Euro 2016

[DaveF]

So, only one British team left in... A strong Welsh element in England's elimination, with fine performances from Gylfi Sigurðsson and especially Aron Gunnarsson.

Time for a quick complaint about the constant description, even in the Welsh media, of this tournament as "Wales's first since 1958".  Not so - they got to the quarter-finals of what was then called the European Nations Cup in 1976.  Even Gabby Logan, daughter of Terry Yorath, one of the team of '76, doesn't seem to be aware of this.

[Jo498]

I did not see England - Iceland... unfortunately... as I expected an easy win for England...
Italy - Spain was pretty good. Spain was lucky in the first half but very unlucky in the end. Taking both halfs into account, 1:1 and overtime would have been o.k. although overall Italy was better.

Italy - Germany is going to be quite tough and probably the decisive match of the tournament. Whoever wins this will certainly have a very good chance for the title (unless France rises to the occasion - but what they showed so far would not be enough against Italy I think)

[vandermolen]

England's performance was the 'icing on the cake' (no pun intended) for what has been going on in the country.
Iceland are apparently managed by a dentist.

[Spineur]

Semi-finals

Portugal-Wales
France-Germany

Wales may get into the final as Portugal has not won a single match in regular time despite Ronaldo.  Quite a disapointing team.

Germany should be the other finalist even if France has been steadily improving through its matches.

[Jo498]

Germany - France is going to be fairly tough with 3 German players injured (Gomez is out, Khedira probably too, Schweini might be able to play but probably not a full match).
For the other one Wales is my favorite. Portugal has been disappointing forever (basically since they lost to Greece in 04...) but especially this time.

[Spineur]

Final France-Portugal

[Christo]

Quite a disapointing team.