lacuna Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Chiellini is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Olmo had a great game, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Oh, Alvaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Football’s going Rome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Superb from Jorginho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Morata was the hero, and then the villain again, poor bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 This had Italy winning on penalties written all over it as soon as the game went to extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, mormont said: It’s a semi final and they’re rarely classics of free flowing football, but I’m excited just the same! I was wrong but also very right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Winterfell is Burning said: Morata was the hero, and then the villain again, poor bastard. Yeah I just knew he’d miss. The narrative was set up. This sucks. But maybe we’ll get attacking Italy back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Well, there’ll be no sleeping tonight as every Italian fan in Toronto will be driving their cars up and down the streets with their car horns blasting until the wee hours of the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 That final penalty kick was ice cold. The final is Italy's to lose now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Glad Italy went through, ultimately- partly coz Italy have been generally more entertaining this tournament and partly because Italy don't have Busquets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Feel bad for Pedri, but I'm glad Italy went through. Also, how bad was Thiago's cameo for spain lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Just now, Raja said: Also, how bad was Thiago's cameo for spain lol If they'd brought on Adama Traore they'd have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Heartofice said: This sucks. But maybe we’ll get attacking Italy back? Likely. I don't think either England's nor Denmark's midfield will be able to starve the Italian midfield of possession the way Spain did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Leap said: Hopeful that, should England beat Denmark tomorrow (big if) we may have a chance with some of these holes the Italy squad are starting to show but Spain just weren't quite able to exploit. There's absolutely no chance England (or Denmark) will be dominating the midfield against Italy the way Spain did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, ljkeane said: There's absolutely no chance England (or Denmark) will be dominating the midfield against Italy the way Spain did. No, but England don't need to to win. Which isn't to say I'd expect England to win, but they have a much better forward line than Spain and importantly one that is better at forcing open gaps via dribbling in tight spaces. Also at finishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunland Lord Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Overall performance this tournament makes their win deserved I guess. Not that Spain were fantastic tonight, although dominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Not as confident this team is going to beat England in the final, if it comes to that. Yeah, they won’t harry them like Spain did but they have a good defence too and potentially better strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The irony of a Brazilian winning it for Italy at penalty kicks. Morata should be banned from taking penalties. Spain apparently didn't do much penalty prep, and it showed now and against the Swiss. Spain dominated, but their creativity largely suffered when they closed in on the Italian box, except for Morata's goal. One positive for Spain is their physical conditioning - 3 matches in a row to extra time, and only in the last 10 minutes of this game they showed tiredness. They were overall more energetic. Italy struggled mightily, but that counterattack where Chiesa scored was one of the best of the tournament. I would say Spinazzola was definitely missed to give Italy a more incisive attack, but Emerson played well. Loved Chiellini's attitude. I think this tournament may be it for him, and he's enjoying every moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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