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I mean between this incident and the last one...
Schmeichel sent it straight back to him
How many yards did he move up on that throw-in lol
Lol Jesus Pick
England is making this part of the game look really easy
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Italy look shaky against Spain’s pressure , they should feel robbed they aren’t in this game , finishing did them in
while Italy certainly has great attackers , they don’t have Mbappe Neymar or Messi that England would have to plan around and worry about leaving their CBs in bad spots
love England here and doesn’t hurt they are at home , though I’m sure Italy will be well supported Fan wise
while Italy certainly has great attackers , they don’t have Mbappe Neymar or Messi that England would have to plan around and worry about leaving their CBs in bad spots
love England here and doesn’t hurt they are at home , though I’m sure Italy will be well supported Fan wise
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Italy has Insigne who can be lethal from outside the box, but that's a tough thing to count on so really it's Chiesa and maybe Immobile if he finds his way off the milk carton. Barella scoring the first vs Belgium said a lot, think he was great for Inter but hard to see him being that far forward as a slight underdog to a big nation at home.
England has a manager who is choking the team's offense, but they keep surviving. Sterling has been awesome, basically unguardable and Kane is rounding into form. Doesn't hurt that those two dive like they're going to Tokyo, @guaranteeed probably mimics them into his sofa or whatever they call it in BRITISH canada
Italy certainly the tougher run in, but that's probably a bad thing for their energy levels and Spinazzola already went down. Emerson at LB does not make me comfortable, he seemed to push forward vs Spain so that doesn't look like it's changing too much. Doubt we see a 3-man backline all of a sudden in the final, so probably get what we expect
Not a huge fan of England's CBs and believe their sister's of the blind schedule is why they haven't conceded until today. Pickford is still Pick, just with a worse hairstyle. Prefer Donnarumma big time, but possession is anyone's guess and that usually dictates which goalkeeper has more to do
Currently at pk so i don't have a dog to pick yet, hoping Italy moves to 1/4 but my tournament may be done
England has a manager who is choking the team's offense, but they keep surviving. Sterling has been awesome, basically unguardable and Kane is rounding into form. Doesn't hurt that those two dive like they're going to Tokyo, @guaranteeed probably mimics them into his sofa or whatever they call it in BRITISH canada
Italy certainly the tougher run in, but that's probably a bad thing for their energy levels and Spinazzola already went down. Emerson at LB does not make me comfortable, he seemed to push forward vs Spain so that doesn't look like it's changing too much. Doubt we see a 3-man backline all of a sudden in the final, so probably get what we expect
Not a huge fan of England's CBs and believe their sister's of the blind schedule is why they haven't conceded until today. Pickford is still Pick, just with a worse hairstyle. Prefer Donnarumma big time, but possession is anyone's guess and that usually dictates which goalkeeper has more to do
Currently at pk so i don't have a dog to pick yet, hoping Italy moves to 1/4 but my tournament may be done
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Could be why Sergio Ramos might be the most important Spaniard in my lifetime
No striking, that fucker delivered because they needed the one tall guy to deliver
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villa was world class , and Torres had a stretch where he wasn’t far behind
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To be fair 6'0 is pretty tall for guys who run damn near 10 miles/game
I always laugh when we look at some of the "tough" guys and they weigh in the 170s
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i've learned through FIFA20 and then watching every minute of a year's worth of soccer across the top leagues to think that 6-foot-4 is too tall because nobody is coordinated enough with their feet. 5'11" is a drawback for goalkeepers so they must be 6' and it doesn't seem like any CBs make the cut at a height shorter than 6' either
Gimme 6-foot-2 CB and since GK don't really matter i want 6-foot-7 trashcan Joronen's with a prayer he turns into Courtois
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It was a lot about having to play villa there, since he was playing on the left side so much for barca at the time.
Torres never fit their style, he played a lot but as a sub, and like you said earlier he never performed for them outside of the 2008 tournament, especially the final.
