Group F: Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany

[Mark]

 

Tuesday, June 15

Group F: Hungary vs Portugal (5pm, ITV)
Group F: France vs Germany (8pm, ITV)

 

Saturday, June 19

Group F: Hungary vs France (2pm, BBC)
Group F: Portugal vs Germany (5pm, ITV)

 

Wednesday 23 June

Group F: Germany vs Hungary (8pm, BBC)
Group F: Portugal v France (8pm, BBC)

[goody2028]

Group of death. 

[spacemunky]

Go Hungary!

[jonthefox]

Don't we get the winner/runner up in the first knock out phase?.

[cruzFOX]

poor ol Hungary! whatever did they do wring to deserve getting thrown in with the wolves?  

[Blue ROI]

Hungary were diabolical against Ireland tonight,

 

Can't be far off the worst team in the tournament, let alone this group.

Edited 8 June 2021 by Blue ROI

[ClaphamFox]

11 hours ago, jonthefox said:

Don't we get the winner/runner up in the first knock out phase?.

If we win our group, we get play the 2nd placed team in this group. However if we come 2nd in our group, we get the 2nd team in group E.

[ozleicester]

[AjcW]

7 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

If we win our group, we get play the 2nd placed team in this group. However if we come 2nd in our group, we get the 2nd team in group E.

So we deffo need to try and finish second then  

[Anorak]

As others have already said, you really have to fear for the Hungarians, could get embarrassing. 

 

Just had a proper look at the Portuguese squad, formidable in terms of depth and quality. 

[Dan]

I like the fact Hungary have a proper home crowd behind them. The only full ground in the competition. That gives them some help, which they definitely need  

[egg_fried_rice]

Couple of humdingers today.

 

Hungary are playing at home in a max capacity sell-out so the atmosphere will be immense - think this will be the first full capacity game (certainly that I've seen) post Covid? Portugal should still have enough to beat them though.

 

Then the first clash of the titans of the tournament later. Everyone will have France as favourites, but you just know as soon as you write the Germans off they pull something out the bag. The French ability to self implode a la the Mbappe/Giroud stuff this week always adds to the tournament drama.

[Unabomber]

Was buzzing for the 2pm to realise there isn’t one. 

[Koke]

How and why are Hungary the only nation with full capacity crowd? 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

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Edited 15 June 2021 by SouthStandUpperTier

[SouthStandUpperTier]

6 minutes ago, Koke said:

How and why are Hungary the only nation with full capacity crowd? 

Not a clue. All Covid related rules just seem so arbitrary at the moment.

Edited 15 June 2021 by SouthStandUpperTier

[StanSP]

53 minutes ago, Koke said:

How and why are Hungary the only nation with full capacity crowd? 

 

46 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Not a clue. All Covid related rules just seem so arbitrary at the moment.

Guess they need all the help they can get with that group

 

[SemperEadem]

Loudest support in the whole tournament tonight with Hungary playing.

[CosbehFox]

Hungary’s President uses football as a popularist tool. He’s funded numerous football stadiums and understands how that wins votes from a certain demographic. 
 

To be fair, they have the highest percentage of vaccinations in the EU as they went their own route on the vaccination program buying Russian and Chinese vaccinations. Apparently yesterday they had zero deaths yesterday as well 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Watching this purely for a stadium filled with absolute nutters. 

[Wymsey]

Surely will be Ronaldo's last tournament with Portugal?

[Fox92]

Come on you Portugal.

[Blue ROI]

Like Covid never happened in Budapest.

 

Though a full house is nearly wasted on a game like this.

[peach0000]

15 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Surely will be Ronaldo's last tournament with Portugal?

Qatar is only a year and a bit away.

[Flamey]

1 minute ago, Blue ROI said:

Like Covid never happened in Budapest.

 

Though a full house is nearly wasted on a game like this.

Shame, they could have used lockdown to work on that anthem.