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Post by #FreeBTS on Jun 26, 2021 21:25:02 GMT
There’s 100% been worse games than this this tournament. Both teams have been fairly direct and aggressive and there’s been lots of attacking, just hasn’t often ended in chances. Plus you’ve had the underdogs more than matching the favourites for the most part. If you’re watching this thinking ‘this is shite’, a massive portion of football must be really boring to you.
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Post by sween on Jun 26, 2021 21:25:39 GMT
Bellotti looks like he eats bricks for breakfast
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Post by Slim Jim on Jun 26, 2021 21:27:03 GMT
I think the first 90 minutes of this match has been arguably the worst so far in the Euros. I don’t think the game was that bad but having Danny Murphy on commentary gives it a funeral-esque tone.
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Post by ChappyHova on Jun 26, 2021 21:28:12 GMT
Danny Murphy is coming out with some proper PES co-commentator lines.
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Post by Slim Jim on Jun 26, 2021 21:28:54 GMT
Can South Mediterranean Blues hang on?
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Post by Stu on Jun 26, 2021 21:30:25 GMT
There’s 100% been worse games than this this tournament. Both teams have been fairly direct and aggressive and there’s been lots of attacking, just hasn’t often ended in chances. Plus you’ve had the underdogs more than matching the favourites for the most part. If you’re watching this thinking ‘this is shite’, a massive portion of football must be really boring to you. im a saints fan, 2021 has been a massive portion of boring shite
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Post by ChappyHova on Jun 26, 2021 21:34:36 GMT
Italy aren't Italy anymore are they, they had 4 men charging forward there. None of the Italian teams in my lifetime would dream of doing that in the last minute of extra time.
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Post by #FreeBTS on Jun 26, 2021 21:37:13 GMT
Really hope Southgate is watching that use of subs
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2021 0:15:08 GMT
Italy aren't Italy anymore are they, they had 4 men charging forward there. None of the Italian teams in my lifetime would dream of doing that in the last minute of extra time. Football team doesn’t play in the same way it did 20 years ago. Mad.
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Post by ChappyHova on Jun 27, 2021 0:41:42 GMT
Pretty sure my lifetime also includes 4 years ago, I’ll have to check.
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2021 1:28:33 GMT
Again, mad
a football team playing different to how it did in 2017. It’s never been seen before. You’ve said nothing.
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Post by ChappyHova on Jun 27, 2021 6:41:21 GMT
I thought it was pretty big watching them over the course of the tournament so far. There’s certain teams that have always had ways of playing or values and principals that they’ve stuck to for generation after generation. Italy are one of them, Brazil are too, granted a lot of teams change constantly but some haven’t.
To watch a team that for probably 50 years has always been pragmatic, keep it tight at the back, if you go 1-0 up you bloody defend it to being an open and expansive side that chuck 4 men forward on a counter in the 120th minute of the game while winning 2-1 was crazy to watch for me.
Italy are probably one of the best examples of it tbf because not only do their national team play like that but their entire league played like that for forever with the odd exception. I think it’s changed over recent years but back in the day, fuck doing over 2.5 goals on a Serie A game.
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Post by notpropaganda on Jun 27, 2021 9:20:32 GMT
Again, mad a football team playing different to how it did in 2017. It’s never been seen before. You’ve said nothing. lol why’ve you taken issue with this, in international football it’s absolutely true that teams have a style that spans different generations. Don’t pretend like every column or podcast about this Italian team hasn’t included some version of “they are not like the Italy you’d expect”. Half of the narrative around Spain is how Luis Enrique is trying to change their style but they still pass the ball relentlessly. A plane was flown over one of the Dutch pre-tournament friendlies telling De Boer to go 4-3-3 because that’s how the Netherlands play lol
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Post by Visar Musliukas on Jun 27, 2021 9:26:52 GMT
Italy and Denmark are playing the best football this tournament. Hope teams like France & Portugal show their class abit more. Expected more from them
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Post by ChappyHova on Jun 27, 2021 9:44:57 GMT
Have a feeling Portugal will win today, I know neither have looked great defensively but Belgium have looked a lot shakier to me.
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