Posted on 06/12/2016 3:30:42 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
There is not much more brutal in football than a last-minute goal and, for England, it was a numbing sense of disappointment at the final whistle. They have waited an awfully long time to win their opening match of a European Championship and the clock had ticked into its third minute of stoppage time when their chance to end that long run, stretching back to 1980, was wrenched from their grasp.
What followed was shocking in the extreme, with hundreds of Russian troublemakers storming the adjacent section of England fans, and Uefa will be under serious pressure to take action judging by the mix of violence and mass panic that ensued. It was a dismal way to end the night, with thousands of people fleeing in terror.
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| Country | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 SWI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 ROM |
0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
 ALB |
0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Country | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 WAL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 ENG |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 RUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 SVK |
0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
June 12
Turkey vs. Croatia, 9 a.m. on ESPN
Poland vs. Northern Ireland, 12 p.m. on ESPN
Germany vs. Ukraine, 3 p.m. on ESPN
This is terrible. Nothing like this happened during the last World Cup. Makes one wonder what is going to happen during the 2018 World Cup in Russia..
Bloodbath
“In fact, there was no clash,” said Aleksandr Shprigin. “The entire English sector… just got up and ran away. There were no scuffles, police were standing there. Everything is ok. The police are working well.”
Communist kickball.
Why didn’t they play Varney? Does he have an injury?
Jamie Vardy's wife was tear-gassed by French police as she travelled to England's match against Russia last night. 'We were caged and treated like animals'
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