Match 46: Belgium vs Italy - 8pm (BBC1) live from Football Arena Munich!

[Heartwork]

This will probably go down as one of the best Euros in history. So insane.

[GunmaN1905]

Darmian doesn't make that mistake *georginho*

[AK22]

Very soft penalty 

[Nad]

It's a clear push, can't argue really

[Barry Cartman]

That's a Sterling penalty, defender stupid 

[georginho_juventusygr]

Disgraceful dive.

[Smallen]

Pen all day long.

[Haguey]

These bloody English refs ffs 

Oh

[Wiggins Top Boys]

That is allowed all the time outside the area when the ball is being 'shepherded' out of play aggressively by a defender. Odd

[skybluedave]

Massive goal

[The Amazing Dale Watkins]

1 minute ago, craigcwwe said:

That's because he's a *****.

The German commentator called him a "Giftzwerg", or poisonous dwarf. The only gift in this game was this penalty.

[Carambau]

Wooden Generation.

[Darius1998]

What a half this has been.

[Marc Albrighton]

Imagine Insigne and Verratti having a pop at you though  

[GunmaN1905]

Lukaku always looks awnkward, but for 2 seasons now no keeper guessed the side right. 

Scored every time he faced Donnarumma.

[Haguey]

Flat track bully scores the pen.

[Orzelek]

Lukaku scores, game on!

[enigmatic]

Think pointing out that the player tripped over his own feet is what VAR is for there tbh...

[bestbrother]

If thats a penalty, football will be 90% free kicks all over the pitch, as soon as someone puts their hand near you, move into it and fall over.

[Astafjevs]

Problem is you see quite a few of those every game and they're not pens.

[Pukey]

What an absolutely splendid half of football

[VamPook]

English VAR ref?

[Nad]

He's have got away with it except for the shove at the end which sent Doku flying

[georginho_juventusygr]

1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Darmian doesn't make that mistake *georginho*

Should have started Bernardeschi as a right full back.

On the other hand, you get used to it if your right back is Cuadrado. 

[EnterUsernameHere]

Absolutely top class half of football 

[skybluedave]

That's the ref not VAR. VAR never overturning that

[craigcwwe]

1-2 Italy?!?

It was 0-1 when I moved. 

[Marc Albrighton]

Just now, VamPook said:

English VAR ref?

Nope absolute predictable silence as it isnt but of course if it was there would be 15 posts about it already.

[Astafjevs]

I think we've been really good. Will be disappointed if we go out

[Anthrax Dave]

This game is just amazing. Almost perfect first half from a neutral viewpoint.

 

Why on earth wasn't Donamurra booked for his arguing with the Ref other penalty?

[Vynal Seven]

Martin Keown makes me laugh. “I think that’s the right decision”

If that’s a penalty he wouldn’t have even had a career.

[Barry Cartman]

1 minute ago, bestbrother said:

If thats a penalty, football will be 90% free kicks all over the pitch, as soon as someone puts their hand near you, move into it and fall over.

Courtois got a free kick for the exact same thing, he got shoved it's not put a hand near you

[Heartwork]

Has there been a bad game in the knockouts yet?

[XuluBak]

1 minute ago, VamPook said:

English VAR ref?

You can claim it's soft, but there's a clear push, so no basis for an overturn. 

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, craigcwwe said:

1-2 Italy?!?

It was 0-1 when I moved. 

Go away and don't come back. 

Rewind during HT, worth it.

[EnterUsernameHere]

Just now, Heartwork said:

Has there been a bad game in the knockouts yet?

England Germany was awful.

[bestbrother]

Just now, Barry Cartman said:

Courtois got a free kick for the exact same thing, he got shoved it's not put a hand near you

Not a shove, just a strong arm. You see that all over the pitch and its never given.

Still makes it game on, so as a neutral i dont really care

 

[Barry Cartman]

Just now, bestbrother said:

Not a shove, just a strong arm. You see that all over the pitch and its never given.

Still makes it game on, so as a neutral i dont really care

 

No his strong arm was his first part of the defending, then for no reason in the box he decided to give him a shove at the end 

[craigcwwe]

That 'defending' for the second Italian goal.  Have a ****ing word the Belgian backline, that is truly embarrassing. 

Not a penalty imo for Belgium either 

[Federico]

I hope we don't get nervous because of this laughable decision, we've been better than them.

Cool down guys

[Pukey]

It seems a pretty clear shove to me. Not the most blatant penalty I've ever seen but not a particularly poor decision. It's daft defending.

[bestbrother]

Just now, Barry Cartman said:

No his strong arm was his first part of the defending, then for no reason in the box he decided to give him a shove at the end 

Your opinion and thats fine. 

 Micah Richards agrees with me, so that will do 

[TM]

1 minute ago, Heartwork said:

Has there been a bad game in the knockouts yet?

Switzerland V Spain was pretty poor this afternoon, Spain missing about 50 chances rather than being thrilling, Italy/Austria and Belgium/Portugal wasn't great either

apart from people obviously caring about the result, I was hoping both teams would go out of the England V Germany game at about 75 minutes it was so boring, two defensive sides until England got the goal.  Sweden V Ukraine wasn't that good either, most of extra time consisting of players falling over

[ArsenalFan7]

You can’t just barge someone over because they’ve done you for pace  Easy pen

[Nad]

The more you watch it, the more obvious a penalty it is  Everything is fine except for the shove with the left arm at the end. That's just a clear foul

[Haguey]

Italy should win this from here, already have the lead, much better as a team and Lukaku and Belgium will fail again in a big match.

And the defence is a joke.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Haguey

[martinji]

1 minute ago, Barry Cartman said:

No his strong arm was his first part of the defending, then for no reason in the box he decided to give him a shove at the end 

I agree.  In fairness the more I see it the more I think a pen is justified, even though I'm usually all for it being a contact sport and allowing a little bit of manhandling.

[Darius1998]

They let the most one-footed player on the pitch get onto his stronger side and then proceeded to leave him with that much space.

[GunmaN1905]

As you guys said, the more I look at it, the more it looks like a penalty. Just because Di Lorenzo was dumb and made that extra shove at the end.

[TM]