OT: Soccer thread

[Preston]

But my god the memories that England created

 

[zeke]

So so great for Chiellini and Bonucci. They just cemented their legacy amongst the great Italian defenders.

 

[zeke]

Fuck England.

 

[zeke]

 

[Deckie007]

notice the lack of pineapple on the pizza

 

[CTheBigPicture]

Fuck England.

Just horrific

 

[CTheBigPicture]

Congrats to Italian fans on FI.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Saka over Sterling sure is a move....

 

[zeke]

 

[MindzEye]

But how does Southgate make all the kids shoot? And bring a couple on ice cold in the 119th? Crazy.

Fucking stunned by the stupidity. Bring on a 23 and 21 yr old ice fucking cold (when frankly there was long stretches of this game where they could have used their pace and creativity) to shoot pens in the biggest international match of their lives??

and poor fucking Saka.

Kid looked like a stud all tournament, played great and ends it like that. Put into a shit position by a donkey manager.

 

[MindzEye]

and yeah, full marks to Donnarumma, what a performance.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

If Rahim Sterling can't take a penalty kick...what does he do exactly?

 

[LeafGm]

 

[trujaysfan]

Canada with a 4-1 win to open the gold cup campaign.

 

[AP79]

You guys should have listened to me, I've been saying from the start that Italy was going to go the whole way in this tournament. It was never in doubt...

 

[lecoqsportif]

Man, talk about getting a monkey off one’s back. We’re Euro centric, and probably underestimate how big a deal this is.

 

[zeke]

 

[zeke]

Man, talk about getting a monkey off one’s back. We’re Euro centric, and probably underestimate how big a deal this is.

Awesome....but 1 copa America is still not near enough for him to be considering the best. Not nearly as impressive as a EURO.

 

[zeke]

Unsurprisingly, Mancini's azzurri are a heavy Analytics team:

 

[Preston]

Zeke called it earlier.. No gudpros on the team. Talent up and down the lineup including the subs. Wasn't used to every single player on the team having a tremendous first touch. Perhaps lacked star power but clearly they made up for it by not deciding to try to win with a bunch of Gattuso's.