Euro 2016 Thread

[charliepanayi]

France didn't get an early goal, and as expected we're now in stalemate mode. Well, at least the Olympics next month might be better...

[Psychotic]

Boring game. Boring tournament on the whole.

[charliepanayi]

Oh well, only 703 days until the next World Cup

[Psychotic]

Well, this is going to get interesting.

[charliepanayi]

On the one hand, Portugal haven't been the most exciting team to watch. On the other, I do like a good party pooper. Plus France had two hours to score a goal, so my sympathy levels are low.

[Shauna]

And nobody predicted this would happen.

[Bubba]

Major tournament wins...

Messi: 0
Ronaldo: 1

Finally proves who the better player is.

[charliepanayi]

I don't think it proves anything with regards to Messi v Ronaldo. Especially these days when the World Cup and Euros are no longer the pinnacle of the sport.

[Psychotic]

Major tournament wins...

Messi: 0
Ronaldo: 1

Finally proves who the better player is.

Convictions for tax fraud:

Messi: 1
Ronaldo: 0

Finally proves who the better man is.

[Bubba]

I don't think it proves anything with regards to Messi v Ronaldo.

Nah, it clearly does.

[charliepanayi]

Also, Zidane was better than both of them! So was Maradona.

[Psychotic]

Also, Zidane was better than both of them! So was Maradona.

Depends on your criteria. Is it relative to their own eras or relative to each other? Because if you took Theo Walcott and stuck him in the 80's he'd be as good as Maradona was given the huge advancements in physical conditioning that the game has seen over the last 30 years.

[Bubba]

Also, Zidane was better than both of them! So was Maradona.

Well they were both better than Messi! They both won major trophies with their country.

[charliepanayi]

Good to know that Christophe Dugarry is better than Johan Cruyff because he won a major tournament.

Not sure why Messi is to blame for Argentina not winning a tournament anyway. Did he make Higuain miss that chance in 2014? Or did he make Pekerman do a dumb substitution when leading Germany in 2006? And Ronaldo did nothing in all bar two games in this tournament.

[Formalhaut]

Portugal won? Ugh. Ronaldo's ego has inflated by 300%, no doubt. They didn't even play all that well for much of the tournament. They did 'just' enough to win in the knockout tournament, but they genuinely didn't impress me much the entire way.