Golden Generation v Golden Ball - BEL-POR

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

This could be a cracker. I expect more than a few people even expected this to be the final. I really want this generation of Belgian players to win something but if they wilt in the face of you-know-who (no, not Hal Robson-Kanu) it won't be a surprise.

[Sunderporinostesta]

Wrighty doesn’t know who he is!

[RobW]

Massive chance for Jota early doors and he hits it horribly wide of the far post.

[Bored Of Education]

How long's he been waiting to use the postman/delivery gag?

[Ray de Galles]

Imagine being the team mate standing at a free kick with Ronaldo pretending you might take it.

[Ray de Galles]

How long's he been waiting to use the postman/delivery gag?

Didn't hear it, the Ian Poulter "always delivers" one?

[Fussbudget]

"He was a postman for a little while, so you would expect his delivery to be pinpoint" *eyes roll to the back of the head*

(about Meunier I think)

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Ronaldo's already had a "somebody's sleeve brushed my eyebrow, I'm going to fall to the floor clutching my face and pretend I've been punched" moment. For such a supremely talented player with surely nothing left to prove in the game, why does he have to continue to behave like such a cunt?

[ad hoc]

Ronaldo's already had a "somebody's sleeve brushed my eyebrow, I'm going to fall to the floor clutching my face and pretend I've been punched" moment. For such a supremely talented player with surely nothing left to prove in the game, why does he have to continue to behave like such a cunt?

This. He's a brilliant footballer and an amazing competitor. But he can behave like such a cunt sometimes

I went into this game wanting Portugal to win, but the general level of cheating and dirty play has turned me into a Belgium fan

[Ray de Galles]

Ronaldo's already had a "somebody's sleeve brushed my eyebrow, I'm going to fall to the floor clutching my face and pretend I've been punched" moment. For such a supremely talented player with surely nothing left to prove in the game, why does he have to continue to behave like such a cunt?

"Footballer exaggerates contact for advantage in game! Pictures at eleven!"

[San Bernardhinault]

Nice!

[Ray de Galles]

Blimey! Out of character with the whole rest of the half, that.

[Discordant Resonance]

That'll wake us all up, anyway!

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

"Nice one, our kid"

[Fussbudget]

Belgian smurfs! Hope there's loads more BD characters in the stands

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

"Footballer exaggerates contact for advantage in game! Pictures at eleven!"

It's the next big area for VAR to look at. In-game red cards for obvious exaggeration. I think I'd be more in favour of that than for marginal offsides. But that's for the VAR thread.

[Satchmo Distel]

T. Hazard has been sensational all tournament. No water breaks for a game in Seville is a joke.

[Ray de Galles]

T Hazard really does sound like a grime artist's name.

[About Average Motherwell]

Awful tackle on de Bruyne there - scissored his legs from behind and was never getting the ball. Think I might think that should've been a red.

[Third rate Leszno]

No surprise that De Bruyne is unable to continue after the break.

[Ray de Galles]

This could get very barroom brawl here.

[Ray de Galles]

Lee Dixon just said T Hazard had "a low sense of gravity"

[ursus arctos]

Not sure Brych is going to be able to get control of this

[Satchmo Distel]

"An advantage did not accrue" - Jon Champion

Can you accrue a singular thing, and can it accrue itself?

[Satchmo Distel]

Is De Bruyne out of the tournament (ankle injury)?