Tag: Euro 2016

The many frustrated smiles of Cristiano Ronaldo during Portugal-Iceland

Iceland came back from 1-0 down to hold mighty Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their first ever match at the European Championship. Cristiano Ronaldo had quality chances to score throughout the match, but just couldn’t quite find that finishing touch. Given that he is the tournament’s biggest star and had all eyes on him while facing an opponent he should have made easier work of, he was rather frustrated. And when Cristiano gets frustrated, he smiles. A lot.

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Jogi Löw provides his first gross moments of Euro 2016

Germany manager Jogi Löw has made a habit of picking his nose at major tournaments. But when you’re a world champion, you need to change your game up in order to keep everyone guessing. So during Germany’s Euro 2016 opener against Ukraine, Löw unveiled a couple of gross new moves that are on a whole new level.

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Football Angel of Doom Mick Jagger denies England win against Russia

It was going so well for England. They played a brilliant and uncharacteristically dynamic first half in their Euro 2016 opener and in the 73rd minute, Eric Dier shocked everyone with a tremendous free kick to break the deadlock.

With Russia looking like the decidedly average side that they are, England looked set to begin their Euros campaign with a win for the first time ever. But— oh shit, is that Mick Jagger in the stands?

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