Germany-Italy

[sasguru]

Hubris

What is it about Germans and hubris? Do they never learn?

[Bunk]

Did Mark Lawrencen really say at one point in the commentary "The Germans really need to step on the gas" I guess at least it wasn't during the Poland game

Gianluca Vialli also compared the German team to a tank. I thought that was a little inappropriate

[petergriffin]

Italian Newspapers "Il Giornale" and "Libero", owned by robber baron Silvio Bunga Bunga, launch abusive personal attack On Angela Merkal after Euro defeat:

Culona= fat ar*e
vaffanmerkel = fu** o** Merkel

[Doggy Styles]

Hit him with "48 hours extra rest and not playing 120 minutes in their previous game".

So far I haven't had to say much. We've had a disection of what went wrong.

[gingerjedi]

So far I haven't had to say much. We've had a disection of what went wrong.

They played an attacking game too far up the pitch which left them exposed to a counter attack at the back, they'll never learn.

[sasguru]

They played an attacking game too far up the pitch which left them exposed to a counter attack at the back, they'll never learn.

As I said to my German mates, England were far more tactically aware than Germany.

[Doggy Styles]

As I said to my German mates, England were far more tactically aware than Germany.

I think there's some truth in that. England's problem wasn't to do with the way they set up, it was the way they kept needlessly giving the ball away.

[oscarose]

England's problem is they aren't very good.

FTFY

[Doggy Styles]

Now why would you say that? Nobody thought England would win it, least of all me, but their organisation and defence were very good, possibly the best there. I was just pointing out, from the evidence of four games, why they went out. Penalties notwithstanding.

Although if England could take them, you know that they would have been playing the Germans last night in the semi-final.

[oscarose]

Now why would you say that?

To cut through the analysis old chap.