Euro 2020 - AH Official Thread *READ OP BEFORE POSTING*

Bales unmarked in the box, not even close to hitting the target...

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Surely Wales are safe enough on 4 points?

We have to wait for the final score, and the final score in the other match in the Group. Then the third place team in that group have to be one of the best four out of six. It's all very exciting.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If Wales go out, the player who got sent off might as well go into hiding. The internet will be alive with death threats to him and his family.

Really? :rolleyes:

Impressive strength in depth from Italy there... Wales were lucky Italy already qualified and didn't need a result or we might have seen another 3-0.

Time to followup the Italian game with some Inspector Montalbano...

Muahahaha wrote: »

ah jaysis, what idiot of a commentator said that? Hungary were in the 1954 World Cup final and they might have won it too if the players hadnt been kept awake all night by a massve party right outside their hotel rooms. Some Hungarians believe the West Germans set them right up, the assistant West German manager was discovered staying in the Hungarians hotel the night before the final while the party was ongoing into the wee hours outside.

Expecting commentators to know stuff, or have vocal range suitable for commentary, is like so 20th century.
You know, any actual ability for a position.

Bobblehats wrote: »

So is expecting a round of evening fixtures. What’s going on?

This is why we should have 16 teams in the main competition and the best of the rest in a knockout shield competition to plug the gaps in the TV schedules.
Home advantage goes in order of group performance, as they do in the Superbowl playoffs.

Our appetite has been whetted! Keep feeding us )

Muahahaha wrote: »

ah jaysis, what idiot of a commentator said that? Hungary were in the 1954 World Cup final and they might have won it too if the players hadnt been kept awake all night by a massve party right outside their hotel rooms. Some Hungarians believe the West Germans set them right up, the assistant West German manager was discovered staying in the Hungarians hotel the night before the final while the party was ongoing into the wee hours outside.

Hungary had trashed the Germans earlier in the competition and were red hot favourites for the final (according to what I’ve read anyway ). They had also handed England a 6-3 whooping at Wembley the previous year. Star of the team was the legendary Ferenc Puskas. You’d think the commentator might have heard of him.

Sorolla wrote: »

I think Mancini has given every squad member time on the pitch

I think it was a nice gesture to give the 2nd goalie some time on the pitch

A nice gesture but bringing him on with 3 minutes to go rather than 10 or 15 is kind of like saying I dont really trust my second keeper!

trashcan wrote: »

Hungary had trashed the Germans earlier in the competition and were red hot favourites for the final (according to what I’ve read anyway ). They had also handed England a 6-3 whooping at Wembley the previous year. Star of the team was the legendary Ferenc Puskas. You’d think the commentator might have heard of him.

Yeah that World Cup had plenty of goals, the Hungarians beat South Korea 9-0 in their first game before beating West Germany 8-3 in the second game. But the Germans had rested most of their first team in the group stage game because they didnt want to show Hungary their hand, it seemed to have worked too as they later beat Hungary 3-2 in the final. But theres still controversry to this day over the party outside the Hungarian teams hotel the night before the final. The German assistant manager being seen in the hotel suggests he might have been behind the party, at least thats how many older Hungarians see it to this day. The Hungarian players said they barely had a couple of hours sleep the night before playing the final, they were wrecked going into that game.