Euro 2016

[The Lusophone]

Ignore. 

[METALMAN]

4 hours ago, Baddar said:

[Lineker]

In a build-up marked by tension over weightier matters, Euro 2016 organisers face embarrassment of a different kind after it emerged their mascot shares its name with a popular sex toy.

Uefa is hoping for a sizeable income from merchandising featuring the Euro 2016 mascot, a small boy sporting a cape with superpowers called Super Victor.

But potential purchasers face a surprise when they search for the name of the toy online, with the results split between a sex toy available from sites such as Amazon and products featuring the tournament mascot.

The character was unveiled in November 2014, then nameless, at a France friendly, as the build-up to Euro 2016 began. The public were then invited to vote in a social media poll, with Super Victor beating Driblou and Goalix to become the official name.

Uefa said the name was based on the idea of victory and refers to the super powers the small boy gained when he found a magic cape, boots and ball. A spokesman added: ”All we can say is that they [the sex aids] are not produced by Uefa.”

[Baddar]

This guy will be a part of ITV's coverage tonight. 

[GA!]

The opening match is on ITV? FML

[Baddar]

It is. Even split of the games. 

[DavidMarrio]

@Lineker will BBC have a match of the day after each days worth of games? 

Considering the 2pm kick offs it'll be the only way of me seeing any of the highlights for those matches 

[Baddar]

There are highlight shows on 1 over the weekend, but they don't seem to extend past that, unless they're on BBC 2/ITV.

[Lineker]

I think there are MOTD's plus a full replay overnight of the ITV games. Could be wrong though, not paid that much attention to it tbh.

[Matt]

The one time you could be useful Lineker. 

[FLiam]

Second day in a row that police are having to use tear gas against England supporters. 

Lovely bunch us English.

[MDK]

17 minutes ago, Alexis Sanchez said:

Second day in a row that police are having to use tear gas against England supporters. 

Lovely bunch us English.

The bar owner and police said it was Marrseilles fans up to no good 

[TCO]

The Marseille fans are probably involved but the photos and description sound pretty damning for the English fans and there hasn't been any trouble with any other group of fans.

Why can't you be like us and sing songs with whimsical flags?!

[Baddar]

No Martial.

Also I've read on fb, courtesy of Unilad of all pages, that De Gea has been sent home. Sky are saying he hasn't been though. 

[MDK]

8 minutes ago, TCO said:

The Marseille fans are probably involved but the photos and description sound pretty damning for the English fans and there hasn't been any trouble with any other group of fans.

Why can't you be like us and sing songs with whimsical flags?!

Last time we went en masse with flags we ended up with a 1/4 of the world

[stokeriño]

Well, ITV's Euros opening sequence is awful. These are the important issues I care about.

Manu Petit is a plus, though.

[TCO]

3 minutes ago, MDK said:

Last time we went en masse with flags we ended up with a 1/4 of the world

Still bollocking on about past glories, how delightfully appropriate English thing to do in a thread about major international football competition!

[MDK]

3 minutes ago, TCO said:

Still bollocking on about past glories, how delightfully appropriate English thing to do in a thread about major international football competition!

Just doing what we do best 

[GA!]

Best part of ITV's coverage so far: Billic's pen clicking. Doubt they'll top that all tournament.

[METALMAN]

7 minutes ago, TCO said:

Still bollocking on about past glories, how delightfully appropriate English thing to do in a thread about major international football competition!

Exactly. Plus the English needed us to run the empire for them so they can't really claim too much credit.