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    As did that for Sweden.

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    I'm worried for Italy. Sweden can score and Italy ain't scoring three.

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    It’s amazing how ordinary their team is on paper. Going the way of Netherlands by the looks of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trancemeister View Post
    As did that for Sweden.
    The first one wasn't really for me, but this one just now was a definite pen.

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    Agreed. That one just now was stonewall.

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    People have moaned about the scorelines but these play-off games have largely made excellent viewing.

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    Italy look much better this leg. Their two wing backs are atrocious though. Darmian especially wasting so many good chances to cross.

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    Not sure why Zappa isn't playing, pretty much all he can do is cross.

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    I haven't seen an Italy team run around like this in years. Desperate.

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    I think this ref's got some brown envelope action in him, let's see.

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    Italy have been shit for ages. That 2-0 over Spain at the last Euros was their first competitive win over somebody decent for a decade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I think this ref's got some brown envelope action in him, let's see.
    Lmao.

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    This Lindelof is good. Maybe United meant to sign him instead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I think this ref's got some brown envelope action in him, let's see.
    Only had enough lira for a fourth official.

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    Weaker tournament if they're not there.

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    Luckily I was on over 135.5 overhit Italian passes.

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    A World Cup without Italy.
    I'm a twit

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    Sweden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Italy have been shit for ages. That 2-0 over Spain at the last Euros was their first competitive win over somebody decent for a decade.
    Balotelli murdered Germany on his own the Euros before that.

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    What fucking scenes this is.

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    What a boring non entity. They'll go out without scoring. Cunts.

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    Speechless. What a bunch of heroes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Weaker tournament if they're not there.
    International football is largely a load of old meh atn the moment anyway. Italy wouldn't have brought much other than Buffon and people wanting to believe they're still a really good team.

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    If you're not good enough to either top your group or beat Sweden over two legs, you're not good enough to be at the World Cup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Weaker tournament if they're not there.
    What, Italy?

    Italy would provide nothing at the tournament, like they haven't for the past 2

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    I didn't count that because 'Yogi Love' BOTTLED IT and they were shit. We gave them a better game in the quarters.

    At John mate.

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    fuck off Ventura fucking cretino

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    Fucking scenes here in Stockholm.

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    I'm absolutely all for smaller teams shitting out progression against "big names". Sweden absolutely deserve their spot and they'll do fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mokbull View Post
    What, Italy?

    Italy would provide nothing at the tournament, like they haven't for the past 2
    Still though, it's Italy.

    Delighted for Sweden though. Wouldn't want to see one without them either.

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    Actually, I'd forgotten that Zlatan will announce his unretirement and they'll be terrible again with him playing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dino View Post
    Actually, I'd forgotten that Zlatan will announce his unretirement and they'll be terrible again with him playing.
    They really need to tell him to fuck off if he does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Italy have been shit for ages. That 2-0 over Spain at the last Euros was their first competitive win over somebody decent for a decade.
    I was at that game, and the Spain Croatia game and Spain lost both so don't give Italy too much credit. Spain lost largely due to not having a potent striker force. A 34 year old Aduriz and Alvaro morata.

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    How are you all doing on this fine day?

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    I'm just really sad for Buffon. The rest of the wasters can wallow in their own failure.

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    That Euro 2016 Italy team was great. They were so shit but Conte brought them together and made them a great team. I reckon they'd have won the whole thing if they'd beaten Germany on penalties.

    Without Conte it fell apart though. I wonder who will be next. Ancelotti?

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    Italy probably should have beaten Sweden, sure. But they also should have done well enough over the last few years not to be a second seed and draw Spain in the group. The failure started early.

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    Ventura is the main culprit here, this team beat Spain and Belgium in the EUROs and one year later we lose against Sweden. It is not a coincidence, the players underperformed without a doubt but when every single player underperforms there is no way it is not the manager's fault. Hopefully at least this will mean that every one in the federation will be thrown out and maybe Italian football as a whole can try to start fresh.

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    https://streamable.com/a94lw

    In 50 years, Buffon might actually be the player I will have the fondest memories of.




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    Your arse wound will have consumed you within ten.

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    One hell of a thing to remember that.

    It's still going though, so fair play, I'll probably be gone before 35.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post






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    She'll have that down as sexual assault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernanke View Post
    One hell of a thing to remember that.

    It's still going though, so fair play, I'll probably be gone before 35.
    It's so dominant in how I perceive you that it took me ten minutes to work out why you were supporting Sweden.

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    That's actually kind of amazing.

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    That was a bit special. Granqvist after the game was a complete teary mess


    Now all they have to do is convince Zlatan to do a comeback just in time for Russia

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    Did they underperform or are they just shit?

    Ibrahimovic should be nowhere near it, there's a reason they did fuck all with him in the team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Did they underperform or are they just shit?

    Ibrahimovic should be nowhere near it, there's a reason they did fuck all with him in the team.
    Ewing Theory

    Eventually, we decided that two crucial elements needed to be in place for any situation to qualify for "Ewing" status:

    A star athlete receives an inordinate amount of media attention and fan interest, and yet his teams never win anything substantial with him (other than maybe some early-round playoff series).

    That same athlete leaves his team (either by injury, trade, graduation, free agency or retirement) -- and both the media and fans immediately write off the team for the following season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Did they underperform or are they just shit?

    Ibrahimovic should be nowhere near it, there's a reason they did fuck all with him in the team.
    Underperform? I thought that was a pretty damn good performance from us.

    As for Zlatan - you are probably right. This team has a real collective unit feeling about it and he would ruin that.

    At the same time, he's always worked well in 4-4-2 systems, and Toivonen is essentially a really shit version of him, so. Still don't think it would happen.

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    Did Pontus start?

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