Games 25 and 26: Switzerland vs Germany live from the Frankfurt Arena BBC2 8pm AND Scotland vs Hungary live from the Stuttgart Arena BBC1 8pm

[Darius1998]

Hungary playing like they want to go home and take Scotland out of the tournament at the same time.

[PaulHartman71]

Tah is having an absolute shocker 

Edited June 23 by PaulHartman71

[DJ]

Tah out next match

[CFuller]

1 minute ago, BoroPhil said:

Yeah but in WC86 surely it was 2 points for a win?

Indeed so.

Funnily enough, Hungary also finished 3rd in their group with 2 points at that tournament after winning a match (Bulgaria and Uruguay each got 2 draws) - but Hungary went out on GD. If there had been 3 points for a win at Mexico 86, they would have gone through.

[The Amazing Dale Watkins]

Just now, PaulHartman71 said:

Tah is having an absolute shocker 

He's missing the Round of 16. Might be for the better

[Freakiie]

Tah, just like Sommer, forgot it was 2024 for a second.

[Darren Moores Mum]

Surprised he didn't get a booking there.

[Haguey]

That's not very smart Che

[Darren Moores Mum]

Got to score that 

[Wavelberry]

Yeeesh. That was a close yin.

[Darius1998]

Huge chance for Orban there.

[EnterUsernameHere]

Offside anyway but what a miss.

[Marius_R]

Looked offside. 

[Darren Moores Mum]

Probably offside though

[sc91]

Che is an absolutely tragic striker.

[Haguey]

Oh my, in this match that is a sitter

Oh wait they're all offside

[HOORAY HENRIK]

Just get Forrest on, someone that might run with the ball.

[Marius_R]

Second half should be better, both teams need to win. 

[Pukey]

This has been a rather low quality affair

[GunmaN1905]

Proper tackle.

Argentinian ref feeling right at home with this one.

[Marius_R]

Would like Hungary to go out in the group stage, so I can rub it in my two Hungarian ethnic colleagues' face.

[Darren Moores Mum]

This has been really poor.

Only real chance was a header that would have been offside anyway.

Both sides will surely open up in the second though.

[Darius1998]

Half a chance with Szoboszlai's ability. Anything can happen if that gets on target.

[The Amazing Dale Watkins]

Germany the better team, but really wasteful and unprecise. Going to be hard to break down that defense.

[Wavelberry]

Just now, Darren Moores Mum said:

This has been really poor.

Only real chance was a header that would have been offside anyway.

Both sides will surely open up in the second though.

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[Haguey]

Yeah surely neither team can just play out a draw here, got broke for the win late on, or lose. Either way you're going home

[Wavelberry]

Jeez, David Moyes calling you out for a lack of forward thrust... not sure you come back from that.

[Tikka Mezzala]

We're going to need another own goal. 

[Mr Adam]

Great advert for a 16 team Euros 

[HOORAY HENRIK]

4 at the back. Get a front 3 of Christie, Shankland & Forrest.

 

[Haguey]

1 minute ago, Mr Adam said:

Great advert for a 16 team Euros 

People keep saying this but both these teams would have qualified anyway 

[The_jagster]

Highlight of that half was the chat about the music on Homes Under the Hammer, don't know what you lot did for your own entertainment

[Baptista_8]

[The_jagster]

2 minutes ago, Haguey said:

Yeah surely neither team can just play out a draw here, got broke for the win late on, or lose. Either way you're going home

I agree,but both teams want to at least be in with a chance with 80 minutes gone, so we get this

[BoroPhil]

16 minutes ago, CFuller said:

Indeed so.

Funnily enough, Hungary also finished 3rd in their group with 2 points at that tournament after winning a match (Bulgaria and Uruguay each got 2 draws) - but Hungary went out on GD. If there had been 3 points for a win at Mexico 86, they would have gone through.

interesting looking at the 24 team Euros and WC 4pts always gets you through and 3 does quite often

[CFuller]

I can't believe that was Ndoye's first goal for Switzerland. Feels like he's been around a while.

[craigcwwe]

Very poor first half there between Scotland/Hungary. 
 

Scots without a single shot. Poor.  
 

Second hand surely has to improve from both sides…

[SouthCoastRed]

10 minutes ago, HOORAY HENRIK said:

4 at the back. Get a front 3 of Christie, Shankland & Forrest.

 

Take Adams out round the back and shoot him

[GunmaN1905]

1 minute ago, CFuller said:

I can't believe that was Ndoye's first goal for Switzerland. Feels like he's been around a while.

You sure?

He didn't feature with the NT before last September.

[Rob1981]

Reminder that Scotland CAN still go through as a best third place team with only two points... but I think at least two of the following three statements would need to be true:

• Portugal beat Georgia AND Turkey beat Czech Republic
• Spain beat Albania AND Italy beat Croatia
• England beat Slovenia by a 4+ goal scoreline OR England beat Slovenia by a more modest scoreline, but then Serbia also beat Denmark by a few goals.

Maybe isn't as far fetched as it sounds.  But the third place teams in Groups D and E are already guaranteed to finish on at least three points.

Edited June 23 by Rob1981

[Gizmo7]

Shankland has to feature soon. Scotland are utterly toothless 

[Sned]

We had some decent performances using this system in qualifying - but I don't think it's worked for us at all in this tournament so far.

Not saying we need to go gung-ho (yet), but I'd be moving to a back four if it was my decision.

[CFuller]

1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said:

You sure?

He didn't feature with the NT before last September.

Might be the Mandela effect or FM messing with my mind, but I could've sworn Ndoye was around for at least the last World Cup. 

[Wavelberry]

2 minutes ago, Sned said:

We had some decent performances using this system in qualifying - but I don't think it's worked for us at all in this tournament so far.

Not saying we need to go gung-ho (yet), but I'd be moving to a back four if it was my decision.

Nae Dykes, nae party

[Nordan]

We gave up our spot for this nonsense. 

[GunmaN1905]

1 minute ago, CFuller said:

Might be the Mandela effect or FM messing with my mind, but I could've sworn Ndoye was around for at least the last World Cup. 

He's just 23.
Was at Basel, moved to Bologna this season and didn't feature much early on, then exploded as of late and had a great finish to the season.
But not a player that fills the statsheet.

[CFuller]

Just now, Nordan said:

We gave up our spot for this nonsense. 

We could've had Erling Haaland but we got Che Adams. 

[Gizmo7]

3 minutes ago, CFuller said:

Might be the Mandela effect or FM messing with my mind, but I could've sworn Ndoye was around for at least the last World Cup. 

Are you confusing him with the Senegalese N’Doye?

[Rob1981]

McTominay suspended if they get through.

[Nordan]

1 minute ago, CFuller said:

We could've had Erling Haaland but we got Che Adams. 

Exactly, now he's stuck on some luxury yacht instead.