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Great kick at the goal by Poland, but Portuguese Goalie saved it

Hit the Polish Wall

Strike by Poland on the goal. Not a bad one but right of the net

Ronaldo has a free kick as he was fouled

Portugal defence holding firm against the Portuguese strikers

Corner Portugal

Portugal had a go at the goal, but nothing came of it!

GOAL POLAND

1minute and 40 Seconds

Jakub Blaszczykowski,



POLAND 1 ~ PORTUGAL 0

And the first Quarter final has kicked off

Poland v Portugal

Which of these teams will go forward to the Semi-Finals?

DOES ANYONE WANT TO HAZARD A GUESS? :-D

Applause for the victims of the

ISTANBUL AIRPORT TERRORIST ATTROCITY

The teams are coming out for the first Quarter Finals Match of this Competition.

And here come the Anthems

First Portugal

and then Poland

Team news!

EURO QUARTER FINALS 2016 ~ TONIGHT'S TEAMS


POLAND

22. Greg Fabianski, Goalie

20. Lucasz Piszczek, 15. Kamil Glik, 2. Michal Pazdan, 3. ArturJedrzejczyk, 16. Jakub Blaszczykowski, 10. Grzegorz Krychowiak, 5. Krzysztof Maczynski, 11. Kamil Grosicki, 7. Arkadiusz Milik, 9. Robert Lewandowski.

Subs:
1. Wojciech Szczesny, 4. Thiago Cionek, 6. Tomasz Jodlowiec, 8. Karol Linetty, 13. Mariuz Stepinski, 14. Jakub Wawrzyniak, 17. Slawomir Peszko, 18. Bartosz Salamon, 19. Piotr Zielinski, 21. Bartosz Kapustka, 23. Filip Starzynski, 12. Artur Boruc.

HEAD COACH: ADAM NAWALKO


PORTUGAL

1. Rui Patricio, Goalie

21. Cedric, 3. Pepe, 4. Jose Fonte, 19. Eliseu, 14. William Carvalho, 10. Joao Mario, 16. Renato Sanches, 23. Adrien Silva, 17. Nani, 7. Christiano Ronaldo.

Subs:
12. Anthony Lopes, 2. Bruno Alves, 6. Ricardo Carvalho, 8. Joao Moutinho, 9. Eder, 11. Vieirinha, 13. Danilo Pereira, 18. Rafa, 20. Ricardo Quaresma, 22. Eduardo.

HEAD COACH: FERNANDO SANCHOS


Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

1 Hour to go to the first Quarter Final of the Euro 2016

TONIGHT ...Thursday June 30th
POLAND v PORTUGAL ....... Kick Off 8.00pm ~ ITV 1


Jem and the rest of the Rugby Gang decided, after the Rugby Tours finished, "If you can't beat them, JOIN THEM!"
This is, of course, as many of us have OH's who are Footy Fans:-D :-D :-D



So if you would like to join us to watch the footy together, you will be very welcome :-)


No running Commentary as in the Rugby- because I know nothing about football!
Just Company, Banter, Scores ....and anything we decide may be of interest, will be posted here!:-D :-D :-D


POLAND v PORTUGAL .... kicks of at 8pm

"I know nothing much about Footy to comment for or against"

Until yesterday it was a defined as a game in which the English played tiddleywinks before losing o a penalty shootout. They cannot even get that far now so I wouldn't worry too much.

Footy is a lousy game for young people and Rugby7s much more fun as well as enhancing people's characters in every which way. My roots are in Leicester which as well as having Vardy chips also has England's best rugby team :-)

hwyl

THE UNDER 20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016...

ENGLAND UNDER 20s CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS!
http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/171960

Well done England U20s:-)


FINALS DAY RESULTS

ItalyU20s 41 ~ Japan U20s 17

Georgia U20s 24 ~ France U20s 27

Scotland U20s 19 ~ Wales U20s 42

Australia U20s 49 ~ South Africa 19

Ireland U20s 21 ~ England U20s 45



FINAL POSITIONS

1. ENGLAND U20

2. IRELAND U20

3. ARGENTINA U20

4. SOUTH AFRICA U20

5. NEW ZEALAND U20

6. AUSTRALIA U20

7. WALES U20

8. SCOTLAND U20

9. FRANCE U20

10. GEORGIA U20

11. ITALY U20

12. JAPAN U20


WELL DONE TO ALL THE TEAMS IN THIS ENJOYABLE COMPETITION!

