Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Too many matches in this poxy competition were they are playing for a draw.

Because there are too many countries in the tournament and this first round doesn't eliminate enough of them

The third place thing removes a significant sense of jeopardy.

Only that Italy game had any element of tension.

 

[blueconverse]

Gutted for Ukraine. Had great chances

 

[MichaelEFC96]

Poor from Belgium all round

 

[Toffe3m4n]

A mad group that really - every team finishing on 4 points with the order being determined entirely by other metrics. When was the last time that a team didn't progress with 4 points?

Lineker hit the nail on the head there - this format needs a revision.

 

[marsh]

Belgium happy to face France by looks of that performance/effort to win. Awful

 

[matty1878]

were the belgium fans giving they’re players stick then?

 

[BlueStevie35]

Gutted for Ukraine, Belgium were shockingly bad, not England bad but still poor, France will destroy them in the Last 16 on that form

 

[Drico]

So stupid from Belgium, win and they going in easy part of draw, if it stays like this they going on France (also Germany, Portugal, Spain in that part).

You again super lucky, like Austria or Netherlands gonna be only threat in your half.

I've been saying it for days. England will be in the final. I half expect they'll end up playing Ruritania after tonight's matches.

Southgate is the poxiest manager alive. If these players cannot take advantage of this preposterous luck, they deserve every brickbat coming to them.

 

[Drico]

The sooner these Belgians are out the better. They clearly hate each other. De Bruyne is a gifted player, but he plays with a frown.

 

[Gilbert..]

Gutted for Ukraine, Belgium were shockingly bad, not England bad but still poor, France will destroy them in the Last 16 on that form

France havent been anything great. Scored 1 goal so far.
Only thing with them and possibly germany and spain is you know when it comes to time to show up they can.

 

[SuperTimCahill]

Not sure I've ever watched more boring football games than I have this summer.

 

[stipe]

Not sure I've ever watched more boring football games than I have this summer.

Croatia-Italy was quite boring for neutrals i guess (traumatic for us here in Croatia though)

 

[Drico]

Croatia-Italy was quite boring for neutrals i guess (traumatic for us here in Croatia though)

I thought it was one of the better games, myself. It had drama and a sprinkling of brilliance.

 

[stipe]

I thought it was one of the better games, myself.

I guess i'm still under impression of that first half where our coward in charge decided to play without striker in must win game and we barely fired a shot.
Entire country sent millions of curses at his side during that 1st half.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

The third place thing removes a significant sense of jeopardy.

Only that Italy game had any element of tension.

Someone mentioned the horrid World Cup 90 which also had this exact format. Group games don’t have enough on the line and international managers are already negative and tactically weak.