Euros Final - Italy v England - Sunday 11/07 - 20:00

[Lord Camomile]

Not that I'm going to second guess Southgate (would never! ), but putting a 19-year old on the fifth penalty..? That's a little curious, to say the least.

 

[steveo87]

Get back to work!

Finished sn hour ago!

 

[two sheds]

Anyone But England

isn't that most of the world though?

 

[imposs1904]

Yeah, can't really argue with that, but it's so much harder when you get so close.

Never like penalties to decide finals but that's probably just me.

 

[magneze]

Penalty subs didn't quite work. Ah shit. Still. Worth a shot.

 

[Petcha]

I had almost 8 pounds on that. Fuck you Gareth.

 

[Sprocket.]

Why didn't Grealish take one?

He would have fallen over.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Never like penalties to decide finals but that's probably just me.

Nah, I absolutely hate them, whether it's this or 5-a-side on a Monday night.

 

[Ax^]

Why didn't Grealish take one?

prerty hard to draw the goalie in for a foul

 

[Wilf]

Rashford should've got a proper game. Extra time at least.

Yep. Hard to criticise Southgate as he got most other things right, but a couple of poor decisions at the end. Should have brought Rashford and Sancho on earlier, not just to get into the game before the pens. Needed their energy in extra time itself. And then the running order of penalty takers was... odd.

 

[two sheds]

He would have fallen over.

yeh he'd have got a penalty for it though

 

[ruffneck23]

The lads have done us proud, really enjoyed the whole tournament and penalties are fucking shit.

 

[Sunray]

I think we needed to just be a bit better. Needed to get the ball back more often and keep it when we did.
Too many long balls. If you have someone like Didier Drogba in your squad fine, it just sticks but all we were doing is giving it straight back.

 

[Sprocket.]

We got to the final against Italy, one of the greatest footballing nations on the planet. We lost on penalties after extra time. We did as well as we could, learn from the mistakes and move on. I hope Southgate doesn’t allow them to wallow in this disappointment.
Onward and upward.

 

[Ax^]

who was man of the match

 

[Steel Icarus]

I hate the way some players seem to think it's better to look good taking a penalty than actually scoring one.

 

[strung out]

Southgate's just been given a contract for another five years or something too. And he makes a decision like that.

You prick

 

[agricola]

who was man of the match

even before the penalties it should have been Pickford

 

[Sprocket.]

who was man of the match

The referee

 

[SpookyFrank]

who was man of the match

Can't remember any of the Italians' names. One of the three who didn't get a yellow card.

 

[Rebelda]

Great, great team. We'll have the world cup instead

 

[Buddy Bradley]

England losing hasn't put off someone in the village from letting off a shit-ton of fireworks.

 

[JimW]

Their open play goal was soft as shite, who cares about the lottery numbers.

 

[Sprocket.]

Great, great team. We'll have the world cup instead

Against Brazil or Argentina, we’ll beat them.

 

[keybored]

England losing hasn't put off someone in the village from letting off a shit-ton of fireworks.

What else are they gonna do with them?

 

[strung out]

Yep. Hard to criticise Southgate as he got most other things right, but a couple of poor decisions at the end. Should have brought Rashford and Sancho on earlier, not just to get into the game before the pens. Needed their energy in extra time itself. And then the running order of penalty takers was... odd.

Strongest penalty takers first. Always.

 

[Petcha]

You prick

Er. he took off two of his best players. With 30 seconds on the clock. Replaced them with two guys who had been twiddling their thumbs for hours.

Fuck off. You dick. That's ridiculous management. Did Mancini do that? No.

 

[belboid]

England losing hasn't put off someone in the village from letting off a shit-ton of fireworks.

Maybe they’re Italian

 

[Buddy Bradley]

What else are they gonna do with them?

Save them for another time.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Wtf, Donnarumma player of the tournament