OT: Euro 2016 France vs. Iceland (3:00pm EDT, ESPN)
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It is cool. It's like the battle of Winterfell scene, sort of, with the Boltons with shields and spears about to demolish Jon Snow's forces.
The Viking War Chant has been pretty fun to watch.
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We have "Pirates", "Raiders", and "Buccaneers" all as sports team mascots. None of these were nice people. It's nothing unique to Vikings.
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already made a little history by engineering the very early "Brexit" of the England side. Don't see a repeat against France, however. It'll be great to hear all those folks shouting "Go Blue" in French for their national team (nicknamed "the Blues"): Allez les Bleus!"
La France va huée que le cul!
If they can pull off the upset of France that would be amazing!
I mostly only follow international soccer, so I don't watch it much outside of the summer. I forget about some aspects of the game that are so different from North American sports. The thing that gets me the most is how efficient soccer (and rugby) is in terms of time. You play a 90-minute game and it fits comfortably into a 2-hour timeslot. (Usually it's over in 1 hr 45.)
Yesterday's Germany-Italy game had 120 minutes of action followed by a penalty shootout that went into sudden death (for multiple rounds) - and it was over in about 2 1/2 hours.
The flow of the game is uniterrupted by 4 - 5 minutes of commercials every 10 - 15 minutes. A better viewing experience for the fans and I am sure the players appreciate it too.
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I hope so .
Go Iceland! Continue shocking the world!
It's because some can't get over Karim Benzema being left off the team. Never mind that he allegedly blackmailed his own French teammate, Mathieu Valbuena, and is facing criminal charges. (Valbuena has also been left off the team, incidentally - he has much more reason to cry foul.)
Giroud is guilty of the crime of starting in Benzema's old spot, so these geniuses boo him.
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france looks dominant.
Very bad start for the Vikings. Could get U G L Y!
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It's over by half.
reallyw ish that third goal hadn't happened as now the game has lost all intrigue going into the half :-/
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germany missing a lot of key players. france looks dominant (albeit playing cinderella after midnight) and they're at home
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France needs a better defense.
It's definitely the weakest part of the team, although in fairness, they played this game without one defensive starter (Rami) and a defensive midfielder (Kanté), both suspended for yellow cards.
Someone call Ken Burns--Iceland is history.