England vs Italy | 24th June | 7:45pm BBC1 |

Kuled wrote:I love your sig, Pirlo's telling Forest to shut the fuck up

As predicted.

Kuled wrote:
Classy as can be, my favourite player from this tournament.

Exquisite.

Ed wrote:Kuled pretending to be italian

My friend, I can support Italy as I have Italian blood.

Like Luke was born in stamford bridge

Only thing Italy are bad at are finishing all those chances they've created, Balotelli needs to stop being so greedy all the time.

actually malta is like a sister state to italy they are our good friends like a familia. plus kuled has common sense he knew italy would smash england and it happened as he predicted

you pale-skins would be better served honing your skills for another 50 years before you catch up and get on our level

I don't like chipped penalties, always feel there is a big element of luck. Would rather have them Balotelli style, if the player has the balls for it.

mauro=beast wrote:actually malta is like a sister state to italy they are our good friends like a familia. plus kuled has common sense he knew italy would smash england and it happened as he predicted

you pale-skins would be better served honing your skills for another 50 years before you catch up and get on our level

I have Maltese blood and go there for about 4-5 weeks every year. In terms of football, the majority of people support England and actually follow The Premier League more than their own. Italy's first penalty shouldn't be stood, stutters in runs aren't allowed.

Anyway thank you Italia, Pirlo has now been confirmed as the official man of the match





YUSSS

Kuled wrote:
Classy as can be, my favourite player from this tournament.

i have heard 'but if he misses he would look like a fool' and the first thing that comes to my mind was "he didnt even think about missing it or what would happen if he missed, a true winner"

btw england players looked frightened as soon as they missed 1 pen, you just knew as soon as young missed england will lose. england really lack confidence in pen shootouts.

mauro=beast wrote:actually malta is like a sister state to italy they are our good friends like a familia. plus kuled has common sense he knew italy would smash england and it happened as he predicted

you pale-skins would be better served honing your skills for another 50 years before you catch up and get on our level

Always gets me

Mauro

iSamuel wrote:

mauro=beast wrote:actually malta is like a sister state to italy they are our good friends like a familia. plus kuled has common sense he knew italy would smash england and it happened as he predicted

you pale-skins would be better served honing your skills for another 50 years before you catch up and get on our level

I have Maltese blood and go there for about 4-5 weeks every year. In terms of football, the majority of people support England and actually follow The Premier League more than their own. Italy's first penalty shouldn't be stood, stutters in runs aren't allowed.

Bitter much? He was moving forward at all times, which is the rule I think, he never stopped.

MickStupp wrote:

iSamuel wrote:

I have Maltese blood and go there for about 4-5 weeks every year. In terms of football, the majority of people support England and actually follow The Premier League more than their own. Italy's first penalty shouldn't be stood, stutters in runs aren't allowed.

Bitter much? He was moving forward at all times, which is the rule I think, he never stopped.

How am I bitter?

He stopped his run, which isn't allowed. Ronaldo did the same to Chelsea in Moscow.

If only Pirlo was taking this penalty, Italy may have the 5 world cups and Brazil with only 4.

iSamuel wrote:

MickStupp wrote:
Bitter much? He was moving forward at all times, which is the rule I think, he never stopped.

How am I bitter?

He stopped his run, which isn't allowed. Ronaldo did the same to Chelsea in Moscow.

First paragraph

Some dude after the game

MickStupp wrote:

iSamuel wrote:
How am I bitter?

He stopped his run, which isn't allowed. Ronaldo did the same to Chelsea in Moscow.

First paragraph

Perhaps it is just the world-cup then, my mistake.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8690435.stm

iSamuel wrote:

MickStupp wrote:
First paragraph

Perhaps it is just the world-cup then, my mistake.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8690435.stm

"Feinting in the run-up to take a penalty kick to confuse opponents is permitted," said Fifa's Jerome Valcke.
"However, feinting to kick the ball once the player has completed his run-up is now considered an infringement."

That's in the article you just linked Precisely what I've been saying.

Balotelli's is allowed. This is not:

Kuled wrote:
Some dude after the game

What a tool.

