Match Thread France 3 - 1 Poland

[The Cockney Don]

France will get through surely.

I'll be siding with for the Poles though for a change.

[Ten Caat]

Allez France

3-1

[Bluto10]

can’t see france failing but it would be funny

[Rico1903]

Allez Les Blues! Mon the French! 

[The Cockney Don]

🇫🇷: Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Griezmann, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Dembele, Giroud, Mbappe.

Subs: Pavard, Disasi, Guendouzi, Muani, Fofana, Veretout, Mandanda, Saliba, Coman, Areola, Konate, Camavinga, Thuram. 

🇵🇱: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Kiwior, Glik, Cash, Frankowski, S. Szymanski, Krychowiak, Zielinski, Kaminski, Lewandowski.

Subs: Jedrzejczyk, Wieteska, Bednarek, Bielik, Milik, Damian Szymanski, Grosicki, Skorupski, Swiderski, Zurkowski, Zalewski, Grabara, Piatek, Gumny, Skoras. 

[Guest Grays Babylon 1875]

Why is Sandy Toksvig commentating?    Brutal, even worse than Hartson. 

Going on mute likes. 

[shut up meg]

Loads of empty seats

[Zeus]

BORING 

[The Gee Man]

Some miss

[Guest milne_afc]

The likes of Poland have no right being at this level of competition. 

[Zeus]

1 minute ago, milne_afc said:

The likes of Poland have no right being at this level of competition. 

Dons would comfortably beat them 

[The Gee Man]

This is the most adventurous Poland have been 

[The Gee Man]

Game on! Let’s see what Poland actually have

[WesthillWanderersFC]

8 minutes ago, The Gee Man said:

Game on! Let’s see what Poland actually have

Hopefully fuck all, as the winner of this will be England’s opponents in the QF, assuming the English beat Senegal.

 

[Dom Sullivan]

Jug eared linekar already asking how they think the France Engerlund game will be.

 

impartial my arse. 
 

what a Fuckwit 

[Ten Caat]

Always hilarious to see Lineker's face in the immediate aftermath of a Guffy elimination.

[The Gee Man]

Game over

[aberdeen1970]

Wow, some penalty decision there 

[Ramandu]

Only saw the last 20 mins of that, but France are the most enjoyable team to watch for me. No desire to hold possession, just rapid attacks by good players.

Mbappe > Messi

[Ke1t]

This French team could win the whole shebang.

 

[Ten Caat]

50 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

This French team could win the whole shebang.

 

Winning a near 25 year old Ricky Martin single would be scant reward imo

[Ramandu]

3 hours ago, Ke1t said:

This French team could win the whole shebang.

 

Well let's hope they win the quarter final at least.

[maryhilldon]

11 minutes ago, alscotoz said:

Come away...

Silly argument. 2 great players.

[maryhilldon]

1 hour ago, alscotoz said:

Great and very good (who may one day become great 

Very good and great you mean?

[maryhilldon]

Maradona is the greatest anyway. No argument.

[redone]

59 minutes ago, maryhilldon said:

Maradona is the greatest anyway. No argument.

I’m guessing @Ramandu was probably meaning that Mbappe right now is a better player than the current version of Messi. 

 

[redone]

13 hours ago, Ke1t said:

This French team could win the whole shebang.

 

Well, if Micah Richards and Pat Bonner can get a gig as pundits , no reason you can’t too. Similar levels of insight.

[Bluto10]

3 hours ago, maryhilldon said:

Maradona is the greatest anyway. No argument.

yeah, definitely. no argument at all

[Ramandu]

3 hours ago, redone said:

I’m guessing @Ramandu was probably meaning that Mbappe right now is a better player than the current version of Messi. 

 

Bingo.

In fact, it's probably more that I prefer watching Mbappe and a team geared towards Mbappe's strengths. Lightning attacks, direct and skillful.

In the 2018 final France absolutely dominated the game, with 39% possession. Pretty much every time they got the ball, anywhere on the pitch, you felt they could score. That's what I like.

No doubt Messi was (and still is) an incredible player.

[Ke1t]

12 hours ago, redone said:

Well, if Micah Richards and Pat Bonner can get a gig as pundits , no reason you can’t too. Similar levels of insight.

Aw, bless. 

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