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Post by paulg on Jul 8, 2021 13:54:14 GMT
Hes a world class keeper for sure. I was gutted when we sold him
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Jul 8, 2021 14:24:29 GMT
When Harry stepped up to take the penalty, the Spanish commentators said "the two best players on the pitch go head to head". I don't think they were wrong.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jul 9, 2021 12:19:38 GMT
This is brilliant. Extremely proud of my club for a superb community initiative.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Jul 11, 2021 16:34:31 GMT
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 11, 2021 20:05:20 GMT
Half time. Fuckin hell, what a start. What a goal. The first 15 minutes were ours, the next 30+4 theirs, but still 1-0.
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Post by mekon on Jul 11, 2021 20:20:55 GMT
Italians turning the heat up.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 11, 2021 21:43:27 GMT
Groan. Penalties. Italy haven't lost a game for yonks and England werent going to beat them in normal time once they recovered their form. England stuck on just 2 shots on target from just after the start of the second half iirc.  |
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Post by mekon on Jul 11, 2021 21:57:41 GMT
Well fuck.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jul 11, 2021 21:58:33 GMT
🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Jul 11, 2021 21:59:03 GMT
I told you Southgate was a useless cunt. He bodged that right up.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 11, 2021 22:04:23 GMT
Donnarumma dwarfs Pickford. Not surprised he hasnt lost in a penalty shootout. Maguire's penalty was our best, smashed it. Forwards trying to place their kicks didnt work. Italy defended well, they didnt allow Kane and Sterling a chance to shine. Great squad and spirit, deserved it on the night. England have a young squad with talent, World Cup next year.
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Post by mekon on Jul 11, 2021 22:12:20 GMT
As soon as they hesitate with penalties they seem doomed to miss.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jul 11, 2021 22:15:09 GMT
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Post by beefus on Jul 12, 2021 6:48:25 GMT
Best team by far won. England did well to reach the final but were out-classed on the night.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jul 12, 2021 10:08:57 GMT
There's no doubt that England got lucky and had by far the easiest route to the final and also benefited from home advantage for all but one of their matches. Having said that, you can only beat what's put in front of you and to reach the final having only conceded one goal was impressive regardless of who they faced on the way.
The subsequent racial abuse of players on social media was depressingly inevitable. Johnson and Patel have got some neck to condemn it having previously stated that fans have every right to boo players taking a stand against racial intolerance. Also, I honestly don't understand why some people are shouting for Southgate to go. He has brought England its greatest success in over 50 years for fuck sake.
And the BBC news coverage was way over the top. Practically the whole program was devoted to the match. They had prerecorded reels interviewing grown adults with their faces painted that they clearly intended to run while basking in the joyous afterglow of an England win. They ran them anyway. Their final tournament roundup was, again predictably, only about one British team. No mention of Wales and only a scant reference to Scotland as one of the teams England played. Doesn't matter how far each progressed because the tournament was over and they'd all won the same number of trophies. Having dedicated the entire show to England, it perhaps wouldn't have been too much to ask for a "British" broadcaster to at least pretend during their tournament roundup.
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