Match Day Thread Euro 2020 Final. Italy v England

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Gutted. Gutted for the lads who missed a penalty, especially Saka. I echo the same sentiments as others; just leather the **** into a corner with no jittery run-up, like Maguire did. Frankly, I don't know why the kids were first in the pecking order to take one. Trippier looked pissed off when he came off and after the shoot-out and was having words with Southgate.
 
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x said:
england did very well but not quite well enough. learning curve, perhaps. the current regime is going well and we need to stick with it. i should say that there has been a hell of a change of attitude towards england management from the press, which older viewers will remember were almost always mega-critical of england managers, with the possible exception of landan lad venables.

i didn't watch many matches, but the officiating i did see was well up to standard, which is excellent. i've often been highly critical of refereeing at bp and the circle, and especially at the usual jobsworth litte hitlers from irrelevant countries during world cup finals.

nice to see maguire bury his penalty, but disappointed at all the faffing about in many run-ups - we used to call it "cabbaging" and regarded it as cheating.
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Special mention to Jordan Pickford in saving that last penalty especially and also keeping us in it in extra time. Gutted for him as he had the hardest job out there..
 
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Chazz Rheinhold said:
If they don’t want their medal I’ll have the ****er!
It’s an achievement coming second ffs
Be proud of it
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Second-place is just first loser. To some, taking off their medal looks like arrogance but to me it just looks like disappointment at failure and a desire to be better and win. Why would a team of players who've won Premier Leagues, Champions Leagues, FA Cups, La Ligas etc. be proud of second-place?
 
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well im glad we lost
i couldnt stand all the bigging up of players who couldnt hold a candle to the team from 90 and 96 and 98 if gazza had been picked by looney hoddle.
we lucked our way to the final and polayed ****
we deserved to be beaten by a mediocre side
we didnt go for it
bottled it
our plan of bringing on our starlets on the hour mark went out of the window when we scored early on
we should have gone for it
we didnt
it was like watching city v man city in the prem
we played ****

if we had gone for it i am 100% positive we would have won handsomely

how many times did we expose their slowness in defence?

just stop saying yeah but

and say **** this lets go for it

another limp wroisted england performance when it mattered

when are we gonna learn?

a second or even a third goal against the shellshocked wops would have ended it and cue the ole's a la denmark



like i said before im not bothered. i would sooner see us go for it and lose. and if we play like that i am happy for us to lose. i want us to lose.
i am happy for karma to have its way regardless of who is involved.
all the ****e going on in the world i just want the correct outcome in my mind and **** all the false ****e

but if it was city it would be totally different......
 
I don’t understand why we approached the second half with what seemed like defending a 1 goal lead. Then when they’d had both centre halves booked why we didn’t target them more. A lost opportunity. Feel for the young lads who stepped up and didn’t convert their penalties.

Penalties are a terrible way to lose a final.
 
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Howdentiger2 said:
This!!

A very harsh life and professional lesson for the players and the management tonight. We have an abundance of talent at a very young age and we should and will be amongst the favourites next year
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We will be definitely if the upward curve continues.. semi last World Cup then beaten finalist this time. Keep the faith and look forward to the next time. A club mentality has been created and can only grow stronger. Have we ever known more optimistic times for our national team since 66? I very much doubt it.
 
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Oh do
Kalman said:
Second-place is just first loser. To some, taking off their medal looks like arrogance but to me it just looks like disappointment at failure and a desire to be better and win. Why would a team of players who've won Premier Leagues, Champions Leagues, FA Cups, La Ligas etc. be proud of second-place?
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nt give me that born ****ing winner bull ****
if you won a silver medal at the olympics would you be proud of course you would
They don’t take em off
Show some respect ffs
 
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Chazz Rheinhold said:
Oh do

nt give me that born ****ing winner bull ****
if you won a silver medal at the olympics would you be proud of course you would
They don’t take em off
Show some respect ffs
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This isn't the Olympics. Silver medals count for **** all in tournament football ffs. Show respect to who exactly? UEFA, who made them? I couldn't be more proud of England for making the final but I don't begrudge the players for taking off a second-place medal.
 
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