Beren

England to win 3-2 40/1

Sterling feels so unthreatening. No confidence in him to ever use the ball decisively.

Wally hasn't even blinked during this game.

Wasn't a fan of Japan at the start of the tournament, but they really won me over. I do wonder whether other sides underestimate them, and how much that plays to their advantage. Belgium really stood off for the second goal and were beautifully punished.

:lol: wasn't me, but it's funny as shit. All caps was a lovely touch.

Aye proper rattled by your chronic patter

What spin

Much as I hate you Mike, there’s no way Beren should be allowed to change names after what he did. Imagine being Beren and thinking we forgot. Shit shoe wearing jersey tucked into khakis motherfucker. Disregard if it wasn't you, buddy. What'd Beren do? Motherfucking nothing! Catching shit for nothing. Pack of bastards.

Gutted. Wanted to put £50 on Belgium at 2-0 down, but had to put my son to bed and the odds tumbled to 4/1 when I got back and Belgium had pulled one back. Ugh.

Perplexing how they took their foot off Japan's throat after they equalised.

Only that one Danish dude had an actual good penalty kick. I hate how nobody seems able to take pens anymore. It’s baffling to me that top class players can’t tuck a penalty into the top corner nearly every time. Not like right in the corner but it doesn’t have to be to be nearly unsavable. I can manage it with like 50% of my penalties and I’m not up to much. Yup, professionals can't hit it into a metre by metre square in the top corner? Nahhh. Does not compute.

Gerrin

I absolutely hate the go round the goalie bollocks man. Had all the time it he world to just pick his spot and shoot. Serves him right in a way. Faffing about. Don't so much going round. It's a classy move if you succeed, but once you've gone round, and got the angle... shoot! Don't try and run it in.

Can't believe Rebic didn't score though before he was fouled!! Absolute mental scenes. Hard to bet against a team with a Schmeichel in goal!

Incredible

Not digging this Croatia kit.

A rare occasion. Both Euro finals, basically most match where the opposition is half decent and wants to actually play football. I agree that the matches where they're trying to break down teams can be dull, but how you come to the conclusion that that's their own fault and it's them that are playing anti-football is beyond me. For me, their anti-football is defined by their lack of ambition to score. If they get a lead, they are happy to deprive the opposition of the ball for the rest of the game. It's more reprehensible than a Russian/Greece anti-football manifestation because they have the quality (in fucking abundance) not to be that way and put on a show. Only Germany and Belgium scored more goals than Spain in the qualifiers. They scored twice the amount that England and France did, for example. Only Russia, Croatia, Belgium and England scored more than Spain in the group stages. Must confess, I only watch them in tournament football and therefore all my views are restricted to seeing them play in that arena.

Yeah. I disagree with your assessment. When they need a goal, they play the ball forward far more regularly. When they don't, their strategy is to exhaust the opposition.

A rare occasion. Both Euro finals, basically most match where the opposition is half decent and wants to actually play football. I agree that the matches where they're trying to break down teams can be dull, but how you come to the conclusion that that's their own fault and it's them that are playing anti-football is beyond me. For me, their anti-football is defined by their lack of ambition to score. If they get a lead, they are happy to deprive the opposition of the ball for the rest of the game. It's more reprehensible than a Russian/Greece anti-football manifestation because they have the quality (in fucking abundance) not to be that way and put on a show.

ponsaelius

Can't believe people thought De Gea was in Schmeichel's league

Spain providing balance to all the excitement in the knockout stages so far.