Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

[bluemoon32]

The young players who missed the pens shouldn't be crtiticised , at least they had the balls to take them.
Where were the senior players who didn't take one ?

 

[remember arthur mann]

Camel reckons penalties are 50/50. Not when you put all the pressure on 2 new subs and a 19 year old. I knew Saka’s would be saved.

According to Wio, England were going to piss it.

 

[James Morgan]

Have you seen his recent attempts he’s been grim?

Can’t have been worse than that shower of shit. At least he was warm.

 

[JRockBlues]

What a shite birthday it's gonna be for me tomorrow now.

 

[VOOMER]

Maybe he wasn’t told
To take one?

i’m totally baffled. Surely Southgate envisaged who he would have on the pitch and think about who’d be the best mix of skill and experience for taking penalties.

You have to factor in youth as a negative in taking a penalty. look at Mbappe. one of the best players in the word but looked like his arse was gonna fall out when walking up the other day.

Kane
Henderson
Rashford

all have taken penalties regular

Sterling
Maguire
Shaw
Walker
Grealish
Rice

all experienced players

Who would you NOT want on them? 2 players hardly out of their teens, one of whom hasnt featured in the tournament.


Rio defending the united players

It was his choice and certainly a PR stunt to boot.

 

[ninjamonkey]

You can't say Italy have a better team or a better squad than us, nowhere near, but what they do have is a manager that's won titles, we have a guy that's nice and has overperformed but doesn't have the managerial ability.

 

[jaiguruKun]

It's all Sterling's fault for not "standing up" now.

 

[ballinio]

Blaming sterling now

 

[Pam]

When does the rioting start?

It started before the game. Lock up your Fiat's.

 

[BigJoe#1]

I don't care if it makes me sound soft but Southgate should have let the older players take the pens, Henderson should have stayed on. I feel so bad for Saka etc. Southgate just put a 19 year old in the same situation that he says haunted him for years!!

And he will be reminded of it by every fan he plays against

 

[Blu1]

Lol raz getting blamed coz he didn’t take one

 

[Kippax77]

They're kids. Let the men step up. Fucksake.

Kids?
On a quarter of a million a week

 

[Frede Fup]

Awful penalty management. Put all the pressure on the young 'uns. He of all people should know better.

Agree. He should have started with them, if he felt that was the right choice.
But why wasn’t Sterling one of the five? Grealish, Henderson and so on.
Poor management from Southgate.

 

[SanPellegrini]

After feeling total shite for the second time this year (although the first time was much worse), I am hopeful that this was just the warm up for a year of greatness. Possibly one with the UCL and the World Cup?

Honestly, I don’t know, and maybe I’m just being optimistic, but it’s been a horrible few months. One thing I’m grateful for is, after attending the UCL final, I watched tonight at home. Couldn’t imagine being at Wembley tonight (or a fan park etc) and feel for everyone who was there

 

[heslops barnet]

Should of shown the players how Franny took penalties

 

[discopop]

Can’t have been worse than that shower of shit. At least he was warm.

And that’s Southgates fault for trying to be smart

 

[ShaunMCFC]

Congratulations Italy - the best team won

This. Hard to feel hard done by when the best team who have beat the best teams has won.

Congrats Italy and Mancini

 

[madloaf]

But two United players missed and that's why we lost.

No it isnt.

 

[homerdog]

Any “fans” happy for Mancini, or the Italians please have a reality check: today is not about rags, dippers or us, it was about England. I am absolutely gutted, club loyalty goes out the window and i am lost for words.

I'm not happy for Italy, but I'm certainly annoyed that Southgate has wasted a golden opportunity. Had some talented attacking youngsters at his disposal and the only time he made use of them was in the penalty shoot out, when it was too late!

 

[colorado blue]

Really wanted us to win but it’s not the same gutted feeling I get when City lose. Our players all had a good tournament, Stones and Kyle were excellent and Raz was great when he had the chance.