Theo Filippo wrote:Gerrard - 32 passes, 75% passing accuracy, 15.6% Long pass accuracy
Pirlo - 131 passes, 87% passing accuracy, 22,9% Long pass accuracy

Gerrard

Gerrard did well in the circumstances, we were overrun by a better team and had useless players out wide.

Gerrards passing was not awful either and his dead balls were way better than Pirlo's.

Kuled wrote:
Some dude after the game

what an idiot, so not only are england out of Euros he now has to spend money on a new TV

Sorry if I'm dragging this out, but I have been out of the house all day and I have been wanting to say something about England.

England beat expectations in this tournament by employing very boring and more importantly, very defensive tactics. It just shows that parking the bus requires far less talent; and players or teams should not be praised for winning games or titles this way. England fans might be "happy" that they beat expectations in this tournament and narrowly lost to Italy, but surely you can understand the frustration and hate coming from others. It was bad enough seeing a team like Chelsea win the Champions League with the equivalent of giving football the middle finger. If England were going to try something similar, it was in the interest of non-English football fans to see them fail. Imagine if England had succeeded. Any team with talents less than England's (which is plenty of teams) would be encouraged to try these tactics. Sooner or later, matches that have uneven teams will be extremely boring. It has nothing to do with jealousy or xenophobia towards the English.

Having said that, Hodgson shouldn't get the sack or be extremely criticized. But he shouldn't be praised either.

You could of just said, everybody hates Greece, England is like a slightly better Greece.

I think they'd get the picture.

ahlycotc wrote:Sorry if I'm dragging this out, but I have been out of the house all day and I have been wanting to say something about England.

England beat expectations in this tournament by employing very boring and more importantly, very defensive tactics. It just shows that parking the bus requires far less talent; and players or teams should not be praised for winning games or titles this way. England fans might be "happy" that they beat expectations in this tournament and narrowly lost to Italy, but surely you can understand the frustration and hate coming from others. It was bad enough seeing a team like Chelsea win the Champions League with the equivalent of giving football the middle finger. If England were going to try something similar, it was in the interest of non-English football fans to see them fail. Imagine if England had succeeded. Any team with talents less than England's (which is plenty of teams) would be encouraged to try these tactics. Sooner or later, matches that have uneven teams will be extremely boring. It has nothing to do with jealousy or xenophobia towards the English.

Having said that, Hodgson shouldn't get the sack or be extremely criticized. But he shouldn't be praised either.

Whose expectations? They were always going to get out of that group.

dena wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:Sorry if I'm dragging this out, but I have been out of the house all day and I have been wanting to say something about England.

England beat expectations in this tournament by employing very boring and more importantly, very defensive tactics. It just shows that parking the bus requires far less talent; and players or teams should not be praised for winning games or titles this way. England fans might be "happy" that they beat expectations in this tournament and narrowly lost to Italy, but surely you can understand the frustration and hate coming from others. It was bad enough seeing a team like Chelsea win the Champions League with the equivalent of giving football the middle finger. If England were going to try something similar, it was in the interest of non-English football fans to see them fail. Imagine if England had succeeded. Any team with talents less than England's (which is plenty of teams) would be encouraged to try these tactics. Sooner or later, matches that have uneven teams will be extremely boring. It has nothing to do with jealousy or xenophobia towards the English.

Having said that, Hodgson shouldn't get the sack or be extremely criticized. But he shouldn't be praised either.

Whose expectations? They were always going to get out of that group.

I wouldn't say "always". At the very least they met expectations. And they didn't just "get out of the group", they topped it against tournament favorites, France.

Logic wrote:

dena wrote:

It's ironic too because the Premier League is famed, at leads by it's pundits, for it's high intensity, high pressure style.

tbh pl=/=england the foreign players make the epl what it is.

italy will get destroyed by germany and then a germany spain final would be amazing.

No, the real Super Mario will prevail.

Juventino, I'm disappointed by your avatar. Hopefully, it's a joke.

Why would it be a joke? I think Mitt would be an exceptional president.












































Okay, yes, it's a joke.

It's going to be difficult voting for either of the two main candidates. They both have some wacky stances.

Did I actually DVR a new game today or was it just another repeat of England losing on penalties since that is the only possible result anymore. Too bad I did not bet on England losing on penalties since that would be free money.