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smokedspirit

Belgium will never get a better road to the final than this... *neither will hungary, wales, northern Ireland, Portugal, croatia, switzerland or Poland


JonJonFTW

As an Italian, I'm very concerned. We have to beat Spain, then Germany? Just to make it to *Semi's*? Fuck.


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>than wales Im sorry i think you mean north ireland


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guguix

And Belgium have to beat Hungary and possibly Wales lol


stijnx

We definitely got the luckiest out of all the countries. I can still see us fucking it up though


Niegan

Wilmots outsmarting everyone there


Gordondel

We need to seriously up our game or every game will feel too much like a gamble...


ciaramicola

Or just accept that every match is a flip of a coin no matter what the opponent like us do


Nachti

I'm fucking scared of Italy. Please lose to Spain ok?


toodrunktofuck

Just watch them collect yellows: Buffon, Bonucci, Motta, Chiellini, De Rossi, Insigne, Barzagli all of the above are one card away from suspension.


ciaramicola

I'm so salty about this. We have just to loose tonight, how the fuck did we manage to get more yellows than vs Belgium? They may not be on top players, but how did we manage to have yellows on 3 central defenders and TWO keeper?!


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If I had to put money down, I'd put it on Italy going through vs Spain tbh.


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Path to the semis: Italy: Spain Germany England: Iceland Ireland basically the same.


Stampyy

Do you really think Ireland will beat France ?


Krillin113

The path of England is done for after Iceland, so doesn't matter.


Menessy27

and you finished 1st in your group


McWaffeleisen

Boo hoo, you have to knock out Germany out again, like every fucking time.


JonJonFTW

Yes boo hoo. The last time we knocked out Germany was four years ago, and they've won a World Cup since then. Who did we lose to after we eliminated them? The team we have to face before we even get to Germany.


cowboysfan88

Stage set for an Ireland/Northern Ireland final


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I doubt the Irish fans would be so nice then.


ThePowerOfFarts

I've been rooting for Norn Iron all tournament. I'm pretty sure it's a widespread sentiment.


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Yeah I think it'd be mad craic.


Jayveesac

They'd be probably IRA-te


berober04

That joke bombed.


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Car-tastrophically


Old_man_Trafford

They'll blow your car up, but give you money for a new one as well as fix the old one


small_far_away

Whole new meaning to All-Ireland final.


Gluecksritter90

0 won World Cups in the top half. 11 won World Cups in the bottom half.


dagururgf

Add in Euro wins 0-20


CeruleanSamurai

0-21 UEFA recognizes Slovakia as having a title since they were formerly part of Czechoslovakia. :P


jrainiersea

That's an amazing stat. The only two teams in the top half of the bracket that have ever even made a Euro Final are Belgium and Portugal. Plus Hungary has a couple old World Cup Final appearances, but it's definitely some new blood.


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pooerh

Ireland, then Iceland, then Slovakia. Sigh, how much easier do you need it to be?


TitoAndronico

Well, I actually think it's a tough draw for them since they'll have to play Poland in the final.


pooerh

I like the way you think.


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Mifelt

Koscielny will sabotage the match making Poland win. He planned this all along.


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ShowtimeCA

You still have the most rest days though by far


brnbrnbrn2017

Ooh, another British derby.


OG12

Battle of the Bastards


CeruleanSamurai

Which one is Jon, which one is Ramsay?


WanChurlish

Well I would say Aaron Ramsey is Ramsay, but he's looking decidedly Targaryen at the moment


Old_man_Trafford

It's a front. He wants you to think he's targaryen.


concretepigeon

Aaron Ramsay is a secret Blackfyre.


ArianaLovato_

Ramsey = Young Griff?


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brnbrnbrn2017

Both teams will be singing that Will Griggs song aka the new national anthem of Northern Ireland.


TheFallenFlyer

This is when the Welsh reveal their secret dragon supply and make the song a little too realistic


TheArbitrageur

Jonny Evans: 'your reign is over.' Gareth Bale: 'my reign has just begun.' Ball bursts into flames, Dothraki screamers decapitate the officiating team


FrostedCereal

Our defence is terrified.


