Season › 2024-25 › General Forum Euros 2024 — Day 17 By Michael Kenrick 02/07/2024 85 Comments [Jump to last] The last set of octofinals conclude the Round of 16: Tuesday 2 July 2024 17:00 Romania v Netherlands — BBC 1 20:00 Austria v Turkey — ITV 1 Reader Comments (85) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Paul Ferry 1 Posted 02/07/2024 at 17:23:13 Had to be him didn't it. Great goal sadly. The good news is that Romania are in this. I can't stand those dickhead orange clown fans with their silly voices, bikes, clogs, and dykes/dycks. Kieran Kinsella 2 Posted 02/07/2024 at 17:37:04 PaulAs Michael Caine said "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch." Paul Ferry 3 Posted 02/07/2024 at 17:42:27 Hahahahaha I like that. But they are playing well here and enjoying themselves after Romania's bright start. Mark Murphy 4 Posted 02/07/2024 at 17:52:06 First time I've seen Romania this tournament.I never realised Alec Baldwin was their manager!! Paul Ferry 5 Posted 02/07/2024 at 17:55:39 Does he do a good Trump? Or should I say King Trump after what those right-wing assholes did in the supreme court yesterday? Paul Ferry 6 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:23:44 that has to be offside Mark Murphy 7 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:27:40 Clearly and yet the Lino who was right in line didn't put his flag up.What is the point of linemen anymore? Paul Ferry 8 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:30:59 isn't there some sort of equally dumb rule that they have to delay their flag for what I don't fecking know Mike Gaynes 9 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:33:41 No rule, just the inane/insane "guidelines" that FIFA, the Prem and other leagues have instructed their officials to adhere to. Liam Mogan 10 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:35:48 In the pantheon of most punchable faces, Van Dik must be right up near the top of the pile. Kieran Kinsella 11 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:39:28 Koeman is a Dutch occupational surname. Though the name translates as "cow man" in modern Dutch, it is a derivative, via Kooman, of Koopman (= merchant).Merchant of shite or is cow man some kind of bizarre super hero persona? Mark Murphy 12 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:41:14 Horrible cheating cunt that! Michael Kenrick 13 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:45:01 There's that blatant cheating Tony complains about. We all saw it. What will the powers that be do to stop it? Nothing, Nada, Zilch. Mark Murphy 14 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:46:30 Paul, they're told to keep their flags down on tight decisions as a mistaken raised flag May rule out a valid goal. The thinking is that VAR will overrule it if it is offside. I can sort of understand that but, when it's as clear as day as that one was, the linesman should have his flag up. Otherwise, they're only good for spotting foul throws. And I've seen loads of them just ignored! Paul Ferry 15 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:48:53 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liam? Liam Mogan 16 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:52:15 I quite enjoyed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Paul. Peter Mills 17 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:52:22 Mark #4, I was thinking he was some weird cross between Alec Baldwin and Carlo! Mike Gaynes 18 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:52:45 Great run. Great goal. Paul Ferry 19 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:54:52 Fair Liam. I did too when I was a kid. "I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain, to see for certain, what I thought I knew, and in the east." How the feck do I still remember that?Okay, then, Liz Truss. Game over. Some tasty quarter-finals coming up, starting Friday: Spain vs Germany. Liam Mogan 20 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:54:52 Why are there loads of Lonsdale trainees on the pitch? I didn't realise Leeds were playing. Liam Mogan 21 Posted 02/07/2024 at 18:57:22 It changes daily, Paul, but I think it's Jim Ratcliffe atm. Entitled elitist gobshite. Billy Shears 22 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:04:24 Most (if not all) of the laws of the game need to be overhauled... asap.Starting with VAR... it needs to go! Ed Prytherch 23 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:07:13 That was an entertaining game helped by the excellent commentators Jacqui Oatley and Warren Barton on Fox Sports.The Dutch will be no pushovers from now on. Dale Self 24 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:10:24 It's a turd, it is vain, it's cow man, meh. Mike Gaynes 25 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:11:07 I like Jacqui and Barton too, Ed. Smart commentary. Kieran Kinsella 26 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:31:33 Ed & Mike,Barton has improved a lot. In his early days he was all just "Awright mate, nuffink wrong wid dat tackle, give it a welly." Now, he seems to have brushed up on his elocution and actually started to display some knowledge. Ed Prytherch 27 Posted 02/07/2024 at 19:52:44 Derek Rae is the one who really gets up my nose and I either mute it or turn the volume very low. It seems that they only drag him out of the closet and dust him down for tournaments. Mike