Euros 2024 — Day 17

Had to be him didn't it. Great goal sadly.

The good news is that Romania are in this. I can't stand those dickhead orange clown fans with their silly voices, bikes, clogs, and dykes/dycks.

Paul

As Michael Caine said "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."

Hahahahaha I like that. But they are playing well here and enjoying themselves after Romania's bright start.

First time I've seen Romania this tournament.
I never realised Alec Baldwin was their manager!!

Does he do a good Trump? Or should I say King Trump after what those right-wing assholes did in the supreme court yesterday?

that has to be offside

Clearly and yet the Lino who was right in line didn't put his flag up.
What is the point of linemen anymore?

isn't there some sort of equally dumb rule that they have to delay their flag for what I don't fecking know

No rule, just the inane/insane "guidelines" that FIFA, the Prem and other leagues have instructed their officials to adhere to.

In the pantheon of most punchable faces, Van Dik must be right up near the top of the pile.

Koeman is a Dutch occupational surname. Though the name translates as "cow man" in modern Dutch, it is a derivative, via Kooman, of Koopman (= merchant).

Merchant of shite or is cow man some kind of bizarre super hero persona?

Horrible cheating cunt that!

There's that blatant cheating Tony complains about.

We all saw it. What will the powers that be do to stop it?

Nothing, Nada, Zilch.

Paul, they're told to keep their flags down on tight decisions as a mistaken raised flag May rule out a valid goal. The thinking is that VAR will overrule it if it is offside.

I can sort of understand that but, when it's as clear as day as that one was, the linesman should have his flag up. Otherwise, they're only good for spotting foul throws. And I've seen loads of them just ignored!

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liam?

I quite enjoyed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Paul.

Mark #4,

I was thinking he was some weird cross between Alec Baldwin and Carlo!

Great run. Great goal.

Fair Liam. I did too when I was a kid. "I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain, to see for certain, what I thought I knew, and in the east." How the feck do I still remember that?

Okay, then, Liz Truss.

Game over. Some tasty quarter-finals coming up, starting Friday: Spain vs Germany.

Why are there loads of Lonsdale trainees on the pitch?

I didn't realise Leeds were playing.

It changes daily, Paul, but I think it's Jim Ratcliffe atm.

Entitled elitist gobshite.

Most (if not all) of the laws of the game need to be overhauled... asap.

Starting with VAR... it needs to go!

That was an entertaining game helped by the excellent commentators Jacqui Oatley and Warren Barton on Fox Sports.

The Dutch will be no pushovers from now on.

It's a turd, it is vain, it's cow man, meh.

I like Jacqui and Barton too, Ed. Smart commentary.

Ed & Mike,

Barton has improved a lot. In his early days he was all just "Awright mate, nuffink wrong wid dat tackle, give it a welly."

Now, he seems to have brushed up on his elocution and actually started to display some knowledge.

Derek Rae is the one who really gets up my nose and I either mute it or turn the volume very low.

It seems that they only drag him out of the closet and dust him down for tournaments.

This game is showing every sign of being fun as hell.

Two technically gifted teams looking to move the ball quickly and play with purpose.

My late friend would refer to this an Aerosmith game.

Another cracking game underway — surely this is the best Euros ever?

Both teams going for it and Living on the Edge. Amazing. Excellent to watch giving me Sweet Emotion.

Not turning over as I Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Both will do What it Takes to win this. Crazy. Have to Dream On to see England play like this.

Ed,

During the Scotland game, Derek criticized Scotland and then said "By the way, viewers at home, it is okay for me to criticize Scotland because, as you may not realize, I am Scottish."

Really, Del? I thought with the accent you were either from Johannesburg or Delhi.

Kieran, to the average American all those accents sound the same.

Fair enough, Mike.

I guess it's just in America where everyone has exactly the same accent like if you go to the Louisiana Bayou, Harlan County Kentucky, Fargo, North Dakota, or Boston you could be forgiven for thinking all the folks were from Chicago or Oregon.

Just back from a meeting with my dean about a salary increase!

Sounds like I missed a great first half.

Thank God it's the Fletch and Owen show.

How good and exciting are Osterreich but how many more chances will they miss.

Such a fast-paced game. A joy to watch after the coma-inducing borefest France and Belgium served up yesterday.

Fantastic cross and fantastic header but, mein gott, those defenders around him!

Turkey playing prime Dycheball.

Game on. More Dycheball.

Austria would rip the gozzy eyed capitalist twat's turds apart.

Poor from Turkey, not supporting that break and the cut-back.

