Match 51 THE FINAL: Italy vs England - 8pm Sunday BBC1 AND ITV1 LIVE FROM WEMBLEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darius1998]

Just now, Weezer said:

I doubt they'll be allowed to forget it. Twitter is about to become even more of a cesspool 

Yeah, unfortunately, I think they might need to stay off social media for a while. Especially Rashford.

[Mr Adam]

Not read any of this thread or the internet 

so proud of this team. Great effort. And have now grouped around the players that missed

football did come home. Well done lads

[aggressive minor]

Just now, Harryseaess said:

Surely it’s players putting their hands up at that stage isn’t it? Asking who wants to take one.

Also, we don’t know how they looked in training (yes it’s not the same, but it forms the decision making)

[Baptista_8]

Just now, Harryseaess said:

Surely it’s players putting their hands up at that stage isn’t it? Asking who wants to take one.

Well of course. But what if eight players wanted to take one? Southgate will then select them in the order he wants.

[Pompeyboyz]

Over the full 120 minutes Italy were the better side and deserve it.

 

Guess we are all off to work tomorrow then 😂

[DMaster2]

IT'S BACK TO RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[aggressive minor]

Just now, VamPook said:

Much later than I thought but Southgate finally rode his luck

Oh thanks fortune teller VP

[Pedwar Pump]

Poor game between two mediocre teams, ruled over by a terrible, inconsistent referee. What a waste of time.

[Bootador]

Just now, Harryseaess said:

He was ****ed all extra time and yet Southgate kept him on and he didn’t even take a pen. Madness.

I would have subbed him at 119, but he's probably a better penalty taker than Kyle Walker so fairs fair. 

[av3ry]

Why did Rashford try copying Paul Pogba the eejit?

[SteveUK]

Just now, Weezer said:

I doubt they'll be allowed to forget it. Twitter is about to become even more of a cesspool 

Three black lads, I am sure they will get nothing but positivity!

[john1]

6 minutes ago, metal_guitarist said:

And here comes the “it’s all Utd players fault” as ever. **** off 

Why not  2 man utd players ****ed their penalty up  

[Bootador]

1 minute ago, Harryseaess said:

Surely it’s players putting their hands up at that stage isn’t it? Asking who wants to take one.

Hope not, that's why City miss so many ffs

[georginho_juventusygr]

You know what? Donnarumma can move to PSG for the money. Whatever. He deserves it.

[Redshift]

Well someone new is on the ignore list.

[aggressive minor]

Just now, av3ry said:

Why did Rashford try copying Paul Pogba the eejit?

He usually looks very comfortable composed taking them

 

[DJ]

1 minute ago, Pedwar Pump said:

Poor game between two mediocre teams, ruled over by a terrible, inconsistent referee. What a waste of time.

[themadsheep2001]

Just now, Bootador said:

Hope not, that's why City miss so many ffs

This. All the science and study that goes into penalties, shouldn't come down to picking hands. Shouldn't have got this fair either tbh

[GunmaN1905]

If I was Sterling, Grealish or Shaw I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

How can you bloody allow a 19 year old kid to shoot the 5th penalty in such game?

I wanted England to lose and I'm uspet at how awful this is compared to the actual potential of this team.

[SouthCoastRed]

5 minutes ago, Weezer said:

Chiellini though, what a leader. Legend.

All week we’ve been slating him and Bonucci saying they were washed up and we were going to roast them all night, and they were immense

[VP.]

If we can't win a major tournament in front of our own fans then when can we.

Once again just not good enough.

[john1]

1 minute ago, georginho_juventusygr said:

You know what? Donnarumma can move to PSG for the money. Whatever. He deserves it.

He's going to PSG on free transfer  

[Lermon]

I don’t think Italy deserved it. But England weren’t nearly good enough to get a second.  Sterling didn’t turn up, Kane was rubbish, sakho’s inexperience showed. Pickford probably England’s player of the match.

[VamPook]

Bonucci and Chiellini

Unbelievable

[aggressive minor]

Just now, GunmaN1905 said:

If I was Sterling, Grealish or Shaw I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

How can you bloody allow a 19 year old kid to shoot the 5th penalty in such game?

I wanted England to lose and I'm uspet at how awful this is compared to the actual potential of this team.

What’s your thoughts on Anderson taking a penalty in the 2008 CL shootout ahead of Giggs?

[VP.]

Just now, SouthCoastRed said:

All week we’ve been slating him and Bonucci saying they were washed up and we were going to roast them all night, and they were immense

I think it helped that Kane was closer to playing as our sweeper rather than striker.

