Last night Milan was on fire because Italy made it to the finals in the European cup.
And Argentina made it to the finals in the American cup. Wow!
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Last night Milan was on fire because Italy made it to the finals in the European cup.
And Argentina made it to the finals in the American cup. Wow!
The Argentine goalkeeper saved the day. Three saves out of four in the penalty shootout!
I know there is a long and contentious history between them and us and that supporting them in their big game is very difficult for us to do.
I understand that it is hard to park the invasions and destruction of centuries past.
But it is surely time to put that behind us now & cheer them on, because.... the Vikings invasion was a long time ago after all.
The Argentine goalkeeper saved the day. Three saves out of four in the penalty shootout!
First game I really watched and can't say I was impressed with Argentina. Hopefully it was just nerves/tiredness but they'll have to be better than that in the final to win it.
May the best team win this evening!
England are through to the Euro final on Sunday after beating Denmark 2-1 in extra time.
I thought the Kane penalty was a little soft actually, but what the heck. They made it!
It’s coming home
Messi won his first international tournament when Argentina won the copa America
This goal from Di Maria clinched it.
I was watching it at 2 AM local time with a small crowd in Milan. We were really loud and went on celebrating until 5 AM. I had a lot of fun and it was sad to hear their stories of misery in Argentina. What a s***y county. They waste their people just like their richness.
It would have been a shame if Messi of all players hadn't won an international trophy when he retires, not only that, it would have been a travesty of justice
It’s coming home
Tough titty...shame they couldn't make full use of home advantage. The whole Euro finals has been a very strange affair. I hope it'll never happen this way again...best not to have it at all in my opinion.
The whole Euro finals has been a very strange affair. I hope it'll never happen this way again...best not to have it at all in my opinion.
Strange in what way?
And never happens this way again to never run the Euros again?
What are you smoking?
Tough titty...shame they couldn't make full use of home advantage. The whole Euro finals has been a very strange affair. I hope it'll never happen this way again...best not to have it at all in my opinion.
I meant its coming....Rome
Strange in what way?
And never happens this way again to never run the Euros again?
What are you smoking?
Strange in that the finals were played in several countries instead of in the one host country. Supporters not being allowed to attend didn't help either. Smoking Rothmans Red at the mo.
Strange in that the finals were played in several countries instead of in the one host country. Supporters not being allowed to attend didn't help either. Smoking Rothmans Red at the mo.
I think UEFA have already said that hosting in so many nations was a mistake because it was unfair to some teams. Supporters were allowed to attend in the majority of games during the finals though.
As for England, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as you would expect. After 1-0 they were the team on top but decided to play for the 1-0, dropped incredibly deep in blocks. It only needed one relatively lucky Italian goal and the gameplan crumbled. England were the better team whenever they played on the front foot but Southgate is a defensive manager and not very brave.
Then, he decided to bring on two players only for the penalties. One, Sancho, who has barely kicked a ball this tournment. Both who came on completely cold and who he left standing waiting to come on for nearly 10 minutes. Almost their first action of the game was to take a massive penalty in front of 60,000 with the weight of a nations' expectations. I said as soon as they came on so late both would miss. Yes, penalties are largely a lottery, but that was setting them up to fail.
He then gives the deciding fifth pen to a 19-year-old who had looked awed by the occasion during the game. Southgate later said it was because Saka was scoring penalties in training. Maybe, but that entirely disregards his mentality in a pressure situation. Anyway, it fell to a 19-year-old with little experience to end 55 years of not winning an international tournament. Oops.
Southgate will receive all the praise for getting to the semis of the World Cup and final of the Euro but the reality is he is holding the team back. This is arguably the best collection of players in international football at the moment barring France.
As for Argentina, they were the better team against a Brazil that bizzarely seemed more interested in seeking a red card for Argentina than scoring goals, so spent most of the final drawing fouls. Deserved win for Argentina, but the pick of a bad bunch as South American football continues to regress.
England's problem is that they allowed Italy to have so much possession, it affected them in the second half when they just couldn't get the ball back, they kept playing long balls again
The reason why they'll never win a major finals again is because their mentality, their physical attribute, and overall fitness is very poor compared to other countries. They may have beaten the likes of Croatia, Germany and Ukraine, but they may have been exhausted over a long season that barely ended a few weeks compared to the EPL
Given that Scotland was the only team along With italy that England didnt beat, does this make us third in the Tournament prize list?
Asking for a friend......
Maybe it's time the UK gets ONE national team like anybody else.
Maybe it's time the UK gets ONE national team like anybody else.
Oddly enough, the Olympics has one team called Great Britain and I have no idea why it's different in this respect.