Euro 2016 - Round of Eight

thats its. France and Germany, Marseilles on Thursday

Iceland will go over to their supporters at the end of this match and do that clapping thing, the supporters will do it back, then theyā€™ll sing, and then Jim McGuinness will write an article saying how Iceland going over to applaud their supporters and celebrate a great tournament for them worries him about the future of the game. Joe Brolly will then write an article about the need for a vibrant second tier European football tournament.

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Iā€™m an Italian and sometimes it is hard to keep my emotions in check.

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Thereā€™s nothing wrong with that.

Iceland may have lost the match but theyā€™ve won a lot of friends throughout Europe with their displays, innit. Theyā€™ll be raising pints of lava to their heroes in the pubs of Reykjavik tonight, thatā€™s for sure. The Icelanders love a pint of the old lava.

Splendid scenes.

Score kid?

I think they frogs have it fixed to win, they need to bolster national morale after the terrorism, its probably been agreed already in Berlin, a feel good story to take the spotlight off the balls the EU have made of things

Duff talking about Pogba getting a ā€œbig moveā€ soon. He plays for Juventus ffs

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Duff to be interim hoops manager. Sure he wasnt talking about himself

Wed and Thurs

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Whoā€™s on first?

Wales

Wales and Portugal according to the panini album

Disappointed no one went with the Abbott and Costello reply there, but thanks anyway lads.

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France have been excellent, irresistible even, from about the exact moment they hooked that useless little hoofer from Leicester.

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Still very open at the back but theyā€™ve grown as this has gone onā€¦ then again, Ireland in the last 16 and then Iceland has helpedā€¦ Ze Germans have had a tough slogā€¦ Makes for a great semi. Of the three ā€˜nationsā€™ I most despise in Europe, two of them face off in the other semi - with one of the bastards making a finalā€¦ I suppose the Welsh making it to a final would be massive and to see Ronaldo crying would make for great viewingā€¦ France v Wales final.

Good point. Romania, Albania, Switzerland, Ireland and Iceland is one of the easiest routes to the semi finals ever.

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France are not as good as they looked today, the Germans will test them. Iceland had their final against England. I would worry for that French back 4, but they are very strong from midfield up. Canā€™t see Wales beating Portugal, so Iā€™m calling a France v Portugal final with Les Blues winning on home soil.

France will beat Wales 3-0 in the final.