We’re not saying Euro 2016 is just a massive, staged conspiracy which has its end result already arranged ahead of time, but we’re not not saying that either.
Sky Sports have been put in an unusual position this summer with Euro 2016.
You see, Sky do not have the rights to any of the matches for the summer’s showpiece event. Normally, this would result in everyone working at Sky Sports News HQ acting as if the tournament does not exist in any capacity except maybe throw the results up on the ticker at the bottom of the screen from time to time.
But when your business is built on the 24-hour news cycle of football and there is literally nothing happening besides the European Championships, then you can’t help but give it some air time.
Still, the bitterness runs deep after missing out on the rights to the tournament having shown the qualifiers and it seems that Sky have finally snapped and exposed the corruption at the heart of the sport by revealing the results of Wednesday’s round of fixtures…on Tuesday night.
While playing around with the touchscreen former England international Ray Wilkins “accidentally” tapped the wrong space and revealed the results of today’s games for all to see.
Intrigued by this @SkySportsNewsHQ how've you got the results for the 3rd round of fixtures? pic.twitter.com/lMXiGC0rrB
— pl out of context (@unluckyfootie) June 14, 2016
Proving once and for all that journalists are briefed by Uefa officials ahead of time to prepare their faux outrage, Sky revealed that Russia will put the pressure on England with a 1-0 win over Slovakia.
Unsurprisingly, hosts France will comfortably move top of Group A with a 4-1 defeat of Albania while Switzerland will be frustrated by a dogged Romania in an exciting-sounding 2-2 draw.
At least one fan has at least turned things back on the establishment by betting on a sure thing.
https://twitter.com/BDTDNico/status/742809118453403648
