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Why the late goals at Euro 2016?

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.