Italy v Austria Saturday 26th June 8pm

[Sprocket.]

Nice goal

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Come on Austria

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Good goal.

Shame. Italy throwing themselves to the floor too much for my tastes.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Somewhat reminiscent of Bergkamp v Argentina, only not as good.

Sorry, just to be clear, Chiesa's goal was a good goal. Bergkamp's was almost the Platonic ideal of that kind of goal.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fooooookin' 'ell that were a good shot!

Not quite as in the corner as I first though, though. Good stop from the 'keeper either way.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Scheiße.

 

[oryx]

Sadly I think that's it for Austria...

 

[Steel Icarus]

Great finish

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Good move. They've got their mojo back.

 

[Steel Icarus]

They are terrific, aren't they.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Wish they hadn't got rid of the golden goal.

 

[twistedAM]

Phew. Was getting worried there. Forza Mancini (Man City's best ever manager!)

 

[Steel Icarus]

Wish they hadn't got rid of the golden goal.

It was shite

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It was shite

The next 15 minutes are going to be a bit pointless. Silver goal maybe? That didn't last long, though.

 

[strung out]

It was shite

Agreed - worst rule ever, except for silver goal.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Agreed - worst rule ever, except for silver goal.

Just in time for my edit.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The next 15 minutes are going to be a bit pointless.

Have you ever watched sport

Sure, it's not likely that Austria will pull it back, but far, far weirder things have happened.

Austria deserve their shot at weirdness

 

[Sprocket.]

Thought Austria had pulled one back then. Good shot, excellent save.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fair play to Austria, they're still going at Italy.

Good defending from Italy, though, smothered the players on the ball.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Have you ever watched sport

Sure, it's not likely that Austria will pull it back, but far, far weirder things have happened.

Austria deserve their shot at weirdness

I can see mine is a minority opinion here. Extra time's job is to find a winner.

This has been a really good extra time, though, tbf. Credit to the teams for that.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ouch, that missed chance felt very 'England'

 

[Lord Camomile]

I can see mine is a minority opinion here. Extra time's job is to find a winner.

Don't worry, I hate penalties, and I imagine that's a more minority opinion than yours.

 

[Sprocket.]

Austria have run themselves into the ground. Incredible performance considering they’d been written off before the kick off.

 

[Sprocket.]

Outstanding!!! Come on.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Aaaaaand there goes everyone's clean sheets

Brilliant header, though, how's he getting that in??!

 

[oryx]

Can they do it?!

 

[two sheds]

Get in!!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Aaaaaand there goes everyone's clean sheets

 

[littlebabyjesus]

lol at the keeper trying to save it from inside the goal.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Grandstand finish™