France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

[ad hoc]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

What is the function of Matuidi?

[evilC]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

Taylor wrote: Genuinely cannot bear to look at Giroud these days. That hair + beard combo. Actually makes me feel physically ill.

Beards in general: Andrew Weatherall - so much to answer for!

[G-Man]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

imp wrote: Fucking hell, some of you are naive. You don't think there was a French instruction from the coach to take Ronaldo out early on? It might not have been with the express intention to take him out of the game, but it would certainly have been to clatter him with a hard early foul to shake him up at the very least. Of course it was fucking deliberate. Payet comes into him like a fucking steam train.

Absolutely. There was no intention to play the ball.

[Borracho]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

Apparently some fires have been started outside the stadium, and tear gas is being used by the police.

There was another report earlier of the fanzone under the Eiffel Tower being stormed by people without tickets.

[linus]

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Yes, it looks like a classic knee ligament tear. You wonder how Ronaldo was able to even stay on the field after you see the still picture of the knee flexing one way with his foot planted in a nearly perpendicular position. He's going to be out till next year.

[Borracho]

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Jim Beglin on RTE says: "Moutinho coming in. I think that's a positive move." Is he genuinely unaware Moutinho is a defensive midfielder?

[anton pulisov]

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Moutinho can give a good assist though.

[Borracho]

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That's a bad miss by Griezmann.

[Gangster Octopus]

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Getting bored now.

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

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Mulling over going to bed.

[scratchmonkey]

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Bruneau wrote: Why isn't it a mohawk? What's it closer to?

Too short. Commonly referred to as a "jock-hawk" here in the U.S. as it's worn by young athletes who wish to look rebellious without the upkeep/with relatively minimal sartorial shock value.

[anton pulisov]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

Gignac!

[linus]

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Payet's got a mohawk, while Coman is sporting the chero.

[G-Man]

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Why take off Renato Sanchez?

[Sean of the Shed]

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antoine polus wrote: Gignac!

What has he got on Deschamps?

[Toby Gymshorts]

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scratchmonkey wrote:

Why isn't it a mohawk? What's it closer to?

Too short. Commonly referred to as a "jock-hawk" here in the U.S. as it's worn by young athletes who wish to look rebellious without the upkeep/with relatively minimal sartorial shock value.

Fauxhawk. I had one for ages, because I'm a dickhead who didn't know better.

[Borracho]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

Gignac has come on for Giroud in all the games except the Romania and Switzerland ones.

[Ray de Galles]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

We really could have won this whole thing based on tonight.

[Gangster Octopus]

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G-Man wrote: Why take off Renato Sanchez?

I'd forgotten that he was on.

[scratchmonkey]

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Toby Gymshorts wrote:
Fauxhawk. I had one for ages, because I'm a dickhead who didn't know better.

Fauxhawk still has hair on the sides and then the middle is a bit longer and can be spiked up.

Portugal looking the more likely to score in the last 10 minutes. This is exactly how Deschamps set his team out to play, mind.

[Sits]

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Ray de Galles wrote: We really could have won this whole thing based on tonight.

So could Iceland.

[anton pulisov]

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Gignac, the French McGeady.

[jwdd27]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

Sissoko will be one of the better midfielders in the Championship next season, should he stay at Newcastle.

Unless he plays like he did for 95% of last season, in which case he'll just be the best paid.

[Sits]

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ad hoc wrote: What is the function of Matuidi?

Not passing forward, that's for sure.

[G-Man]

France - Portugal, Sunday evening football

I am close to tears at thought of another 30 minutes if this rubbish.