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BayernFan

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More than decent as a unit. But for a top achievement, Denmark needs a top-quality player or two in midfield and attack. Croatia, for example, was a worse unit than Denmark, but having Modric and Rakitic in midfield, and then Mandzukic in attack, was decisive. Denmark is missing such kind of players.
Agreed.

Wondering how it might have turned out if Eriksen was still there, but it's just guess work. I also think we got spurred on because of his incident, it seems the group just stood even more together.
 

Boksic

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We lack a top quality striker. Else our team is decent imo.
I think Dolberg had a good tournament

He has something about him, I like the way he strikes the ball (often on target) and turns well. He could progress into a good striker.

I think Denmark played some excellent football and just lack 1 or 2 better players or better depth e.g. none of the subs improved the team, the RW in particular had a bad game.
 

acmilan

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I'm not sure Spina would have been given that many attacking duties as he used to have. He'd have defended against Sterling I think.
Italians need to control the midfield, let Chiesa and Insigne work on the attacking part and defend the flanks well. Chiellini and Bonucci will take care of Kane.

1:0, or more probably 2:1 win for Italy.
Italy is the better team, no doubt. On a level playing field, they win hands down, imo. After tonight, however, I would worry about ref calls (cards, PKs, etc) affecting the result of that game.
 

BayernFan

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I think Dolberg had a good tournament

He has something about him, I like the way he strikes the ball (often on target) and turns well. He could progress into a good striker.

I think Denmark played some excellent football and just lack 1 or 2 better players or better depth e.g. none of the subs improved the team, the RW in particular had a bad game.
Yep. Our starting 11 is quite good but we lack better bench options.
 

Boksic

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I think there has to be a middle ground
I think they need to call the decision based on the rules.

You've got a qualified ref watching the game with multiple angles both in realtime and slow mo. There should be no excuse for incorrect VAR calls. But too often they either seem scared to say anything or when they do they zoom in on a slowmo which can skew things.
 

JuveJay

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Very disappointing to see a close semi final decided by what was nothing more than a 10% penalty, and that is probably being kind. Home advantage counts a lot for things like this.

The way I see things rolling for England makes me think that this advantage will count in the end. They weren't impressive tonight and only dominated towards the end with better legs and depth, but they have the breaks. Wouldn't surprise me to see some random decision in the final again, and it's hard to chase this England around as they have a lot of young players and attacking threat to counter when leading.
 

PhRoZeN

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Agreed.

Wondering how it might have turned out if Eriksen was still there, but it's just guess work. I also think we got spurred on because of his incident, it seems the group just stood even more together.
The reason your boys got this far was because of that tragedy in the first place. They showed immense desire and courage, something they lacked, especially the latter. I think taking dolberg off was a mistake, he seemed like the only one capable of using some technique against their CB. That said sadly there was only one team in it. England played with immense patience I'm actually disgruntledly impressed, it's gonna be more of the same for Italy I'm afraid.
 

IlCapitano

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I don't know how we're gonna combat England's tactics, the crowd makes it extremely difficult as well. Seriously I'm not looking forward to Sunday.
What tactics? They just run fast and put a 100 crosses in.

If Italy don't get drawn into a run and gun game, control the ball and pass around them with patience it is an easy win.
 

Seven

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Jun 25, 2003
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I don't think there will be a red card in England's favor.
But a covid case or two in Italy's camp.... :D
They're going to do everything they can to gain an advantage.

They've literally thrown their own healthcare rules out the window to be able to host the final.

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I think they need to call the decision based on the rules.

You've got a qualified ref watching the game with multiple angles both in realtime and slow mo. There should be no excuse for incorrect VAR calls. But too often they either seem scared to say anything or when they do they zoom in on a slowmo which can skew things.
Especially considering the magnitude of the match.
 
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