Euro 20/21

Started by rodney trotter, May 19, 2021, 08:11:03 PM

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laoislad

Brilliant from Andrea Bocelli there.
When you think you're fucked you're only about 40% fucked.

Tony Baloney

Italian National Anthem is class.

Boycey

Just the 210 odd caps between the Italian centre backs...

laoislad

Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 11, 2021, 07:58:44 PM
Italian National Anthem is class.
Everyone of the players were belting it out also, great stuff.
When you think you're fucked you're only about 40% fucked.

Farrandeelin

Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 11, 2021, 07:58:44 PM
Italian National Anthem is class.
It's one of my favourites.
Inaugural Football Championship Prediction Winner.

weareros

Think I'm going to be watching this tournament going - ah, we're surely better than them. Turkey have such a lack of ambition that Italy have been forced to attack for the full game, and still needed an og to lead so far.

rodney trotter

Mancini has Italy playing lovely football on the front foot. Insigne and Immobile a handful up top

armaghniac

Italy very tidy, they can have aspirations to the whole thing.
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B

sid waddell

Very impressive from Italy

They have the coherence in possession you'd expect from a club team, they change the angles very well and made Turkey work very hard to close them down and they didn't give Turkey a sniff of the goal, they were patient in waiting for the first goal and once it went in Turkey were fodder for them

That Turkish defence is not bad either

Main Street

#114
Italy looked good but considering the extent of football mania in a country of 80m Turkey were very very poor. All the gods of fortune came good for Turkey in their Euro qualifying group including a 90min goal to beat Andorra.
The Swiss must have pulled  the shortest straw in the draw, by the time the group has completed they will have travelled to Baku and back, twice over.

Jell 0 Biafra

Quote from: sid waddell on June 11, 2021, 10:16:38 PM
Very impressive from Italy

They have the coherence in possession you'd expect from a club team, they change the angles very well and made Turkey work very hard to close them down and they didn't give Turkey a sniff of the goal, they were patient in waiting for the first goal and once it went in Turkey were fodder for them

That Turkish defence is not bad either

You were listening on the radio, I presume?

seafoid

https://www.ft.com/content/d9bd2980-0350-46f0-b9a7-abccc4f1600e

Sergio Busquets, captain of the Spanish team, tested positive for the virus last weekend, forcing the entire squad to self-isolate.  If this is repeated during the tournament, Uefa will require matches to go ahead if at least 13 players from each country's 26-man squad can play. If not, teams may be forced to draft in youth or reserve players at short notice to fulfil fixtures. Another option would be to delay matches for no longer than two days. 
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

lurganblue

Very impressed by Spinazzola for the Italians.  He obviously didn't have much defending to do but he was a cracking forward outlet on the left.  Veratti still to come into that MF too.  They are in good shape.

seafoid

Good result for Wales.
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

Capt Pat

They were lucky to get it but the Swiss were not good enough to put them away.

The Fins seem to be intimidated by the Danes. 18 wins and 3 draws in the last 21 fixtures between the teams in favour of the Danes.