Euro 2020 - General Talk Thread (25 Viewers)
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Ground it out, we’re second best for most of the game but still found a way to win the game. A top team. The team spirit shown by this squad is the most I’ve seen from an international football in many years. Mancini and the lads have been incredible and I hope they can get the job done on Sunday.
Credit to Spain though. They have a bunch of unbelievably good younger players coming through like Pedri - what a star. I think they’ll be back amongst the favourites to win something in the next couple of tournaments. A much more likeable squad compared to their glory years.
Credit to Spain though. They have a bunch of unbelievably good younger players coming through like Pedri - what a star. I think they’ll be back amongst the favourites to win something in the next couple of tournaments. A much more likeable squad compared to their glory years.
I'm English (consider myself British) with an Italian side of the family. Games between the two are not fun but tbh I don't feel like I can lose too much in a potential final.
The media surrounding England are annoying in some quarters, but if you understand Italian you would also find they do similar things, without as much delirious hope. England have barely won anything, this is all exciting for them.
Obviously a lot of people here associate England with the Premier League and its fans, but it's two completely different things - the PL is foreign, most of the players are, the majority of the fan presence online is. Others are from countries that the empire did something to 50 years before they were born, which is apparently relevant to a football match.
This England team isn't as unlikeable as many from the past. Every team has a spell where they do well, and for England to reach a WC semi and then at least that in a Euros is a big deal for the people in this current era. I understand that England winning something every 60 years is tough for people to swallow, but it might happen. They don't have much to cheer for so even the most anti-England person could understand it. These aren't all Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal fans, these are more the fans of Rotherham, Preston, Torquay and all the other small clubs1 and places who don't have much to cheer for. You only have to look at the flags at the games to see it.
On the Italian side there is also the Juve connection, with Chiellini's last hurrah at the front of it. And all the great work that Mancini has done. To go 33 games unbeaten, beat some top teams, and lose the final would be sore. But this format always suited England as soon as the schedule was laid out, and it turned into a miracle for them as the tournament progressed and bracket was made.
Denmark may still have their say. People blame the English for getting ahead of themselves but lots of neutrals already seem to see England in the final on probability.
The media surrounding England are annoying in some quarters, but if you understand Italian you would also find they do similar things, without as much delirious hope. England have barely won anything, this is all exciting for them.
Obviously a lot of people here associate England with the Premier League and its fans, but it's two completely different things - the PL is foreign, most of the players are, the majority of the fan presence online is. Others are from countries that the empire did something to 50 years before they were born, which is apparently relevant to a football match.
This England team isn't as unlikeable as many from the past. Every team has a spell where they do well, and for England to reach a WC semi and then at least that in a Euros is a big deal for the people in this current era. I understand that England winning something every 60 years is tough for people to swallow, but it might happen. They don't have much to cheer for so even the most anti-England person could understand it. These aren't all Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal fans, these are more the fans of Rotherham, Preston, Torquay and all the other small clubs1 and places who don't have much to cheer for. You only have to look at the flags at the games to see it.
On the Italian side there is also the Juve connection, with Chiellini's last hurrah at the front of it. And all the great work that Mancini has done. To go 33 games unbeaten, beat some top teams, and lose the final would be sore. But this format always suited England as soon as the schedule was laid out, and it turned into a miracle for them as the tournament progressed and bracket was made.
Denmark may still have their say. People blame the English for getting ahead of themselves but lots of neutrals already seem to see England in the final on probability.
Milan/PSG
Napoli-Juve-Juve-Roma/Chelsea
Inter-PSG-Chelsea
Juve-Lazio-Napoli
Regularly used bench subs: Sassuolo, Torino, Sassuolo, Atalanta, Juve, Atalanta etc
Napoli-Juve-Juve-Roma/Chelsea
Inter-PSG-Chelsea
Juve-Lazio-Napoli
Regularly used bench subs: Sassuolo, Torino, Sassuolo, Atalanta, Juve, Atalanta etc
All players are mostly home based.
If they go on to win it, hope this can serve as a huge upliftment of Italian football.
But what's more likely to happen is more Italian players will try adventures abroad.
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