Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
I dont think italys route to the final has been any more difficult than Englands and they have not exactly set the world on fire in the knockouts

they didnt look good against Austria, used all the gamesmanship in the book against Belgium and were outplayed for the most part against Spain

and lets be frank Austria are no better than Ukraine and this is far from the best Spanish team in history

(its coming home)
Yep, Austria are no better than Ukraine eh? Uh , except Austria BEAT Ukraine in the group. And I suppose Belgium are no better than Denmark . Uh, except Belgium BEAT Denmark in the groups.
And it’s not the best Spanish team in history. Ok, but is it the best German team in history? Or perhaps the worst?
2 things I’m gonna give you credit for.

1. You are very consistent …. Consistenly lack logic.
2.You are the ultimate optimist.
Still you’re enjoying yourself, so that’s nice.
Austria are no better than Ukraine, the group game was 1 nil and tight, they could play 10 times and it would be 5 wins all

Italy struggled against Austria, it was far from convincing

I never said Belgium are no better than Denmark, Italy's win against Belgium was their best of the knockouts in terms of the result

And Spain were the better team against Italy, I don't really see how you could disagree with that, if you did you'd be the only person Id heard to have favoured Italy

and it certainly isn't the worst German team in history and it was a very convincing win, Germany had 2 good chances (the stats may suggest they had more but apart from those 2 England weren't in any danger) and England carved out quite a few dangerous chances

we were also comfortably the better team against Ukraine and the better team against Denmark

so I am very consistent in what I am saying, i think England's performances in the knockouts stages have been a lot better than Italy's, Italy's perhaps were better than England's in the groups

but all irrelevant, the worry is Italy know how to win these games, like the gamesmanship against Belgium, lets hope for a strong ref