some damned awful penalties there from both sides
always good to see Italy lose though
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some damned awful penalties there from both sides
always good to see Italy lose though
Amen to that. Loved it when Löw did the 2 hands with fingers up/mama mia gesture after a poor Italian tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
Whinging sooks. Arrivederci!!
Many ROFL's during those kicks.
Conte's master stroke (lofl) to bring on Zaza Gabor. FMD...
You'd bet your house on the pig climber to win it on the 5th kick though.
I wonder what the collective amount in player worth is in missed kicks?
Bring on Iceland? :blush:
Good to see Italy fail - hate seeing them diving, cheating, whinging and penaltying their way to success.
Justice i thoughtQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
The Germans despite being well below their best were actually trying to play
The Italians parked the bus from Kick Off playing for pens
Germany got the goal and started to control the game.
Then a meltdown from Boateng from out of nowhere and the Italians were back in the game
The Germans pushed the pace searching for a winner in Extra Time and the Italians played for pens
Some abysmal pens in the first 5 from each side and then they got much better in sudden death
The last one for each side though were particularly poor
Triumph for attacking play as opposed to defensive play
I thought both coaches were poor.
Lowe made 2 subs for injury only and wouldn't change it up
Conte done nothing after Germany got in front as the clock ticked away he got lucky
Even in ET there was 1 last minute sub before the pens
Where was the ambition to try and steal it???
Dang
Come on Iceland
Dang.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
It seems like there has been so much of this to me. I have still enjoyed the football (who doesn't love international football) but even some of the group games teams seemed to be holding back and I think it started because of the 3rd place teams qualifying. A draw in group stage was a good result. Teams really knew they only had to win 1 game to get through.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
That has carried through to knock out stages, obviously Croatia v Portugal was probably the worst game for it but this one was close to on par.
So i guess if Germany wins the Euro, the winner of Wales-Portugal goes to Russia next year
Ok, for the semifinals we have:
Portugal vs Wales (Grim vs belchardo)
and
Germany vs France (q vs lquiquer)
Ok q man it's OurTime #ForBattiston #Seville #NeverForget
Portugal better not make the final Carrrn Wales and Griezmen hatrick against germany plz plz
Hard to say it FIFA after allQuote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Last time when Spain were World and Euro champs they invited Italy as Euro Runner Up
Would expect them to invite one of the Bigger Elite nations like Italy Argentina Spain Brazil etc rather than the Portuguese or Welsh
Anyway what's to say France won't win
They have the artillery to beat Germany and are going to be cheered on by a home town crowd so going to be tough for Germany to beat.
I doubt France will roll over like Brazil did last time Germany played the hosts
Marseille is the best place to play that game ..... They can really get behind les bleus like nowhere else in FranceQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I really hope for a France v Wales final, the other two teams have been underwhelming for me. Portugal obviously, but Germany no where near their best.
Germany v France - this always drives the French...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGq7VcaHoqo
Holy sh!t!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
I've never seen that, he just dropped him like a sack of spuds..
You would think the Germans occupation of France in the 40s would be more than enough to see them aim upQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
I watched both these sides play in the Maracana 2 years ago.
The French offered very little resistance that day.
2 years development and a home ground will make up for it later this week
Winner of this game wins the title
He didn't even get a yellow.....by the way Platini's pass and vision was superb, so was Battiston's runQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
One of the cleanest challenges I've ever seen
for the glory of prussia