Euro 2016 begins!

Lets be honest I really care about is Portugal not winning the tournament. Other than that whoever plays best from Germany/France I’d like to win, logic says Germany but emotionally would prefer France and always great for the home Nation to triumph. Low scoring semi (cagey as above) probably a 1-0

Was very cute in the park earlier as a big group of school kids (8 or 9 ?) where all walking along singing “allez les blues”

So who are we cheering on tonight?

The French presumably? Or do we think only the Germans will beat Portugal’s fun sucking football?

aye no been a great tourney bongo, best things about it have been wales and iceland…

Fyi, for the betting types, I already jinxed france along with wales earlier! 😆

So who are we cheering on tonight?

Germany. All. The. Way!

…plus I get £50 if they win the tournament 🙂

Best get my Marseillaise in early:

Edit: the neighbours were singing along but but by the time I’d managed a reasonably clean take they’d given up.

Better get my German national anthem in early…

Maybe a bit of Thomas Mueller dancing…

Could be anything, this. I’ve not bet on it as I’ve lost quite enough these last few weeks. Unlike Mrs Binners who has absolutely cleaned up! 😕

It’s irrelevent anyway. Before it all started I put money on France or Germany to win the tournament. So I have therefore cursed Whoever goes through tonight to lose to Portugal. Probably on penalties, just to make it even worse 🙁

Germany looking like England…for a brief second.

french started bright. doubt the germans game plan would be to go at them from the off though.

Muller really is off it.

Good game for the relatively neutral.

Shades of Euro 96, the Germans against the host in their home stadium. Anyone remember how that ended?

On a side-note, I’d like to recommend the following:

Wouldn’t pay a fiver for it, but on offer at £3, it’s bloody lovely.

Should have been a pen.

Did the French blow their load in the first 5 mins?

nah it was outside the box.. all a bit frantic.. come on you coqs .. what you meant was did the coqs just blow it all in the first 5 minutes? Anyway i’m sure they will recover.

you think german can keep the baw for the full 90 minutes? 😀 impressive 15 minutes from them there.

Why have the Germans got Greg Minaar in goal?

france must be getting frustrated here.

france must be getting frustrated here.

So must Germany – not able to turn their possession into clear cut chances.

France being made to look very ordinary apart from the first 5 mins.

Tight game as I predicted, maybe I should stick to politics 😉

Germany still look like england in their first few games but with a better goalie

Griezmann you little diver.

…muller. Stop that. Hold it up rather than that shit.

the germans should just pass it into the net. these shots from outside the box are getting them nowhere.

Giroud is slow.

should also look around him, that tackle was telegraphed beforehand!! 😆

Muller is having a shocker. But who else do they have?

Giroud was so slow! Running in treacle

Erm….what?

Edit: Harsh.

This ref is a bit of a homer –

a few decisions are going their way

Well, well, well.

harsh 1-0

Ref pandering to the home fans. Ridiculous decision.

Oh dear 😕

Ref pandering to the home fans. Ridiculous decision.

He’s not given much to the germans

WTF?!!! 😯

Harsh against fhe Germans – do I care 🙂

Edit: Maybe ref was fed up with Schweinstiger trying to buy a pen at the other end. Pretty daft to jump at the ball hand first

The ref saw his chance, and he went for it.

He evidently has a bet on half-time/full time.

Harsh? No! That was a stonewall pen – can’t have your hands up there…

Same as Boeteng in the last German game, why the **** does he have his arms up so close to the ball, he has given the ref a decision to make as harsh as it may be.

Boetengs was understandable, as he star jumped into it.

Evra headed the ball onto Schweinsteiger’s arm. Whether his arms should be there or not, it was not deliberate, and he was not attempting to redirect the ball.

It’s a goal, tho, so meh.

Harsh? No! That was a stonewall pen – can’t have your hands up there…

No way was that deliberate.