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7th July 2016
10:05pm BST

Yep. Nicola Rizzoli's choice of socks was one of the highlights of the first half in Marseille.
Of course, the officials were wearing the light blue efforts so as not to clash with the black socks worn by the Germans. Differentiating the socks makes it easier for linesmen to call offsides.
https://twitter.com/Luke_D_S_Smith/status/751150925046308864
https://twitter.com/tomfoot1/status/751134391947169792
https://twitter.com/StuartKinnie/status/751148248400793600
No Stuart. It definitely wasn't just you...
https://twitter.com/iamconnaugh/status/751147563785588737
https://twitter.com/jokeeffe88/status/751145706107404288
And when the Italian awarded a penalty to France for Bastian Schweinsteiger's handball, the conversation was *still* sock related.
https://twitter.com/grahamruthven/status/751140568802140161
https://twitter.com/IDNMartin/status/751141260405112832
Griezmann converted from the spot and added a second in the first half. But even this wasn't enough to make viewers put a sock in it...
https://twitter.com/ceefaxisbetter/status/751153865500794880
