UEFA European Championship 2021

(19-06-2021 16:30 )winsaw Wrote:  if you actually watched the full game

I did watch the full game.

Why, is there a rule somewhere that says I'm only allowed to watch the highlights programme if I didn't watch the full game?

(19-06-2021 11:52 )winsaw Wrote:  England will never win anything with Southgate as manager

Well to be fair he reached a World Cup semi-final, which means he's already achieved more than most England managers have done.

Possibly the best game of the tournament so far going on right now.

Germany currently leading Portugal 4-2. Excellent displays from German attackers Havertz, Kimmich and Goosens. Great match for Saturday night entertainment.

^ And I have it down as a goaless draw (in the competition)

(19-06-2021 18:30 )Charlemagne Wrote:  ^ And I have it down as a goaless draw (in the competition)

Me too, Charle...

(19-06-2021 16:47 )dominar rygel xvi Wrote:  The criticism of England has been way over the top. No game is easy. I've just watched the favourites France toil to a draw against unfancied Hungary.

And now Spain can only draw against Poland, and that's after they could only draw against Sweden.

(19-06-2021 13:59 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  Yeah, I don’t know what Murphy is on about. I thought Foden was our best attacking player.

Murphy's views are supported by Opta, who use a statistical algorithm to produce player ratings and actually sell the detailed data they calculate to both football clubs and countries. Opta ranked Mason Mount as the man of the match, with a rating well ahead of England's other attacking players, and interesting well ahead of Billy Gilmour, who was the UEFA man of the match.

Following completion of the second round of matches in the groups, it's time for another fantasy eleven. The selections are taken from player ratings and team performances from this round. I think this was a good round for both defenders and attackers.

I've decided to go for 4-2-3-1 this time. I couldn't decide between Lewandowski or Isak for the lead forward, so have left that open. I would have picked more Germany players after their demolition of Portugal, but in the interests of fairness I'm not picking more than two players from one country.

Dumfries, right back for Netherlands is becoming one of the players of the tournament and is the only player from cycle one to retain his place in the fantasy eleven. Here's the line-up for round 2:-

Goalkeeper
1 - Gulacsi (Hungary)

Defence
3 - LB - Gosens (Germany)
4 - CB - Maehle (Denmark)
5 - CB / Sweeper - Lacotelli (Italy)
2 - RB - Dumfries (Netherlands)

Midfield
6 - Gilmour (Scotland)
8 - Perisic (Croatia)

7 - Havertz (Germany)
10 - De Bruyne (Belgium, captain)
11 - Bale (Wales)

Center Forward
9 - Lewandowski (Poland) OR Isak (Sweden)

I think Germany now must be the team to avoid at all costs for England until semis again!! I can't see anyone stopping Germany apart fron France or Italy