# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/261 "2016-07-01T20:34:57Z")
This is the most exciting game of the tournament so far. Wales hanging on up 2-1, but Belgium is attacking and attacking and attacking… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/262 "2016-07-01T20:38:45Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > This is the most exciting game of the tournament so far. Wales hanging on up 2-1, but Belgium is attacking and attacking and attacking… Tense, innit? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/263 "2016-07-01T20:46:47Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > This is the most exciting game of the tournament so far. Wales hanging on up 2-1, but Belgium is attacking and attacking and attacking… No doubt about that. I wanted Belgium to win and give the ugly Portuguese team a good whacking in the semis, but THIS Wales seems capable to teach them a lesson, too. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/264 "2016-07-01T20:52:05Z")
Well done Wales, well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/265 "2016-07-01T20:52:06Z")
Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo meet in the Semi Finals. Urrghhh the big gun always reach deep into tourneys. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/266 "2016-07-01T21:19:27Z")
Hoping for a Wales - Iceland final. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/267 "2016-07-01T21:26:19Z")
Tickled pink that Wales is in the semis. Horrified to think this might mean Portugal makes the final. Portugal didn’t even deserve to make it out of the group stage. Ugly lackluster unattractive play, interspersed with buckets of cynical fouls . ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/268 "2016-07-01T21:30:28Z")
On the bright side, a Portugal win will guarantee that Messi returns to international football. I mean CR7 will be insufferable, or more so than he already is. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/269 "2016-07-01T21:54:02Z")
That was 90 minutes of tension and fun, tomorrow might be less exciting. Nonetheless, go Deutschland! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/270 "2016-07-01T22:57:02Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Example: the current coverage on BBC1 of the quarter-final Wales vs. Belgium game. At half time in a pretty damn good game there’s an post-mortem segment - featuring Frank Lampard on tape, and the studio panel live - about England. C’mon. There will always be an England…although maybe not in footie. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/271 "2016-07-02T03:54:48Z")
Hoping there’ll be some chippy card action between Bale and Ronaldo. They probably won’t cross paths all that much, but Bale does drop back more than Ronaldo does, so maybe… > [@lisiate](#): > > Hoping for a Wales - Iceland final. That, immeasurably. > [@madsircool](#): > > There will always be an England…although maybe not in footie. It might not be an all-British league, but the E.P.L. is the greatest goddamned footy league in the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Sampsiceramos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sampsiceramos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampsiceramos)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/272 "2016-07-02T20:58:23Z")
For anyone wondering what I meant when I said earlier that a lot of scored penalties this tournament should have been called back, the Bonucci equalizer against Germany was a perfect example. Clear misconduct on part of the taker, and it should have been called back. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/273 "2016-07-02T20:59:38Z")
Go Germany, our only hope for stopping Ronaldo and Portugal! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/274 "2016-07-02T21:16:41Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Go Germany, our only hope for stopping Ronaldo and Portugal! Wales will take care of that. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/275 "2016-07-02T21:19:38Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Go Germany, our only hope for stopping Ronaldo and Portugal! Portugal will stop itself. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/276 "2016-07-02T21:35:35Z")
I’ve been curious for a while to see Neuer handle a penalty shootout. Is this his first in an international tournament? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/277 "2016-07-02T21:44:10Z")
These guys don’t look like they’ve ever kicked a ball before. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/278 "2016-07-02T21:51:13Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’ve been curious for a while to see Neuer handle a penalty shootout. Is this his first in an international tournament? He did 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:** [July 2, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/279 "2016-07-02T21:53:35Z")
Oh my nerves, I don’t wanna know my blood pressure right now. These guys normally know how to shoot penaltys, for god’s sake! But all in all, well done and deserved. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004/280 "2016-07-02T21:56:35Z")
That was some pretty horrific penalty-shooting by both sides. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2016-thread/756004.md?page=15)