It's great to look out for young talent coming up through the ranks-
The next SHANE WILLIAMS or JONAH LOMU!
Rugby Stars of the future! :-) :-) :-) :-)

UNDER 20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

At long last I saw the Wales Under 20s v Scotland Under 20s Rugby World Championship battle for 7th place.

Wales Unders played really well and beat the Scots Unders 42 - 19.

WELL DONE WALES U20s<3


HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO
http://supporters.wru.co.uk/matchdaytv/?play=media&id=23931

MATCH REPORT
http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/36809.php



WALES U20s HEAD COARCH MARK TAYLOR STEPS DOWN
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/14580709.Grand_Slam_winner_Taylor_steps_down_from_Wales_U20_role/

MARK TAYLOR REFLECTS (Video)
http://supporters.wru.co.uk/matchdaytv/?play=media&id=23926

All at Radio Jem wish Mark Taylor all the best for the future:-)


NOW I CAN ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF ...
THE UNDER 20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Watch this space! :-)

Good Afternoon Everyone :-) :-) :-)

Thank You for your imput, Rollo :-)
I'm sure you are probably right.
I know nothing much about Footy to comment for or against :-D :-D :-D

Congratulations on your winnings btw:-)


ALAN SHEARER would be up for the Manager Job!
He said last night that he had gone for the job 5 years ago, and was told he had no experience.

He said the amount of money the so called EXPERIENCED big name managers were paid was a waste, because he was sure he could have done much better, experienced or not! AND HE SAID HE WOULD STILL ACCEPT THE JOB!


Hiya Pat :-) <3
You sound like you know your stuff too :-D


WELL LET'S ALL GET BEHIND WALES<3 THEN! ;-):-D :-D

It was not a shock but utterly predictable esp given England's history in this sort of match.

- Joe Hart has always had a tendency to fluff his lines in the big match, he had already done so in the Euros so why not use Forster?
- a manager who depends on favorites will never get anywhere
- Hodgson was a useless manager at Liverpool, useless at the Worlds so why keep him on?
- why persist with out of form players and then wheel on the good stuff late in the day?
- Rooney is a slow old bear terrorised by the nimble Icelanders

anyway I put £ 100 on the Icelanders so I'm a happy bunny. England's chances going forward are now much better unless they select another bundle of misery and incompetence such as Southgate. They need a manager who will start from scratch, forget about Rooney and Joe Hart and above all select players who might thrive with international football rather than the PL.

I have no problems at all supporting Wales and France :-)

They do get paid for their internationals but England players give this to charity.

Glad friends plane was late, we got back just after the finish of the match wouldn't have liked to watch it.

I have thought for sometime that our players have all the flair trained out of them and are forced to play against their natural abilities.

COME ON WALES :-)

ROY HODGSON RESIGNS

and Match Highlights Video .... BBC Sports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36647032



"Roy Hodgson quits as England manager following shock defeat to Iceland"
....The Guardian-

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/27/roy-hodgson-facing-end-england-manager-iceland-euro-2016



"Roy Hodgson QUITS as England boss after Three Lions crash out of Euro 2016 against Iceland"... The Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/roy-hodgson-quits-england-boss-8297428

THE EURO 2016 QUARTER FINALS SCHEDULE


Thursday June 30th
POLAND v PORTUGAL ....... Kick Off 8.00pm ~ ITV 1



Friday July 1st
WALES<3 v BELGIUM ..... Kick Off 8.00pm

LIVE on BBC1; ITV1; S4C ..... ...and don't forget Radio Jem ;-)

.... YMA O HYD (STILL HERE!);-) :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg




Saturday July 2nd
GERMANY v ITALY ....... Kick Off 8.00pm ~ ITV 1



Sunday July 3rd
FRANCE v ICELAND ........ Kick Off 8.00pm ~ ITV1



THE EURO QUARTER FINALS

Join us here on Radio Jem to enjoy the matches together :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

I missed all this while I was sorting out the schedule :-D :-D


Night Night Mr M :-D :-D