Final: England v Italy (In London, England)

[Furball]

What is deepwoke about supporting England here? Genuine question.

A bunch of right wing snowflakes had a cry about England's players taking the knee.

 

[Tangles]

My galaxy brain take is that Rice was actually poor. Some eye catching drives forward but he wasn’t consistently showing for the ball the way Jorginho and Verratti do.

Consensus view seems to be ‘our midfielders are playing great! How come we never have the ball though?’

Rice and Philips have a tendency to drop in and the front 4 get a gap in between them and those 2.

 

[weeman27bob]

My galaxy brain take is that Rice was actually poor. Some eye catching drives forward but he wasn’t consistently showing for the ball the way Jorginho and Verratti do.

Consensus view seems to be ‘our midfielders are playing great! How come we never have the ball though?’

I think part of the problem on the rare occasions when we have had the ball in the second half is that we used it playing relatively speculative long balls forward. Yes that's good for "keeping the defence honest" but it's not good when you are barely getting the ball.

 

[speirz]

Fingers crossed there's no repeats of the lasers or any idiots running onto the field.

If only there was a betting market for it. Really bad look for England as a host these last couple of games.

 

[Uppercut]

I think part of the problem on the rare occasions when we have had the ball in the second half is that we used it playing relatively speculative long balls forward. Yes that's good for "keeping the defence honest" but it's not good when you are barely getting the ball.

Yeah they’ve been a little too direct for sure. But usually when that happens the central problem is midfielders who aren’t working hard enough to receive the ball, and players go long because there’s no short option.

 

[Spikey]

Bold tactic from England to complete about 7 passes in the last 70 minutes of the game

 

[Furball]

Chiellini: Here you, where do you think you're going?

 

[weeman27bob]

Yeah they’ve been a little too direct for sure. But usually when that happens the central problem is midfielders who aren’t working hard enough to receive the ball, and players go long because there’s no short option.

It's all a bit cyclical as well isn't it?

England sit deep and invite the pressure, so Italy push up. Then when England do win the ball back, there's nobody to pass it to, so the Italians can push up even more, so England need to get more men behind the ball etc.

 

[Burgey]

Italy very stiff not to have sealed that in normal time tbh.

 

[mr_mister]

Chiellini: Here you, where do you think you're going?

He's a filthy player. Fit for the Scottish league

 

[GIMH]

That was a tough second half to watch. Last ten we had a bit more life. Ugh.

 

[sledger]

My galaxy brain take is that Rice was actually poor. Some eye catching drives forward but he wasn’t consistently showing for the ball the way Jorginho and Verratti do.

Consensus view seems to be ‘our midfielders are playing great! How come we never have the ball though?’

Haha yeah this is it. A couple of storming runs leading to the ball being lost, and less than 30% possession overall. Great!

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Outclassed for 70 minutes. Hoping for a bit of daylight robbery.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

sub grealish now

 

[DriveClub]

It's all a bit cyclical as well isn't it?

England sit deep and invite the pressure, so Italy push up. Then when England do win the ball back, there's nobody to pass it to, so the Italians can push up even more, so England need to get more men behind the ball etc.

Agree and since England are sitting back so deep Italy have ample space in their half to pass the ball through gk to defenders and transition to midfield. England are just cramped up in their own half so feel the pressure to get the ball out of their half so play ambitious long balls

 

[Furball]

Watching it again, that's an unbelievable save from Pickford before Bonnuci equalises.

 

[Uppercut]

Haha yeah this is it. A couple of storming runs leading to the ball being lost, and less than 30% possession overall. Great!

Everything he does he does well, it’s what he doesn’t do that’s the problem.

 

[Teja.]

Hope it’s decided either way in ET. Feel a bit robbed when the winner is decided on penalties.

 

[sledger]

Watching it again, that's an unbelievable save from Pickford before Bonnuci equalises.

It was but he's still crap

 

[Furball]

Haha that's ****ing embarrassing from Maguire.