euro 2016!
News
- 8% of Icelanders are off to Euro 2016 in France Their team should do well
- Gareth Bale on Wales: ‘We have a lot more pride and passion than England’ Well, when it's your first tournament in 58 years, I can see how that would happen, especially after the incident with Gary Speed. England qualify for tournaments has a matter of course, and then we just... choke when we get there. Gareth Bale feeling himself, I guess
- David de Gea named in sexual assault case but denies any involvement I spent far too much time last night reading about this in BOTH English and Spanish
- French police tactics could lead to more Euro 2016 violence: expert I do remember some Everton supporters being roughly manhandled when they were there for a Europa match, but still -1998 lives on in infamy
- Why I Love Playing in the Euros Jerome Boateng
Pictures
SMH @ England. Let me tuck my flag in my pocket on the way to the stadium. I'm going to have to leave my OT3 poster at home, sorry secondhalfhatrick. Supposedly the English fans were drinking at the bar and got bottled by Ultras on this side of the world?
Some English and Russian fans kicked off. An English fan got thrown in the harbour! I've been down there, it's pretty deep, and quite near to the restaurants. He was seen swimming back to shore. Hope it sobered him up
Euro 2016 begins!
Commentary will be minimal because I have to leave in an hour
I will assume that austerity and strikes hit France with this opening ceremony because it didn't feel big or busy enough- but the flyover by the plans (seen above) was awesome
I... have no words. I kinda expected cancan girls, something a bit crisper, idek
I don't mind Guetta, but erm... the music could have been better. But! Euros have begun!
Guetta had a tie in with UEFA where you had to upload your voice humming a bit of the song, and he then mixed it in the track for over a million voices. I uploaded my voice file #noshame
The dancers
There's a lot of the police around, the security is visible. At least they aren't on strike? The rubbish men, and pilots will be on strike, there will be a national strike on the day I'm looking to leave France. FML
France 2- 1
Cue Pogba doing his prayer, and tumblr fangirls are all, "OMG, he's Muslim? B-but his name is Paul!" I- girl? That's not how this works? I know Muslims called David
Giroud scored the first goal, Payet assisted
Romania clawed one back!
Then Payet did this
Every picture like this sends a far right politician scurrying into the shadows
Greizmann went missing
The game had some rough parts
--and scenes!
Lloris and Payet
Payet and Lloris after the match
NGL, I'm not enamoured of Payet at all. He dives too much and too easily for my liking. It's irksome that he gets rewarded for it too
That being said, his performance added some £££s to his contract
French wags
Payet's wife.
Giroud's wife and kid. Sorry not even a French woman can make the Nike kit look good
Sagna's wife. I had to look him, tbh. He plays for Man City?
Lloris' wife, I do like her style. She normally looks polished but comfortable
This jacket is OTT but I love it! Matuidi's wife
Okay, the blue shirts don't look that bad. I hope I change my mind about the England red ones
Copa America
Argentina 5- 0 Panama
What's this about Messi being a secret ginger? Facial hair can be different from the hair on top of one's head? I...
Messi came on and BOOM- highest scorer in Copa America!
Ottamendi scored and played well.
Chile 2- 1 Bolivia
Vidal did quite well!
Bolivia drew one back, but Chile prevailed in the end!
OP: done! Someone please do the tags! I won't (shouldn't) be around tomorrow, since I'm going to the match tonight, then I'm on a train to some village I can't pronounce and don't know the name of straight after. Will try and do a round up on Monday. COME ON, ENGLAND! COME ON, ENGLAND! (like Brenda Starr, I still believe)