QuoteI meant Hungary obviously
Enjoying this one. Good technique in both teams. Austria a better outfit than Sweden, classier anyway, so they'll be tough in the qualifiers. It's also nice watching a game and relaxing. Yesterday was very tense.
I meant Hungary obviously
A cool and composed finish by Stieber. Great stuff from Hungary.
I like that the Hungarian fella who'd just been subbed off with a twisted ankle started celebrating the goal and ended up making his ankle worse.
We've got ourselves a game here. Best 25 minutes of the tournament I think.
I dunno, think Portugal have it well in hand. Barring that early chance, Iceland have nothing going forward, and Portugal should be at least two up, if Nani could direct a header a foot to the left instead of aiming dead centre.
Still, Iceland full of fight. But imagine Portugal will put them away by 70 or so minutes.
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Yeah, Portugal certainly well on top since I posted. But even then, it's an open, entertaining game.
Duffer's a good pundit actually.
We got us a game here!
Since they went behind Iceland haven't really...HAHAHA...I was literally halfway through typing that when they equalised.
I'm watching at a blurry resolution, who was the Portugal defender who fell on his arse to let the Icelander in? Serious mistake. Be interesting to compare Iceland's type of play now to Ireland after they scored yesterday.
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Iceland just lumping it anywhere now. Geysir misled us all along!
Great scenes. We were them once.Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
It's all about the result. Iceland shipped a gilt edged chance to Ronaldo. Italy gave up two sitters at 1-0 up. We gave up ground but no shots on target, but of the 3 teams we were only ones to concede.
Ha, Ronaldo was not a happy boy at the end. I suppose Iceland did infringe a lot, but it was never anything too bad.
That was fantastic though. I suppose Portugal didn't respond to the goal with the same enthusiasm that Sweden did yesterday, but still, that's a firm lesson to Ireland in how to defend once you've gotten what you need at the other end. Iceland held their shape, and while they let Portugal have chances - that Ronaldo header, what a woeful miss - they made as many as they allowed. Iceland so well-placed now to kick-on and get through to the next round.
Portugal are such a frustrating team. There have been bucket-loads of great players for so long now, but at tournaments they frequently seem so hapless and disjointed. The Portugal team out there didn't look one iota better than the team that crashed out of the group stages two years ago.
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Yes and no. Had Hungary lost as expected earlier, I'd definitely agree - Iceland beat Hungary and they're through.
But it's not quite so easy now. They could quite conceivably get just a point off Hungary and Austria and go out. It's an interesting group.
Result of the tournament so far and can only be bettered by iceland themselves. To have an idea of the import of this game, the Faroes shut down this evening and had 3 big screens in centre of Torshavn, that's a bigger event than the storming of the Bastille, in Patrick Kavanagh's poetic world view
It was thoroughly disciplined display by the Iceland team, re shape and a positive 442 formation, effortless pressing throughout the whole game, resulting in the icelandic goalkeeper hardly having a shot of note to deal with, maybe he witnessed a couple of fluffed efforts and experienced a few bad doses of hair gel splatter.
No doubt Benno will be happy that a Baselian/ Baselite struck home the equaliser with aplomb.
And for a serious football project some 15 years in the making, this game was so sweet, a most proud experience for a small nation to have the national anthem sung on this stage by ten or so thousand fans, followed by such a disciplined and positive display and all landing so neatly on Lagerback's shoulders, who has proved himself time and time again (to those in the know) in the last 4 years to be a masterclass coaching technician and a master of the positive expression of sporting prowess..
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If Wales get anything from England this group gets very interesting.
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What was that bizarre little trot around the ball the referee did before Romania's penalty there?!
Flattening down divots maybe?
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worst chant ever Stutts, doesn't even rhyme at the end.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Dunno. he was kind of trotting around the ball, but two yards around it all the time, in a circle.
It looked like he wanted to check something with either the goalline official or the keeper - but he did it in the ponciest fashion ever.
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