Euro 2016 Group D, Spain v Turkey, 8PM TV3 & ITV

paulie21

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Spain: De Gea, Juanfran, Ramos, Pique, Alba, Fabregas, Busquets, Iniesta, Siva, Nolito, Morata

Turkey: Babacan, Gonul, Topal, Balta, Erkin, Tufan, Inan, Ozyakup, Calhanoglu, Turan, Yilmaz

Bret Hart

2-1 Spain.

GreNoLi

4-1 Spain, Joey Barton pretty decent punditry on tv3.

Mr.Nice Guy

Iniesta was excellent in the previous game so I'm eager to see how he does again. Hopefully Turkey will give it a go.

I'll say 2-1 to Spain.

The Talking Bread

Ah, Joey Barton.................Apres Match will get plenty of mileage out of the Philosopher himself!

The Talking Bread

GreNoLi wrote: »

4-1 Spain, Joey Barton pretty decent punditry on tv3.

Hope he can liven it up. Him and Souness are two characters that could clash easily. There hasn't been much conflict in any of the punditry panels thus far.

Didi Hammann been the best pundit so far.

GreNoLi

Del Bosque should have been put out to pasture.

PeterTheEighth

Does the ball not have to go forward from the tip off any more. I must have missed that memo

madcabbage

That was fast...

PeterTheEighth

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Ah, Joey Barton.................Apres Match will get plenty of mileage out of the Philosopher himself!

I hope he's worth the investment in metal detectors on the studio entrances in Ballymount.

Paully D

A yellow card given early in a game. :eek:

monkey9

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Does the ball not have to go forward from the tip off any more. I must have missed that memo

Yeah, one of the new rules. Doesn't have to go forward anymore.

namloc1980

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Does the ball not have to go forward from the tip off any more. I must have missed that memo

Rule change. It can go in any direction so only 1 player needed now at kick off.

PeterTheEighth

monkey9 wrote: »

Yeah, one of the new rules. Doesn't have to go forward anymore.

Ah yes, at last they have changed that. It's been ruining the game for years.

monkey9

It's weird, but i can actually hear Tony Pulis's Welsh accent for the first time. I never noticed it before.

Harry Palmr

Its the Welsh team's impact on his soul.

GreNoLi

Tea and Busquets.

monkey9

Busquests. :rolleyes:

Flint Fredstone

Busquets :rolleyes:

citytillidie

Feck of Spain boring now with all this play acting

PeterTheEighth

At this level, UEFA should go back through videos of games and rescind yellow cards for anybody punished when their opponents feigns injury and give the card to the person who throws themselves on the ground. That would cure the problem of simulation.

The Talking Bread

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Ah yes, at last they have changed that. It's been ruining the game for years.

who even brought it up at the UEFA/FIFA conference! It really does add so much though!

adox

Busquets being Busquets. Such a talented player and such a sham as well.
It's he who should be getting the yellow not the Turkish player.

SlickRic

Busquets is just vile.

dfx-

disappointed to see Fabregas start, not really convinced he should be in the squad.

Paully D

Poor miss from Pique. That was a superb chance.

Icaras

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

At this level, UEFA should go back through videos of games and rescind yellow cards for anybody punished when their opponents feigns injury and give the card to the person who throws themselves on the ground. That would cure the problem of simulation.

for something so seemly easy to fix it seems there is no will within FIFA for this, didnt Sepp say a few years ago it was part of the game and he done it when he was a player.

PeterTheEighth

lol.. There'll be war if spain score from this. ..

madanall

Spain are mind numbingly boring to watch.

GreNoLi

I really hope Spain don't win the comp.

Mr.Nice Guy

Goal. Morata.

LuckyGent88

Present for the second anyway

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0. Goalito.

Johner

nice finish, Turkey are woeful.

martyos121

Hopefully this'll be the first hammering of the tournament, could very well be at this rate.

Harry Palmr

This Spain are far from the best now with the lack of world class options up top but they still look after the ball better than anyone else. That and Turkey have no real clue

dfx-

another couple of goals and then another yellow card for Ramos would be good for Spain...

SlickRic

Offside.

Mr.Nice Guy

Morata scores again.

Arghus

Looked offside.

Mr.Nice Guy

Iniesta is pulling them apart.

mansize

Clive Tilsley taking the high moral ground for British Isles teams...

~Rebel~

All too easy to break through, though he was definitely a smidge offside.

SlickRic

Forget Payet, Iniesta is Player of the Tournament so far.

dfx-

played out from Turkey's cross at the other end:)

Dick phelan

I just realized i benched Morata in my fantasy football

paulie21

Spain first team to score 3. Surely a record for this far into a tournament

GreNoLi

Hoping for a 4-1 result.

Iniesta should be barred from playing, best European player for a number of years.

Clear Hearts

Iniesta could make a average team win the league, just amazing

GreNoLi

De Gea might as well be out pimping.

J Mysterio

I cant quite make it out but are the Spanish booing the entire time when Turkey get the ball? Thats not very nice. Jasus.