Football Poets

Portugal 2-0 Wales

It’s showtime, Ronaldo v Bale
Lyon heralds the Dragons bellow
Seleção pierce a nations hearts
With a spring leap from Cristiano

With that he goes top with Platini
Two minutes later it’s Luis N […]

Germany 1-1 Italy
Germany win 6-5 on penalties

Draxler is dropped
Khedira is crocked

Just how would Germany beat Italy?

Mesut Ozil in the thick
Bonucci’s first spot kick

Jonas Hector with the winning […]

France 5-2 Iceland

At Stade de France Les Bleus ran riot
Giroud with a polished brace
By the time Pogba headed another
Strákarnir okkar were out of the race

Freedom for the mercurial Hammer
Payet with a low […]

Wales 3-1 Belgium

Surely this would be the end
A gallant exit for those Welsh braves
Nainggolan sets the scores rolling
Yet Chris Coleman still make waves

Captain Williams thunders in a header
Cue a man who […]

Poland 1-1 Portugal
Portugal win 5-3 on penalties

Poland forward Robert Lewandowski
Cucumber cool amidst the swelter
But Portugal are nowadays steely
Renato Sanches levels with a belter

Carvalho is airtight at […]

Italy 2-0 Spain

The champions had to chomp the bit
When La Cosa Nostra did a mafia hit
Chiellini choked the breath
Then came Pelle’s Garrote at the death

An animated Antonio Conte
Plainly outdoing Vicente Del […]

The England 1-2 Iceland

I knew the omens were bad
Ashid had sent me a text
‘If England lose to Iceland
They’ll play Lidl and Asda next’

It started so very well
Captain Rooney was sure with his aim
Ragnar […]

~Antoine Griezmann is the Lyon King~

Allez les Bleus
The whole of France may sing
In deadly Antoine Griezmann
Truly they have the Lyon King

Two minutes in and a penalty
Decisive Italian ref Rizzoli
With Keane […]

~Seleccao edge out Blazers~

Despite there being so much flair
This was a bore of a game
Modric, Rakitic, Ronaldo
Were never quite in the frame

Quaresma broke the deadlock
Near the end of the snorefest
Portugal […]

~ Ronaldo breaks records in Hungary thriller~

Zoltan Gera with a volley
Ronaldo fed Nani

Dzsudzsak with two second half blows

Ronaldo scored two
He broke the appearance record too

Becoming the first player to […]

~Croat comebacks shocks Spain~

Fabregas dinked for Morata
Rakitic struck the bar
Cheeky side heel from Kalinic
Then a shock winner from Perisic

For Spain things weren’t so kind
Enabling Croatia to come from […]

~All change England get second place~

There was a gaffer called Roy
With Slovakia he changed his ploy
He took Wilshere to France
Drinkwater stood no chance
With the return of golden boy

Stade Geoffrey Guichard, […]

~French-Swiss stalemate sends both through~

Shirts being torn
Maybe it’s the way they’re worn

Not my most favourite of rhymes

The great public wanted more
Both teams failed to score

Still France hit the bar […]

~ The boys in green are hit with three ~

Romelu Lukaku sets the flow
Belgium’s first goal opens a deluge
Neat finish from the edge
It’s game on for Les Diables Rouges

Witsel leaps to head a second
Courtois […]

~ Eder sends Azzurri through ~

It’s been two wins
For those boys in blue
It’s been two clean sheets
As the Azzurri cruise through

Awesome Eder comes trumps
We’re still waiting on Zlatan
It’s a case of cometh the […]

~Lions and Dragons~

Showtime in Lens
No doubt a treasured tale
England boss the first half
Then fall behind to Bale

It’s kitchen sink time
Roy goes mental gung ho
Vardy sweeps one back
Rashford is the last […]

~Mehmedi denies Romania ~ Romania 1-1 Switzerland

Two out of two
For that man Stancu

Yet again another penalty

Lots of heat in the joint
In the end it’s a point

A smashed from Admir Mehmedi

15 06 […]

Austria-Hungary: History game ~ Austria 0-2 Hungary

All talk was of David Alaba
Fans streamed from near and afar
Thirty seconds and its impact
A cracking drive against the post

Hungary have a golden oldie
In […]

Piqué leaves it late~ Spain 1-0 Czech Republic

The best thing about Spain
They do take away your breath
And typically in the first half
They passed the ball to death

Morata told to play up top
La Roja lack a […]

The man from Napoli
Banged a stunning goal
Just before the spike assisted
Weiss with star control

Football destinies could switch
As Skrtel’s boys climb the queue
A win against us
Will see the Slovaks go […]