Euro: R16: France vs. Ireland, 6/26/2016

[Luigi Habs]

Uhh it was a clear foul to me

 

[Sotty]

Clear penalty.

 

[Ceremony]

Ireland wouldn't be that stupid, surely

You're right, I can see them opening up and going for it

 

[Shrimper]

Nope, their legs tangled and the Irishman dove.

Pogba tripped him

 

[Evilo]

Yeah that was a foul.

 

[Shrimper]

You're right, I can see them opening up and going for it

They won't go all out for it but sitting back would be suicide. Need a second

 

[Chloraflora]

Imagine if this holds up. England, Iceland, or Ireland in the semis - minnows everywhere!

 

[Live in the Now]

Duffy's defensive header there prevented a sure goal.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

How empty is this stadiun when Lyon is playing?

 

[Bon Esprit]

It is total and utter ********. What a disgusting call.

This was a clear foul.

 

[ecemleafs]

not even pogba or the rest of the french team argued the penalty call. very naive of pogba to just bundle over a player so obviously in the box.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

In hockey, that would have been quite a nice body check

 

[ecemleafs]

Imagine if this holds up. England, Iceland, or Ireland in the semis - minnows everywhere!

i can see england pulling off the upset and sneaking there way into the semis

 

[Evilo]

How empty is this stadiun when Lyon is playing?

They average more than 45.000 fans per game. Stadium capacity is around 58.000.

 

[Live in the Now]

Good save by Lloris. That was a lot better shot than I thought they would have gotten from that.

 

[Bon Esprit]

So much for the easy win for France. Ireland with the better scoring chances so far.

 

[Evilo]

Time for a yellow right now from this italian ref. Tackles everywhere in the middle of the pitch, but not even close to the ball.

 

[Evilo]

That Pogba free kick was right in the top corner.

 

[Evilo]

Finally a yellow ! Well deserved too.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Kante misses next match... if there is one

 

[Evilo]

Kanté gets a yellow on an obvious dive.... Won't play the quarters no matter what.

 

[Epictetus]

I hate that yellow card rule so much. Dunno how the competition heads can't see that it causes many teams to not field their best players, thus making the tournament much worse off.

 

[MXD]

Yellow to Kante was extremely harsh.

 

[Live in the Now]

I hate that yellow card rule so much. Dunno how the competition heads can't see that it causes many teams to not field their best players, thus making the tournament much worse off.

All of the cards should be reviewed after the game.

 

[Blender]

I hate that yellow card rule so much. Dunno how the competition heads can't see that it causes many teams to not field their best players, thus making the tournament much worse off.

Two yellows earning a one match ban is an awful rule and incredibly harsh. I agree that it leads to a weaker tournament overall.