JoffreyWaters

Wannabee Ireland Vs Wannabee England


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GreatSpaniard

I don't know who will win this tbh


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It's completely open this year, I can't count any team out. Especially after the way Iceland won today.


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>Especially after the way Ireland won today FTFY


_cumblast_

not england


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I'm just happy to be in it along with the British Isles. ^^^^Sorry ^^^^Scotland


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GeorgeWalkerKush

25% of the last 16 from the British Isles, still no Scotland.


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GeorgeWalkerKush

Scotland and the Faroe Islands have to catch up to their north sea counterparts.


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barry_mitsva

> the shame of the North Sea About that


JebusGobson

You guys are more like the shame of Europe in general.


FroobingtonSanchez

North Sea worst sea. Also no Norway, Denmark and us.


jebz

Netherlands are going to wish they had garnered more points, going to be tough to make it further in the tournament..


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Am I stupid? I don't see Scotland nor Netherlands in the bracket image.


HaydnWilks

Yes.


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You're not stupid. Neither of them qualified for the tournament and they've both been getting a load of shit from everyone else because of it.


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Oh gotcha, I appreciate your response. I apologize for being the casual American that only tunes in for the World Cup & Euro. I love watching the sport, I just have a hard time knowing what is going on in all the different countries, leagues, and tournaments. I've watched a few Orlando City games recently since that's where I am from.


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Not everyone has to be an ultra hardcore fan, dont worry about it.


Staafmixer

So all of the Irish soccer fans are noce guys I guess.


greendorks

Yup, but they can beat the Dutch on counters


AjayThiagarajan

No team has won all the three matches on group stage.


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ThePadrinho

They didn't lose one either


dlm891

It would be funny if Portugal ended the tournament winning 4 consecutive penalty shootouts, to lift the trophy without winning the game.


woogiefan

Worse story than Greece!


brain4breakfast

Croatia should have. Damn fans. Always ruining things.


e4mica523

Italy probably would have, if the last game actually mattered for them


gnorrn

First time since ~~2004~~ 1996.


spursyspursy

One of Switzerland, Poland, Croatia, and Portugal in the semi. Same for Wales, Northern Ireland, Hungary, and Belgium. One of the above in the final. Wow


Imperito

I'm rooting for Hungary. MIGHTY MAGYARS!


xenoph2

Cheers!


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[There's a mural in Budapest about that time they beat England](https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5506/14426985764_3f27019d3f_b.jpg)


TiberiCorneli

Yeah, I'm definitely down for Hungary avenging '54.


Chrisixx

>One of Switzerland, Poland, **Croatia**, and Portugal in the semi. >Same for Wales, Northern Ireland, Hungary, and **Belgium**. Croatia and Belgium it is... probably.


Mark_o131

Belgium have been unconvincing in all three of their matches. Wales and Hungary could definitely beat them imo.


Chauzu

Really hoping for a Wales - Hungary quarter final as well! Would be awesome.


fcbole

Hoping for Belgium though. Got tickets for that match, so that would be nice.


Menessy27

What team has looked convincing throughout the tournament? none really. Germany drew Poland, Italy lost to Ireland, Belgium havent looked good in general, France drew Switzerland, Portugal drew every game, Spain lost to Croatia, Croatia bottled a 2 goal lead vs Czech, England looked shit... I guess Poland and Hungary are the only ones who have been good throughout (by their standards)


OCSRetailSlave

>England looked shit As an England fan I'd have to disagree with you there. We didn't look shit, we just couldn't score. We dominated for ~250 minutes of gameplay.


Krillin113

I have been told for the past 2 years on here by English fans that possession and dominating doesn't matter if you can't score.. Whether it was Ajax, our national squad, Arsenal or Barcelona, 'dominating possession and chances created don't matter if you can't score'. Now they're in that ship and suddenly 'they've been good, but just can't score'.


