Euro
Denmark 2-1 Czech Republic
Denmark scored early, added another before halftime and even though Czechia got on the board soon after the break, this never felt like much of a contest to me. Denmark controlled the ball and attacked more effectively throughout.
Yeah, this game was the blowout the score would indicate. England scored early and held a 1-0 lead at the half. Soon after they added another on a corner kick (looked offside to me live but the replay showed it was a good goal), then another and the game felt over. When England added a fourth soon after, it felt like everyone was gonna score. Too bad for Ukraine, they made a valiant run but this England side is really good.
Copa America
Uruguay 0-1 (PK) Colombia
Fun game! Back and forth action, chippy at times but both teams had good chances and attacked effectively. And, uh, did I miss something? No over time? They went striaght to penalty kicks. Oh well, still fun. Was Colombia the better team? Not really, both teams were pretty even really.
Argentina 3-0 Ecuador
This (unlike the England match earlier in the day) was not a blowout til very late in the game. I thought Ecuador handled themselves well and particularly in the 1st half seemed more dangerous around the goal than the Argentines. Indeed, Argentina first goal (before halftime) was an unfortunate bit of defense: goalie came out of the box to clear the ball, didn't get there and got caught in no man's land. In the 2nd half Argentina attacked more confidently but it was only because of another defensive lapse (defender simply had a bad first touch on a pass from the keeper) that Argentina was able to cement the game. The third goal (in extra time) was another textbook Messi free kick that came after a perfect pass over the top caught di Maria in stride and the defender had to take him down. The score line doesn't show it but Ecuador played pretty well but a handful of mistakes doomed them.
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