[Football] World Cup Play-Offs.

[Milano]

If this is going to be the standard or football quality at the world cup then this will be the worst world cup in living memory.
Italy are a shadow of their former selves but this 'anti-football' a lot of these teams are playing will kill the game. Sweden have 10 x 6+ ft yard dogs on display, no creativity whatsoever. It is desperate to watch.
Knocky would walk into this Italian team too.

 

[Frutos]

Apparently Italy last missed a World Cup in 1958.

 

[Beach Hut]

And they miss Russia 2018, could turn quite nasty this

 

[Is it PotG?]

Bra gjort Sverige

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Least England won’t be the Joke nation of the WC now.

Hilarious.

 

[Hugo Rune]

They join the Dutch, Yanks and the Scotch as mere spectators. Mama Mia!

 

[Eeyore]

World Cup finals without Italy. It just doesn't seem right.

 

[Ernest]

Italy were out Italied

 

[Ernest]

Last 6 WC play off games world wide all ended 0-0 and not many goals apart from Croatia v Greece before that

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

FFS. Ha ha. Italy, eat my shorts.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Italy are well out of it, to be honest.

 

[Brian Fantana]

The last 6 World Cup play-off games over the weekend and today have now finished 0-0!

Edit: beaten to it.

 

[Bry Nylon]

The last 6 World Cup play-off games over the weekend and today have now finished 0-0!

It's almost like none of the players fancy a going to go a World Cup in Russia when they could spend the summer somewhere decent and less dangerous instead...

 

[drew]

They join the Dutch, Yanks and the Scotch as mere spectators. Mama Mia!

But in recent times, to be fair, only one of the four are not WC regulars!!

 

[Durlston]

World Cup finals without Italy. It just doesn't seem right.

Once they were paired with Spain in their group, it looked tough.

Failing to score twice against Sweden in either leg of the play-off shows they're not good enough.

That 2-1 defeat in the last World Cup ultimately f**k*d up our chances in the group stage opener. And I still haven't forgotten Italia '90 when the referee awarded them a penalty in the third place match so Salvatore Schillachi could finish the tournament as top goalscorer.

 

[hart's shirt]

La Gazzetta dello Sport with added Google Translate:

"There will be no magical nights chasing no goal, we will not be with you or you with us, so great love will be better reserved for other things.
It's time to start watching the June and July evening program: concerts, village festivals, movie theaters.
Anything, though not to look at the matches of Sweden in Russia 2018."


I'm sure there are some good village festivals on.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Italy were out Italied

Watching the Italians, the Country who invented cheating, moaning about time wasting and accusing the Swedes of play acting.

Hilarious.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

And I've never seen a multi ball system like that. I'm sure the Italians were taking the throw on almost before the other ball had gone out!

 

[ExmouthExile]

I feel a bit sorry for Buffoon though, not the best end to the legendary keeper’s international career ��

 

[Superphil]

Cant believe that Italy lost the Meatball Derby, not qualified for the first time since the 50s, blimey.