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wyvernsz

Fuck off Croatia, you've got great basketball and handball going for you. Plus all the Game of Thrones sets. We deserve nice things too.


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> Plus all the Game of Thrones sets. Hey now, we have some of those. Castle Black is a popular quarry to sneak into.


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Nearly all the sets are in Northern Ireland.


mappsy91

Not the sunny ones


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That's the first time I've ever seen handball used as a positive thing in an argument.


Vike92

Dude if you make fun of my handball I will cut you.


Gekkoisgek

Glass him!


Veeron

/r/handball dude


toodrunktofuck

That place is as dead as can be :(


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Well, you are an englishman. You don't need another sport your country is bad at.


gignac

Handball underrated


Nobody_likes_my_name

handball is a great sport


adokretz

Handball is pretty good entertainment!


yaffle53

Much of Game of Thrones is filmed in Northern Ireland too. They could meet in the semis for the "Game of Thrones" game.


Vike92

And the rest of it is filmed in Spain and Iceland. I know which teams I am rooting for now.


Dob-is-Hella-Rad

>all the game of thrones sets Not all of them


shevchenco

calling it now: Germany vs Croatia for the final.


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Everythingpossible

Christian Pulisic decides maybe he doesn't want to be American after all


_underrated_

Gib Pulisic. But seriously, there's no way he will or he should decide for Croatia. Doesn't know the language, has probably not much connection with Croatia (since from what I heard from people on here he's a 3rd generation immigrant, not even 2nd generation), lived in USA whole life until moving to Germany and just quick glance at his Instagram tells me he is very American. Could relatively be one of the best midfields in the world in 6 years though with Halilovic, Kovacic, Coric and him if they develop accordingly.


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Also, I'm like 99% sure he can't switch anymore after playing in the Copa America


js13022

Feeling pretty smug now that I put £10 on Croatia to win the Euros at 27/1 a month ago


jconley4297

Gotta like Croatia's chances on getting to the final


Electric_Pegasus

Clearly Croatia would prefer this bracket over the other one but they still have to actually play and win the games. This tournament has been wide open so far so who knows what happens.


dtrust

And people will talk about the draw, but they've deserved it. They've looked amazing thus far.


jconley4297

Best team so far for me. They beat Spain without a lot of their big names


TheMediumPanda

They had an epic collapse against the Czechs though. They are a very impressive team for sure, but you simply cannot afford that sort of stuff happening from now on, as I'm sure the Croats are very well aware. The Czech game should have been a 4-0, and not 2-2.


cyuvs

looking forward to see what Henry comments on the Ireland v France game...


GrandCondor

"I think that France can handle this game..."


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brnbrnbrn2017

Bale versus Portuguese Bale. Or Welsh Ronaldo versus Ronaldo.


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brnbrnbrn2017

Nah, Pulisic bowl was earlier today. Pulisic versus Argentine Pulisic.


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Ronaldo to score against Wales and proceed to hug Bale.


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Media collectively collapses


TheEpitomE8

Italy - Spain, a Final worthy match for the Round of 16.


Tisi24

It literally was last time.


ss4444gogeta

And also the first match!


atomsej

So there's a chance for a Northern Ireland vs Ireland final. Nice


JWL1092

#BEAT FRANCE FOR THE BOYS IN GREEN


madeleine_albright69

How bitter are the Irish still about the Henry "goal"?


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If we get through, it will never be spoken of again!


Spruce-Moose

I promise nothing. /bitterbastard


MrMeeseeksTwin

Bumped into some English on the way back from France. They'd bought tickets for Saturday in Paris thinking they'd win the group so we bought them off them. Can't wait for Saturday, be a great laugh with the Northern Irish lads.


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gnorrn

They were guaranteed to win the group, so had no real incentive. It's one of the reasons I don't like using head-to-head as the first tiebreaker.


ciaramicola

Tbf, if GD leaded the tiebreaker, we would have actively tried to loose this match instead of just letting it go. Not the best example for your proposal...


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Oh man, you put the North through just for the South to fuck you.


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Fade. That. Flair!


