EUROS FINAL. FT: ENGLAND 1 - 2 SPAIN

[chrisp_1927]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Hungary look bloody awful. Switzerland could/should have had 4 or 5 in that first half. 2 good finishes for the Swiss goals aswell. If Switzerland really click on the 2nd half this could get very messy for Hungary

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

2-1 after Hungary had missed a great chance a couple of minutes earlier - could be a good last quarter of the game.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Switzerland score a third in added time as Hungary chase an equaliser, game over - based on the two matches played so far, it’s hard to see Scotland beating either of these two.

[BLUETIT]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Observations from the first 2 games
Both Refs have been anonymous and better than anything in the Ingurlish leagues

[xsnaggle]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Observations from the first 2 games
Both Refs have been anonymous and better than anything in the Ingurlish leagues

I thought the Ref in the Scotland game was excellent. Clear decisions, no drama, he almost seemed disinterested, but he had complete control.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: FT: GERMANY 5 - 1 SCOTLAND. Match thread

What’s happened to Scotland? Eighteen months or so ago, they were one of Europe’s form sides, but this result has not come out of the blue, their results have been poor and I think Steve Clarke would have been under pressure in different circumstances. It’s hardly as if they’re an old side going over the top together - this time last year I would have backed them to get through the group they’re in and they still could, they’re not a great side, but they should be better than they’ve been showing lately.

I see some parallels with us under Mark Hughes. We had a calendar year when we were invincible then our form slipped drastically and we were lucky to finish with a playoff against Ukraine. I've always reckoned that, had we beaten them, we'd have been battered in Euro 2004 as we were playing poorly. Sadly, Hughes started the next campaign, which started disastrously, and that was the end of him.

Perhaps Scotland have had their spell where everything has been great and now it's back to normal, as we did back then?

[MacAdder]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

I thought the Ref in the Scotland game was excellent. Clear decisions, no drama, he almost seemed disinterested, but he had complete control.

Always liked Clement Turpin and I reckon he has a very good chance of taking charge of the final if France don't make it.

[MacAdder]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Luka Modric has 175 caps :yikes:

[MacAdder]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

I see some parallels with us under Mark Hughes. We had a calendar year when we were invincible then our form slipped drastically and we were lucky to finish with a playoff against Ukraine. I've always reckoned that, had we beaten them, we'd have been battered in Euro 2004 as we were playing poorly. Sadly, Hughes started the next campaign, which started disastrously, and that was the end of him.

Perhaps Scotland have had their spell where everything has been great and now it's back to normal, as we did back then?

Was it not Hughes managing the team that went to Montenegro (who had just sacked their manager) for a draw and came a copper by losing late on?

If he'd have just gone for the jugular we would not have needed the playoff game.

Wasn't that against Russia, or am I mixing up my Wales failures?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Brilliant goal doubles Spain’s lead over Croatia - Spain not too clever at the back though.

Another very watchable game.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Was it not Hughes managing the team that went to Montenegro (who had just sacked their manager) for a draw and came a copper by losing late on?

If he'd have just gone for the jugular we would not have needed the playoff game.

Wasn't that against Russia, or am I mixing up my Wales failures?

Think it was Serbia we lost 1-0 to in the group stage before the Play Off loss to Russia - you’re right about Hughes being over cautious in both games.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Was it not Hughes managing the team that went to Montenegro (who had just sacked their manager) for a draw and came a copper by losing late on?

If he'd have just gone for the jugular we would not have needed the playoff game.

Wasn't that against Russia, or am I mixing up my Wales failures?

You're right, it was Russia. I'm getting old!!

Had to check the group. We were 4 points adrift of Italy in the end. The group started with Yugoslavia taking part and changing to Serbia and Montenegro. There was some infighting with the players from what I remember, resulting in them picking up only 1 point from 2 games against Azerbaijan.

Italy only drew at home to Yugoslavia, so after we'd won our opening 4 games we could have lost in Italy and qualified with 3 wins. As it was, 2 would have been enough. Unfortunately for us, all of S&M's main players decided to return and they did the double over us, while we also failed to beat Finland at home, winning 1 point from the last 4 matches. That Finland game Finnished us off. We would have been a point clear of Italy with a last home game over S&M to come, but ended up needing Azerbaijan to get a result in Italy, which they didn't manage. Alternatively, had Serbia & Montenegro not had their problems and beaten Azerbaijan twice, they'd have won the group in the end.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

3-0.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Dion Dublin: "The key to the game so far is the wide players for Spain, Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams. Their wideplay is stretching the pitch so wide and making it so big that it is forcing the Croatian defenders to cover the whole width of the pitch, which is leaving gaps all over the place."

None of that inverted winger shit then.

[BLUETIT]

Re: EURO'S thread. Saturday 15th June 2024.

Dion Dublin: "The key to the game so far is the wide players for Spain, Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams. Their wideplay is stretching the pitch so wide and making it so big that it is forcing the Croatian defenders to cover the whole width of the pitch, which is leaving gaps all over the place."

None of that inverted winger shit then.

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