# UEFA Euro 2016 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 29, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004 "2016-05-29T16:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/201 "2016-06-27T17:22:44Z")
If I didn’t know better, I wouldn’t think this was a match between two powerhouses. Italy is dominating every aspect of the game. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/202 "2016-06-27T17:54:24Z")
So, Spain are out. So are Germany.😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/203 "2016-06-27T18:41:10Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > So, Spain are out. So are Germany.😃 Not so fast, we have a score to settle with Italy just as they had with Spain ;). But I’m absolutely impressed how Italy played Spain, as well as Belgium. It’ll be interesting to see how Jogi Löw can learn from those matches and develop a strategy for the quarter final. Italy is always hard to play, NOBODY knows this better than Germany. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/204 "2016-06-27T18:50:00Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Not so fast, we have a score to settle with Italy just as they had with Spain ;). But I’m absolutely impressed how Italy played Spain, as well as Belgium. It’ll be interesting to see how Jogi Löw can learn from those matches and develop a strategy for the quarter final. Italy is always hard to play, NOBODY knows this better than Germany. You need a proper striker. That has been lacking. You actually have a potentially great one in Mario Gotze (I hear he scored a goal in some big match a few years ago), hoever he needs to stop pretending to be a False 9 and start hanging of the shoulder of the last defender like Klose used to. He certainly is up to that (see said big match). Failing that, this ruthless Italian defence will cause attacks to peter out before they reach the box. Did you see just how much beautiful passing the Spaniards did in this game and the sweet fuck all it got them. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/205 "2016-06-27T19:02:39Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > You need a proper striker. That has been lacking. You actually have a potentially great one in Mario Gotze (I hear he scored a goal in some big match a few years ago), hoever he needs to stop pretending to be a False 9 and start hanging of the shoulder of the last defender like Klose used to. He certainly is up to that (see said big match). > > Failing that, this ruthless Italian defence will cause attacks to peter out before they reach the box. Did you see just how much beautiful passing the Spaniards did in this game and the sweet fuck all it got them. I think after Draxler’s excellent match yesterday, Mario Götze is kinda burned for this tournament, at least I don’t expect him to play against Italy. Remember that he wasn’t a regular player in the 2014 World Cup also, though in the end he had his great moment. But he never kept that promise afterwards, again not in this Euro. And I don’t think he is of much use still closer to the goal, he just hasn’t the physical requirements for a center forward. But Mario Gomez seems to be back, and I see him as a good match for the Italian central defense. Italy will play similar to today, but maybe Löw surprises us and adapts his system to the way Italy played so far. Anyway, this has the potential for an even better match than today’s. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/206 "2016-06-27T19:03:32Z")
Well there goes my bracket. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/207 "2016-06-27T19:07:21Z")
Wow, what a start for the England-Iceland match :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/208 "2016-06-27T19:19:46Z")
English goalies, tst tst… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/209 "2016-06-27T19:21:43Z")
WTf? ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/210 "2016-06-27T19:24:56Z")
England. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Genuinely spent the first 20 mins laughing at us. Was it ever in doubt that we’d shit the bed? This is why no sane England fan thinks we have any chance at any tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/211 "2016-06-27T19:26:21Z")
England could not have drawn an easier opponent… and then this? England is the Dallas Cowboys of European football. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/212 "2016-06-27T19:30:06Z")
I already see the headlines for tomorrow: “BREXIT. AGAIN.”. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/213 "2016-06-27T19:39:47Z")
We should be fair. Wales are hanging in there still. Inevitable references to Brexit tomorrow though in the press. Already Twitter is afire with people taking the piss out of us and using the referendum vote to do so. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/214 "2016-06-27T19:40:36Z")
> [@Cumbrian](#): > > England. > > Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. > > Genuinely spent the first 20 mins laughing at us. Was it ever in doubt that we’d shit the bed? This is why no sane England fan thinks we have any chance at any tournament. Although there are still 65 minutes left, Roys selection priorities leave a lot to be desired. Why is Raheem-a-waste-of-Sterling starting? Why is Vardy on the bench? Why is Kane still taking set pieces? ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/215 "2016-06-27T20:14:00Z")
Come on Iceland - finish us off and put us out of our fucking misery over here. That bicycle kick nearly did the job. Why Hart wasn’t off his line for the huge looping cross that came in, that would have given him ample time to call and clear his defenders out of the way, is anyone’s guess. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/216 "2016-06-27T20:42:31Z")
No matter how devastatingly bad England are, you must admire Iceland’s heart and spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/217 "2016-06-27T20:44:04Z")
Rooney has been terrible all game and it’s taken until the 85th minute - the 85th minute! - in a game we’re losing 2-1 to take him off. We deserve everything we’re getting here. We’ve been utterly abject. ETA: And yes, to EinsteinsHund’s point, Iceland have done what they needed to, been compact and played well. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/218 "2016-06-27T20:50:51Z")
Un-be-fucking-lievable! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/219 "2016-06-27T20:51:35Z")
Island! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/220 "2016-06-27T20:52:19Z")
But I feel for you guys, in the 2000 and 2004 Euros, we had similar teams. We even coined a phrase for that kind of football: Rumpelfußball. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004.md?page=12)