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CaduceusStaff

Inb4 Giroud hand of goatcheese in the 94th minute.


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I don't even care if I get downvoted to shit for a worthless comment like this but I just want you to know that I just cried laughing


YouGuysAreSick

You know what's even more amazing? Henry is most probably gonna be commenting the match on BBC!! The banter level are gonna be off the charts!


OCSRetailSlave

"That was a hand ball!" "No, Thierry, the ref didn't call it. Ireland win"


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We're coming to get you. And your dented cars...


lII1IIlI1l1l1II

[Thierry will be waiting.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Migp5g9pgIc/maxresdefault.jpg)


A_Kind_Shark

That path to the final looks brutal for the big teams


AfricanRain

A word of advice to French defenders, you may aswell bring guns & knives and use them since apparently the rules have changed to where you can do literally anything to Shane Long and get away with it.


LeFricadelle

can we use our hands aswell ?


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No one stopped you last time around, so why not.


JebusGobson

> you can do literally anything to Shane Long and get away with it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


_arkar_

This is the best chance peak Cristiano is gonna get to win a major international tournament, I think.


WorldsBestNothing

Wow some surprising teams will advance to the quarter finals.


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Wales or Northern Ireland are guaranteed to make the quarters. That's absolutely massive for both teams.


poklane

Surely there's an absolute fuckton of pressure on Wilmots now? A loss against a big team in the knock-out stages can always happen like it happened 2 years ago, but when you look at Belgium's side of the bracket anything short of the Final would be an absolute god awful result IMO.


not_old_redditor

Loss to Croatia is not god awful for sure. Portugal also just opened up scoring, so maybe they figured out the last part of their game that was missing for them to be a decent team.


ducemon

Boy,oh boy,the yellow kits sure do bring bad luck


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kitsune

My gf is Croatian, one of my closest friends is Portuguese, another one Polish, I'm Swiss - this will be fun!


MisterBadIdea2

Not likely, I know, but Ireland getting revenge for the Henry handball in the Round of 16, *in France*, that would be too epic for words.


SwedishTurnip

Hopefully the BBC cover that game instead of ITV as Henry will be doing punditry then!


tokyotochicago

No no no, it's pogba handing the ball to Evra in the 94th minute after two uncalled penalties for Ireland. Then we'll have a revolution and Ireland will claim Lyon and its surrounding as part of their national terrirtories. After reclamation, the EU will acknowledge the sudden change, and the Euro will continue normally.


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Vike92

Dont send them home. Their fans are slowly solving all the problems in your country.


HippoBigga

Possible France - England in Saint-Denis. I'm excited.


LeFricadelle

that's a big historical context haha


CentralPole

Fun (?) fact: Austria is the only team from a Catholic country that is out of the tournament. Conversely, all the Orthodox (Russia, Romania, Ukraine) and Muslim teams are out (Turkey and Albania)


tobuno

My bold prediction that will most likely not come true..... **round16** Switzerland < Poland (lewandowski will finally shine) Croatia > Portugal (ronaldo will miss a penalty and have a nightmare) Wales > Northern Ireland (Bale freekick goal) Hungary > Belgium (Magyars score 3 on deflections, win 3-1) Germany < Slovakia (Hamsik scores one, then Slovakia parks the bus) Italy > Spain (Spain will dominate possession but will suffer on counters) France < Republic of Ireland (revenge) England < Iceland (England's coming home lads!) **quarters** Poland < Croatia (5 goal game) Wales < Hungary (Magyars score 3 on deflections and 1 own goal, Bale scores on freekick) Slovakia > Italy (we beat them in WC'10, we can do it again) Ireland < Iceland (Iceland wins on penalties, irish fans stay in France and support Iceland for the rest of the tournament fixing France along the way) **semis** Croatia > Hungary (Magyars score 3 on deflections but Croatians still come up on top) Iceland > Slovakia (Both teams park the bus, goes to overrtime, Slovaks get cramps because they are not vikings and last minute over time Someonesson scores a winner) **finals** Croatia < Iceland (we hear viking chants, irish fans with fire extinguishers taking out Croatian flares and cleaning the pitch, Iceland wins 1-0 on a single counter #winteriscoming)


Vidiculous

I can live with this.


tokyotochicago

Seems reasonable


Likunandi

I'm naming my boner after you.