Gaynes 28 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:07:30 This game is showing every sign of being fun as hell. Dave Cashen 29 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:16:02 Two technically gifted teams looking to move the ball quickly and play with purpose.My late friend would refer to this an Aerosmith game. Chris James 30 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:16:49 Another cracking game underway — surely this is the best Euros ever? Liam Mogan 31 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:28:06 Both teams going for it and Living on the Edge. Amazing. Excellent to watch giving me Sweet Emotion. Not turning over as I Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Both will do What it Takes to win this. Crazy. Have to Dream On to see England play like this. Kieran Kinsella 32 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:29:35 Ed,During the Scotland game, Derek criticized Scotland and then said "By the way, viewers at home, it is okay for me to criticize Scotland because, as you may not realize, I am Scottish." Really, Del? I thought with the accent you were either from Johannesburg or Delhi. Mike Gaynes 33 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:32:53 Kieran, to the average American all those accents sound the same. Kieran Kinsella 34 Posted 02/07/2024 at 20:36:28 Fair enough, Mike. I guess it's just in America where everyone has exactly the same accent like if you go to the Louisiana Bayou, Harlan County Kentucky, Fargo, North Dakota, or Boston you could be forgiven for thinking all the folks were from Chicago or Oregon. Paul Ferry 35 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:04:18 Just back from a meeting with my dean about a salary increase!Sounds like I missed a great first half.Thank God it's the Fletch and Owen show. Paul Ferry 36 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:13:36 How good and exciting are Osterreich but how many more chances will they miss. Liam Mogan 37 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:14:08 Such a fast-paced game. A joy to watch after the coma-inducing borefest France and Belgium served up yesterday. Paul Ferry 38 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:18:28 Fantastic cross and fantastic header but, mein gott, those defenders around him! Liam Mogan 39 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:22:20 Turkey playing prime Dycheball. Liam Mogan 40 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:24:57 Game on. More Dycheball. Paul Ferry 41 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:26:15 Austria would rip the gozzy eyed capitalist twat's turds apart. Michael Kenrick 42 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:31:27 Poor from Turkey, not supporting that break and the cut-back. Mike Gaynes 43 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:36:13 That guy Demiral is listed on Transfermarkt as being worth €16.00m.Probably doubled his value in 60 minutes tonight. Colin Glassar 44 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:45:17 C'mon Austria Michael Kenrick 45 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:52:33 Simply fantastic stuff! BBC 5Live commentary is just brilliant. Paul Ferry 46 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:52:54 What a fucking save! Liam Mogan 47 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:52:57 What a save!!!! Mike Gaynes 48 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:53:01 That's the save of the year in world football. It'll be online for years to come. Colin Glassar 49 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:54:30 The Turks have finally stormed Vienna. Liam Mogan 50 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:54:34 Great game. Either team would have been deserving quarter finalists. That save though. Wow. Mike Gaynes 51 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:54:42 That game was SO FUN. That's why we love football. Alan McGuffog 52 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:55:03 Worthy of David Lawson! Mark Murphy 53 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:55:25 Football can still be absolutely brilliant at times cant it??What A Save that was as well!Loved that game. Rob Halligan 54 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:55:35 You will never see a better save than that. Save of the millennium by a country mile. Unbelievable........no other word can describe it. Jamie Crowley 55 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:55:47 I think that was one of the best games of soccer I've ever seen.Exquisite. Paul Hewitt 56 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:56:06 Love turkey to win it. No prima Donna's. Paul Ferry 57 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:56:33 Nice one Colin. Liam Mogan 58 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:57:27 Hope Turkey batter the arrogant Orange dyke builders at the weekend Alan McGuffog 59 Posted 02/07/2024 at 21:58:05 Break out the Efes! Liam Mogan 60 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:00:20 At its best, like tonight, there is no better entertainment than the old togger. Paul Ferry 61 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:00:39 Did you watch that, Southgate, yer fecking Harrogate free market Razzle onanist? Mike Gaynes 62 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:01:06 Rob, headed down