He was never a great passer, they essentially wanted a false 9, it's why they played Fabregas in the final against Italy in the 2012 euro final
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I think there is definitely some England fatigue , especially from USA fans who have followed the sport for a long time
anyone who was involved in club soccer in the 90s can attest to how ridiculous it was . Any dope with an English accent was getting coaching gigs over here , there were a lot of scammers and it shows how naive we were as a soccer country
this is a long winded way to say I actually think England is under rated right now
a semi and a final in the last two tourneys puts them clearly as one of the top countries in the world
we gotta start putting them in the class with the best , they clearly are imo
as for this game , I think for the most part Southgate has pushed all the right buttons after Scotland and I agree CBs we’re maybe still are the concern , but they haven’t given a goal from the run of ply… I think we will look back at that Scotland game as a glorified friendly , I think they beat thenm 2 or 3 nil if it’s played right now
I think England can play the game they want to
Play vs Italy , on the front foot , and I don’t think England will blow the chances Spain did if given same chances
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agreed that England will score and win handily if they have possession like Spain and get those same opportunities, but they can't do that with six defenders on the pitch and only Kane dropping deep to create. Maybe supersub Grealish is the answer late, but i would expect him to create plenty more chances if he was on the pitch for 70' rather than the last 25'
i don't like ENG, but like losing less. My hope was to catch 1/4 on the Italians, but i'm not sure their offense is trustworthy despite the good they have done. Chiesa carries that team like he did Juve into UCL, it's just too hard to score consistently with guys you spend a month with every two summers
RE: Scotland, they should have won by a ton on that day. The 0-0 was a product of a bad lineup choice by Southgate, bad strategy, too. Maybe he was trying to teach the team to defend for the later rounds, but i just don't buy playing the wrong strategy against a poor team. The need to win a group should determine a lineup, but ENG were fortunate to be in a bad group and won the opener against the only real competition
I'm not sure if Mancini is the second coming like everyone says, but a team who had no experience has done everything to get where it is. Easy group? Maybe, but pasting Belgium early was no fluke. Spain was a tossup leaning to the losers, but they did what they needed and I feel like there are more mistakes in England if the pressure is on them. Pick is a loser, Maguire and Stones can only do so much. The Italian CB's are old, but if Sterling is running at them not the fullbacks then chalk one up for ENG anyway.
ITA have to be cautious with the fullbacks, I fear Emerson defending Sterling if he switches sides to get a Grealish on the pitch. If it's Saka/Sancho i'm less afraid, though Sancho could teach Emerson some things. ITA is solid all around it's front 6 and i like the 4-3-3 better for scoring goals since Jorginho is the Italian Kante. Not much can be done at ST with Immobile since there's nothing better on the bench, also wonder how much Barella and Veratti will push forward since that is how ITA lose this game.
Finals are always tight, total is low at 2 but that feels like the maximum output to me with neither taking chances. Home crowd can be a weight dragging a team down, but it also wins penalties and probably tips the scales. ITA having to win b2b shootouts also favors ENG per #trendzfromteed
i don't like ENG, but like losing less. My hope was to catch 1/4 on the Italians, but i'm not sure their offense is trustworthy despite the good they have done. Chiesa carries that team like he did Juve into UCL, it's just too hard to score consistently with guys you spend a month with every two summers
RE: Scotland, they should have won by a ton on that day. The 0-0 was a product of a bad lineup choice by Southgate, bad strategy, too. Maybe he was trying to teach the team to defend for the later rounds, but i just don't buy playing the wrong strategy against a poor team. The need to win a group should determine a lineup, but ENG were fortunate to be in a bad group and won the opener against the only real competition
I'm not sure if Mancini is the second coming like everyone says, but a team who had no experience has done everything to get where it is. Easy group? Maybe, but pasting Belgium early was no fluke. Spain was a tossup leaning to the losers, but they did what they needed and I feel like there are more mistakes in England if the pressure is on them. Pick is a loser, Maguire and Stones can only do so much. The Italian CB's are old, but if Sterling is running at them not the fullbacks then chalk one up for ENG anyway.
ITA have to be cautious with the fullbacks, I fear Emerson defending Sterling if he switches sides to get a Grealish on the pitch. If it's Saka/Sancho i'm less afraid, though Sancho could teach Emerson some things. ITA is solid all around it's front 6 and i like the 4-3-3 better for scoring goals since Jorginho is the Italian Kante. Not much can be done at ST with Immobile since there's nothing better on the bench, also wonder how much Barella and Veratti will push forward since that is how ITA lose this game.
Finals are always tight, total is low at 2 but that feels like the maximum output to me with neither taking chances. Home crowd can be a weight dragging a team down, but it also wins penalties and probably tips the scales. ITA having to win b2b shootouts also favors ENG per #trendzfromteed
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Hot stat: Including stoppage time, CA grand finals held this century have averaged 6.57 cards per 90 minutes.
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Red card is +300
Thought it would be lower
Thought it would be lower
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I assume a red card wouldn't erase, it would carry over to qualifications
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Yep
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Casemiro I'd add to that
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yep, he is -125 at my book to be carded lol
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Ha, I remember some games ramos used to be -150
I have casemiro at +150 and lo celso at +300 so far
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Its 2 and could be more
I remember Suarez at world cup in brazil after he bit chiellini missed like all of qualifying cause of s long suspension
I remember Suarez at world cup in brazil after he bit chiellini missed like all of qualifying cause of s long suspension
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so its auto 2? because the article I read said Neymar and Jesus were pissed, so that made me think there was discretion
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Does it matter if it's straight red or 2 yellows?
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