Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

[Burtonblue]

We exceeded my pre tournament expectation to get into the final. Was always going to be tough playing Italy.

Played a bit safe overall and if Southgate looks back he should of made subs earlier tonight to freshen it up.

Totally agree.
Italy bossed that game after the first 20 mins
Southgate thought he could shut them out so was reluctant to change things.
It’s galling to see Henderson come on before the likes of Grealish and Foden.
I still maintain Southgate is far too conservative.
Bobby schooled him today.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Im no tactical genius, but after 25mins i could see how this was gonna end up? that fuckin clown couldn’t obv? or maybe he could & he’s master plan was the 94th min subs :-/

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

To be fair, Rashford and Sancho both have excellent penalty records.

Southgate himself would know that trying to take a penalty when you've never (or almost never) scored one previously is almost certainly statistically more risky.

That’s a fair point, I'd always favour a specialist over a "rookie".

I've just remembered that OGS's penalty tactics actually did work as it was De Gea that missed and not any of the players he brought on in the Europa league.

Hard to score against Donnarumma when he is a giant of a man.

Two saves from both keepers. Pickford was excellent in the shootout. Rashford's miss was the difference.

 

[SidJames]

Rashford no free Lunches. :-)

 

[Shirley]

BBC.....
Euro 2020 final: Jadon Sancho, Jorginho & Bukayo Saka miss penalties as Italy edge England at Wembley

Now who else missed one?

 

[BimboBob]

25 minutes of great football, harrowing, chances, a goal and then 65 minutes of defending against an average team. Cue extra time, a defensive mid for a defensive mid, cue penalties...bring on the hop skip and jumpers and let saka go 5th? Where were the other players who should have stepped up?

 

[D'Silva]

Liked him at City but can't be happy for him to beat England. Italy can get fucked.

I'm not English and was contemplating who to support tonight. I was 50-50 between supporting a City legend and my favorite manager VS. 4 of our players. In the end I was far more gutted seeing our boys lose their second huge final in a month. I'm gutted for them and at the same time very proud to see our players put themselves in these positions for trophies.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Italy were the better team overall.
Congratulations to Roberto Mancini.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Bullshit propaganda in full flow BBC National News.

 

[mat]

Hopefully Southgate learns from this and has a decent WC next year.