[Darren Moores Mum]

Honestly, anybody saying losing the semi final is worse than losing a final...yeah

****ing awful feeling. 

[Coulthard's Jaw]

Rashford was inches way from the perfect penalty. Saka was on the pitch so I can see why he took one. But Sancho, he was brought on specifically to take penalties and that was a bloody awful one.

[Pukey]

Second half was poor especially, no doubt Italy deserved the win, but I don't think the performance was as bad as people suggesting. Was mainly the second half we completely fell apart for a long time. We regained a little bit of control after the equaliser at least unlike 3 years ago, so improvement I suppose  

So many situations where we were in the box or around the box and the pass was wrong or whatever. This is a young group and I'm optimistic for the future. 

[pearcey_90]

1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said:

If I was Sterling, Grealish or Shaw I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

How can you bloody allow a 19 year old kid to shoot the 5th penalty in such game?

I wanted England to lose and I'm uspet at how awful this is compared to the actual potential of this team.

Players don’t pick who takes them, manager does. Southgate will say Saka has scored every one in training.

[georginho_juventusygr]

1 minute ago, john1 said:

He's going to PSG on free transfer  

Yeah, but this time, let there be no animosity. He deserves the money.

[Heartwork]

3 minutes ago, Mr Adam said:

Not read any of this thread or the internet 

so proud of this team. Great effort. And have now grouped around the players that missed

football did come home. Well done lads

People in England are unbelievable fickle though. Southgate made some shocking decisions tonight but I trust him to finally learn from his mistakes and come out of it better. Going after the players is just pathetic. I think we exceeded expectations getting to the final and it gives us a real reason to have hope for 2022. But it's 100% nailed on that the fans and the media are going to turn on specific individuals and try to destroy them. It's the English way: build them up so we can tear them down.

[aggressive minor]

Fair play to Pickford btw; turned up in the shootout 👍

if we had him instead of David James we would have had 2 more SFs

[Andrew_]

It should never have got to penalties. 

[deltablue]

I can't be too disappointed in going all the way to penalties in the final, especially as Italy deserved it both on the basis of the match and tournament. Maybe we could have snatched it but you could argue at least as much that they could have as well when they were firmly on top.  Well, goodnight everyone.

[brett.spurs]

Sterling and Grealish missed that penalty as far as I'm concerned, not Saka.

[Andrew_]

Oh the robots back

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, aggressive minor said:

What’s your thoughts on Anderson taking a penalty in the 2008 CL shootout ahead of Giggs?

Just checked it, it was 6th series. It gets random then.

 

Did Saka even take any penalties in his career?

[SteveUK]

Surely if we can see Saka is overawed by the game, Waistcoat ****** should of seen it and said no you ain't taking one and certainly not the 5th and arguably most important..?

[Weezer]

2 minutes ago, SouthCoastRed said:

All week we’ve been slating him and Bonucci saying they were washed up and we were going to roast them all night, and they were immense

Experience mixed with that sort of talent is a formidable package

[Gorando]

3 minutes ago, DJ said:

as a neutral this was a boring mediocre game. The ref was good though.

[Andrew_]

Just now, brett.spurs said:

Sterling and Grealish missed that penalty as far as I'm concerned, not Saka.

It was definitely Saka. 

[aggressive minor]

Just now, brett.spurs said:

Sterling and Grealish missed that penalty as far as I'm concerned, not Saka.

Oh bore off 

[Coulthard's Jaw]

Just now, Pukey said:

Second half was poor especially, no doubt Italy deserved the win, but I don't think the performance was as bad as people suggesting.

How many shots on target did we have? I agree some people are going a little too far, but we created nothing.

[Snooky]

Really feel for those young lads, so much courage to step up. Fair play to Pickford as well, was outstanding in the shootout.

[CFuller]

Donnarumma Player of the Tournament?

Probably not the obvious first choice, but definitely up there.

[Bootador]

I don't know about Grealish's penalties, but good to know Sterling is a top class penalty taker. 

We've been crying out for one of those the last 2 years. 

[Astafjevs]

Donnarumma player of the tournament

 

[aggressive minor]

Just now, GunmaN1905 said:

Just checked it, it was 6th series. It gets random then.

 

Did Saka even take any penalties in his career?

Don’t get pedantic with me 🤣

Giggs let Anderson go ahead of him 

[VamPook]

1 minute ago, Heartwork said:

People in England are unbelievable fickle though. Southgate made some shocking decisions tonight but I trust him to finally learn from his mistakes and come out of it better. Going after the players is just pathetic. I think we exceeded expectations getting to the final and it gives us a real reason to have hope for 2022. 

Considering it's only next year, then surely still have to continue especially with the team cohesion