Lionel Messi: Argentina forward retires from international football

bbc.com ^ | June 27, 2016 | bbc

[Berlin_Freeper]

...Messi made his debut for Argentina in 2005, going on to make 113 appearances.

[Berlin_Freeper]

England and penalties: 20 years of hurt that could continue against Iceland

[dfwgator]

Reminds me of this classic....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC9C_bBkOoQ

[minnesota_bound]

FTA: made his debut for Argentina in 2005, going on to make 113 appearances.

He made 1 goal in that whole time. A new record.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Penalty to England

Raheem Sterling is brought down by Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorson.

Goal! England 1-0 Iceland (Rooney 4pen)

Wayne Rooney shoots England ahead, driving low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner. Halldorson dived the right way, but couldn’t reach it. That’s a great penalty.

⚽ Rooney scores vs Iceland to make it 1-0

[Berlin_Freeper]

GOAL! England 1-1 Iceland (R Sigurdsson 5)

5 min: Iceland equalise, with Sigurdsson shooting from the edge of the six-yard box after an Iceland long throw.

L⚽L! Sigurdsson goal vs England

[Moltke]

Go Iceland! (Gotta admire their spunk). BTW, why are all the teams wearing parrots on their feet in this tournament? Looks silly, and not in a good way. (Ghey pride statement?...)

[dfwgator]

2-1 Iceland!!!! Hart should have gotten that!

[Moltke]

Did I just say Go Iceland? LOL. 2:1!

[Berlin_Freeper]

GOAL! ENgland 1-2 Iceland (Sigthorsson 19)

Iceland take the lead and Joe Hart has had another shocker. He got a firm hand to Kolbein Sigthorsson’s low shot, but was unable to prevent it trickling over the line and inside the foot of his left upright. We’re almost 20 minutes in and England are being beaten by a supermarket.

⚽MG! Sightorsson scores for Iceland to make it 2-1

[Moltke]

How on God’s green Earth did you just beat me to that post? I saw, I typed, I posted...

[Berlin_Freeper]

Savoir-Faire is everywhere!

[Berlin_Freeper]

England 1-2 Iceland
Half Time

66%	Ball Possession	34%
11	Goal Attempts	4
3	Shots on Goal	3
6	Shots off Goal	1
2	Blocked Shots	0
5	Free Kicks	2
4	Corner Kicks	0
0	Offsides	0
12	Throw-in	12
1	Goalkeeper Saves	2
2	Fouls	6
0	Yellow Cards	1
273	Total Passes	135
227	Completed Passes	89

[Berlin_Freeper]

#ENG

[Moltke]

So it is! I’ll put it down to proofreading-before-posting...vital seconds... Anyway, back on topic, I’m still rooting for the underdog in this game. Still up by one at 52:00. No offense to the English!

[Arrian]

Retired? RETIRED???
Before one retires one has to have been a participant, be it work or otherwise.
Messi has donned a shirt for international matches and sings the anthem but he has never shown up. NEVER!!!

[Moltke]

WOW! Just wow! Iceland proceeds to the quarterfinals. England eliminated.

[dfwgator]

And for all of England’s dominance with the ball in the second half, Iceland still had the better chances of scoring. England couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with their shots.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Big Surprise.
Congratulations all concerned - LoL!

I am sure Iceland will have many more fans.

They played really well.

[dfwgator]

Brexit II!

(Yes, I know Wales is still in it)

[Berlin_Freeper]

Engxit