Footaball again? The Euro 2024 edition

Oof, and there’s the luck England never seem to experience

Austria have been great. The French bench though, oooooft.

Didn’t catch the earlier two games today, but AUSFRA is a refreshing change from that turgid shite last night.

Are Australia playing?

Mbappe is human after all!

Are Australia playing?

Why, yes, yes they are. It’s like how they get an entry into Eurovision. 😂

This is a great match!

Austria much better than I expected. Surely another french goal is in the post though

Mbappe is human after all!

Fantastic player but not at Messi or Ronaldo’s level, at their peak, for me. Not as good a finisher. Maybe he’ll get there at Madrid.

This ref though is a card happy  ass.

What a fantastic game! Austria were unlucky not to get a point out of that

The ref was poor.

Interestingly Ralf Rangnick looks like he knows his stuff when given adequate players 🙃

Mbappe won’t look so beautiful tomorrow

He can afford a new nose. Good game though, Austria aren’t too bad.

Kante certainly hasn’t lost it

Fantastic player but not at Messi or Ronaldo’s level, at their peak, for me. Not as good a finisher. Maybe he’ll get there at Madrid

In fairness, Ronaldo wasn’t at Mbappe’s level at Mbappe’s age.

I’m not so sure as he’s 25 now.  Ronaldo signed for Real aged 24 after several stellar seasons for ManYoo in all competitions. PSG might dominate Ligue 1 but that is not really a competitive league and the overall standard is still lower than late 2000s Prem. Mbappe has been great for PSG domestically but they’ve often struggled in Europe and he can be anonymous in games (same accusation for Haaland)

Mbappe has been consistently surrounded by fantastic players in the France team whereas Ronaldo has had some mixed quality teammates in  a Portugal shirt .. e.g. Bruno Alves?

Mbappe is probably a better team player though

You’re all talking about the wrong Ronaldo! Mbappe has had a similar trajectory in some ways and he’s overdue a move to a top league. Ronaldo (Luís Nazário de Lima) proved himself in Spain and Italy when they were the best leagues in the world. He was twice Ballon d’Or winner and 3 times FIFA world player of the year plus 2 World Cups – and that was with best part of 3 years of being injured at his peak age. Mbappe has some way to go yet.

Ronaldo, or R9 as the kids call him, was on a completely different level to Mbappe and by 25 was without doubt the best player of his generation. Shame the injuries destroyed him.

R9 was a little prone to weight gain and fitness loss especially when injured but he was a far deadlier striker than Mbappe is at the moment. He didn’t just rely on blistering speed but had a box of tricks as well and incredible ball control.

screamer for the turks!

Got the sound down, sounds like nails down a blackboard.

ooof pick that **** out!

Danny Murphy, who somehow manages to be an even worse commentator than Steve McManomanomanomanoman (quite some achievement) seems to be watching a different match from me

Is 9 the Portuguese one?

Like the stabbed the French players are taking with regards to the French elections.

Would be interesting to see what the England players have to say with regards to the UK elections……

Qué?

even worse commentator than Steve McManomanomanomanoman

At least with Steve the Muppet he’s sometimes so high pitched humans can’t hear him.

Binners – one Murphy gem tonight was that only players feet should count for offside. Really don’t get what the pundits add during the game, just have a commentator and do the analysis at half time.

only players feet should count for offside.

I actually thought that one had a certain logic to it. I always think it’s a bit harsh when a player is judged offside because his head was a bit further forward.

But generally he was full of shite.

Was rooting for the Czechs there, as I used to live in Prague, but a draw would have flattered them a bit tbh

C’mon Scotland!!

What a goal that was

That aged well!

I’m behind the sofa every time the ball goes near Ralston.

Why does McTominay take the corners and free kicks?! He’s 6ft 4 and great in the air!

Huge improvement on game 1 against a decent side

Keep it up !!

Is it Scotland or England that are playing tonight?

Assume you’re referring to a few minutes of England chat at half time?

For balance far too much ‘we’ from the commentators. Woe betide English commentators being so indulgent and straying from BBC impartiality!

Aye, is it not possible to spend 10 mins talking about the game being played? I’ve no problem with bias from the commentators, there was plenty of bias when England played.

Can’t believe anyone believes the BBC is impartial

Cracking game this, feels like a semi final.

Really enjoyed that. Shaqiri’s goal was an absolute pearler, such an incredible strike

Good game. Should have asked the Scottish players about England though – for balance.