Cugalabanza

There's the whistle in both games. Iceland got a crazy late winner, so Portugal gets third place and advances. Portugal survives the group of death! Haha

Portugal gets 2nd place in the group if the scores hold

Seems to be all Portugal now. Still tied. Hungary just bunkering and clearing...

I think so

Ronaldo giving great effort, working hard, making chances...

What a game. Hungary just ripped one off the post. Still tied.

Ronaldo again! It's tied. Nice header.

Dear god! Hungary just scored again on another lucky deflection. 3-2

It was a cross to Ronaldo in front of goal and he finished with sort of a behind the back back-heel sort of thing. I don't think Chris Wondolowski could have done it.

Wow, now Ronaldo ties it! One of the sweetest goals ever

Oh crap! Lucky deflection on a free kick. 2-1 Hungary

I think I'm gonna head to a place with TV's for lunch to watch the second half.

Nani!

I'm with you, CBF, rooting for Portugal to pull this out. My major sports obsessions are the Bills and U.S. soccer, so I can appreciate your pain. Somewhere, somehow, the suffering has to end and there has to be a taste of success. It just has to, right?

I don't have a problem with the format. It's just odd the way it worked out...and I suppose very unlucky for Italy who will have to beat Spain and then Germany just to make it to the semis. ----------------- Oh, man. Hungary just scored.

You're right and they keep putting up stinkers in major tournaments. But I thought they played well in the last one, against Austria. They had some bad luck, near misses, great goaltending, Ronaldo hits the post on a PK? (wtf!) Ronaldo played well, just didn't get the finishes. I can't explain it. Today is a new chance. Let's see what they're made of. I'm guessing 3-0 Portugal.

If Portugal beats Hungary, it will win the group if Austria wins or ties its game against Iceland. If Iceland wins, Portugal could come in second, depending on the goal differential. If Portugal ties Hungary, it is in trouble. It would need an Iceland-Austria tie, but it trails Iceland on goal differential, so Portugal would need to score more goals in its tie with Hungary than Iceland does in its game with Austria. It’s complicated; consult the chart. It could tie and end in third place, but with three points, third place may not be enough to advance. Portugal loses to Hungary, it is almost certainly eliminated. It could end in third place, but a Round of 16 berth with just two points is almost impossible. Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/18/upshot/euro-2016-how-portugal-can-advance-to-the-next-round.html?_r=0

I'm not sure. It's confusing. They might make it through with a draw. 4 of the 6 third place teams get to advance.

Hoping (for CBF's sake) that Portugal beats Hungary today and advances.

Just a terrible performance. Yes Argentina is good, but the U.S. made it so easy for them. More unforced errors than I've ever seen in a game. Bradley was an absolute horror show, the worst player on the field by a wide margin. Overall, a scared, panicky effort. No joy to be had.

**** awful first half. As soon as I saw Klinsmann's starting lineup, I knew all that "let's take it to them" lip service was a bunch of bull ****. And what's up with Bradley? He's gotta get his head fixed. He's turning the ball over with his first touch every single time he gets the ball.

Good one

Good point, but it's a relevant distinction in terms of whether you see Jon as more of a Chosen One or as a Mr. Magoo. I think it suggests that the popular subjective view of reality is as neither random nor deterministic, but as Wonderfully Purposefully Magical.

Damn, now he's doing his Boyst. Bravo!

Maybe this thread should be merged with the Beerball homage fetish thread.