England fan here and I absolutely enjoyed watching that. Reason being, I'm also a Leicester fan and I have all the time in the world for teams that run their hearts out, are well disciplined ad also have a few players that are more than capable of producing a few moments of magic. Iceland were awesome and England are the worst I've ever seen them in 30 odd years of following them.

Can't wait for the Premier League to start again, I miss it.

I'm from England but tbh I quite liked seeing the ambition from Iceland I think that commentator's near death celebration left an impression not too mention the war cry celebration after the match, well deserved.

Of course he can't!  After all his mouthing about wanting Italy to Smash Ireland and then calling us a crap team against France he's not going to be in the mood.  

A country about the size of Leicester city just beat him.  It doesn't get much worse than that.  

I was flying home when this match was on and the pilot told us the full time result.  an almighty cheer broke amongst the passagers (half of them not Irish).  

What a beautiful end to a beautiful euro trip. Respect to my viking brothers! 

You did well.  

I 100% agree with the reasons as well. 

PS: I'm secretly hoping Belgium steals the show and win this Euro even if I know that probably won't happen. The reason? I love to see new powerhouses rising (like Spain did in 2008).

It's a fact, it doesn't matter what you think about it. Also, citizenship is fluid, nationality isn't.

@Kościelny - To me if you have Polish blood, you can play for the national team. When it comes to national teams, I follow the law of blood - ius sangre. I think that nobody can deny a player the right to play for a country that is his natural blood heritage. People of mixed blood get the extra benefit here, obviously. Still, I can ease your mind, that our policy was still evolving at that point. We went from having a Nigerian born player with our citizenship on the team to only allowing foreign born players with Polish ancestors, but recently we went further and only allow those players born abroad, who have Polish ancestry and speak fluent Polish. That's why Obraniak (born in France) is no longer on the team, despite being a good player. When we first called him, we only demanded him to learn and sing the national anthem. Now we have a rule of no translators in the locker room (considering our language is very difficult and only spoken in our country - this is a harsh rule) - as a result we stopped calling two decent players, who were our starters, but we don't regret it. The team feels more "our" this way. That's why on this Euro, the only guy who was born outside of Poland is Thiago Cionek, born in Brazil, his grandparents fled Poland during the World War, but he speaks fluent Polish (spoke it before he came back to Poland, as he identified himself as part of the Brasilian Polonia) and has lived in Poland for quite some time. I'm not sure if he even has Brasilian citizenship at all at this point. In this case I see nothing wrong with him playing for the Polish team.

Oh Rol, why are you doing this to yourself? Accept the fact that some people understand football better than you Think about the reasons for our quarrel - I told you England was terrible and Iceland was better. I told you Group B was by far the worst, worse than Group F. I told you that you were overestimating Spain. I told you Poland was a top 5 team, while you said Poland was worse than Czech Republic, Portugal, Croatia and England - yet here we are, Poland is still standing in the top 8, one game away from winning a medal, and out of your group of "better teams" only Portugal is left in the tournament, after barely getting out of its group in the 3rd place. You kept saying England was better and stood a chance to win the Cup, while they aren't even the best in the Isles Accept the fact, that I was right on all accounts. Look at your rank with all the changes you had to make in it and compare it to mine and how mine stands the test of time:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7954164

With hindsight I guess I should put Portugal one place higher - over England (Cristiano alone proved to be worth more than the English team) and drop Czech Rep under Wales. The rest stands if you ask me, and when you cut out the teams that are out, the rank is like this:

1. Italy
2. Germany
3. France
4. Poland
5. Belgium
6. Iceland
7. Portugal
8. Wales

I think it's the right order at this point. If our strikers were playing like they played half a year ago, I'd be putting Poland on 2nd or 3rd place. Probably 2nd, since in that case the final would be guaranteed, while at this point everything is still up in the air.

PS. I'm gonna give you some food for thought and let you in on my secret. In tournaments defence > offence. Remember this going forward. In league football, it's the other way round, but defence wins tournaments. Remember when you said that Poland showed it can defend, but other teams showed that as well, while Poland showed it can't score? For me that's enough to put us in top 5. Look at who's left - all the teams that showed in the group stage that they can defend (Italy, Germany, Poland, Iceland, Portugal) are still here, while offensive powerhouses like Spain or Croatia are either home or packing.

In a tournament, only the winner advances, which means the loser is eliminated. That's why the core of the Italian phylosophy is: "we don't know who will win, but we know we won't lose". That's why it's so hard to eliminate them - and that's enough in a cup. Italy has far and away the best defence, while their offence is simply terrible. But who cares? They don't. Like Mourinho said, I'm not saying I'm the best, but nobody is better than me That's how you win tournaments, that's why teams with this attitude prevail.

I'm gonna have to think about the exact scores, but my first thoughts are:

Poland > Portugal - it will be close, since I'm losing faith in our strikers showing up this tournament. I still think the overall quality of our team is higher
Wales < Belgium - though this game is going to be a tight one and it won't be easy for Belgium to win
Germany < Italy - Italy has never lost to Germany in a tournament or qualifier. Never ever. Never ever ever. Germans are probably already shitting their pants before this game. The fact that Italy is on fire, while Germany couldn't win against a team as bad as Poland is the icing on the cake
France > Iceland - this will be tough for France, but I think the home pitch will give them the neccessary boost

PS. Fun fact, Ondriej Duda from Slovakia was the first player to score a goal on Wales in this tournament. Do you know who was the previous player to score a goal against Wales in an international tournament?

Pele

England Iced by Iceland!
I hope France get iced by mighty Iceland.
Iceland can win Euro and create a miracle like Greece in Euro 2004.

Looks like Mane is off to Liverpool. The annual Liverpool give Saints loads of cash has started like usual.

Roy is a shit manager, it's not even funny! Anyway...

Poland-Portugal ( 1-0, aet)
Wales-Belgium (2-3)
Germany-Italy ( 2-1)
France-Iceland ( 1-0)

Oh yeah, predictions:
Poland 1-1 Portugal (Port on penalties)
Wales 0-1 Belgium
Germany 1-2 Italy
France 2-0 Iceland