Euro 2024 Qualifiers & Tournament

It was nice to see a goalkeeper not diving the wrong way.

(01-07-2024 21:29 )SecretAgent Wrote:  With every minute Portugal fail to score against Slovenia it makes Englands performance against them more credible.

Always good to see Ronaldo crying like a baby too

Bloody winker

(01-07-2024 22:02 )Regenerated Wrote:  Says a lot about the game when man of the match is (arguably) Portugal's keeper Diogo Costa. Terrific penalty saves.

Heartbreak for Slovenia but their defensive masterclass won hearts and fans there for me.

You can read too much into body language, but every one of the Slovenia penalty takers marched up to the spot looking like they were as surprised as anyone to be there. I would have bet against every one of them.

But I agree — tremendous defensive effort to get that far in the first place. In fact, but for the missed Ronaldo penalty (which was debatable in any event), Slovenia probably had the best chances in regular time.

A creditable performance across the whole competition.

In terms of entertainment value overall, has euro 2024 delivered any more drama, entetainment, compared to past tournaments?

Slovenia are the seventh country to fail to score in a tournament shootout (but the first to do it at the Euros).

I hope we can avoid it on Saturday

Proper old end to end stuff between Turkey and Austria. Good old fashioned tear up.
No faffing. Everyone just getting on with it .

However in the stands the events are not so good with objects being hurled at various players on corner kicks . I mean FFS.

Quarter final draw:

Spain v Germany - Stuttgart
5pm on 5th July - ITV1

Portugal v France - Hamburg
8pm on 5th July - BBC1


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Netherlands v Turkey - Berlin
8pm on 6th July - ITV1

England v Switzerland - Dusseldorf
5pm on 6th July - BBC1

With a strong start in the group stages, Austria was a darling dark horse of the punditry. Now they’re out.

The other darling has been Switzerland.

Let’s hope history repeats itself.