That guy Demiral is listed on Transfermarkt as being worth €16.00m.

Probably doubled his value in 60 minutes tonight.

C'mon Austria

Simply fantastic stuff!

BBC 5Live commentary is just brilliant.

What a fucking save!

What a save!!!!

That's the save of the year in world football. It'll be online for years to come.

The Turks have finally stormed Vienna.

Great game. Either team would have been deserving quarter finalists. That save though. Wow.

That game was SO FUN.

That's why we love football.

Worthy of David Lawson!

Football can still be absolutely brilliant at times cant it??
What A Save that was as well!
Loved that game.

You will never see a better save than that. Save of the millennium by a country mile. Unbelievable........no other word can describe it.

I think that was one of the best games of soccer I've ever seen.

Exquisite.

Love turkey to win it. No prima Donna's.

Nice one Colin.

Hope Turkey batter the arrogant Orange dyke builders at the weekend

Break out the Efes!

At its best, like tonight, there is no better entertainment than the old togger.

Did you watch that, Southgate, yer fecking Harrogate free market Razzle onanist?

Rob, headed down off wet turf from six yards. Impossible.

Mike, I'd have caught that!!

Paul, Southgate was probably watching re-runs of Corrie while sipping weak, milky tea.

Gutted. I wanted extra time.

It was a great header too. How he kept that out is insane.

I know, Rob. Quick off your line. Commanding your area.

I've said it for years now... Germany are the best footy nation on the planet but, for sheer entertainment, then it has to be Turkey by a fucking mile!

Wish we could sign that Demiral... sigh.

As Kelly Cates said.

Neither of them deserve to go out, the most boring team should perish and let Austria through.

Now I wonder who the hell she could possibly be talking about?

Anyway, she'll get her wish come Saturday.

Very unpopular opinion, it wasn't that good a save. Pretty much bang in the middle of the goal.

Did well to scoop it out but if he hadn't stopped it we'd be saying it was poor. Header should've been better.

Like a lot of clubs, we came close to signing Demiral when he was at Sassuolo. He's earning his fortune out in Saudi now.

Does anyone know if Onana made it to the half-way line?

Kieran, Rae thinks he is under cover because he does not announce that he is a fookin Scotsman!

Anybody still awake east of me should be watching Brazil vs Colombia.

Another great game shaping up.

Mike,

Is Richarlison injured or suspended apparently he's not even on the bench? Mina just a sub. No sign of James, Allen, Bernard or the mid 90s signing Rodrigo.

Seems like an anti-Everton propaganda match!

Kieran, injury. Ankle I think.

More Endrick to watch, which is nice.

James

Cheers for the info. Hope you're doing well mate

I thought it was an incredible save, Shane. I haven't seen it again but it was headed down into the soaking wet surface, which might have inadvertently helped the keeper, but I'm certain that a lot of young Turkish kids who are still to be born will be hearing about that save for the next 30 years!

I thought that the weather helped to contribute towards the game, because there is not many things better than playing football in the teaming rain when there's no wind getting in your face making it harder to breathe. A fantastic game of football.

Very few back passes - well done Turkey - a joy to watch.

Please, please, please, other teams take note of how football should be played ... forwards!!!

I was privileged to watch two great games today, Austria and Turkey, what a great headed goal from Demiral, I think I would buy him and use him as a centre-forward! But what a save, had me almost shouting out with surprise, I really thought that was a goal.

The second game was Brazil v Columbia, another full-on game, both going for it.. yet again James Rodriguez was a real contender for Man of the Match, his distribution was brilliant, and boy did it make you realise what we have missed against one of the best sides in the world he was outstanding. He may have lost pace but his skill is still world class. They could have, should have won it...

Roll on the quarter-finals of Euros and the Copa.. starting to enjoy it now!

England players should be made to watch that Turkey game from last night.

They played no-fear football and just attacked. Compared to our cowardice crap.

Paul,

It's not the players — it's the system they have been told to play that is the problem.

There have been numerous high boot tackles that have been nowhere near hitting anyone in the face...

Cannot VAR establish quickly that the cheating bastards like Kane et al who dive all over the place holding their faces get bloody booked for cheating?

There would be very few players left on the pitch after the hour mark, Gerry, because the beautiful game has long been taking over by cheats. They dress it up and call it professionalism, which means that you're being very foolish, if you don't cheat nowadays, unfortunately.

I heard there was a big fight in the England team's hotel, last night, when Southgate turned off the game after twenty, after telling some of his players not to be getting any big ideas in their heads!

Ha ha, true, Tony - the cheating is one of my biggest hates of football nowadays...