Footballing history is littered with misguided attempts to beat the rush to the exits. George Best left the Nou Camp assuming the 1999 Champions League final would finish in a 1-0 Bayern Munich win. Instead, Manchester United prevailed 2-1. There were reportedly Liverpool fans who walked out of the 2005 Champions League final at half-time, when AC Milan boasted a 3-0 lead. They need no reminders that the trophy was lifted that night not by Paolo Maldini, but by Steven Gerrard.
And -- without assuming the same consequences -- Euro 2016 has provided the same lesson, time and again: don't leave the ground, don't change the channel and don't avert your gaze.