Second Round Day 3 - Italy v Spain, England v Iceland

[worcestersauce]

Yessssss! brilliant Italy should have been out of sight anyway and any team that wears a shirt like that Spanish shirt deserve to be dumped out.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Or us?

You jest sir?

 

[yankspurs]

Conte

 

[Riandor]

Deserved.
Spain's dull football can go home.

 

[Jamturk]

I do think Italy do have to win a game in the 90 mins.

 

[Setzthree]

Well deserved!

 

[Gbspurs]

You jest sir?

No I believe. Tough match tonight but we have played some good football and got bad results. Seen plenty of sides won tournaments but scrape through the group stages.

 

[Ribble]

 

[Shadydan]

Masterclass from Italy, really enjoyed that performance.

 

[Shadydan]

I just ... I just ...

For fuck's sake, I just cannot understand why Sterling's back in.

Balance I suspect.

 

[ernie78]

Germany v Italy will be a cracker!! Looking forward to that one

 

[jurgen]

Conte is a bit worrying isn't he.. looks like he's really set that team up excellently

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I understand that Iceland don't deliver after 8 pm.

We shall see...

 

[millsey]

Conte is a bit worrying isn't he.. looks like he's really set that team up excellently

He looks a brilliant manager. Tactically brilliant, passionate. Any player he wants at Chelsea. Very worrying

 

[Ghost Hardware]

He looks a brilliant manager. Tactically brilliant, passionate. Any player he wants at Chelsea. Very worrying

He's a very intelligent manager and passionate, he will certainly grt Chelsea back into the top four if he is aloud to sign and sell who he wants.

 

[Ribble]

Conte is a bit worrying isn't he.. looks like he's really set that team up excellently

It's worth bearing in mind that Italy have been playing with/prepared for that formation for years now, due in no small part to his Juve side's success of course.

 

[tiger666]

Crouch's teeth are a thing of wonder

 

[tiger666]

He's a very intelligent manager and passionate,

So was Mourinho.

 

[Annabel]

I genuinely think Roy is playing Sterling because he's worried about his confidence/mental health.
Sterling didn't deserve his place in the squad in the first place.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

What a great tactical performance that was, a masterclass, this is one of the least creatively talented Italian sides for decades (Pelle, Eder & Giaccharini FFS), but through outstanding tactical application they've turned over two of the best teams in this tournament.

The last four games have been international tournament football at it's best.