The 2016 European Nations CUP (soccer - football)

I had in mind to open a soccer thread has we have 2 important competitions
The America Nation Cup and European Nation cups
but as no one talking about it I presume no many here like-follow the soccer (football for us EU)

I give the America's link to follow the competition
http://www.ca2016.com/
http://www.ca2016.com/teams/usa

edited to add this interesting site (America Cup) http://www.mlssoccer.com/copa-america/schedule

 

this is for the European (I will follow this competition)

here you can find all the info you need (matches-where-before -during-after etc..)
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/index.html#md/1

this is Italian site-newspaper but easy to understand (or google traslate it)
http://www.gazzetta.it/calcio/europei/2016/calendario/

 

today matches Saturday 11

Albania Svizzera 15:00
Galles Slovacchia 18:00

Inghilterra Russia 21:00

 

agree hitman ...I bet on that ... but Wales won't be a push over they could even win or at least draw

Switzerland beat Albania 1-0

you give me an idea that we could have a competition on the game to pick up the winner

just realized I put the nation in Italian .... must find an English newspaper

wow Wales just scored

 

Wales vs Slovakia, Euro 2016: Gareth Bale puts Welsh in front with stunning free-kick


Gareth Bale has scored the first Welsh goal at Euro 2016

 

England 1 - 1 RUSSIA
Wales 1-1 Slovakia


Group B
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Wales 1 1 0 0 1 3
2 England 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Russia 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 1 0

 

here is the Euro 2016 Fixtures

Group A
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 France 1 1 0 0 1 3
2 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 1 3
3 Romania 1 0 0 1 -1 0
4 Albania 1 0 0 1 -1 0
Group B
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Wales 1 1 0 0 1 3
2 England 1 0 1 0 0 1
3 Russia 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 -1 0
Group C
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group D
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group E
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group F
Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

today matches

Sunday, June 12
Turkey vs. Croatia -- Paris (3 p.m.)
Poland vs. Northern Ireland -- Nice (6 p.m.)
Germany vs. Ukraine -- Lille (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m.)

 

at last someone here ... thanks Hitman to give me some support ... I get lonely sometime
Hitman do you follow-watch the matched?
Wales got few good players that could make the differences Bale in primis

 

results (so far)
Turkey vs. Croatia 0-1
Poland vs. Northern Ireland 1-0

 

inn short you said it all... yes that is what happened ..but Germany remain is one of my 4 favorite

congratulation. on you playing ... I now understand why you follow it....
same here (many moons ago I was a goalkeeper with a bright future (so they were writing the newspapers) but 2 serious injuries I had to give up... played for a while in midfield but didn't like as much and I wasn't much good so I gave up turning pro and just played with local team to past the time and keep fit....

 

Germany's Shkodran Mustafi broke the deadlock with a powerful header on 19 minutes.

Germany - Ukraine 2 - 0

Bastian Schweinsteiger the 2° goal scorer

 

Monday, June 13

Spain vs. Czech Rep -- Toulouse (3 p.m. CET/9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
Rep of Ireland vs. Sweden -- Saint-Denis (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Belgium vs. Italy -- Lyon (9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET, ESPN)

2 big game today.... other 2 favorite ... Spain + Belgium

Italy will give a hard run

 

hiya DaveJohns nice to see another "supporter"
yes early for you but normal time here it is like the America Cup for us the matches are during the night
unfortunately there are too many games to play in such short time... every day 3 then will drop some as the game progress