Posted on 06/18/2016 5:56:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Croatia have been charged over the crowd disturbances that marred the latter stages of their Euro 2016 match against the Czech Republic on Friday.
Flares were thrown on the pitch and fighting broke out in the Croatian end during their 2-2 Group D draw.
The referee Mark Clattenburg was forced to stop the game with four minutes left while a steward was almost hit by a firecracker, as was Croatian goalscorer Ivan Perisic.
Croatias coach, Ante Cacic, described the individuals responsible for the trouble as sports terrorists and European footballs governing body has now confirmed the opening of disciplinary proceedings against the national federation.
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Group A
Albania 0-1 Switzerland Romania 1-1 Switzerland France 2-0 Albania |
Group B
England 1-1 Russia Russia 1-2 Slovakia England 2-1 Wales |
Group C
Germany 2-0 Ukraine Ukraine 0-2 N.Ireland Germany 0-0 Poland |
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Spain 1-0 Czech Republic Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia Spain 3-0 Turkey |
Group E
Belgium 0-2 Italy Italy 1-0 Sweden |
Group F
Portugal 1-1 Iceland |
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What a cruel, cruel thing, they busted 12 on terrorism charges in Belgium, accuse them of plotting to attack fans watching the match vs. Ireland.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36566336
That happens in 3rd world countries;
This is more of the Belgium team people wanted to see and admittedly, Ireland may not be the most stiff of competition. But Belgium was a bit on the quiet side in the World Cup though they did “okay”.
DeBruyne is all over, pronounced DeBrenner it sounds like, just call him Red.
It doesn’t look like the ‘boys in green’ will even get a goal but they have an important 1 point going into their last game.
You can sort of start to visualize what kinds of matchups we might see in the Round of 16:
http://us.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championships/2016-france/s7576/final-stages/
I sort of hope Croatia can advance as at least the 2nd team in their group, I think they can make some noise. Darn shame what happened.
54%
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Ball Possession |
46%
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18
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Goal Attempts |
10
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7
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Shots on Goal |
2
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8
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Shots off Goal |
4
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3
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Blocked Shots |
4
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11
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Free Kicks |
11
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5
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Corner Kicks |
4
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3
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Offsides |
1
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16
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Throw-in |
19
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2
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Goalkeeper Saves |
4
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8
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Fouls |
10
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1
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Yellow Cards |
1
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443
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Total Passes |
330
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400
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Completed Passes |
264
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German is worried that finishing first might see them play Italy who they have not beaten in a Euro match.
Belgium did a good job of getting behind the Irish defense.
Ireland with manager Jack Charlton (I wonder if that is the difference) actually had good teams in 1990 and 1994; one looks for them to recapture that magic some day but I don’t know? That team had Tony Cascarino, Paul Magrath, Pakki Bonner; a fairly good team.
I’m going with Hungary to nick it over Iceland. Should be a good match.
Italy would have to lose to Ireland though for that to even have a chance of happening, wouldn't they? I don't think that will happen.
I don't know if I see that happening at all, Germany (Group C) vs. Italy (Group E), at least in the round of 16. I'd have to study it, it doesn't look like it would happen.
I think it has made it better, 24 teams; plus for some Euros, 2 countries host it (Austria/Switzerland Poland/Ukraine or Netherlands/Belgium) so only 14 made it in. That group last time, I think Italy, France, Sweden and Romania was fairly blah, Ireland were not too good last time, they are still better this time.
Ronaldo wouldn’t even exchange jerseys with Iceland. That was pretty rude. I understand his frustration some but still.
Portugal are just a top 15, maybe top 10 team but not good enough to win it all. Fine team nonetheless, I can’t understand why they’d bring that guy Pepe after acting so asinine in that World Cup game vs. Germany. He should be off their selection for always.
Foul on Hungary leading to penalty
⚽ Sigurdsson goal from the spot, 1-0 Iceland
33%
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Ball Possession |
67%
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4
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Goal Attempts |
4
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2
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Shots on Goal |
0
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1
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Shots off Goal |
2
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1
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Blocked Shots |
2
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5
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Free Kicks |
5
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3
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Corner Kicks |
2
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0
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Offsides |
1
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9
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Throw-in |
13
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0
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Goalkeeper Saves |
1
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5
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Fouls |
5
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1
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Yellow Cards |
0
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137
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Total Passes |
337
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90
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Completed Passes |
283
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#BREAKING Fighting in stadium before Hungary-Iceland Euro 2016 match— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 18, 2016
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