/Ukraine

Seems Italy have played the best of the lot thus far, but it's one match at a time and anything can happen in that one match.  I'm not seeing a clear favourite here.  Denmark winning would be Cinderella story after what happened to Eriksen the first match.  England is sort of like the 76ers here, with a path to the Final if they don't implode, but since '66 they keep imploding.  Belgium v Italy is the premiere match 'on paper' for the next round.

 

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7 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Well, if they wanted to advance, they probably shouldn't have blown a two goal lead in the final ten minutes of regulation. 

Oh sorry.  I wasn't complaining about France getting knocked out.  The pk reference was just an observation.  I just hate pks.  I agree with you that France deserved their fate for letting it get that far.

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