One thread for both games. Hungary has four points, Iceland and Portugal each have two and Austria has one. Lots of possibilities here depending on the results. My heart wants Hungary and Iceland to advance. Who do you like?
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SRW1
Group of underdogs. I usually sympathize with underdogs and that remains true for Iceland. But for Hun vs Por I find it deplorable that they can’t both lose, though in the case of Hun that has nothing to do with the guys on the pitch.
And Hungary takes the lead.
raven
Me too!
piratedan
Iceland goes up 1-0
Runt
Wish I’d put money on Hungary and Iceland topping this group. I’m guessing someone could get rich tonight.
Poopyman
USA! USA! USA!
Too soon?
SRW1
@Poopyman:
Too late!
SRW1
I want Hungary – Portugal to be a draw and Iceland to score two more in order for Iceland to top the group.
Poopyman
@SRW1: ROFL!
Onkel Fritze
This would be about the right time for Pepe to get booked on a straight red card. He normally likes to help his team this way.
Onkel Fritze
@SRW1: I would be ok with that. That result would also keep Turkey out of the next round, that would be a huge plus.
SRW1
Hopefully they’ll have a new pair of sweat pants for Kiraly. This one looks kinda soiled.
SRW1
Hm, if there’s only one more goal in it and that one is scored by Iceland, they and Hungary are the exact same in terms of points and goals and the meeting of the two was a draw. Meaning that the decider would go to the fair play ranking.
Onkel Fritze
LOL!!!!
Onkel Fritze
This game is fun.
bookdragon
I’m cheering for Iceland. We Americans owe them. Their PMs were all recently annoyed by Trump:
https://grapevine.is/news/2016/06/22/donald-trump-asking-icelandic-mps-for-donations/
(btw for amusingly awesome coverage, check out grapevine’s football articles)
Onkel Fritze
@bookdragon:
If that’s your yardstick, you owe everybody.
bookdragon
@Onkel Fritze: Fair enough.
How about just because #ICELANDSMITES is a great tag? ;)
SRW1
Jebus, you go and run some errands and this thing has almost fallen apart.
Humboldtblue
@SRW1: He has his own online shop where if you wish you too can look like a soccer dad practicing with the kids in the backyard by wearing Kiraly-style sweats.
@bookdragon: The twitter feed is a must-follow when the Iceland national team are playing
SRW1
ICELAND!!!
piratedan
holy crap, Iceland just pulled a goal completely out of nowhere
Runt
If the US had the Miracle on Ice, I recon Iceland has the Miracle on Grass.
Onkel Fritze
That was a late smiting.
Hungary, Iceland and Portugal through, Turkey still out. Good enough for me, although the last group later today is probably going to disappoint me on that score.
SRW1
@Onkel Fritze:
Turkey isn’t out yet. It’s the poor guys from Albania that have been sitting in their hotel rooms for three days and are now being told they aren’t needed any more.
Calouste
@Onkel Fritze: For Turkey to go out, Ireland needs to beat Italy, or Sweden needs to beat Belgium by not more than 3 goals.
You know who to root for later today :)