and: Russia given suspended disqualification and will be thrown out if similar incidents happen in stadium Russia will be disqualified from the European Championship if their fans are guilty of any violence inside the stadium during the remainder of the tournament ,,, It was also revealed on Tuesday that a coach carrying a group of Russian fans suspected of being part of the Marseille assaults was stopped, with the head of the Russian Union of Fans, Alexander Shprygin, claiming that they were innocent of committing any of the crimes in Marseille and were being “dragged” off the bus by police. "Police are now dragging us out of the bus, they've announced deportation. No reasons are being given. There are 50 people in the bus. This is some kind of show-off, none of us were detained in Marseilles riots, but for some reason they're targeting the official fans union delegation," Shprygin said on Twitter
I guess UEFA can only punish a team for what goes on inside the ground although in that case why were we threaten with being kicked out too?
On the pitch it has been a decent first round of matches. Some cracking goals and some good football. Some things never change like England snatching a draw from the jaws of victory, the Italians cynically proficient, the Germans, well, German I suppose.....the Slovakians the pantomime villains Of "our boys" Pant's, and Prödl have yet to start; Cathcart and Pudil found themselves on the losing side with Behrami turning in a minor captain's performance for the victorious Swiss. Roll on the next round of matches.
I didn't think he had a good game against Russia, but fair play to Worrell Sterling, he's playing again today, and at 51, you have to respect that.
Mark, did you hear him before the game started? He said that he researches when keepers take a step and he slots into that area. Very clever. Oh, Sturridge on! AND vardy!!! Good shout.
I missed that - guess that is why Bale is worth so much. Does that bit more in terms of details and reading the game. Ours to win from here though...
Oh, I've been up the tip. I'd completely forgotten about this game. I take it Engerland are losing. I wouldn't care too much but if the Welsh win we'll never hear the end of it for decades.
Much better second half. The Solvakians will be our toughest challenge, and we'll need a win because qualifying with 3 points is really not a given by any means.
Ooh, he was close at the end, too. His heading game has improved so much too. to the Welsh for making it such an interesting game. And to them against the Russkis.
Yeah, true. I wrote my bit at 1-1 Still can't see how Sturridge hadn't taken too much time?! Every replay I'm shouting "Kick it!" two seconds before he does. We needed the movement that the three subs brought. Llallana (surely Welsh with that name ) was the only one in the first half who offered that. ... Did I just hear Rio Ferdinand say of Kyle Walker: "... open your legs and get what you can out of it..."
