Also might need to revise quite how 'good' Italy looked against Turkey, seeing as Wales have absolutely battered the fuck out of them.
Too many groups
All those shit teams
England
VAR
Taz's predictions
Nothing. International tournaments are the best.
Also might need to revise quite how 'good' Italy looked against Turkey, seeing as Wales have absolutely battered the fuck out of them.
Bale being allowed to do the exact same thing twice was quite funny
These 'dark horses' ought to be sent to the Findus factory.
Turkey have just been awful. Yilmaz looks feisty but he needs bodies doing the running for him. Wales are great. I know the format allows some dross to take part but Wales deserve to be on this stage.
Bielsa would have sorted him right out.Originally Posted by niko_cee
Why are the Swiss not in red here and why are Italy wearing black shorts? Some of the kit decisions at this tournament have been infuriating. Stop wearing fucking all white away kits, all of you.
Granddad Giorgi
VAR is ruining the game.
I missed a few minutes of the game there, why did Chiellini go off?
Lovely.
That run by Locattelli was so good (and his pass obviously).
@7om: Injury.
Hamstring went.
Switzerland feel like the Everton of international football. Utterly pointless.
At least Everton are in a decent rivalry. Switzerland are more Reading.
The Scouse Derby is the most tinpot Derby going. Liverpool only care about the Manchester clubs.
I am going to uphold the Everton comparison.
Liverpool don't care about City. City just pretend they have a MASSIVE rivalry with them because after United their rivals are probably somebody like Oldham.
Rafa at Everton
Sam Matterface talking about what Kane is watching in the England camp and how that somehow sort of relates to this game...
Fuck me he's dire.
This Italy side is very good.
Cracking strike.
That line about a goal forever remembered in the eternal city should have seen him sacked on the spot, as in, literally on the spot, with Dixon forced to limp through the rest of the game alone.
Barella puts in some shift. The Italian Mason Mount.
Italy are the only side at this tournament (although I've missed a lot of games) that seem to resemble a proper tournament team. They have players both heralded and unheralded who all seem to know their roles well, creating a team greater than the sum of its parts. They have a distinctive 'thing' going on with their wrong-footed full backs, mad forward runs and ancient centre backs. They have a livewire (Insigne), an honest plodder (Locatelli), a sharp frontman (Immobile). The backroom staff have a mix of old stars from 25 years ago and natty jackets that perfectly reflect their national stereotype. They are, and I hate to say this, deeply likable.
It ends in a crushing 3-0 reverse in the semis ('one step too far, but how they have thrilled us') by some fun sponge like France.
Bit harsh on France.
Vialli being there increases their likeability massively, for me. What a bloke.
Turkey and Switzerland aren't getting out of this group. Their match has draw written all over it.
How refreshing to see an international side playing football.
Big props to Mancini. You only have to look at their domestic sides and their lack of success in Europe to see how hard it is to get podgy midget Italians to succeed against humongous Africans.
But also, I thought Italy was rife with them (someone do the demographics research) so real props to the institutional racism that's keeping their game so white.
They have less than us, but it's a more recent influx of thirty year old migrants so hasn't filtered into their football other than the ones pretending to be seventeen.
Wonder how many times we will see Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland before 8pm tomorrow
I'll have a nibble on over 5.5 please.
We must be over that since the Croatia game easily.
We also must be over 15k Scotland fans in London. Should be friendly.
Oh I thought you meant from now until tomorrow night.
If we're counting those that have already been on then over 12.5.
As a Scotland fan that will be watching in Wood Green tomorrow I can assure you I'll remain friendly.
Yarenchuk's sort of dibelief at not being offside there, sums up Macedonia's defense.
Assistant ref is a scumbag.
Pandev should be allowed to play offside.
Who thought Scott Brown the Pundit was a good idea?
Why the fuck is Pandev not taking this ffs?
Alioski trying to increase the drama.
As someone with a little wager on loads of penalties being scored during the tournament, the complete fucking inability of anyone to convert one is getting on my tits. Think it's 1 scored from 5 or 6.
lol.
That is now 1 scored from 5 (normal conversion rate is around 75%).
Euro 96 relived tomorrow
Spurs are an absolute mess. Gattuso closing in on signing. Lolz
Joe Jordan as assman.
What happened to Fonseca? Is Mendes shuffling his pack around?
He heard I stuck a fiver on at 1/5, thinking it was a free quid
I'm a twit
Poulsen
Denmark have started really well.
Both teams should be eliminated for this.
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