Swbp0undcake

Iceland (On pens), France, Spain (in ET), Germany, Hungary, Wales, Croatia, and Poland are my predictions.


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gnorrn

The third teams are ranked based on points, goal difference and goals scored to determine which four qualify. Then they are matched against opponents [using this table](http://i.imgur.com/Rq5YL82.jpg).


smokedspirit

[Last time France vs Ireland happened...](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/83430000/jpg/_83430020_henry.jpg)


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Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. Here I was thinking they were the same thing.


wonko11

Be'r ffwc nes di ffycin deud amdanaf, y bitch bach? Wnai gad ti wybod gorffennais top o fy dosbarth yn yr morlai nevi, a dwi di bod yn rhan o nifer o raidiau gyfrinachol ar Al-Quaeda, hefo dros 300 o lladdoedd wedi ei cadarnhau. Dwi di cael fy hyfforddu mewn rhyfela gwylliaid ac fi yw'r sneipar gorau yn yr holl US lluoedd arfog. Rwyt ti'n dim byd i fi ond targed arall. Wnai mopio chi y ffyc allan hefo fanylrwydd mewn ffyrdd sydd heb wedi cael ei gweld ar y ddaear o'r blean, nodi fy ffycin geiriau. Ti'n meddwl gelli di cael i ffwrdd hefo dweud pethau cachu fel yna dros y we i fi? Meddyliwch eto, y ffycar. fel dani'n siarad dwi mewn cyswllt hefo fy rhwydwaith cyfrinachol o ysbiwyriau ar draws yr USA a mae eich ISP yn cael ei tracio rwan so dylech paratoi am y storm, cynrhon. Y storm neith croeso allan y peth pathetig ti'n galw dy bywyd. Ti'n ffycin ded, plentyn. dwi'n gallu bod yn unrhywle, ar unrhyw adeg, a dwi'n gallu lladd ti mewn dros saith cant o ffyrdd, a hwne hefo jyst fy llaw. Nid ydw wedi cael fy hyfforddi mewn ymladd unarmed yn unig, ond mae gennai mynediad i'r holl arsenal yr Marine Corps Unol Daleithiau a wnai defnyddio fo i'w raddau llawn i mopio eich pen ol annifyr i ffwrdd y gwyneb yr cyfandir, y cachwr bach. Os byse chi di gallu gwybod pa dial an-sanctaidd byse eich sylwad "chlyfar" yn mynd i ddod, wrach base chdi di dal eich ffycin dafod. Ond roeddech chi methu, a wnesd chi ddim, a rwan ti'n talu'r pris, y goc-oen. Wnai cachu gynddaredd drostoch a wnei di boddi ynddo. Ti'n ffycin ded, kiddo.


iciale

So many people just got triggered


OLLCommander

https://i.imgur.com/zZmygHh.webm


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North v republic of ireland for the finals im calling it.


ThereIsBearCum

Some juicy ties there. Italy vs Spain, NI vs Wales, France vs Ireland... god I hope Henry's commentating that one.


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If I might predict the quarterfinals: Poland vs Croatia Wales vs Hungary Germany vs Italy France vs Iceland


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Please.


Judenwilli

Sad to see Hungary and Wales go head to head, they are my favourite teams after Germany of course.


iciale

Wales vs Northern Ireland. Dis gon be gud


_underrated_

Fucking Portugal cunts. Can't get into top 2 with group of Iceland, Hungary and Austria. Didn't even register one win against any of these teams. Small team mentality! Would be fuming if we already get out in next round if Ronaldo plays amazing match.


bupvote

Can't wait to see your reaction when Lord Eder comes off the bench and sends us to the quarters with a scintillating run from half and deft chip over your keeper.