off wet turf from six yards. Impossible. Rob Halligan 63 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:02:44 Mike, I'd have caught that!! Colin Glassar 64 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:07:28 Paul, Southgate was probably watching re-runs of Corrie while sipping weak, milky tea. Peter Mills 65 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:08:21 Gutted. I wanted extra time. Liam Mogan 66 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:09:21 It was a great header too. How he kept that out is insane. Mike Gaynes 67 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:10:32 I know, Rob. Quick off your line. Commanding your area. Billy Shears 68 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:13:40 I've said it for years now... Germany are the best footy nation on the planet but, for sheer entertainment, then it has to be Turkey by a fucking mile!Wish we could sign that Demiral... sigh. Andy Meighan 69 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:15:13 As Kelly Cates said.Neither of them deserve to go out, the most boring team should perish and let Austria through.Now I wonder who the hell she could possibly be talking about?Anyway, she'll get her wish come Saturday. Shane Corcoran 70 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:21:37 Very unpopular opinion, it wasn't that good a save. Pretty much bang in the middle of the goal. Did well to scoop it out but if he hadn't stopped it we'd be saying it was poor. Header should've been better. Robert Tressell 71 Posted 02/07/2024 at 22:29:59 Like a lot of clubs, we came close to signing Demiral when he was at Sassuolo. He's earning his fortune out in Saudi now. Neil Copeland 72 Posted 02/07/2024 at 23:22:25 Does anyone know if Onana made it to the half-way line? Ed Prytherch 73 Posted 02/07/2024 at 23:56:00 Kieran, Rae thinks he is under cover because he does not announce that he is a fookin Scotsman! Mike Gaynes 74 Posted 03/07/2024 at 02:17:03 Anybody still awake east of me should be watching Brazil vs Colombia. Another great game shaping up. Kieran Kinsella 75 Posted 03/07/2024 at 02:43:49 Mike,Is Richarlison injured or suspended apparently he's not even on the bench? Mina just a sub. No sign of James, Allen, Bernard or the mid 90s signing Rodrigo. Seems like an anti-Everton propaganda match! James Flynn 76 Posted 03/07/2024 at 03:30:29 Kieran, injury. Ankle I think.More Endrick to watch, which is nice. Kieran Kinsella 77 Posted 03/07/2024 at 03:57:09 JamesCheers for the info. Hope you're doing well mate Tony Abrahams 78 Posted 03/07/2024 at 07:55:28 I thought it was an incredible save, Shane. I haven't seen it again but it was headed down into the soaking wet surface, which might have inadvertently helped the keeper, but I'm certain that a lot of young Turkish kids who are still to be born will be hearing about that save for the next 30 years!I thought that the weather helped to contribute towards the game, because there is not many things better than playing football in the teaming rain when there's no wind getting in your face making it harder to breathe. A fantastic game of football. Gerry Quinn 79 Posted 03/07/2024 at 08:22:31 Very few back passes - well done Turkey - a joy to watch.Please, please, please, other teams take note of how football should be played ... forwards!!! Christine Foster 80 Posted 03/07/2024 at 08:31:14 I was privileged to watch two great games today, Austria and Turkey, what a great headed goal from Demiral, I think I would buy him and use him as a centre-forward! But what a save, had me almost shouting out with surprise, I really thought that was a goal.The second game was Brazil v Columbia, another full-on game, both going for it.. yet again James Rodriguez was a real contender for Man of the Match, his distribution was brilliant, and boy did it make you realise what we have missed against one of the best sides in the world he was outstanding. He may have lost pace but his skill is still world class. They could have, should have won it... Roll on the quarter-finals of Euros and the Copa.. starting to enjoy it now! Paul Hewitt 81 Posted 03/07/2024 at 09:14:08 England players should be made to watch that Turkey game from last night. They played no-fear football and just attacked. Compared to our cowardice crap. Andrew Clare 82 Posted 03/07/2024 at 10:55:56 Paul,It's not the players — it's the system they have been told to play that is the problem. Gerry Quinn 83 Posted 03/07/2024 at 11:08:11 There have been numerous high boot tackles that have been nowhere near hitting anyone in the face... Cannot VAR establish quickly that the cheating bastards like Kane et al who dive all over the place holding their faces get bloody booked for cheating? Tony Abrahams 84 Posted 03/07/2024 at 13:53:28 There would be very few players left on the pitch after the hour mark, Gerry, because the beautiful game has long been taking over by cheats. They dress it up and call it professionalism, which means that you're being very foolish, if you don't cheat nowadays, unfortunately.I heard there was a big fight in the England team's hotel, last night, when Southgate turned off the game after twenty, after telling some of his players not to be getting any big ideas in their heads! Gerry Quinn 85 Posted 03/07/2024 at 14:20:20 Ha ha, true, Tony - the cheating is one of my biggest hates of football nowadays... Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb