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[Football] Hurt
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nicko31
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I feel your pain, at home it was a great chance
In the few weeks we'll be back at Amex, reasons to be cheerful!!!
Surprised how much people are just giving Italy the 'better team' treatment. We had the first half, they had the second. But they cheated throughout and could easily have had a couple of players sent off.
Was it Chiellini who didn't know which part of his body to hold when he was feigning injury?
Was it Chiellini who didn't know which part of his body to hold when he was feigning injury?
Mods - I might be making the same point as this in my Toothache thread. Please merge/delete as you see fit.
Seagull
Yes I eat anything
Disappointment. So close; closer and less galling than any of the really painful past defeats. Hurt was funny when Baddiel & Skinner put it in a song 25 years ago and it captured things perfectly at the time, but I think it might now be time to put the idea of hurt to bed. England currently play at a level and with tournament results of which any nation would be proud. We might just need a different rallying cry.
I found it easier to take the defeat, not because of previous experience but because from the middle of the first half it all seemed inevitable and therefore I was resigned to it. In the second half we were clueless and that didn't change despite a very brief resurgence in extra time. In previous semi final defeats the games seemed much more on a knife edge right to the wire.
Baker lite
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The Italian team are the best at what they do.
Back to a full Amex next month hopefully.
Back to a full Amex next month hopefully.
Pull yourself together, man!
And brace yourself for another helter-skelter relegation battle season ahead.
Mind you, I think I'm still drunk from last night. I'll review my mojo later today when I've sobered up.
I think you watched a different match from everyone else. Italy had more than 60% possession in the first half and had six shots to England's one. During the whole match, they had 65% possession and 19 shots to England's six. Apart from the goal, Donnarumma had nothing to do.
I'm not sure where you get the couple of players sent off from: Jorghino could have gone for his tackle on Grealish (although it would have been harsh) but there were no other incidents.
It was a great tournament for England but Italy were a much better team, last night and throughout the tournament.
Italy didn't look like scoring at all in the first half, they were limited to long range hit and hopes. Can't believe England only had one shot?
Really? Yet they received 5 yellow cards?
What about Chiellini's judo throw on Saka?
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Vuvuzela?
Just a South African thing and nothing to do with football in my world.
Though I must say they got right on my nerves.
There is no shortage of irritants at football, They were amongst the best. Like fibreglass pants
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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ICH is a great one to motivate the opposition and ram it back down our throats, as the Italian player did to camera post-match.
oldboyroy
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Last night made me realise just how much the Albion mean to me far more than England. Yes, disappointed to lose a penalty shoot out again but if it was our boys in a cup final I would be totally distraught!!
- Apr 5, 2014
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I agree with this. Just getting to a final felt like a victory.
It's easy to be rational too. Italy deserved that win. Beat some quality sides on the way there too.
